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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub for $7.5B; Nat Friedman, the founder of Xamarin, to be the new CEO of Github — Microsoft is acquiring GitHub. After reports emerged that the software giant was in talks to acquire GitHub, Microsoft is making it official today.
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Tweets: @github, @microsoft, @gitlab, @recode, @migueldeicaza, @jimgoetz, @medium, @technology, @el33th4xor, @notdanieldev, @lawrencehecht, @antiheroine, @teddyschleifer, @dcseifert, @revodavid, @eladgil, @github, @pploug, @pepverbsnouns, @hexacorn, @iamdevloper, @ericlbarnes, @bridgetkromhout, @troyhunt, @henrikjoreteg, @shanselman, @davewiner, @gossithedog, @ruskin147, @pkafka, @danprimack, @fxshaw, and @stroughtonsmith
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad, says it will support devices capable of running iOS 11; apps will launch 40% faster and keyboards appear 50% faster — Apple has officially announced iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose.
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Tweets: @recode, @appleinsider, @techledes, @macrumorslive, @9to5mac, @venturebeat, @9to5mac, and @appleinsider
| Tristan Greene / The Next Web: |
Apple announces a new app, Shortcuts for Siri, and now lets iOS users receive background tips from Siri and create their own shortcuts for apps — Apple today announced Shortcuts for Siri, an app that allows iOS users to receive background tips from Siri and create their own shortcuts for apps.
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VentureBeat, CNET, Macworld, MacRumors, CNET, iMore, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, and Mashable
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| New York Times: |
Facebook gave 60+ device makers, including Apple, Amazon, and Samsung, deeper access to users' personal info than previously known, through private APIs — The company formed data-sharing partnerships with Apple, Samsung and dozens of other device makers, raising new concerns about its privacy protections.
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| Ime Archibong / Facebook Newsroom: |
Facebook says device-integrated APIs allowed vendors to recreate Facebook-like experiences, were governed by strict contracts, and are being faded out — The New York Times has today written a long piece about our device-integrated APIs — software we launched 10 years ago to help get Facebook onto mobile devices.
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New York Times, Axios, Quartz, The Hill, Washington Post, Security Affairs, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, The Loop, XDA Developers, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jimray and @nickconfessore
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces macOS Mojave with dark mode, Stacks for grouped files and folders on the desktop, new gallery mode for Finder, more — Apple isn't done with macOS just yet. The company presented the next version of macOS at the WWDC developer conference. With macOS Mojave, Apple is leaving the mountain metaphors behind.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, Fortune, The Verge, ZDNet, The Next Web, iMore, Thurrott.com, CNET, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, MacRumors, MacRumors, Mehedi Hassan, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @venturebeat, @venturebeat, and @arstechnica
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Apple denies rumor iOS and macOS are merging but confirms project to ease porting iOS apps to Mac slated for 2019, as some iOS apps “would be great on the Mac” — Macs will be able to run some apps written for iPhones and iPads on the next-generation MacOS Mojave software …
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9to5Mac, Laptop Mag, The Next Web, iMore, VentureBeat, and CBS Los Angeles
Tweets: @markgurman and @marcoarment
| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Apple upgrades Safari's tracking prevention features by limiting both “fingerprinting” of devices and user tracking through comment, share, and like buttons — - Users will have to “opt-in” to allowing websites to track their browsing behavior on Safari, including sites with a … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple introduces watchOS 5 with automatic workout detection, a new Walkie-Talkie app, and Siri shortcuts coming to the watch face, ports WebKit to the OS — Kevin Lynch from the watchOS team introduced the next version of watchOS at Apple's WWDC keynote. It's been a slow and steady rise for the Apple Watch.
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MacRumors, Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, ZDNet, Digital Trends, The Next Web, iMore, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @neilcybart and @neilcybart
| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils ARKit 2 with improved face tracking, realistic rendering, 3D object detection, persistent experiences, and shared experiences — Craig Federighi today announced ARKit 2 at WWDC 2018, which will include improved face tracking, realistic rendering, 3D object detection, persistent experiences, and shared experiences.
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TechCrunch, Apple, 9to5Mac, CNET, MIT Technology Review, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Next Web, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @pushthepush
| The Verge: |
Apple to bring live sports, news, and access to Charter Spectrum channels to Apple TV; iTunes Movies and Apple TV 4K will offer Dolby Atmos — Along with better support for cable companies like Spectrum — Apple announced some new features for its Apple TV set-top box during WWDC today.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Macworld, MacRumors, iMore, Ars Technica, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @neilcybart
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Asus announces 6" ROG Phone with a 90Hz display, a 2.96GHz Snapdragon 845 chip, and gaming accessories including an attachable fan; price and availability TBD — This is the latest, zaniest attempt at making gaming phones happen — Asus is starting off Computex 2018 on a high-spec note with the announcement of its ROG Phone.| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
New G Suite features unveiled, including interoperability between Hangouts Meet and other video conferencing systems like select Skype, Cisco, Polycom products — The new feature is one of multiple G Suite updates Google announced, improving interoperability with third-party enterprise tools.
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The Keyword, GeekWire, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and SiliconANGLE
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia launches Isaac robot platform with Jetson Xavier robot processor that it says delivers 30 trillion+ operations per second, for $1,300 — Nvidia launched its Nvidia Isaac robot platform today to power the next generation of autonomous machines, bringing artificial intelligence capabilities …
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NVIDIA Newsroom, PCWorld, CNET, The Verge, ExtremeTech, Engadget, PC Gamer, and SiliconANGLE
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple ships Health Records API to devs, so users can “share medical records from multiple hospitals with their favorite trusted apps” — While this release didn't seem to see any stage time during the WWDC keynote today, Apple has just opened up its Health Records API to developers.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Source: Twitter disbands live video unit, folds it into content partnerships team; ex-Head of News Peter Greenberger and exec Todd Swidler are leaving — Global video-partnerships head Todd Swidler, head of news Peter Greenberger are leaving the company — Twitter has disbanded …
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