Bloomberg: A look at Chinese companies making surveillance-enabling tech, which count government as a major client or investor and have spawned at least four billionaires
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How New York City evolved into a tech hub over the last two decades, fueled by Google's DoubleClick acquisition and the Bloomberg administration's policies (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
Steve Lohr / New York Times: How New York City evolved into a tech hub over the last two decades, fueled by Google’s DoubleClick acquisition
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Officials in Auckland, New Zealand suspend Lime's license after a glitch in e-scooters resulted in sudden braking, causing at least 30 injuries in 155 incidents (Biz Carson/Forbes)
Biz Carson / Forbes: Officials in Auckland, New Zealand suspend Lime’s license after a glitch in e-scooters resulted in sudden braking, causing at least 30
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Sources: Amazon may be scaling down its expansion in Seattle, including subleasing offices it rented in a new skyscraper, and expanding in neighboring Bellevue (Monica Nickelsburg/GeekWire)
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: Sources: Amazon may be scaling down its expansion in Seattle, including subleasing offices it rented in a new skyscraper, and expanding
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Florida inmate sues the Florida Department of Corrections after he was told he has to repurchase $569 of music he bought after the FDOC changed music vendors (Timothy B. Lee/Ars Technica)
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: Florida inmate sues the Florida Department of Corrections after he was told he has to repurchase $569 of music
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After an apparently coordinated group sexualized videos of minors via comments, YouTube warns creators it may remove ads on videos with inappropriate comments (Ryan Broderick/BuzzFeed News)
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: After an apparently coordinated group sexualized videos of minors via comments, YouTube warns creators it may remove ads on videos
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Sources characterize Zuckerberg's May announcement of Facebook's Clear History tool as an example of the company's history of prioritizing optics over substance (Ryan Mac/BuzzFeed News)
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: Sources characterize Zuckerberg’s May announcement of Facebook’s Clear History tool as an example of the company’s history of prioritizing optics
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Epic Games commits another $100M for prizes in Fortnite competitions in 2019, announces Fortnite World Cup for July with $30M prize pool, esports' largest ever (Jordan Crook/TechCrunch)
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: Epic Games commits another $100M for prizes in Fortnite competitions in 2019, announces Fortnite World Cup for July with $30M prize
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Verizon launches limited trial of Tech Pack, a mystery box service that sends gadgets to customers for testing and charges them for what they don't return (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Verizon launches limited trial of Tech Pack, a mystery box service that sends gadgets to customers for testing and charges
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50+ Microsoft staff sign letter to Satya Nadella and Brad Smith demanding an end to a $479M US Army contract to license HoloLens tech for combat and training (Caroline O'Donovan/BuzzFeed News)
Caroline O’Donovan / BuzzFeed News: 50+ Microsoft staff sign letter to Satya Nadella and Brad Smith demanding an end to a $479M US Army contract
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