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Amazon Music is shutting down its Storage service for uploaded MP3s, will remove all songs on April 30 unless users select an option to keep them (Nick Statt/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Pr0gramm, the image hosting community behind Coinhive, software that hijacks browsers to mine cryptocurrency, donates $250K+ to cancer research after exposé (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) אסף מגידש

Alibaba's mapping unit AutoNavi launches carpooling business, starting in Chengdu and Wuhan; Meituan Dianping launched its ridesharing service in February (Yimian Wu/China Money Network) אסף מגידש

Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills (Ashley Carman/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Accelerating and increasingly damaging leaks show Facebook's crumbling internal morale, which could be more pressing than threats like regulation or user exodus (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Uber is shutting down UberRUSH, its on-demand business delivery service for items weighing less than 30 pounds, ending services on June 30 (Megan Rose Dickey/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Google is winding down URL shortener goo.gl next month and will shut it down next year; all existing links will continue to redirect to intended destination (Google Devs/Google Developers Blog) אסף מגידש

Cobalt Robotics raises $13M Series A from Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund for its roving robotic security guard (CNBC) אסף מגידש

Latest Microsoft reorganization proves it has moved beyond Windows, with cloud and AI as the fundamental core Microsoft is betting its future on (Tom Warren/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Developers of open source CMS Drupal warn of remote code execution vulnerability affecting ~1M sites running Drupal 6, 7, or 8 and urge immediate patching (Liam Tung/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Customs officers in Shenzhen arrested a gang that smuggled ~$80M worth of iPhones from Hong Kong to mainland China using drones (Reuters) אסף מגידש

Accolade raises $50M from a16z, Madrona, others, bringing a total raised to $200M+ to help corporate employees navigate their healthcare options (Taylor Soper/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Singapore says it has reasonable grounds to believe Uber-Grab deal may violate competition laws, tells firms not to integrate businesses in the country for now (Jon Russell/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian indicted for allegedly hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012, has been extradited to the US from Czech Republic (DW.COM) אסף מגידש

Nift, a startup that enables merchants to give gift cards from other local merchants to best customers to cross-promote their businesses, raises $16.5M Series A (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Chartbeat: Chrome recommendations on mobile, Articles for You, is now the fourth-highest referrer to websites, growing 2100% in 2017 from 15M to 341M visits/mo (John Saroff/Nieman Lab) אסף מגידש

ProtonMail adds encrypted contacts manager, which uses digital signatures to check data integrity, to its iOS and Android apps (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Sources: Facebook employees react to VP's controversial 2016 memo, with dozens criticizing company leakers; Andrew Bosworth has now deleted his memo (Casey Newton/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Apple details external GPU support now available in macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra, recommends a number of specific enclosures and AMD cards; no Nvidia cards listed (Roger Fingas/AppleInsider) אסף מגידש

Some Silicon Valley executives warm up to Trump on taxes and deregulation even as they disagree with him on immigration and the environment (Jack Nicas/New York Times) אסף מגידש

Foxconn, facing tough competition from local Chinese companies and squeezed by Apple, sees a way to boost revenues and margins with the acquisition of Belkin (Om Malik) אסף מגידש

Profile of Dara Khosrowshahi as he works to repair Uber's image by acting as a diplomat and a salesman without giving up the qualities that led to its success (Sheelah Kolhatkar/New Yorker) אסף מגידש

UK-based 16-24-year-olds watch Netflix and listen to services like Spotify more than BBC, BBC radio stations; over 80% of kids watch YouTube, 29% BBC iPlayer (Mark Sweney/The Guardian) אסף מגידש

Document reveals Facebook was informed in 2014 that Aleksandr Kogan's company's survey app could sell user data, which broke with Facebook's policy at the time (Financial Times) אסף מגידש

Daimler and BMW say they are combining their car-sharing businesses into a joint venture, with equal shares for each firm, to better compete with Silicon Valley (Jack Ewing/New York Times) אסף מגידש

European Commission says it will cancel all UK-held .eu domains when it leaves EU in March 2019; analysis shows these are ~317K, or ~10%, of total .eu domains (Kieren McCarthy/The Register) אסף מגידש

US wants all visa applicants, or ~15M people per year, to provide social media and other details; previously, these details only required from ~65K visitors (Matthew Lee/Associated Press) אסף מגידש

Leaked 2016 memo from Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth says "all the work we do in growth is justified", even if Facebook enables terrorism; Zuck says he disagreed (Ryan Mac/BuzzFeed) אסף מגידש

Telegram has raised an additional $850M for its ICO, according to SEC documents, bringing total raised to $1.7B, which could make it the largest ever ICO (Alex Heath/Cheddar) אסף מגידש

Even as Huawei grows into a confident design leader and gains market share with US allies, its absence in the US is a loss for consumers there (Vlad Savov/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Under Armour says ~150M MyFitnessPal accounts affected by a data breach in late February; data taken included usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords (Chloe Aiello/CNBC) אסף מגידש

More VC firms are seeking to raise new funds of $1B+ due to startups staying private longer, SoftBank as possible competition, avoidance of stake dilution, more (Dan Primack/Axios) אסף מגידש

Facebook says it pays women in the UK 0.8% less than men on average, versus 17% for Google, but womens' bonuses are 40%+ lower than men at both companies (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Instagram reenables GIPHY support due to tightened moderation; Instagram and Snapchat removed GIPHY support when a racist sticker appeared earlier this month (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Apple says it will update its site for managing Apple IDs to let users download a copy of their data, complying with EU's GDPR, which goes into effect on May 25 (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

For the first time, Facebook begins letting fact-checking partners review photos/videos and also lets them flag stories before being prompted (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Apple releases iOS 11.3 with throttling controls, ARKit 1.5, Health Records, new Animoji, Business Chat for iMessage, more; watchOS 4.3 and tvOS 11.3 also out (Juli Clover/MacRumors) אסף מגידש

Microsoft to add Stocks and Geography data types to Excel, powered by Bing's knowledge graph, allowing users to embed rich data in their spreadsheets (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Pinterest introduces Following tab, which only shows recent pins from the people and boards that users follow and will mostly be shown in chronological order (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Microsoft splits Windows & Devices Group; Rajesh Jha to lead Experiences & Devices, Scott Guthrie to lead Cloud + AI Platform, Harry Shum to lead AI + Research (Microsoft) אסף מגידש

Report: ARKit-only app downloads cross 13M in first six months, nearly half of them games; top apps include AR Dragon and measuring app CamToPlan Pro (Randy Nelson/Sensor Tower Blog) אסף מגידש

Terry Myerson, VP of Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, is leaving as part of a company-wide reorg oriented around focusing on the "intelligent cloud" (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Trump goes after Amazon on Twitter amid reports of obsession, saying the firm pays "little or no taxes" and is putting "thousands of retailers out of business" (Michael Sheetz/CNBC) אסף מגידש

Chinese online animated video streaming company Bilibili raises ~$483M at a valuation of more than $3B in IPO on Nasdaq (Max A. Cherney/MarketWatch) אסף מגידש

Sources: Snap cuts about 100 employees focusing on the advertising side of the business; this downsizing said to be the final step in restructuring process (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Uber reaches settlement with family of autonomous vehicle accident victim killed in Tempe, Arizona (Bernie Woodall/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Apple's education-focused events in 2012 and 2018 show that its vision does not fit with reality because of a lack of understanding of what teachers need (Bradley Chambers/9to5Mac) אסף מגידש

Researcher finds some VPN providers leak IP addresses via WebRTC bug which was discovered in 2015, but says audit is incomplete and other VPN's need testing (Catalin Cimpanu/BleepingComputer.com) אסף מגידש

LinkedIn rolls out native video ads in the news feed that auto-play on mute and lets businesses and publishers add video on their Company Pages (Robin Kurzer/Marketing Land) אסף מגידש

DJI unveils new thermal imaging sensor for its drones and announces "Skyport" dev kit to make it easier for drone owners to add custom parts/payload onto drones (Mike Murphy/Quartz) אסף מגידש