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1. Google Stadia launches this November with $130 Founder's Edition
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On the eve of E3 (well, the night before EA's press conference, anyway), Google has revealed pricing and availability for Stadia, its highly anticipated game streaming service. The big date for your ...

2. Why isn’t YouTube held accountable for the actions of its stars?
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The debate surrounding YouTube's responsibilities about the content it hosts has reignited after yet more controversy. The Google-owned video service whiffed when initially asked to discipline a creator ...

3. Jessica Jones faces a new enemy in season 3 trailer
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... streaming service, all good things are coming to... Read all  ...

4. Final Fantasy soundtracks come to Spotify and Apple Music
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Square Enix might have just convinced a ton of Final Fantasy fans to spend their hard-earned Gil on music streaming services. The game developer, with no prior announcement, has just made the soundtracks ...

5. Russia adds Tinder to the list of apps that have to release user data to its cops and spies on demand, without a warrant
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... of Internet users, Tinder is the fourth dating service added to ORI, after Mamba, Wamba, and Badoo's dating portal. Russia says Tinder must share user data, private messages [Catalin Cimpanu/Zdnet] (via ...

6. Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist
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Patronscan is the leading provider of ID-scanning/verification services to bars and restaurants, and one of its selling points is that it allows its customers to create shared blacklists of undesirable ...

7. SEC sues Kik for running an unregistered Initial Coin Offering
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing messaging service Kik Interactive, stating that its 2017 digital token sale, which raised $100 million, was essentially an illegal, unregistered ...

8. The Xbox app for Windows 10 is now a ‘console companion’
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Microsoft is continuing to build on its promise to improve its services for gamers. Last year, it vowed to improve its Microsoft Store and last month unveiled a powerful new take on the Xbox Game Bar. ...

9. Uber experiment allows Eats orders from the main app
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Uber has started rolling out an experimental version of its app that was made to persuade its main service's customers to try its food delivery business. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that ...

10. Trump may detain migrant children at Georgia's Fort Benning military base in a new concentration camp
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... the population but still on base,” write Courtney Kube and Julia Ainsley of NBC News: The Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for sheltering immigrant children who cross the ...

11. Experts weigh in on Apple's private sign-in feature
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... sign up for sites and services on the web, is being t... Read all  ...

12. Hertz launches monthly car rental subscription starting at $999
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Today, Hertz announced a new vehicle subscription service, Hertz My Car. For a monthly fee, users will have access to select sedans, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The service follows on the heels of a similar, ...

13. YouTube will offer 10 hours of live E3 coverage on June 9th
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YouTube is giving you a gigantic dose of E3 this year -- the service will offer 10 hours of live coverage through its Gaming section on June 9th, starting at 1PM Eastern. It'll include obvious coverage ...

14. Electric scooter company Bird will soon launch these weird 2-seater electric bikes
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... can accommodate up to two riders and an optional pedal-assist or peg,” writes Kyle Wiggers at VentureBeat. “It will roll out this summer in unnamed test markets via Bird’s first-party service and its platform ...

15. Free "National Park" typeface that looks like the wood signs on the trails
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National Park is a free typeface from The Design Outside Studio based on the "National Park Service signs that are carved using a router bit." Studio founder and University of Kansas design professor ...

16. Amazon Prime Video Channels are coming to Canada
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Canucks now have have a way to put more of their online TV viewing in one place. Amazon has unveiled plans to bring Prime Video Channels to Canada, placing a range of services within easy reach if you're ...

17. KLM funds new "Flying-V" plane design where passengers sit inside the wings
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... it could enter commercial service. From CNN: It's claimed the plane will use 20% less fuel than the Airbus A350-900 while carrying a similar number of passengers -- the Flying-V will seat 314, while ...

18. Apple limits tracking and ads in kid-focused apps
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Apple had an unexpected trick up its sleeve on the privacy front when it unveiled a Sign in with Apple option for apps and services at WWDC. But that's not the only privacy-focused measure it revealed ...

19. Rumor: DoJ is going to investigate Google for antitrust violations
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... and refrain from using its control over the ad and search platform to prioritize its products and services over those of rivals. Since the Reagan era, American antitrust regulators have been hamstrung ...

20. Apple's HomeKit adds security to routers and streaming cameras
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Apple is continuing its privacy-based assault on Google and Facebook. At its WWDC event, the company unveiled HomeKit Secure Video and HomeKit for Routers. Both services are meant to protect the privacy ...

21. Living DNA Kit review
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... her findings. What is it? The Living DNA Kit is a service that analyzes a person’s DNA results. A cheek-swab … Living DNA Kit review Read More Read all  ...

22. Google cloud outage knocks out Gmail, Discord and Snapchat
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No, it's not just you -- many of the internet services you use went down this weekend. Google has reported an outage with its Cloud Platform that made several sites and apps inoperable in some regions ...

23. Lyft offers free EV charging to Portland drivers
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Lyft might have a way to recruit more EV drivers: top up their cars for free. The ridesharing service has teamed up with Portland General Electric to offer free EV charging in the Oregon city's metro ...

24. The new 'Twilight Zone' is available to stream in black and white
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CBS All Access just gave nostalgia-seekers something to watch this weekend. As promised, the streaming service has released a version of Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone series in black and white. ...

25. NASA picks first commercial landing partners for return to the Moon
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NASA has edged one step closer to fulfilling its dreams of returning to the Moon. The agency has chosen its first three commercial Moon landing service providers, each of which will carry NASA-supplied ...