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June 2, 2016, 12:10 PM

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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Sources: Apple preparing new external 5K display as current model goes out of stock, may feature integrated GPU, could be announced at WWDC  —  The current $999 (!) Thunderbolt Display is showing its age to put it mildly, now significantly overshadowed by Retina MacBooks and iMacs in terms of screen resolution and quality.
New York Times:
Uber raises $3.5B from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, will add managing director of the fund to its board  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In its quest to build a global empire, Uber has turned to the Middle East for its biggest infusion of cash from a single investor.
IDC:
IDC: 2016 worldwide smartphone sales expected to grow 3.1%, down from 10.5% in 2015; Android will grow to 84% of shipments with an average selling price of $218  —  According to a forecast update from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker …
Phil Oakley / Android Police:
Google starts suggesting unused apps for Android users to uninstall in Google Play Store to save space  —  Apps are getting big - that's one thing no one will deny.  With some games reaching more than a gigabyte of space - LEGO Star Wars on my Nexus 6P is 1.17GB - it's becoming an issue …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich planned, then cancelled, a Thursday night fund-raiser for Donald Trump; Trump to hold rally in San Jose instead  —  PALO ALTO, Calif. — Donald J. Trump would not be Silicon Valley's first choice as president.  Or its second.  Or maybe even its third.
Mike Murphy / Quartz:
Facebook announces Deep Text, an AI engine to understand meaning and sentiment behind posts, so the platform's content can be categorized, searched effectively  —  Today, Facebook announced Deep Text, an AI engine it's building to understand the meaning and sentiment behind all of the text posted by users to Facebook.
Colin Lecher / The Verge:
Yahoo publishes three FBI national security letters previously under gag order from 2013 and 2015, making it one of the first companies to do so  —  Yahoo has just published three national security letters, controversial government demands for information usually accompanied by a gag order and rarely made public.
Arik Hesseldahl / Recode:
Sources: Cisco moves three engineers behind the company's “spin-in” R&D strategy to advisory roles  —  The people behind the company's “spin-in” R&D strategy.  —  Three members of a legendary four-person team of engineers at Cisco Systems who spearheaded …
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Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk:
A16z, USV lead $1.5M seed round in Mediachain, a startup building an open, blockchain-based tool to identify artists' works online  —  New York-based Mediachain has become the latest blockchain startup to join the portfolios of VC heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.
Mary Meeker / KPCB:
Meeker report: global internet users surpass 3B but adoption rate flat except in India; voice assistants' word accuracy, latency, usage rates continue improving  —  The 2016 edition of Mary Meeker's annual Internet Trends report covers today's Internet growth and an in-depth look at the following:

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