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Sources: Apple is asking suppliers to study feasibility of shifting final assembly of some products out of China amid trade tensions — iPhone maker is asking suppliers to study moving final assembly of some products out of the country — Apple Inc. AAPL -.29% is asking suppliers …
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Senate panel says it will hold a hearing on Facebook's Libra on July 16; source: David Marcus, who leads Facebook's blockchain efforts, is expected to testify — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will discuss Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency at a July 16 hearing, the panel announced Wednesday.
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Sources: after complaints about privacy practices around children's videos on YouTube, FTC is in late stages of a probe, causing YouTube to rethink its strategy — The U.S. government is in the late stages of an investigation into YouTube for its handling of children's videos …
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| Wirecutter: |
People who buy and set up a used Nest Cam Indoor that was paired with a Wink hub may be allowing previous owners unfettered access to images from the camera — We've explained before that when you're selling or giving away your old smart-home devices, it's critical to do a factory reset …
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NYSE says Slack's reference price for its direct listing has been set at $26 per share, which would value Slack at $15.7B, per sources — This is a developing story and will be updated shortly. — WSJ opens select articles to reader conversation to promote thoughtful dialogue.
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| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
Waymo partners with Renault and Nissan to explore creating driverless mobility services in France and Japan — Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving vehicle unit, is preparing to expand the scope of its autonomous tech efforts beyond the U.S. in a new partnership with the Renault-Nissan Alliance aimed …
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UK government says the age verification requirement for porn websites is delayed because it failed to inform European regulators about the plan — An age-check scheme designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites has been delayed a second time. — The changes - which mean UK …
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| Terry Spencer / Associated Press: |
A Florida city council votes to pay $600K ransom to hackers who, over three weeks ago, encrypted city records, disabled its email system, and more — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system …
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Some Twitter users receiving notifications whenever someone unfollows them, falsely saying the user “followed them back”; Twitter says it's working on a bug fix — Twitter is telling people when someone has unfollowed them. — For several days, untold numbers of Twitter users … | Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
Oracle publishes out-of-band update to patch a zero-day code-execution vulnerability in WebLogic Server that is being actively exploited, per researchers — Oracle's WebLogic Java appserver hit with the third in a series of exploited RCEs. — Oracle on Tuesday published an out-of-band update patching …
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Sources: the US has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Druva, which provides a SaaS platform for data protection and management, raises $130M round led by Viking Global Investors at a $1B+ valuation — As businesses continue to move more of their computing and data to the cloud, one of the startups that has made a name for itself as a provider … | Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Sources: Ajit Pai's office has withheld documents from Democratic FCC commissioners on the FCC's probe into the unauthorized sale of US cellphone location data — Democratic commissioners at the FCC are still in the dark when it comes the agency's ongoing investigation into the unauthorized sale … | Daniela Perdomo / Industrial Felt: |
Analysis of Crunchbase data of 21K funding rounds for 13K US startups shows women leading “non-female-focused” startups raise 54% less VC than their fair share — I've raised four rounds of venture capital. Each time, I feel a little part of me dies so goTenna might succeed.
Tweets: @arcalinea and @ekp
| James Fallows / The Atlantic: |
Fresno-based Bitwise Industries, which offers training for developers, raises $27M Series A led by Kapor Capital — Four years ago, my wife, Deb, and I wrote about an ambitious and unusual tech startup called Bitwise Industries, in the gritty and long-struggling city of Fresno in California's Central Valley.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Kano, which makes hardware to teach younger people about computing and coding, partners with Microsoft and launches a £300 11.6" touchscreen laptop — Kano, the London-based startup that builds hardware designed to teach younger people about computing and coding …
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Valtix, which develops a suite of enterprise cloud security products, raises $14M Series A from Trinity Ventures and others — There's no two ways about it: The state of cloud services security is alarming. About 24% of organizations have hosts missing high-severity patches in the public cloud …
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