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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: FTC and DOJ have reached an agreement to divvy up antitrust oversight of Google and Amazon, putting Amazon under FTC's watch and Google under DOJ's — Antitrust regulators have divvied up oversight of Amazon and Google, putting Amazon under the watch of the Federal Trade Commission and Google under the Justice Department.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple has removed all content from its iTunes pages on Facebook and Instagram — More evidence has emerged to suggest that Apple is beginning to move away from its iTunes brand after over 18 years of use. — As noted on Reddit, Apple has abruptly removed all social media content …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
What to expect from WWDC 2019: new Mac Pro, iOS 13 with Dark Mode and updates to core apps, macOS 10.15 with Marzipan apps, and 31.6-inch 6K pro display — Apple's big Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote is happening on Monday, June 3rd, and this year looks to be more consequential than most.
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| New York Times: |
Boeing changed 737 Max's anti-stall software, which initially relied on two types of sensors, to rely on just one in the last version, without disclosing to FAA — SEATTLE — The fatal flaws with Boeing's 737 Max can be traced to a breakdown late in the plane's development, when test pilots …
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| Saagar Enjeti / The Hill: |
On Friday, US began requiring most visa applicants to provide information on their use of social media; the policy was announced in March 2018 — The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday asking most applicants for U.S. visas to provide information on their use of social media …
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| Adam Engst / TidBITS: |
Apple's Dark Mode, despite marketing claims, is at odds with the science of human visual perception and affects productivity by making it harder to read text — Dark Mode is the marquee feature of macOS 10.14 Mojave. Apple even gives it the top spot on the macOS product page, saying:
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| Benjamin Herold / Education Week: |
US schools are hastily adopting programs for monitoring students' social media activity to improve safety, often with little regard for effectiveness or privacy — Last December, early on a Sunday morning, Amanda Lafrenais tweeted about her cats. — “I would die for you,” the 31-year old comic book artist from Clute, Texas wrote.
Tweets: @benjaminbherold, @aral, @dmcole_, @oopinellas, @lacelavish, @malloryknodel, and @benjaminbherold
| South China Morning Post: |
Sources: Foxconn has stopped several production lines for Huawei phones in recent days as the Chinese device maker reduced orders for new phones — Huawei is now closely observing and evaluating the situation, Honor president Zhao Ming said at Shanghai event 'Too early to say whether …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Beam Dental, which uses brushing stats collected by its connected toothbrush to lower dental insurance premiums, raises $55M Series D — When was your last dental checkup? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of U.S. adults haven't sat in a dentist's chair within the past 12 months.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
With no branding yet from Intel to differentiate laptops under Project Athena, PC makers have little incentive to adhere to the project's target specifications — Ultrabook was a powerful word, but Intel has forgotten why — Roughly eight years ago, Intel flexed its enormous power …
Tweets: @backlon, @verge, and @tomwarren
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Many of the top shows and movies on Netflix, produced by upcoming streaming competitors like AT&T and Disney, have licensing rights locked in for years to come — Streaming service has many programs locked up for years to come — Hollywood studios say they're breaking up with Netflix.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researcher outlines how he discovered and exploited the now-patched KeySteal flaw in macOS to access and decrypt keychain passwords without admin privileges — IN EARLY FEBRUARY, an 18-year-old German security researcher named Linus Henze demonstrated a macOS attack that would allow …
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