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June 19, 2020, 4:40 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at the internal divisions at Apple over its plans for an AR/VR headset, which may be released in 2022; AR glasses to be released by 2023 at the earliest  —  In late 2018, Apple Inc. was a few years into its plan to build a powerful headset with both virtual- and augmented-reality capabilities when things shifted dramatically.
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions with 32M downloads that collected browsing history and sensitive credentials, after being alerted by researchers  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple is temporarily closing 11 stores across Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina amid COVID-19 spikes  —  Apple Inc. is temporarily shutting some of its U.S. retail stores again after cases of Covid-19 spiked in some areas across the country, Bloomberg News reports.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Oracle owned BlueKai had an unprotected server leaking identifiable user data and sensitive browsing info, exposing billions of records for anyone to find  —  Billions of records exposed.  —  Have you ever wondered why online ads appear for things that you were just thinking about?
Louise Matsakis / Wired:
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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Snapchat apologizes and disables its Juneteenth filter that allowed users to “smile and break the chains”, saying it didn't go through its usual review process  —  It's the latest example of a controversial Snapchat filter  —  Snapchat is apologizing for a controversial Juneteenth filter …
Financial Times:
Wirecard's CEO Markus Braun resigns over the missing €1.9B in cash; James Freis, chief compliance officer who joined company on Thursday, named as interim CEO  —  Markus Braun resigns as payment group's shares continue to collapse and investors threaten legal action
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Steve Brooks / Enterprise Times:
Copado, which is developing a DevOps tool focused on the Salesforce ecosystem, raises $26M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $47M  —  Copado has announced a $26 million Series B funding round led by its existing investor Insight Partners.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Boston-based Botkeeper, which automates bookkeeping workflows using AI, raises $25M Series B led by Point72 Ventures, bringing its total raised to $47.5M  —  Botkeeper, a startup developing automated data entry, classification, and reporting solutions for accounting, today announced it has raised $25 million.
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Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg:
Robinhood says it is changing its options offerings after a young customer killed himself when his account showed a negative balance of $700K+  —  Robinhood is changing its options offerings, including increased education, in the wake of a young customer's suicide.

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