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EU Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service, gives 90 days to end conduct or face penalties — The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
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Google says it “respectfully disagrees” with the EU Commission's decision and will review it in detail as it considers an appeal — When you shop online, you want to find the products you're looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products.
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Ransomware attack spreads to firms and agencies in Britain, US, and Netherlands, including ad firm WPP, a US law firm, and shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk — A major ransomware attack has brought businesses to a close throughout Europe, in an infection reminiscent of last month's WannaCry attack.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
German email host closes account of hacker behind today's ransomware outbreak, but because victims can't reach hacker, they can't decrypt files even if they pay — On Tuesday, a new, worldwide ransomware outbreak took off, infecting targets in Ukraine, France, Spain, and elsewhere.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
As Facebook reaches the 2B MAUs milestone, a look at its growth strategy over the years with interview of VPs of growth, growth marketing, social good, others — Facebook's growth team has a methodical approach to understanding what new users want and a surprisingly broad mandate.
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Sources: refurbished Galaxy Note 7 “Fandom Edition” initially launching in South Korea on July 7 — A refurbished version of the premium smartphone, whose global recall last year garnered unwanted attention for Samsung after some caught fire, is coming to retailers' shelves …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft patches critical remote exploit in its ubiquitous Windows Defender AV that was found after a “quick stab” at fuzzing by Project Zero's Tavis Ormandy — Is there a fuzzer in the house? — Microsoft recently patched a critical vulnerability in its ubiquitous built-in antivirus engine.
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In new co-selling partnership with Microsoft, Box will start offering Azure storage alongside Box subscriptions and Microsoft to offer Box alongside Azure sales — The two companies now have a co-selling agreement. — Box and Microsoft are going to start working together in a new area: Sales.
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You can now request an Uber ride for people without a smartphone or Uber account, making it easier to help seniors — Uber is adding a new feature that lets you specify someone else in your phone's contact book as the rider for the trip. It was always possible to hail a ride … | Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Tim Westergren steps down as Pandora CEO; CFO Naveen Chopra takes over in interim — Senior Music Editor @jemaswad — After a flurry of rumors beginning Sunday that Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren would step down as CEO, the company made the announcement officially on Tuesday morning.
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Cloudflare launches an app development platform, Cloudflare Apps, and announces $100M Cloudflare Development Fund for startups — Cloudflare launched a brand new app development platform today called Cloudflare Apps, and announced the $100 million Cloudflare Developer Fund, started by its investors to back some of the better ideas.
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US House committee debates 14 bills regarding self-driving car rules, as 22 states have enacted their own, often conflicting, regulations — It's one of 14 bills that House lawmakers debated Tuesday. — Greg Walden recently was riding comfortably in his Subaru Outback …
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Drive.ai raises $50M Series B led by NEA for retrofit kits to bring self-driving to existing fleets — Self-driving technology startup Drive.ai has raised a $50 million Series B funding round, led by NEA and with participation from GGV and previous investors, including Series A lead Northern Light.
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App Annie report: global app economy to grow to from $1.3T in 2016 to $6.3T in 2021, user base to nearly double from 3.4B to 6.3B — The global app economy will be worth $6.3 trillion by 2021, up from $1.3 trillion last year, according to a new report this morning from app analytics firm App Annie.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iOS 11 to display blue status bar more prominently and detail which apps are actively using location data — Apple's new mobile operating systemiOS 11, which ships to the public in September, will give users a better understanding over how apps are using their location data.Sponsor Posts
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