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Sales of ebooks In US dropped 18.7% during the first nine months of 2016, 17% in UK in 2016, data from publisher associations shows (CNNMoney) אסף מגידש

ARM's first image signal processor is intended for automotive applications but also promises to broaden access to cutting-edge image processing for phone OEMs (Vlad Savov/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Former NSA director Michael Hayden explains why the spy agency will stop collecting Americans' emails about foreign targets (TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Sexism, racism and bullying are driving people out of tech, US study finds (Sam Levin/The Guardian) אסף מגידש

Troubled drone software maker 3D Robotics says it has raised $53M in Series D round, including new equity funding and conversion of debt equity (Lora Kolodny/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

With the announcement of the new $150 2DS XL, launching July 28, Nintendo finally abandons the 3D gimmick (Jason Schreier/Kotaku) אסף מגידש

Check Point researchers detail Dok, OS X malware that uses a signed Apple developer certificate to bypass Gatekeeper (Lory Gil/iMore) אסף מגידש

Amazon will stop accepting apps to "Underground Actually Free" program, which offered paid Android apps for free, on May 31, shut it down at the end of 2019 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Hacker leaks stolen "Orange Is the New Black" season 5 episodes after Netflix failed to pay ransom; Netflix says a production vendor was compromised (Todd Spangler/Variety) אסף מגידש

Turkey blocks Wikipedia under law designed to protect national security (The Guardian) אסף מגידש

Appian, enterprise app development software provider, files for $86M IPO (NASDAQ.com) אסף מגידש

LoveCrafts, a social network and e-commerce marketplace for home craft makers, raises about $33M Series C led by Scottish Equity Partners (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Profile of Sheryl Sandberg and the business impact of her efforts to create a sharing culture at Facebook (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

CEO of WPP, the world's largest advertising group, says the company plans to spend $200M on Snapchat ads in 2017, after spending $96M in 2016 (Alex Heath/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

Musical.ly, the app that lets users create music videos, adds integration with Apple Music, using Apple's music catalog and including cross-promotion (Dan Rys/Billboard) אסף מגידש

SEC filing: Square paid Yik Yak $1M to hire several of its employees and acquire a non-exclusive license to some of its intellectual property (Lora Kolodny/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Yik Yak founders confirm they are shutting down the app, and a few staffers will join Square in Atlanta (Yik Yak Blog) אסף מגידש

Cloudera closes up 20%+, with a market cap of $2.3B, in its stock market debut (Katie Roof/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Rubrik CEO confirms his startup has raised $180M at $1.3B valuation led by Institutional Venture Partners; Lightspeed raised separate $95M fund to bolster stake (Ari Levy/CNBC) אסף מגידש

Google says Pixel and Pixel XL are not guaranteed to receive Android OS updates after October 2018 or security updates beyond October 2019 (John Callaham/Android Authority) אסף מגידש

Sources: NSA is stopping warrantless surveillance program in which it collects Americans' emails and texts to and from people overseas (Charlie Savage/New York Times) אסף מגידש

Report: Content recommendation companies Taboola and Outbrain are in advanced merger talks; combined company would be valued at $1B+ (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Airbnb signs agreement with California to allow regulators to audit hosts for racial discrimination (Sam Levin/The Guardian) אסף מגידש

Uber now lets users delete accounts without contacting support, adds new privacy features for notifications, location sharing (Kate Conger/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

After raising $225M in its IPO, online used car retailer Carvana opens down 10%+ on its first day of trading (Diptendu Lahiri/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Cloudera opens up 20%+ on its first day of trading, after raising $225M in its IPO (Greg Hoffman/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

Creator of Google News describes traits of story clusters and their sharing patterns that can be used by algorithms and humans to flag them as fake (Krishna Bharat) אסף מגידש

Qualcomm lowers revenue and profit forecasts for the current quarter, as Apple decides to stop royalty payments (Anya George Tharakan/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Microsoft's Surface revenues lower than expected due to both lack of product refresh and competition from its OEM partners (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Google's non-advertising business, categorized as "Other Revenue", posted a 49.4% jump to $3.1B, representing 13% of total revenue (Reuters) אסף מגידש

Cloudflare announces Orbit, a security solution for IoT devices (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) אסף מגידש

Google and Facebook were victims of a $100M phishing scam by a Lithuanian man arrested in March 2017; both companies say they have recouped the funds (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune) אסף מגידש

PlayStation 4 has never been more important to Sony (Nick Summers/Engadget) אסף מגידש

Didi Chuxing raises $5.5B, in single largest round of funding on record, to expand beyond China; round makes it the world's most valuable startup after Uber (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Government requests for Facebook user account data up 9% in second half of 2016, but content restrictions declined (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Cloudera prices IPO at $15/share, above $12-$14 range, raising $225M and valuing the company at about $1.9B (Nicole Bullock/Financial Times) אסף מגידש

Microsoft productivity business unit had $8B in revenues, up 22% YoY; LinkedIn added $975M to unit's sales in a first full quarter since acquisition (Larry Dignan/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Facebook updates Rights Manager tool to let creators claim ad earnings on copyright-infringing videos posted by others (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Apple's self-driving Lexus seen in Silicon Valley with 64-channel lidar, at least two radars and a series of cameras (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Alphabet beats estimates with profits up 29% YoY on strong ad sales, shares up 4.2% to $929 after hours (Ben Popper/The Verge) אסף מגידש

FCC releases the full text of Ajit Pai's proposal to roll back Title II net neutrality rules ahead of May 18 vote, opens commenting system (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica) אסף מגידש

GoPro reports Q1 revenues of $218.6M, up 19% YoY, beating analyst estimates, but losses widen to $111.15M compared to $107.46M a year ago (Lauren Gensler/Forbes) אסף מגידש

Google opens up Classroom, its learning suite, to anyone with a Google account, expanding it beyond G Suite users (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Intel reports Q1 revenue of $14.8B, up 7% YoY, profit of $3.2B, up 22%, stresses strong performance of memory-chip business (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Memo: Anthony Levandowski to step aside from leading Uber's self-driving group, will remain at the firm, to be replaced by Eric Meyhofer (Biz Carson/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

AWS reports 42% YoY jump in revenue to $3.66B, up from $2.57B a year ago, as growth slows slightly (Tom Krazit/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Microsoft Cloud strength highlights third quarter results (Microsoft) אסף מגידש

Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Sales up 23% to $35.7 Billion (Amazon.com) אסף מגידש

Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2017 Results (Alphabet Investor Relations) אסף מגידש

The annual revenue of the semiconductor industry is estimated to have doubled since 2003 to $352B, driven by the proliferation of connected devices and big data (Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש