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More on the updated Yahoo-Microsoft search deal, according to a filing yesterday: Partnership could be terminated starting Oct. 1; Yahoo gets more revenue.

Failed Apple fix for Rootpipe vulnerability leaves backdoor on all Macs, according to researchers.

Hewlett-Packard is selling Snapfish, its photo-sharing service, to District Photo.

After the European action against Google, tech companies are scrambling to hire antitrust lawyers and lobbyists in Europe, reports Politico.

Color Genomics, a Millbrae-based startup, is selling $249 genetic tests to screen for breast cancer. The company was started by Google and Twitter alumni and raised $15 million from Khosla Ventures, Laurene Powell Jobs, Jerry Yang and more.

San Francisco on-demand shipping startup Shyp raises $50 million; John Doerr joins its board.

From Apple s newly released 2015 Environmental Responsibility Report, via HuffPost: The company s carbon footprint rose between 2013 and 2014 as it made more products; renewable resources power 100 percent of its U.S. data centers, offices and stores, and 87 percent of its global facilities.

Twitter CFO Anthony Noto was the highest paid at the company last year: $72.8 million.

ICYMI: Now you can download your Google search history.

Court rejects appeal by Paul Ceglia, who s now a fugitive, to revive lawsuit claiming half ownership of Facebook.

For fans of  80s TV shows: Full House is getting revived as Fuller House on Netflix, the company announced today.

And a study of Generation M — men ages 18 to 34, and parents with kids under 18 — shows that the group suffers mobile guilt when using mobile devices to mix their personal and professional lives. Fun fact: The poll by MobileIron also finds that U.S. members of Gen M are the most likely to do mobile work while using the toilet.

 

Photo: The Color Kit, a testing kit for breast and ovarian cancer. (Courtesy Color Genomics)