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As his fifth anniversary as Apple CEO approaches, Tim Cook reflects on his tenure and Apple's future: mistakes, progress made, AI and AR efforts, more — Apple's CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
KGI: Apple planning three new iPads in 2017 including a 10.5" iPad Pro, and an iPad with flexible AMOLED in 2018 at the earliest — Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a new research report outlining his expectations for the future of Apple's iPad lineup, predicting three new iPads ranging … | Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Twitter in talks with Apple to bring its app to Apple TV, hoping to fully capitalize on its live-streaming deals with NFL, MLB, NBA, Wimbledon, others — SAN FRANCISCO — Last March, Twitter and Facebook, along with other tech companies, faced off over which of them would get the rights …
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New Zealand intel requested and received emails, Facebook chats of Fiji pro-democracy activists from NSA; first publicly confirmed PRISM target is a NZ citizen — Tony Fullman is a middle-aged former tax man and a pro-democracy activist. But four years ago, a botched operation launched …
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber looks for alternatives to deliver connectivity: wireless, leasing fiber, and asking cities to build networks — After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber rethinks how to deliver connections in metro areas — Google's high-speed-internet business is slowing down.
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
World Economic Forum report envisions blockchains as the “beating heart” of global finance, estimates 80% of banks will start using the technology in 2017 — A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin … | Ankit Ajmera / Reuters: |
Online used car dealer Carvana raises $160M Series C to grow its business and build more vending machines for cars — Online used-car startup Carvana, known for delivering vehicles through vending machines, said on Wednesday it closed a $160 million Series C funding round that brought the total raised to nearly half a billion dollars.
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Lyft recently rebuffed acquisition approach from General Motors after consulting with other potential acquirers, will raise a new funding round instead — General Motors in recent weeks told Lyft it was interested in acquiring the company, according to a person briefed on the situation.
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Uber's new option for riders to pay with cash in Johannesburg, South Africa and a few other markets fuels tensions with traditional taxi drivers — Uber drivers complain of increased intimidation by metered-taxi rivals — JOHANNESBURG—A new service by Uber Technologies Inc. that allows riders …
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| Bloomberg: |
Steeply discounted on-demand services will fade in China due to consolidation and an investment drought, after its tech sector peaked with $20.3B raised in 2015 — Ridiculously cheap everything-on-demand is great ... while it lasts — For the past year, Li Weiling has been living large …
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| Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal: |
Tech companies are increasingly hiring students from coding boot camps but doubt whether such academies can replace the four-year computer science degree — Employers are increasingly hiring graduates from nontraditional schools like Flatiron — NEW YORK—In a graffiti-splashed classroom …
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| Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch: |
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