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July 10, 2017, 9:15 AM

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Chris Duckett / ZDNet:
After tweet about discussing an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit” with Putin, Trump tweets he doesn't think the joint effort can happen  —  Fellow politicians have lined up to deride US President Donald Trump's idea of a cybersecurity partnership with Russia.
Marcy Wheeler / emptywheel:
A joint US-Russia working group on cybersecurity mostly serves Russia, will make it harder for Congress to purge Kaspersky Lab products from federal networks  —  Man oh man did Vladimir Putin hand Trump his ass in their meeting the other day.  While most the focus has been on Trump's apparent refusal …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
News Media Alliance, with members including NYT, WaPo, and News Corp, seeks antitrust exemption from Congress to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook  —  Google and Facebook continue to gobble up the digital advertising market, siphoning away revenue that once paid for the quality journalism …
Scott Stein / CNET:
Facebook drops price of Oculus VR headset again in four months, now $399 with Touch Controller for six weeks  —  The Oculus Rift and Touch controller bundle is $399 for the summer, months before Oculus' big fall event.  —  Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset already got one price drop back in March.
Dan Primack / Axios:
In email sent to all portfolio CEOs, Binary Capital's managing partner Jonathan Teo blames “corrupted” media for his resignation, which LPs have yet to accept  —  Binary Capital co-founder Jonathan Teo slammed the media, investor leaks and at least one of his portfolio companies …
Ben Sullivan / Motherboard:
DJI is updating firmware on its drones to prevent hackers from circumventing flight restrictions  —  The tension between drone pilots who want complete control over their aircraft that they bought and DJI, the world's biggest consumer grade drone maker, has come to a head.
Reuters:
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio is investigating an alleged data breach of 100M+ customers including names, telephone numbers, and email addresses  —  India's Reliance Jio is investigating whether personal data of over 100 million of its customers had leaked onto a website …
Mark Harris / Wired:
Space Data, which is suing Alphabet over patents and trade secret theft, got USPTO to cancel key Project Loon balloon control patent claims last month  —  Last summer, a small company called Space Data sued Alphabet's ‘moonshot’ X division.  At issue was its effort to deliver internet access …

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