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Jacob Frantz / Facebook:
Facebook launches controls to let you choose friends and pages you see at the top of your News Feed; feature available on iOS now, desktop and Android later  —  Updated Controls for News Feed  —  News Feed is a personalized stream of stories that you build from the people and Pages you've connected to on Facebook.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
You Can Now Just Tell Facebook What You Want to See in News Feed  —  Facebook has come up with a new, simple approach to determine what you want to see at the top of your News Feed: It's going to ask you.  —  The social network, which is known for its ever-evolving News Feed algorithm …
Kirk Koenigsbauer / Office Blogs:
Office 2016 for Mac exits preview and is now available for Office 365 subscribers, to be released as a one-time purchase this September  —  Office 2016 for Mac is here!  —  Today's post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office Client Applications and Services team.
Slack:
Slack adds emoji reactions that let users “like” messages using any emoji  —  722 ways to say “I got your message”  —  Since the launch of Slack, people have asked for a way to “fave” or “like” messages — a simple, public way to acknowledge or approve a message.
Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK:
IBM unveils world's first functional 7nm test chip, targets 50% power/performance improvement from 10nm chips  —  Beyond silicon: IBM unveils world's first 7nm chip  —  With a silicon-germanium channel, and EUV lithography, IBM crosses the 10nm barrier.  —  IBM, working with GlobalFoundries …
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:
Google Glass ‘Enterprise Edition’ brings new larger prism, Intel Atom CPU, optional external battery pack  —  We told you last week that Google is internally referring to its next iteration of Google Glass as “Enterprise Edition” or “EE,” and now we've uncovered information about the soon-to-be-launched device's hardware.
Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:
T-Mobile claims it now has more subscribers than Sprint, cuts roaming charges in Mexico and Canada  —  The upstart U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile today announced it's extending its U.S mobile plan to cover Mexico and Canada.  —  That means U.S. smartphone users won't have to pay roaming fees …
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook says it's not building a streaming music service  —  Facebook is denying a report from Music Ally stating that it has plans to launch a streaming music service in the next few months.  A Facebook spokesperson told The Verge, “we have no plans to go into music streaming.”
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
Inside YouNow, a live-streaming app where people spent $1.5M-$2M in digital tips last month  —  Make Money as a Webcam Star—Without Taking Your Clothes Off  —  Inside the world of YouNow, a live-streaming app that has shunned ads to create its own strange, tip-based economy
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
LG Announces The G4 Beat, A Mid-Range Version Of Its Flagship G4 Smartphone  —  In a bid to appeal to different segments of the global smartphone market, LG has released another new version of its flagship G4 device.  Following on from on from phablet and budget models unveiled in May …
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com:
Microsoft dramatically scales back on Windows Phone, leaving long-term future of Lumia in doubt as it focuses on “mobility of experiences”  —  Analysis: Microsoft is Scaling Back on Windows Phone Dramatically  —  Yes, we were right to be worried about Windows Phone.

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
The New York Times Games rolls out a Wordle archive with 1,000+ past puzzles for “Games” and “All Access” subscribers, and adds its WordleBot to NYT Games app

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery plans more cost-cutting to hit financial targets for next year, including raising Max prices and the possibility of more layoffs

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M

More News

Michael Crider / Android Police:
Logitech rebrands some products to Logi, keeps Logitech for iconic wares and corporate name
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iOS 9 Beta 3 released with News app, Apple Music, high quality music streaming over cellular, folders that separate selfies and screenshots, more

Earlier Picks

Glenn Fleishman / Macworld:
Apple drops Recovery Key in new two-factor authentication for El Capitan and iOS 9
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Fleksy's mobile keyboard app goes free as the company bets on premium themes and extensions
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8.4 reportedly accounts for 40% of all iOS usage just one week after release
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Spotify urges iPhone customers to stop paying through the App Store and save $3/month in apparent effort to avoid Apple's 30% cut
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Hacker group Morpho attacked Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, others to profit from insider info, active since at least 2011
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