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June 17, 2019, 11:35 PM

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Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:

Ripple to take a 8-10% stake in the money transfer service MoneyGram, which will use the digital currency XRP as part of its day-to-day operations — Cryptocurrency company Ripple on Monday announced a major partnership with MoneyGram, which will see the money transfer service use …

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Google says Android users in UK and France can, later this month, opt in to RCS Chat services provided directly by Google instead of waiting for carrier support — That seems like yet another minor status check-in on the service meant to replace SMS, but in fact it's a huge shift in strategy …

More: Future Networks, XDA Developers, Android Central, SlashGear, Droid Life, Android Authority, Android Police, 9to5Google, MSPoweruser, Engadget, and Neowin

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Bloomberg:

YouTube Kids, intended as a haven from the dangers of the main YouTube site, is used by just 20M+ people a week, compared to the main site's 2B+ monthly users — There's a safer version of YouTube, but the company knows most children don't watch it — In late May, the advocacy group …

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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:

Kuo: Apple to launch three iPhones in 2020, high-end 5.4" and 6.7" models with 5G and a lower-end 6.1" model; Apple's 5G modem to be ready by 2022 or 2023 — Apple plans to release three new iPhones in the second half of 2020, including high-end 5.4-inch and 6.7-inch models with OLED displays …

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Tweets: @bzamayo, @marciojmsilva, and @scobleizer. Thanks:@rsgnl

Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals, where every lost second affects patient treatment; Tufts Medical Center has registered 4,500+ robocalls in a 2-hour period — In the heart of Boston, Tufts Medical Center treats scores of health conditions, administering measles vaccines for children …

More: Gizmodo

Jordan Novet / CNBC:

Atlassian says it has spent over $1B to acquire more than 20 companies, publishes its term sheet document used for acquisitions — KEY POINTS — Atlassian has done spent more than $1 billion in acquisitions and expects to do more deals in the future. — It wants to streamline …

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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Nvidia says it will collaborate with Arm to bring CUDA acceleration to Arm CPUs and will share its AI and high-performance computing software with Arm by 2020 — At the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Frankfurt, Germany this week, Santa Clara-based chipmaker Nvidia announced …

More: NVIDIA Newsroom, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, TechRepublic, and The Verge

Tweets: @krewell, @patrickmoorhead, @nvidia, @ericjhonsa, @marchamilton, and @nvidiaeu

Joseph Cox / VICE:

Instagram says it is testing new features that make it easier for users to regain access to hacked accounts, will rollout a username freezing feature to iOS — Motherboard previously reported how hackers were holding high-profile Instagram accounts for ransom, and how some influencers had to turn to white-hat hackers for help.

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, TechSpot, SlashGear, Android Police, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, and BGR

Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @vice, @josephfcox, @mosseri, and @db

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple adds support for Picture in Picture to tvOS 13 beta 2, letting Apple TV users leave the currently playing video in a thumbnail while navigating the OS — Although strangely not mentioned in Apple's WWDC keynote, tvOS 13 beta 2 has a nice surprise: support for Picture-in-Picture video playback.

More: TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear, Appleosophy, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Tweets: @stevestreza and @joesteel

Danny Palmer / ZDNet:

Europol, FBI, Bitdefender, and others release free tool to decrypt GandCrab ransomware, thought to have infected 1.5M+ Windows PCs since January 2018 — Shortly after those behind GandCrab announced they are retiring, researchers have released a new tool which nullifies all versions of the ransomware.

More: Europol, Bitdefender Labs, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, Dark Reading, and SecurityWeek

Roger Vincent / Los Angeles Times:

Tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Netflix are reshaping LA's real estate market as they pour hundreds of millions into campuses for their entertainment units — Google's January announcement that it would take over much of the failed Westside Pavilion shopping center, which is becoming offices …

Tweets: @cbresocal, @rcmoya84, @latimes, @latimes, and @latimes

Dina Kozlov / The Cloudflare Blog:

Cloudflare announces The League of Entropy, a project that provides public random numbers using eight independent, globally distributed randomness beacons — To kick-off Crypto Week 2019, we are really excited to announce a new solution to a long-standing problem in cryptography.

More: The Next Web, ZDNet, and The Register

Tweets: @jyarow, @edzitron, @techjournalist, and @grittygrease

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

Clockwise, which uses AI to free up blocks of time in the calendars of both individuals and organizations, raises $11M Series A co-led by Greylock and Accel — Almost every organization, regardless of size, is inundated with meetings, so much so it's often hard to find dedicated time do actual work.

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Tweets: @dens, @timoreilly, and @bpm140

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”, after CBS aired a Late Show rerun in which Colbert mocked Trump

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Sources: Bari Weiss skipped five 60 Minutes CECOT screenings; after her edits were added on Thursday, she asked on Friday to add a Stephen Miller interview

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:

Disney crosses the $6B milestone at the box office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic; no other studio has managed to reach $6B since 2015

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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:

US-based cybersecurity company publicly discloses two zero-days in two of Facebook's official WordPress plugins, one with 200K users and one with 20K+ users

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CNN:

Analysis: 50K+ US license plate numbers leaked in CBP subcontractor breach reported last week; CBP says the subcontractor was not authorized to keep the info

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Rebecca Worby / Pacific Standard:

In a case that may affect social media, SCOTUS says First Amendment rules against “state actors” controlling speech don't apply to public access TV operators

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Ry Crist / CNET:

Dish launches OnTech, a professional installation service for smart home devices from Nest, Ring, and others, in 11 cities initially, for a flat fee of $99

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

After pulling Huawei notebooks from its online store last month, Microsoft now says it's “resuming the sale of existing inventory of Huawei devices”

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Bounce, which operates a scooter rental service in Bangalore, raises $72M Series C, bringing the total raised to $92M, source says at a valuation of $200M+

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Bob Herman / Axios:

Collective Health, a San Francisco-based maker of employer health benefits management software, raises $205M Series E led by SoftBank's Vision Fund

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:

Sources: FINRA has stalled for months in responding to roughly 40 applications from companies needing licenses for dealing in crypto assets in US

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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Ironscales, a phishing prevention, detection, and response platform that integrates with Office 365, Exchange, and G Suite, raises $15M Series B

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Over the last year, time spent watching Snapchat Original shows every day has more than tripled with audiences of more than 14M for some shows

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Amazon's IMDb renames its ad-supported streaming service Freedive to IMDb TV, says it plans to launch in Europe later this year

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Comcast adds eye control as an accessibility feature to its web-based remote control, says it supports all popular eye gaze hardware and software

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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Survey of 1,000+ US adults: 46% never use voice assistants, 19% use them less than once a month, while 29% use them daily or weekly

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Maciej Ceglowski / Idle Words:

With the infrastructure for ubiquitous surveillance being deployed at scale, we have lost “ambient privacy”: everyday interactions that should stay unremembered

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Akamai: there were 55B credential stuffing attacks between Nov. '17 and March '19; US was the top source and target, with 67% of attacks targeting US-based orgs

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Bloomberg:

Huawei CEO says Huawei has seen a ~40% drop in smartphone shipments abroad, expects US sanctions to affect its revenue by ~$30B over the next two years