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Dept of Commerce blocks sales from US firms to ZTE for seven years, after alleged false statements to officials that followed guilty plea on sanctions violation — LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling components …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Coinbase confirms acquisition of Earn.com, which lets users earn bitcoin by replying to emails and completing tasks, with CEO Balaji Srinivasan joining as CTO — Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, a paid inbox service formerly known as 21 inc., with CEO Balaji Srinivasan joining as chief technology officer …
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Tweets: @nathanielpopper, @balajis, @mikeisaac, @kevinroose, @gaberivera, @aridavidpaul, @wtogami, @jess, @truthcoin, @mdudas, and @melt_dem
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces the Azure Sphere stack for securing IoT devices, includes a Linux-based OS, custom silicon for microcontrollers, and matching cloud service — Microsoft is introducing new custom silicon, a Linux-based embedded OS and cloud service aimed at securing microcontroller-based devices.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
GrayKey, the tool law enforcement's been buying to unlock iPhones, appears to work by brute forcing passcodes, another reason to use a strong alphanumeric code — Now that police agents can allegedly crack iPhones protected with passcodes made of six numbers, it's time to use longer, harder to guess and crack alphanumeric passphrases.
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TaskRabbit informs users that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident and that it has temporarily taken down its app and website — The handyman-for-hire app sent an email to users today recommending they change their passwords if they used the same ones for different websites.| New York Times: |
China's Weibo backs down from censoring gay content following backlash from users, after saying it would ban it along with other content to comply with new law — BEIJING — With hashtags like #Iamgaynotapervert and images of hearts and rainbows, tens of thousands of Chinese residents took …
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| Laharee Chatterjee / Reuters: |
Netflix reports revenue of $3.7B in Q1, up 40.4% YoY, and 7.41M global net adds, up 50% YoY, ahead of its 6.35M forecast, shares jump 6%+ in after hours trading — (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) added more international subscribers than expected in the first quarter as a slate of original shows including … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
T-Mobile fined $40M by FCC for failing to fix rural calling problems and playing ringing sounds to mislead “hundreds of millions” into thinking calls connected — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T-Mobile USA Inc (TMUS.O) agreed on Monday to pay $40 million to resolve a government investigation …
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CNET, TechCrunch, Android Authority, The Verge, Engadget, Bloomberg, MacRumors, Financial Times, and Fast Company. Tweets: @ali
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Study: of 228 groups found running divisive Facebook ads during 2016 election, 122 were “suspicious” and ran 4x more ads than others, ~20 had known links to IRA — WHEN YOUNG MIE Kim began studying political ads on Facebook in August of 2016—while Hillary Clinton was still leading the polls …
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CNET. Tweets: @wired, @davidfrum, @profcarroll, @issielapowsky, @edbott, @issielapowsky, @campaignlegal, @issielapowsky, and @issielapowsky
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Sources: Amazon Business has shelved its plan to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products after considering it last year; CVS stock up 5%+ — - Amazon has shelved plans to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products through Amazon Business, its marketplace for business customers.
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Tweets: @chrissyfarr, @econ_marshall, @m_delamerced, @matthewstoller, and @mattrosoff. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Adobe says it has acquired voice app startup Sayspring; Sayspring CEO says it will do away with paid plans and the platform will become invite-only — Adobe today announced it has acquired Sayspring, a platform for building and prototyping voice apps like Alexa skills or Google Assistant actions.
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Adobe Blog, 9to5Mac, Sayspring, and Voicebot
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Supreme Court will hear arguments in case that could widen states' reach on online sales taxes to merchants selling goods on Amazon and other platforms — Smaller vendors on Amazon and other platforms could find their goods subject to levies — Billions of dollars of goods sold each year …
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Washington Post, Digital Commerce 360, Fortune, and CNNMoney
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
PullRequest, which offers code review as a service, raises $8M Series A led by Google's Gradient Ventures, which also led its $2.3M seed round in December — PullRequest has been on a whirlwind lately, but it's the kind that any startup would likely welcome.
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Google to resume accepting ads from US addiction treatment centers in July, nearly a year after suspending the category following reports of deceptive ads — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google told Reuters Monday it would resume accepting ads from U.S. addiction treatment centers in July …
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Swiss staffing and workforce development company Adecco acquires New York-based coding school General Assembly for $412.5M; General Assembly had raised ~$120M — Coding school General Assembly has agreed to be acquired for $412.5 million in cash by Swiss staffing and workforce development company Adecco.
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Tweets: @ricetopher, @adeccogroup, @techcrunch, @alexisohanian, @slazar, @jselingo, and @mhbergen
| Robert Draper / New York Times: |
Profile of Dan Scavino, The White House's social media director and the only man that Trump trusts with his Twitter account — Unraveling the mystery of the inscrutable White House social media director, whose job is to help @realDonaldTrump stay unpresidential.| Facebook: |
Following questions from Congress about Facebook's web tracking of users who aren't logged in, the company details what data it collects and how — Last week, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress. He answered more than 500 questions and promised that we would get back on the 40 …
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Mixcloud, an audio streaming platform for long-form content, raises $11.5M led by WndrCo in its first-ever round; ex-DreamWorks President Ann Daly joins board — Mixcloud, the London startup that offers an audio streaming platform designed for long-form content, has closed its first-ever funding round, TechCrunch has learned.| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Lyft says its drivers have earned $500M+ in tips since the company was founded in 2012; tip averages up 8% YoY in 2017 due to app encouraging higher tip amounts — Lyft drivers have earned more than $500 million in tips to date, Lyft announced today. Since fleshing out tip functionality … | Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
France says it's building its own encrypted messenger service to fend off state-level espionage; President Macron's inner circle has been fond of Telegram — PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is building its own encrypted messenger service to ease fears that foreign entities could spy … Sponsor Posts
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