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• Online ad industry tries to stamp out click fraud

  The online advertising industry is marshaling a fresh effort to fight click fraud, which steals money from advertisers and undermines faith in online campaigns.

• In Q2, Yahoo spent a pretty penny to achieve unusual growth

  Yahoo has reported an uncharacteristic rise in revenue for the second quarter, but it came with a hefty sum spent on boosting its search traffic.

• US Defense Secretary to renew call for cooperation with tech industry

  U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will renew his appeal to businesses to work more closely with the military on Thursday when he speaks to an audience of top executives at the Sun Valley conference in Idaho.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, July 3

  Windows 10 close to finished... Intel reshuffles leadership... Microsoft, Kyocera strike Android patent licensing deal... and more tech news

• Facebook and Google dominate time spent with mobile apps

  The battle for mobile social supremacy is largely a two-horse race these days as Facebook and Google combine to claim one of every four minutes U.S. users spend on mobile devices, according to a report released this week by Forrester Research. Forrester tracked the app use of 1,721 adult smartphone users in the U.S. during the three-month period ending in December 2014.

• Longtime Microsoft partner Yahoo tests search with Google

  Just months after Yahoo extended its long-term search agreement with Microsoft, Yahoo is testing a search partnership with Google.

• Yahoo growth stalls months after Mozilla deal

  Yahoo's share gains since November from a deal with Mozilla may be a clue about whether the search company can attract more users through the just-announced contract to change Internet Explorer's and Chrome's default search through installations of Oracle's Java.

• Yahoo spruces up mobile search with related content

  Yahoo is updating its search service on mobile devices, taking a leaf out of Google's book and highlighting content such as images, videos and reviews ahead of regular search results.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, June 25

  Snowflake opens cloud data warehouse... Google puts a data center in a coal plant... Facebook opens Messenger to all... and more tech news.

• How the next Java update could make Yahoo your default search provider

  Next time you're prompted to update the Java software on your computer, pay attention or you might become a Yahoo user without realizing it.

• AT&T, WhatsApp get low marks from EFF for data disclosure policies

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation released the latest version of its annual "Who Has Your Back" report on tech companies' data disclosure policies Wednesday afternoon, giving perfect five-star ratings to companies including Apple, Adobe, Dropbox and Yahoo.

• Microsoft deletes older Ask.com browser toolbars, but ignores Oracle's new crapware

  Microsoft took what appeared to be a shot at Oracle's wallet this month when it switched on search-and-destroy in its security software for older versions of the Ask browser toolbar, which has long been bundled with Java even in the face of users' complaints.

• Yahoo does Spring Cleaning: Shuts down Maps, Pipes & more

  In case you were wondering what it is exactly that Yahoo does these days, the company says its focus is on "search, communications and digital content." The rest must go, and as such, Yahoo today has announced some things it is getting rid of.

• Tim Cook takes shots at Google, NSA during speech on privacy and encryption

  Tim Cook believes Apple has a moral obligation to protect its users' privacy, and he'll got to any lengths to let you know it--even if it means taking shots at fellow Silicon Valley power players like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo.

• Judge classifies as class action an email scanning lawsuit against Yahoo

  A lawsuit that alleges Yahoo's email scanning practices are illegal can proceed as a class action complaint, a development that will shine the spotlight on the Yahoo Mail use of messages' content for advertising purposes.