Uber fined $900,000 in France for running illegal transportation operations with UberPOP

 Nearly a year after suspending UberPOP in France, Uber will now have to pay a fine. A criminal court in Paris has sanctioned Uber for its UberPOP operations between February 2014 and July 2015. The court is asking for $900,000 (€800,000) — half of it is a suspended sentence. Two of Uber's executives are also getting fined. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The persistence of mendacity

(Scott Johnson) Hillary Clinton took a few questions from Bret Baier in an interview that played on FOX News Special Report last night. The interview runs eight minutes (video below). Baier only got in a few questions about the Clinton email scandal. From word one falsehood and evasion have provided the order of the day. Last night was no exception. Even though the interview ran true to form, it is nevertheless almost

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Hyperloop One co-founder and legendary investor Shervin Pishevar is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt SF

Shervin Pishevar, investor to the stars and the founder of Sherpa Capital and Hyperloop One – Elon Musk's wild idea to shoot folks in a vacuum tube from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than 30 minutes – is coming to Disrupt SF 2016. The legendary VC will join us on stage to chat about what it takes to blast us and everything else at high speeds from one destination to… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Clinton and Trump Poised to Go Negative in Coming Campaign Ad Wars

The presumptive Democratic nominee had it easy in the primary, but that's about to change.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Facebook is testing social commerce payments in Southeast Asia

 Facebook is expanding its focus on payments with a new trial in Southeast Asia that allows users to pay for products listed on Facebook Pages with just a few clicks. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Warren to Step Up Attacks on Trump as Clinton Awaits Endorsement

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who could help energize Democrats ahead of the November election, will take her involvement in the presidential race to a new level with harsh criticism of the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Weinstein Company Requests Takedown of Katie Couric Interviews Featured in Free Beacon Story

The Weinstein Company, which owns the distribution rights for 2014's Fed Up, manually requested that two interviews at the center of accusations that the Katie Couric-produced and narrated documentary used deceptive editing be removed from Youtube.

The post Weinstein Company Requests Takedown of Katie Couric Interviews Featured in Free Beacon Story appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Tradeshift raises $75M Series D to expand its invoicing platform to new verticals

 Tradeshift, the San Francisco-based startup that is trying to change the way companies work with outsourced clients, has announced its $75 million Series D round today. Read More

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AmazonFresh launches grocery deliveries in London

 AmazonFresh, the e-commerce behemoth's grocery service, will start operating in parts of north and east London today. Deliveries will first be available in 69 postcodes before expanding to other parts of the city. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Ryan security plan stresses border control, immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing to secure U.S. borders by overhauling the immigration system and installing robust defenses to keep out extremists, criminals and drug cartels.

The plan is part of a national security strategy the Wisconsin Republican will unveil on Thursday. It's a key plank ...

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Philips' new connected toothbrush is designed with dentists in mind

 Last month, dental technology startup ONVI introduced a toothbrush with a camera built in, so users could get a close up look at their teeth as they slowly rot away in their heads. This, thankfully, is not that. In a lot of ways, Philips' new smart toothbrush is similar Oral-B's offering. The verbosely named Sonicare FlexCare Platinum Connected is a Bluetooth-enabled electric… Read More

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Released Gitmo detainees have been killing Americans in Afghanistan

(Paul Mirengoff) Adam Goldman and Missy Ryan of the Washington Post report that the Obama administration believes approximately 12 detainees released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay have launched attacks against U.S. or allied forces in Afghanistan that have killed about a half-dozen Americans. In March, Paul Lewis, who oversees Guantanamo issues at the Defense Department, admitted to Congress that former Guantanamo inmates are responsible for the deaths of Americans overseas. Since

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Maria Sharapova Might Be Suspended, But She's Still A Gorgeous Blonde Bombshell [SLIDESHOW]

She loves showing off lots of skin

Via: The Daily Caller

Clinton Said to Mobilize Major Fundraisers for June Surge

Clinton is ramping her fundraising apparatus back up while Trump struggles to get started.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Ryan stresses border control, immigration in security plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing to secure U.S. borders by overhauling the immigration system and installing robust defenses to keep out extremists, criminals and drug cartels.

The plan is part of a national security strategy the Wisconsin Republican will unveil on Thursday. It's a key plank ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Rep. Mia Love Says Hillary Broke Glass Ceiling With Shrill Rhetoric

Says breakthrough was really breakdown

Via: The Daily Caller

Passwords for 32M Twitter accounts may have been hacked and leaked

 There is yet another hack for users of popular social media sites to worry about. More than 32 million Twitter credentials may have been stolen by hackers and are now being sold on the dark web. LeakedSource, a site with a search engine of hacked information, said in a blog post that it received a copy of the user information from "Tessa88@exploit.im," the same alias used by the… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

In Trump's Shadow, Ryan to Unveil GOP National Security Agenda

Speaker Paul Ryan is unveiling Thursday the national security portion of a broad election-year agenda for House Republicans, even as Donald Trump is pledging to shake up U.S. diplomacy and reassert American power.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Firm With Close Clinton Ties Lobbied For Islamic Bank Accused Of Financing Terrorism

Podesta Group lobbied for sharia-compliant bank

Via: The Daily Caller