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Sonos debuts Beam, a $399 compact soundbar coming later this year with five-microphone array and Alexa integration; Google Assistant, Airplay 2 support planned — A $399 Alexa-enabled soundbar for the streaming era — Walk into any of Sonos' downtown Santa Barbara, California, offices …
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Tweets: @sonossupport, @heatherkelly, @patrick_spence, @sonos, @laurengoode, @reckless, and @backlon
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google releases Android P Beta 2, with final APIs and 157 new emoji, including red hair, a llama, and two new gender-neutral designs — Google today launched the second Android P beta with final APIs and 157 new emoji. If you're a developer, this is your third Android P preview …
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Coinbase says it is acquiring securities dealer Keystone Capital in an effort to expand into the coin offerings market, pending regulatory approval — Cryptocurrency business plans to use Keystone assets to move into fast-growing market for coin offerings — Coinbase, one of the leading …
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The Coinbase Blog, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Bitcoinist.com, CCN, and Fortune
Tweets: @paulvigna and @crypto_macro
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Cisco: Russian-tied VPNFilter malware targets far more routers and is more powerful than first reported, can attack connected PCs, downgrade HTTPS connections — Malware tied to Russia can attack connected computers and downgrade HTTPS. — Two weeks ago, officials in the private …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Valve to allow all games on Steam unless they are “illegal” or “trolling”, is building tools to give users more control over what content they see on the store — After a few weeks of controversy — which included a pulled game about school shootings and confusion … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Facebook partners with seven news orgs, including ABC News, CNN, and Fox News, to roll out a series of news shows on Facebook Watch this summer — After going through the fake-news wringer, Facebook is shelling out money on original news content. The strategy is partly aimed at driving …
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Facebook Media, BGR, TechCrunch, Fortune, Axios, FierceCable, and CNNMoney
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Instagram to launch Snapchat Discover-style video hub with scripted shows, music videos, and more; announcement tentatively slated for June 20 — Instagram is preparing to unveil a home for longer-form video — a YouTube competitor and its take on Snapchat Discover.
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9to5Google, Axios, Pocket-lint, Adweek, Refinery29, Digital Photography Review, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Comcast's Xfinity landline phone service experienced widespread outages across the US on Wednesday; Comcast says service is restored for most customers — Affecting businesses and even 911 calls — Comcast's Xfinity phone service is apparently suffering a massive outage today …
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CNET, ZDNet, Digital Trends, BGR, Gizmodo, PhillyVoice, and Mashable
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook testing Marketplace ads in the US that let users promote their listings in the News Feed — Twenty months after launching its Craigslist competitor, Marketplace, and relentlessly promoting it with placement in the main navigation bar, Facebook will start earning money off its classifieds section.
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| Robert Ferris / CNBC: |
General Motors says its hands-free Super Cruise driver assistance system is coming to all Cadillacs by 2020 — - Cadillac will introduce its advanced driver-assistance system on all its vehicles beginning in 2020. — Currently on the marquee sedan, the CT6, the system allows drivers …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Ars Technica, TechSpot, USA Today, Automotive News Breaking, and Detroit News
| Steven Loeb / VatorNews: |
Cloud file storage startup Qumulo raises $93M Series D led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners — The company has now raised over $230 million as it plans to expand further into Europe — Financial trends and news by Steven Loeb — There's a ton of data being created in everything we do now.
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VentureBeat, GeekWire, The Seattle Times, and PE Hub Blog
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
SEC chief says agency won't bend securities laws to cater to cryptocurrencies or ICOs and reaffirms that tokens used in ICO fundraising are securities — - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman made it clear Wednesday that the agency won't be bending the rules …
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Bitsonline and CoinDesk
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Order-ahead meal app Ritual, which lets others add to a food order for a more social ordering experience, raises $70M Series C led by Georgian Partners — While DoorDash, Postmates and other apps are looking to reimagine what the food delivery experience looks like, Ray Reddy says he wants …
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