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Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com:
Apple Watch, which lacks iPhone's Activation Lock feature, can easily be reset if stolen  —  Watch OS 1.0 lacks the necessary security features to dissuade thieves  —  The Apple Watch contains security measures to prevent thieves from accessing your data, but it doesn't include …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
‘Apple Music’ Beats-based streaming service to have Ping-like social network for artists  —  Apple's upcoming Beats-based streaming music service will likely be named “Apple Music” and will have deep social networking integration for artists, according to industry sources briefed on the plans for the new service.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft Hyperlapse creates smooth time-lapse videos on Windows and Android  —  Microsoft first announced its Hyperlapse video technology just a couple of weeks before Instagram launched its own Hyperlapse app on iOS last year.  Designed primarily as a way to transform bumpy GoPro videos …
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Wal-Mart to take on Amazon Prime this summer with $50/year service that delivers select products in 3 days, invitation only for now  —  Wal-Mart challenges Amazon with unlimited shipping service for $50 per year  —  Wal-Mart Stores Inc is planning to test a new unlimited online shipping service …
Stacey Higginbotham / Fortune:
Sources: Apple's HomeKit will arrive in August or September instead of May or June as expected  —  Exclusive: Apple delays HomeKit launch  —  Apple fans hoping for an imminent release of the company's home automation platform, HomeKit, will have to wait.  Sources participating …
Rdio Blog:
Rdio launches Rdio Select streaming service at $3.99 per month, with ad-free radio stations and ability to keep 25 songs downloaded  —  Introducing Rdio Select: Enhanced Stations and Your Choice of Songs to Play Anytime.  Only $3.99/month.  —  We're thrilled to announce a brand new way to enjoy …
John Herrman / The Awl:
19 early observations on Facebook's Instant Articles  —  Notes on the Surrender at Menlo Park  —  1. The manner in which Instant Articles are seen within Facebook's News Feed is nearly as important as they way they're hosted.  Yes, they load faster.  But the way they are previewed in the feed …
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Wolfram has created a website that will identify any image you throw at it  —  One of the most amazing things you can do with Wolfram Alpha is ask it what planes are overhead.  If you're on your phone, it will pull your location, then cross reference that with a database of flights …
Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney:
Criminals steal money from Starbucks app users with weak passwords by loading gift cards using their stored payment methods  —  Hackers are draining bank accounts via the Starbucks app  —  Thieves are stealing money from people's credit cards, bank and PayPal accounts — by first tapping into their Starbucks mobile app.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw's Aspect Ventures raises first $150M fund  —  A Venture Capital Firm Led by 2 Women Plans to Introduce a Fund  —  SAN FRANCISCO — More than a year after striking out on their own, the founders of Aspect Ventures are preparing a formal introduction of a sizable fund.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
To-Do App Wunderlist Debuts An API, Early Integrations Of Slack, Sunrise, HipChat And More  —  Wunderlist, the to-do app based out of Berlin, is now approaching 13 million free and paid accounts.  And today it is adding a new feature that it hopes will make the app a lot more useful and more used …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers uncover “self-sustaining” botnets of poorly secured routers  —  Home and small office devices are free for the taking, ensuring follow-on hacks.  —  Large numbers of home and small-office routers are under the control of hackers who are using them to overwhelm websites …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”, after CBS aired a Late Show rerun in which Colbert mocked Trump

Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller calls for CBS staff who “revolted” over Bari Weiss' decision to postpone 60 Minutes' CECOT segment to be fired

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney crosses the $6B milestone at the box office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic; no other studio has managed to reach $6B since 2015

More News

Wall Street Journal:
Google offers a glimpse of the mechanics of its decision-making for right to be forgotten requests
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Ubisoft bringing its franchises to virtual reality early next year
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
The dual-display YotaPhone 2 is coming to US in July via an Indiegogo campaign, unlocked with 32GB for about $680

Earlier Picks

Electronic Frontier Foundation:
House passes USA Freedom Act to limit NSA mass collection of Americans' phone metadata, bill now goes to Senate
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
AT&T to offer Hulu to its customers on web and mobile apps later this year to drive Hulu subscriptions
Allyson Gale / Official Android Blog:
Google Fit now estimates distance and calories burned, provides widget and Android Wear watch face
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Google's policy and communications head Rachel Whetstone takes same role at Uber; David Plouffe, who held that position at Uber, joins board in advisory role
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