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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple found guilty of price-fixing iPhones in Russia, could be fined up to 15% of Russian sales  —  Last August, Russia opened an investigation into Apple over alleged price-fixing related to the iPhone.  At the time, Apple denied any involvement and said that “retailers set their own prices” for the products.
Lauren Zumbach / Chicago Tribune:
Vibrator maker We-Vibe offers to pay $3.75M for tracking users' sexual activity and agrees to stop collecting personal data to settle class action suit  —  A Chicago woman says an app connected to her personal massage device sent private information to the manufacturer.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds the ability to send and request money in Gmail via Google Wallet on Android in US  —  Google Wallet has been integrated into Gmail on the web since 2013, but today Google is rolling out a new integration on mobile.  Starting today, users of the Gmail app on Android will be able …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft adds LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to its board  —  Microsoft is continuing to bring its LinkedIn integration deeper into the fold with the appointment of its co-founder Reid Hoffman, to the Microsoft board of directors.  —  Microsoft has added LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to its board of directors.
Liza Mundy / The Atlantic:
Efforts to tackle Silicon Valley's sexist culture, including unconscious bias training, are helping but need to go further to break apart the “boys' club”  —  One weekday morning in 2007, Bethanye Blount came into work early to interview a job applicant.
Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Source: Department of Justice to indict four people, one in Canada and three in Russia, in connection with 2013 Yahoo data breach  —  U.S. officials are planning to issue indictments related to the hacking attacks against Yahoo! Inc., according to a person briefed on the matter.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Report: US digital ad spend to rise 16% in 2017 to $83B, as ad revenue of Snapchat to rise 158%, Facebook by 32%, Google by 15%, and Twitter to drop by 4.7%  —  Snapchat poised for “explosive growth” but will remain a small piece of the entire digital ad pie, according to eMarketer's forecast
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Cisco file amicus brief to help Google in its fight against a court order to hand over emails stored on a foreign server  —  Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco have filed an amicus brief in support of Google, after a Pennsylvania court ruled that the company …
Nicole Casal Moore / University of Michigan News:
Researchers show how sound waves can exploit accelerometer vulnerabilities in a wide range of tech including IoT, cars, medical devices, and phones  —  ANN ARBOR—Sound waves could be used to hack into critical sensors in a broad array of technologies including smartphones, automobiles …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft Teams rolls out as a free, on-by-default feature to Office 365 business users worldwide, with 150 integrations available or coming soon  —  Microsoft's Slack competitor is rolling out to Office 365 business users worldwide starting March 14.  More features are still to come, including guest access, in late June.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple hires respected forensics and security expert Jonathan Zdziarski for its Security Engineering and Architecture team  —  iPhone forensics expert, security researcher, and former jailbreak community developer Jonathan Zdziarski today announced he has accepted a position with Apple's Security Engineering and Architecture team.

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New York Times:
Court docs detail a smear campaign against actor Blake Lively via media articles and social media posts after she accused director Justin Baldoni of misconduct

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

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Reuters:
Euronet Worldwide bids $1B+ for MoneyGram, topping the ~$880M offer from January made by Ant Financial, Alibaba's financial services affiliate

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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
A year after leaving Zenefits, Parker Conrad launches HR startup Rippling to help firms staff up, raises $7M from SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, others
Tess Townsend / Recode:
Google fixes an Allo glitch that let Google Assistant reveal to friends your previous searches
Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
Germany's justice minister introduces draft law proposing fines of up to $53M on social media companies that fail to remove hate speech
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