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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Google to buy data analytics startup Looker for $2.6B in cash, Google Cloud's first major acquisition under new CEO Thomas Kurian — KEY POINTS — The acquisition of Looker is the first major acquisition under former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud …
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Tweets: @jillianiles, @firstround, @sallyshin, @benbajarin, @tonyromm, and @shiraovide
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google Stadia details: pre-order now, coming in Nov. with $130 Founder's Edition, subscription costs $10/month not including extra games, and free tier in 2020 — Today, Google has revealed the key details that were conspicuously missing from its March announcement of the new Stadia game streaming service.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WarnerMedia abandons plan for a three-tiered streaming service, will likely package HBO, Cinemax, and the Warner Bros. library together for $16-$17/mo — New package is expected to include HBO, Cinemax and Warner Bros. content for barely more than HBO's current streaming service
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
FCC votes unanimously to let carriers block robocalls by default and advances proposed rule for carriers to adopt SHAKEN/STIR caller ID system — The FCC voted to give cell providers explicit permission to do stop the madness — The FCC voted unanimously today to allow carriers …
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USA Today, Android Authority, CNET, Gizmodo, and Reuters
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Ring is using a video captured by one of its doorbell cameras of a woman, whom cops suspect is a petty thief, in Facebook ads that ask users to identify her — Ring, Amazon's doorbell company, posted a video of a woman suspected of a crime and asked users to call the cops with information.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Facebook to release a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency's basics on June 18, ahead of a formal launch in 2020 — Facebook is finally ready to reveal details about its cryptocurrency codenamed Libra. It's currently scheduled for a June 18th release of a white paper explaining … | Steven Zheng / The Block: |
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Tweets: @techworkersco, @alexeheath, @adam_tache, @chrismaddern, and @carrascosacris_
| New York Times: |
US election laws, which prohibit companies from providing candidates services at a discount, are hampering cybersecurity work, a weakness for 2020 campaigns — One year out from the 2020 elections, presidential candidates face legal roadblocks to acquiring the tools and assistance necessary …
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Wired, Fortune, and cyber.fsi.stanford.edu
Tweets: @pinboard, @nicoleperlroth, @securedemocracy, @nytimes, @nicoleperlroth, and @jessbrandt
| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
How YouTube gaming commentators use anger to gain views on their videos, which researchers and some YouTubers say are amplified by YouTube's recommendations — How to make a successful video on one of the internet's most popular sites: — Step 1: Find something to be angry about.
Tweets: @bradesposito, @iansherr, @iansherr, @iansherr, @iansherr, @iansherr, @iansherr, @iansherr, @iansherr, @ohthatflo, @jmrivera02, @oneunderscore__, @justintweeter1, @hartsman, @ue_upperechelon, @timcast, @techledes, and @neerajka. Thanks:@techledes
| Financial Times: |
A close look at Russia's plan for a “sovereign internet”, which aims to use deep packet inspection for censorship and a backup domain name system — Thousands of protesters had gathered outside government headquarters in Magas, the capital of the heavily Muslim republic of Ingushetia in Russia's north Caucasus.
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Microsoft has pulled its facial recognition database, MS Celeb, which contained 10M+ images of ~100K individuals scraped under the Creative Commons license — Microsoft has quietly pulled from the internet its database of 10m faces, which has been used to train facial recognition systems around the world …
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Gizmodo, Engadget, VICE, Boing Boing, PYMNTS.com, WinBuzzer, OnMSFT.com, and Inquirer
Tweets: @madhumita29, @rossgrady, @hare_brain, @went1955, @tomgara, @m_heffernan, @rmac18, @janoschdelcker, @mikarv, and @hypervisible
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Barack and Michelle Obama's company, Higher Ground Productions, strikes a multiyear deal with Spotify to produce exclusive podcasts for the platform — NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — YouTube Says It's Reviewing Harassment Policies, After It Condoned Sustained Attacks on Gay Latino Journalist
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| Shivani Vora / New York Times: |
Uber debuts Uber Copter, a helicopter service starting July 9 in New York, to ferry customers between Lower Manhattan and JFK for $200-$225 per person — For an 8-minute, one-way flight, the average ride will cost between $200 and $225 per person and include private ground transportation on both ends of the trip.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Geek.com, The Points Guy, CNET, Fortune, and TechSpot
| Del Harvey / Twitter: |
Twitter simplifies the language for its rules and reorganizes them into three high-level categories: safety, privacy, and authenticity — Our rules exist to help keep everyone using Twitter safe and ensure they can participate freely in the public conversation.
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Engadget, The Daily Caller, Neowin, TechCrunch, and CNET
Tweets: @twittersafety, @delbius, @gwenckatz, @jason_howerton, @nkjemisin, @alasdairstuart, @longshorttrader, @pronounced_ing, @vijaya, and @tarletong
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
To better compete with TikTok, Instagram adds song lyrics for Stories using the Music sticker — Lip-syncing jumpstarted TikTok's to the center of teen culture, arguably displacing Instagram . Now the Facebook-owned app is striking back with a new feature that lets you displays lyrics … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
YouTube updates guidelines to ban videos that promote the superiority of any group to justify discrimination, resulting in the removal of thousands of channels — YouTube is trying to reduce the prevalence of extremist content on the platform — YouTube is changing its community guidelines …
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Hoodline, The Hill, Phandroid, and Naked Security
Tweets: @fordfischer, @teamyoutube, @reckless, @ggreenwald, @kevinroose, @slpng_giants, and @riotdoge
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Tweets: @teamyoutube, @senblumenthal, @parismartineau, and @reillyadam
| Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast: |
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