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Early impressions of macOS Catalina, which will usher in a new era of cross platform apps, as it enters public beta — Apple's macOS Catalina is another ambitious refinement of the Mac featuring a fundamental rethinking of iTunes and an infusion of fresh ideas from iOS …
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| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
How Verizon caused regional outages at Cloudflare, Facebook, Amazon, and others after wrongly accepting a network misconfiguration from a small ISP in PA — 'Normally you'd filter it out if some small provider said they own the internet' — Verizon sent a big chunk of the internet …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers say hackers have been stealing massive amounts of call records from over ten cell network providers worldwide to conduct targeted surveillance — At least 10 cell networks have been hacked over the past seven years — Security researchers say they have uncovered …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Monzo, a UK-based digital bank, raises ~$144M Series F led by Y Combinator's Continuity fund at a ~$2.5B post-money valuation, about double from October — Monzo, the fast-growing U.K.-based challenger bank with more than two million account holders, has raised £113 million (~$144m) in additional funding.
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| Sylvan Lane / The Hill: |
House committee to hold a hearing on Facebook's Project Libra on July 17, one day after the Senate; sources: Libra lead David Marcus expected to testify at both — The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee announced Monday that the panel will hold a hearing next month …
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| Lane Sainty / BuzzFeed: |
Australian judge allows man to sue media companies for defamation over Facebook comments written by their readers — Former youth detainee Dylan Voller is suing News Corp, Fairfax Media and Sky News. — BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia — Dylan Voller, the Aboriginal man …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
LinkedIn to announce changes to its algorithm, designed to favor posts that cater to niche professional interests, as opposed to elevating viral content — Linkedin will today announce algorithm changes made over the past 12-18 months to favor conversations in its Feed that cater … | Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Sensor Tower says Harry Potter: Wizards Unite made ~$1.1M in its first weekend and is set for $10M+ in its first month vs. Pokemon Go's $206M in its first month — Harry Potter: Wizards Unite generated an estimated $1.1 million in player spending over its first weekend of availability …
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Apple says it will employ 2,000 people in Seattle over the next five years, expanding upon an earlier promise to employ 1,000, will hire for engineering roles — In the heart of the neighborhood where Amazon has made its home, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that she was interested in talking about a …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
UK-based used car marketplace Motorway raises £11M Series A led by Marchmont Ventures — Motorway, the U.K. used car marketplace, has raised £11 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Marchmont Ventures, the fund managed by Hugo Burge and Alan Martin …
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| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
Apple says Spotify hasn't paid 30% commission on any subscriber for the past three years and pays a 15% commission on just 0.5% of its premium subscribers — Spotify could really have done with some positive industry PR today following last week's revelation that it's clawing back overpaid royalties from songwriters and publishers.
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CNET, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Telegraph, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Slashdot, iMore, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Music Ally, and Insanely Great Mac. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Alphabet's smart city subsidiary Sidewalk Labs debuts a detailed plan to transform part of Toronto's waterfront, hopes to start by 2021 pending city approval — Better late than never. Sidewalk Labs, the part of Alphabet focused on cities and urban development, has unveiled its Master Innovation …
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