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Thomas Germain / Consumer Reports:Facebook's privacy setting to opt out of face recognition technology is missing for some users, nearly 18 months after it was announced  —  Consumer Reports finds uneven access to the setting nearly 18 months after it was…

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, is developing a paid music service via a new app it expects to debut as early as this fall, mostly in emerging markets  —  - ByteDance plans to target listeners in emerging markets  — Company…

Julia Alexander / The Verge:Professional gamer Tfue sues esports org FaZe Clan over allegedly “oppressive” contract, says FaZe violates CA law by acting as an unlicensed talent agency  —  The lawsuit could be a turning point for e-sports…

Financial Times:Sources: US intelligence chiefs have been briefing US tech companies since Oct. to warn them on the risks of trade with China, showing classified info to execs  —  US intelligence chiefs have held a series of classified briefings with…

Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times:Documents show that Lyft pays less per mile to drivers who rent a car via Lyft's Express Drive than those with their own car; Lyft blames the cost of insurance  —  It was an advertisement for Lyft that convinced Chris…

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:Snap says it has appointed Derek Andersen, its VP of finance, as CFO, and Lara Sweet, its chief accounting officer and interim CFO, as chief people officer  —  Snap has opted to promote two executives internally to its…

Bloomberg:Sony says talks with Microsoft on their cloud gaming partnership began last year; source: talks began after discussions with Amazon fell through  —  - Talks on cloud gaming pact have been underway since last year  —  When Sony Corp. unveiled…

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:Quadric.io raises $15M Series A led by automotive Tier 1 supplier DENSO to build a plug-and-play supercomputer for autonomous systems  —  Quadric.io, a startup founded by some of the folks behind the once-secretive bitcoin…

Marlize van Romburgh / Silicon Valley Business Journal:Santa Clara-based Marvell says it's buying chip design business Avera Semiconductor from GlobalFoundries in a deal valued at up to $740M  —  By Marlize van Romburgh Managing Editor, Silicon Valley…

Reuters:Commerce Dept. creates a general license, which expires Aug. 19, to restore Huawei's ability to maintain existing networks and push software updates to handsets  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday created a temporary general…

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:Instagram quietly overhauls the design of IGTV to have just one central feed, much like TikTok, as it tries to ramp up the app's growth a year after launch  —  Instagram conquered Stories, but it's losing the battle for the next…

Julia Love / Reuters:Mexico unveils plans to withhold tax from drivers for ride-hailing and food delivery firms like Uber and Rappi; China's Didi says it won't take part in the plan  —  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Finance Ministry on Monday laid out…

Bloomberg:Sources: FTC seeks evidence that Broadcom's conduct harmed rivals in WiFi and network switch chip markets, broadening its probe; Broadcom stock closes down 6%  —  - FTC investigation said to examine exclusive dealing practices  — Inquiry is…

Bloomberg:Source: DOJ is leaning against approving T-Mobile's takeover of Sprint because the companies' proposals don't go far enough to resolve anti-trust concerns  —  The Justice Department is leaning against approving T-Mobile US Inc.'s proposed…

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:Clinc, which provides a conversational AI platform for customers in verticals like healthcare, travel, and banking, raises $52M Series B led by Insight Partners  —  Clinc, a four-year-old AI startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan,…