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California police won't release training materials on facial recognition or license plate readers on copyright grounds, despite law mandating access (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

The 👁👄👁 stunt, a hyped beta of a fake app, exploited Silicon Valley's fixation on shiny new things, but raised $200K for charities (Arielle Pardes/Wired)

Elementary Robotics, which develops tools to automate industrial tasks, announces $12.7M Series A funding to deploy its automation products at scale (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

NexHealth, which provides an automated online appointment system for small medical and dental practices, raises $15M Series A (Alex Knapp/Forbes)

The Australian government announces AU$1.35B will be used over the next decade to boost cyberdefense capabilities against a surge in state-backed cyberattacks (Jade Macmillan/ABC)

The best Xbox One prices, bundles and sales in Australia (July 2020)

US Cybercom warns foreign state-backed hackers will likely abuse a recently discovered SAML vulnerability that allows unauthorized network admin logins (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Cendana Capital, which has been backing seed funds for a decade, has $278 million more to invest

Facebook shuts down Hobbi, its experimental app for documenting personal projects

Lyft’s self-driving test vehicles are back on public roads in California

Sources: Apple has shifted the strategy of its Arcade gaming service, canceling contracts for some titles in development and seeking games with more engagement (Bloomberg)

German startup solarisBank, which offers financial services to other fintech companies through a set of APIs, raises $67.5M Series C at a valuation of $360M (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 4 update adds an incredibly hectic new mode

Berlin’s DeepSpin raises seed funding for its ‘portable, ultra-low-cost’ MRI system