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Google and Facebook were scammed out of $100M

Over the course of two years, Google and Facebook wired $100 million to an imposter as victims of a long-con phishing attack, Fortune found. In March, the US Department of Justice published an indictment against a Lithuanian man, Evaldas Rimasauskas, for “orchestrating a fraudulent business email compromise scheme that induced two U.S.-based internet companies” to …

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Google Trips travels farther into Features Land

Google Trips just got a little trippier. The Android and iOS app — a kind of personal assistant for traveling and vacations — has three new features, Google said Wednesday. Unveiled in September, Trips pulls from your Gmail inbox to organize information about your plane tickets and lodging reservations. It also provides suggestions on nearby sights and restaurants and lets …

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FCC chairman begins assault on net neutrality rules

Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai has started to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulation, setting up a showdown between tech companies and broadband providers. In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Pai outlined his plan for eliminating the utility style regulatory framework the FCC adopted in 2015, while still keeping principles to prevent broadband and wireless providers from favoring their …

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Instagram users top 700 million

Just think of all the brunch pics 700 million Instagram users can generate. The photo-sharing app hit just that milestone of monthly active users, according to a blog post Wednesday. Since December, Instagram has racked up 100 million new users, a growth of 16.7 percent in a single quarter. The company, founded in 2010 and bought by Facebook in 2012, …

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Now playing: Watch this: Micro drones race through a former ‘Firefly’ spaceship 2:38 There’s nothing quite like stepping onto a set from one of your favorite TV shows — so when I walked onto a fully lit spaceship set from the show “Firefly” to check out DR1 Racing’s Micro Series, I had to contain my geek glee a little bit. …

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