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| Susie Cagle / OneZero: |
As bars check IDs with PatronScan, its manufacturer, Servall Biometrics, touts a global database with 40K+ banned patrons, amid fears of enabling discrimination — PatronScan says it sells security. Privacy advocates worry it's selling mass surveillance.
Tweets: @susie_c, @loisbeckett, @loisbeckett, @privacyproject, @evacide, @hypervisible, @katienotopoulos, @susie_c, @acsifferlin, @mat, @ozm, @gdhazelwood, @utliquorlawyer, @chillmage, @dangillmor, @david_t_macknet, @loisbeckett, @loisbeckett, @matt_cagle, @loisbeckett, @marcburleigh, @libskrat, @ozm, @ryndnls, @ozm, @katienotopoulos, @xteunissen, and @susie_c
| VICE: |
Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde says the company is looking into how white nationalists and supremacists use the platform to determine if they should be banned — “Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals? Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals?
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @willoremus, @nototally, @joshconstine, @carnage4life, @hshaban, @escoblades, @vicenews, @warrenisdead, @devinkofsky, @vicenews, and @vicenews
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple's new website defending the App Store, following antitrust allegations, mostly serves to highlight its power and dominance while ignoring criticisms — Apple launched a new website as a response to critics like Spotify — As it faces both an antitrust lawsuit with huge implications …
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9to5Mac, Engadget, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Mercury News, Quartz, CNBC, Daring Fireball, CNET, PYMNTS.com, Cult of Mac, MacStories, MacRumors, Appleosophy, MACお宝 …, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and iMore
Tweets: @nickjshearer, @backlon, @hallstephenj, @reckless, @reckless, @herf, and @zmknox
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial — SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in a sign that it is doubling …
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Huawei, Washington Post, Engadget, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Verge, CNBC, Tech in Asia, CircleID, South China Morning Post, Reuters, Observer, Android Central, TechCrunch, CNBC, Ars Technica, Light Reading, Neowin, Business Insider, Fortune, TechCrunch, KrASIA, Business Insider, CNN, TechNode, ZDNet, Newser, and Bloomberg
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google introduces new policies to protect children and families downloading apps on Google Play, including mandating developers comply with content and ad rules — Google announced this morning a new set of developer policies aimed at providing additional protections for children …
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Android Developers Blog, Android Police, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, Financial Times, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @googleplaydev
| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Uber says it will now ban riders with significantly below-average ratings after giving them several opportunities to improve — Uber has long deactivated drivers who get low ratings. Now the ride-hailing company is turning the tables. — Uber announced Wednesday that those passengers …
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Tweets: @mat, @matthewstoller, @noahpinion, and @kantrowitz
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon announces 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 that's shipping in July for $89.99, launches new Alexa commands to delete what you just said or everything you said today — A direct challenge to the Google Nest Home Hub — Amazon is releasing a new Echo device today because apparently …
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Amazon.com, Inc., Engadget, CNET, Android Authority, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, USA Today, Android Police, Business Insider, CNET, Wired, Voicebot, BetaNews, Techdirt, NBC News, Telegraph, TechHive, Bloomberg, GeekWire, GeekWire, ZDNet, Engadget, and Mashable
Tweets: @reckless, @dcseifert, and @baxiabhishek
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple should be courageous and double down on Marzipan, retooling all of its first-party Mac apps with the cross platform framework and working out rough edges — Why Apple should go all in on iPad apps on the Mac — This year at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …
Tweets: @backlon, @waltmossberg, and @stevesi
| Nick Parker / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more — Today, at Computex in Taipei, Microsoft executives Roanne Sones, CVP OS Platforms and Rodney Clark, VP IoT Sales …
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The Verge, BetaNews, Windows Blog, BGR, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, WinBuzzer, TechSpot, Engadget, Thurrott, OnMSFT.com, The Register, Inquirer, Windows Central, Softpedia News, and blogs.microsoft.com
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Flipboard says hackers had access to its servers for 9+ months and stole some customers' info, including digital tokens linking profiles to 3rd-party services — Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.
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Flipboard, TechCrunch, MacRumors, NullTX, iPhone in Canada Blog, Dark Reading, SlashGear, Forbes, International Business Times, The Hacker News, Engadget, Inquirer, 9to5Mac, Android Central, BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, and CNET
Tweets: @flipboard, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Gmail's confidential mode, announced last April, will become available to G Suite customers on June 25 — Gmail's confidential mode — the privacy-preserving email feature Google unveiled last April — launched in beta roughly three months ago, and the Mountain View company today announced …
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G Suite Updates Blog, The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, and BleepingComputer
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Following Google's announcement of Google Pay support last week, New York City subway riders will be able to pay with Apple Pay starting Friday — If you frequent the New York City subway's 4, 5, 6 line, you've probably seen the new terminals at a variety of stations like Union Square and Grand Central.
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MacRumors, Yahoo Finance, CNET, PCWorld, KnowTechie, BuzzFeed News, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, CNBC, Cult of Mac, Mashable, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @stevekopack and @mdudas
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says Chrome's current ad blocking capabilities will be restricted to enterprise users in coming changes to Chrome extensions, despite negative feedback — Back in January, Google announced a proposed change to Chrome's extensions system, called Manifest V3, that would stop current ad blockers from working efficiently.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is rolling out the ability for Google Maps to show speed limits and speed cameras in over 40 countries — Google Maps is gaining some features previously exclusive to Google's navigation app, Waze. The company confirmed it's rolling out the ability for Google Maps users to see speed limits …
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Thurrott, ZDNet, Digital Information World, Firstpost Tech, 9to5Google, and XDA Developers
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Palo Alto Networks to buy container security startup Twistlock, which had raised $63M+, for $410M, and serverless security startup PureSec, which raised $10M — At KubeCon last week in Barcelona, container security was a hot topic, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Palo Alto Networks announced today …
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GeekWire, Globes Online, PR Newswire, and CRN
| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Members of Google's Pygmalion team, responsible for Assistant's linguistic analysis, allege that subcontractors were routinely pressured into unpaid overtime — Interpreting a spoken request isn't magic, rather it has taken a team of underpaid, subcontracted linguists to make the technology possible
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Wired, Digital Information World, Inquirer, CNET, and New York Times
Tweets: @bentarnoff, @cszabla, @kantrowitz, @juliacarriew, @juliacarriew, @techworkersco, @jessesheidlower, @bxchen, and @juliacarriew
| Aaron Mak / Slate: |
An inside look at Donald Trump's Wikipedia entry, one of the most popular pages on the internet, where editors fight a brutal, petty battle over every word — It's one of the most popular pages on the internet. But behind the scenes, editors are fighting a brutal, petty battle over every word.
Tweets: @katie_rayford, @dabeard, @abenedikt, @katherinemiller, and @kelseyhalliday
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Salesforce announces Salesforce Blockchain, letting companies more easily build distributed ledgers with Salesforce data, currently in private preview — Salesforce Blockchain will allow companies to build blockchain-based distributed ledgers that integrate with their Salesforce data using …
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, ZDNet, TechRepublic, VentureBeat, and The Block
Tweets: @ron_miller and @agnotology42
| George Nguyen / Search Engine Land: |
A look back at Bing on its 10th anniversary: though Bing's market share is still small, Microsoft has stayed committed to search, winning over many advertisers — Ten years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing. A decade in, Bing's evolution looks different depending on your perspective.
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Bing Blogs, WinBuzzer, and Thurrott
Tweets: @ginnymarvin, @maryjofoley, @gavinsbaker, @homaionkabir, and @jordannovet
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
iRobot announces a pair of new cleaning robots, the $1,299 Roomba s9+ and $499 Braava Jet m6, that can work together to clean houses — A job shared in a job halved — iRobot has a pair of new cleaning robots, the Roomba s9+ and Braava Jet m6, that can work in tandem to vacuum, mop, and dust your house.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, Ars Technica, ROS Index, CNET, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox increases Plus plan storage from 1TB to 2TB, raises the price from $10 to $12 per month, and adds Rewind and Smart Sync features — Dropbox has doubled the storage space for its Plus users from 1TB to 2TB, added Rewind and Smart Sync features, and increased the price from $10 per month to $12 per month.
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Thurrott, Work in Progress, Engadget, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
Google's Digital News Initiative is expanding its funding to North America, opening application for an “innovation challenge” offering projects up to $300K — Projects, which should be related to local news or revenue generation, can receive up to $300,000 in funding.| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
Facebook announces new tools to help game developers monetize their games, including in-app “rewarded videos” and new News Feed ad options — Facebook game players will soon encounter more advertising tied to in-game rewards. The social media platform will be giving publishers more options to monetize their mobile games.
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Facebook Audience Network, VentureBeat, AdExchanger, Adweek, and Marketing Land
| Nikkei: |
Source: Toyota is considering investing $550M in Chinese ride hailing service Didi Chuxing and establishing a joint mobility service — Automaker also considers setting up a new mobility service in China — TOKYO — Toyota Motor is considering buying a 60 billion yen ($548.6 million) …
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Reuters, Japan Times, Dallas Business Journal, TechNode, and Seeking Alpha
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: PE firm Bain Capital is raising $1B for a new tech fund for buyouts and late-stage minority investments, focused on enterprise and cybersecurity — KEY POINTS — Bain Capital, which manages more than $100 billion, is planning to raise $1 billion for a tech-focused fund …
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