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July 1, 2015, 11:30 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iPhone 6S to double LTE speeds, run more efficiently with new Qualcomm chip  —  One of the main upgrades to the next iPhone's internals will be a redesigned wireless system featuring a new Qualcomm-made LTE chip, as revealed by images of a prototype iPhone 6S logic board shared by a source.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Leaked iPhone 6s casing photos reveal nearly identical external appearance to the iPhone 6; dual-lens camera unlikely  —  Revealed: iPhone 6S will look nearly identical outside, but expect numerous changes inside [Gallery]  —  For fall 2015, Apple is preparing an “S” iPhone upgrade …
Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
FBI investigating 11 physical attacks on internet fiber optic cables in San Francisco-area dating back a year, including one Tuesday on Level 3 and Zayo  —  FBI investigating 11 attacks on San Francisco-area Internet lines  —  The FBI is investigating at least 11 physical attacks …
Kantar Worldpanel:
Android US market share up 2.8 points to 64.9% from March to May thanks to Galaxy S6; LG nearly doubled its share of the US smartphone market YoY  —  Samsung GS6 US Sales Bode Well For Android June Quarter  —  The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Setback For European Facebook Privacy Class Action, As Austrian Court Rules Lawsuit Inadmissible  —  An ongoing Facebook class action suit in Europe over alleged privacy violations took a significant step back today.  A regional court in Austria, where the suit was originally filed …
Lauren Keating / Tech Times:
Microsoft Is Launching A Portal For Teachers To Use Minecraft In The Classroom  —  Like Follow Share() Tweet() Reddit SUBSCRIBE  —  Minecraft is revolutionizing the classroom — proving that video games can be used as a fun, hands-on way to spark creativity while helping children to learn.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
FISA Court rules that 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong, NSA can temporarily resume bulk data collection for the next five months  —  Surveillance Court Rules That N.S.A. Can Resume Bulk Data Collection  —  WASHINGTON — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled late Monday …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg discusses virtual and augmented reality, how Facebook will use AI to understand what people share, more  —  Zuck Details How Artificial Intelligence Will Show You The Perfect Facebook Posts  —  What's Facebook working on in its three AI labs?
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
YouTube now streams 60fps video on Android and iOS  —  YouTube introduced the ability to play videos in 60fps back in October of last year, but that was limited to the Web.  Now it's introducing the same functionality on the mobile YouTube apps as well.  —  The new high frame rate support appears …

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