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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple refreshes 9.7" iPad with Pencil support and A10 Fusion, all other specs stay the same; ships this week starting at $329 for consumers and $299 for schools — Apple is introducing a new iPad today at its education event in Chicago. Rumors of a new, cheaper iPad emerged recently …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts new versions of iWork with built-in book authoring and Pencil integration; Pages annotations made with Pencil are attached to the words around them — At its education event, Apple has announced new versions of its iWork suite. Updates to Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iPad will bring rich integration with Apple Pencil.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple unveils Schoolwork app, which lets teachers assign handouts and track progress of their students, coming in June; apps can integrate using ClassKit — Apple is making a big push into education, and part of that is through apps. At its event today, the company announced a tool called Schoolwork …
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| Lory Gil / iMore: |
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| Dylan Byers / CNNMoney: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress “within a matter of weeks” — Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress — After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.
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| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will acquire GIF platform Tenor, which is integrated into a variety of keyboards and messaging apps like Facebook Messenger — Google will be acquiring Tenor, which powers a variety of GIF keyboards on phones and messengers like Facebook Messenger, the companies announced today.
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
A US appeals court revives Oracle's billion-dollar copyright claim against Google, saying Google's use of Java wasn't “fair use” — Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn't have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
On-demand shipping/delivery startup Shyp, which raised a total of ~$63M, is ending operations and laying off all its employees — The company that hoped to revolutionize shipping is ending operations today-a poster child for a whole era of venture-funded ideas that has come and gone.
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Kevin Gibbon, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, and Business Insider
Tweets: @shyp, @rrhoover, @gregbensinger, @eringriffith, @mdudas, @joemfbrown, and @joshconstine. Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Arizona's Governor Ducey orders Uber to suspend testing of autonomous cars in the state indefinitely, says Uber's fatal accident was an “unquestionable failure” — Arizona governor calls Uber crash an ‘unquestionable failure’ — Uber has been suspended from testing autonomous vehicles …
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Tweets: @tinynotebook, @sallyshin, and @counternotions
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia says it will suspend self-driving tests globally, following Uber's self-driving incident last week; stock down 9%+ — Nvidia is temporarily stopping testing of its autonomous vehicle platform in response to last week's fatal collision of a self-driving Uber car with a pedestrian.
| Charles V. Bagli / New York Times: |
Fair housing groups sue Facebook, saying its ad targeting tools still allow discrimination against certain groups, including disabled veterans, single mothers — Fair housing groups filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday saying that Facebook continues to discriminate against certain groups … | The Firefox Frontier: |
Mozilla launches Facebook Container Extension for Firefox that isolates your digital identity, preventing Facebook from tracking your activity on other sites — Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling your accounts.
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Tweets: @mozilla, @tomwarren, @tarek_ziade, @tanvihacks, @firefox, @miketaylr, @johnath, and @katebevan
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover partner to incorporate up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles into Waymo's upcoming autonomous fleet from 2020 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Waymo will incorporate up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles into its upcoming autonomous fleet as part …
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Waymo, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Android Police, VentureBeat, and Engadget
Tweets: @safeselfdrive and @mims
| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
US DOJ's inspector general says the FBI's order to compel Apple to assist in unlocking iPhone in February 2016 was sought before exhausting its options — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not exhaust possible solutions to unlock an iPhone connected to a gunman involved …
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Office of the Inspector …, CNET, ZDNet, The Register, Cyberscoop, MacRumors, and The Hill. Thanks:@dnvolz
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
As expected, researchers find another side-channel processor attack that abuses branch prediction, called BranchScope, similar to Spectre variant 2 — New attack focuses on a different part of the branch prediction system. — Researchers from the College of William and Mary, Carnegie Mellon …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
KGI: Apple will launch redesigned Apple Watch models in the fall with 15% larger displays, enhanced health monitoring, and longer battery life — KGI is starting off the rumor cycle for the Series 4 Apple Watch today, amidst the madness of the Apple event, with a new report indicating …
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StreetInsider.com, Digital Trends, MacRumors, BGR, The Verge, VentureBeat, Mashable, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, Seeking Alpha, iPhone Hacks, and InvestorPlace. Tweets: @bzamayo
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