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Apple invites media to event on Sept. 7 at 10AM PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, expected to announce new iPhones and updated Watch line — September 7 will be the day of the iPhone 7. — Apple sent invitations to the press for a September 7 product launch event …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple working on new pro software features for iPad expected 2017, a 5K monitor, and Mac updates, including a thinner MacBook Pro with flatter keyboard — Deeper stylus integration, faster displays planned for iPads — New MacBooks, iMac, and 5K monitor with LG in product pipeline
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| Michael Isikoff / Yahoo: |
FBI issued warning that two state voter registration databases were breached by suspected foreign hackers; sources: Arizona, Illinois databases were the targets — The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple faces multibillion tax bill in EU ruling over receiving state aid from Ireland; official estimate to be announced tomorrow — Apple will on Tuesday be hit with Europe's largest tax penalty after Brussels ruled that the company received illegal state aid from Ireland.
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Tweets: @lorcanrk, @reuterstech and @business
| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Fitbit unveils $100 ‘swim-proof’ Flex 2 and $150 Charge 2 with heart rate monitoring — Meet Fitbit's next Fitbits. — The fitness-tracker company is unveiling two new devices today, the $150 Charge 2 with heart rate monitoring and a larger screen, and the smaller, “swim-proof” …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Uber shut out Uber board member and Alphabet exec, David Drummond, from attending board meetings — Uber has shut out an Uber board member and senior Alphabet executive, David Drummond, from attending board meetings, according to three people briefed about the unusual arrangement.
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| Mark Bergen / Recode: |
Sources: red tape and internal politics are slowing down moonshot efforts at Alphabet's X — Why? — Google's famed corporate research lab, first launched as Google X, was a sandbox for the company founders and its band of experimental scientists. When Google became Alphabet …
Tweets: @eringriffith and @stevesi
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple sued by iPhone owners over unresponsive screen issue affecting iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus; warranty extensions, repairs, more sought alongside damages — Thomas Davidson of Pennsylvania, Todd Cleary of California, and Jun Bai of Delaware have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider and MacDailyNews
| Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal: |
The first detailed US rules for flights of small commercial drones go into effect today and include pilot licensing requirements and a nighttime flying ban — Regulations apply to unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds — The first detailed U.S. rules for flights of small commercial drones …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Stories diverges from Snapchat by suggesting whom to follow; company says 100M people visit the Explore tab every day — Who decides who's cool? Snapchat refuses to recommend accounts for fear of feeling heavy-handed. Maybe it learned from Twitter, whose old …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
T-Mobile now lets you watch HD video on its “unlimited” data plan, which currently caps video at 480p, with $3/day passes on the new T-Mobile One Plus plan — T-Mobile has figured out a remarkably confusing way of expanding its brand new unlimited data plan.
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Tweets: @chillmage, @sokane1, @reckless, @garethbrown, @alexjamesfitz, @samthegeek and @johnlegere
| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
US appeals court dismisses AT&T data throttling lawsuit filed by the FTC in 2014, but AT&T could still face a fine from FCC — A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc (T.N) of deception for reducing internet speeds … Sponsor Posts
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