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| Greg Miller / Washington Post: |
Sources: CIA secretly owned Crypto AG, the leading supplier of encryption systems globally, and could read allies' and adversaries' communications for decades — For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
US judge rules in favor of T-Mobile-Sprint merger, the final hurdle for the deal; Sprint's stock rises 70%+ — - A U.S. District judge ruled in favor of Sprint's $26 billion deal to merge with T-Mobile. — The ruling clears one of the final hurdles for the deal, which still can't close until …
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| Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times: |
The FTC is asking Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft about acquisitions from the past decade that were small enough to not be reported to the state — Antitrust regulator to investigate Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft — The Federal Trade Commission … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft shows how containerized and dual-screen apps will work in Windows 10X with a new emulator and SDK and also refreshes its Android-based Duo SDK — Microsoft is delivering its promised Windows 10X emulator and SDK, plus a refresh of its Android-based Duo SDK as its next milestones along its dual-screen device path.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google partners with non-profit Defending Digital Campaigns to offer its Advanced Protection tools, including Titan keys, to US political campaigns for free — Candidates can also get trained up on how to use Advanced Protection to keep their accounts safe.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Snapchat will launch tools and custom content around mental health and wellness in a few months, including a search tool surfacing helpful resources — Snapchat is launching a new set of tools and custom content around mental health and wellness, sources tell Axios.
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Nielsen: streaming makes up 19% of US TV watching, with Netflix comprising 31% of streaming on TVs, followed by 21% on YouTube, 12% on Hulu, and 8% on Amazon — Netflix is big and it's getting bigger. And we're not just watching it on our phones and tablets: That dominance translates … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft backtracks on forcibly installing the Bing extension in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus enterprise customers and changing the default search engine — Sanity prevails: Microsoft is no longer planning to automatically deploy its Microsoft Search in Bing browser extension to Office 365 ProPlus users.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Search warrant reveals how Apple uses hashes of previously identified child abuse images to flag, evaluate, and, if needed, intercept emails — Apple is well known for the secretive ways it sometimes operates, whether that's in protecting its iOS platform or how it deals with egregious criminals …
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9to5Mac, Business Insider, The Next Web, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, iMore, and The Mac Observer
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Source: Spotify is paying close to $200M upfront for the Ringer, to be followed by more than $50M later — - Streamer has spent more than $600 million on podcast deals — Sports columnist Bill Simmons founded the Ringer in 2016 — Spotify Technology SA is paying close … | Eric Geller / Politico: |
US DOJ charges four Chinese intelligence officers with hacking Equifax; the breach was disclosed in 2017 and exposed financial records of 150M Americans — Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against four Chinese intelligence officers for hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax …
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| Bloomberg: |
To challenge Netflix and tap Culver City's deep entertainment resources, Amazon, Apple, and HBO are moving into vast office and production spaces in the city — - They set up shop in California town to be where the talent is — Spending billions on content, they fuel a development frenzy| Danielle Abril / Fortune: |
Google's HR head, Eileen Naughton, to step down from her role amid rising employee anger over Google's handling of sexual harassment claims and staff protests — Google's head of human resources, Eileen Naughton, will step down later this year amid rising tensions between the company's top executives and rank and file employees.| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Shippeo, which works on improving supply chain visibility by digitizing freight transport, raises €20M Series B led by NGP Capital and ETF Partners — Shippeo, the French startup working in supply chain visibility, has raised a €20 million Series B round, led by NGP Capital …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple joins the FIDO Alliance, an open industry association which promotes the U2F authentication standard and helps reduce the over-reliance on passwords — Apple has joined the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an open industry association whose mission is to develop …
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Tom's Hardware, AppleInsider, iMore, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and The Mac Observer
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
MoEngage, which helps firms better understand their customers and improve their engagement, raises $25M Series C led by Eight Roads Ventures — MoEngage, a San Francisco and Bangalore-based startup that helps firms better understand their customers and improve their engagement …
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FinSMEs, The Hindu BusinessLine, VCCircle, and The Tech Portal
| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
On Monday, Bloomberg's campaign asked hundreds of tech leaders over a conference call to refer their most talented staff to its election operation in New York — Mike Bloomberg is building a massive political operation, staffed in part by Silicon Valley. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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| The Information: |
Sources: YouTube is considering a competitor to Amazon and Apple TV channels for accessing premium video subscriptions from other companies — YouTube is sending signals that it wants to become a destination site for every part of the TV universe. — The Google-owned video giant …
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