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Dan Primack / Axios: 20 mins ago

Desktop Metal, a maker of 3D metal printing systems for commercial and industrial use, raises $160M led by a subsidiary of Koch Industries at a ~$1.5B valuation

Liz Alderman / New York Times: 40 mins ago

Despite Bitcoin's dive, thousands of Georgians have sold cars to buy computers to mine Bitcoin; ~10% of the country's energy output goes into mining Bitcoin

Steven T. Wright / Ars Technica: 3 hours ago

A look at the history of LiveJournal, the early blogging platform that boasted 10M+ accounts at its height but faltered after questionable business decisions

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Twitter begins limited rollout of a new web interface with a two-column layout, keyboard shortcuts, a dedicated emoji button, and a revised trends section

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Google will retire classic Hangouts for G Suite customers in October, after its previous announcement that Hangouts would be split into Hangouts Chat, Meet apps

Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:

The Motion Picture Association of America has added Netflix as a member, the first internet-based service to be added

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

New research details how two widely received spam email campaigns over the past few months were made possible by a previously detailed weakness at GoDaddy.com

Sam Levin / The Guardian:

US DoL files complaint against Oracle for discrimination against women and people of color, seeks $400M+ for workers who have suffered pay inequities

Wall Street Journal:

Analysis of millions of Glassdoor reviews finds 400+ companies, including SpaceX and Slack, have unusual single-month increases in mostly positive posts

Steven T. Wright / Ars Technica:

A look at the history of LiveJournal, the early blogging platform that boasted 10M+ accounts at its height but faltered after questionable business decisions

Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop:

DHS issues rare “emergency” directive ordering federal agencies to secure credentials for DNS records; sources: six agencies have seen malicious DNS activity

Louise Matsakis / Wired:

Google announces it will contribute an additional $3.1M to Wikimedia and give Wikipedia editors free access to Custom Search API and Cloud Vision API

Liz Alderman / New York Times:

Despite Bitcoin's dive, thousands of Georgians have sold cars to buy computers to mine Bitcoin; ~10% of the country's energy output goes into mining Bitcoin

Paresh Dave / Reuters:

Google spent $21.2M on US govt lobbying in 2018, up from $18.04M in 2017; Facebook spent $12.62M, up from $11.51M; and Microsoft spent $9.52M, up from $8.5M

Rebekah Valentine / GamesIndustry.biz:

NPD Group: US video game revenue in 2018 reached a record $43.4B, up 18% YoY, with software earning $35.8B, up 18% YoY, and hardware earning $7.5B, up 15% YoY

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