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Live stream of Apple's WWDC 2019 keynote — From the San Jose Convention Center.
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Live blog of Apple's WWDC 2019 keynote from San Jose, where iOS 13, macOS 10.15, and perhaps the Mac Pro are expected be announced — This year is going to be a big one — Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is here again, and we're live from the ground in San Jose, California.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has updated its Apple Developer Program License Agreement with new references to “iPadOS”, breaking iPad out of the “iOS” branding — We're less than an hour away from WWDC 2019, where Apple is expected to unveil major enhancements to the iPad.| New York Times: |
Researchers find YouTube's recommendation algorithm is curating home movies of unwitting families into a catalog sexualizing children — Christiane C. didn't think anything of it when her 10-year-old daughter and a friend uploaded a video of themselves playing in a backyard pool.
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Sources: FTC secured the rights to begin an anti-trust probe of Facebook as part of an agreement that let DOJ lead a Google probe; Facebook stock drops 7%+ — Federal Trade Commission secures right to examine how Facebook's practices affect digital competition — This is a developing story and will be updated shortly.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook introduces Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, launching the look-alike stickers feature today in Australia for use in Messenger and News Feed comments — Stickers that look like you — Ditch those generic emoji. Facebook's new Avatars feature lets you customize a virtual lookalike … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says 10M+ items are now available for one-day shipping; while Walmart has also recently launched next-day shipping, only ~200K items are available for it — Amazon on its latest earnings call announced it was working towards making one-day shipping the new standard for Prime members.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Twitter acquires Fabula AI, which uses ML to help detect the spread of misinformation online, to join Twitter's in-house team of AI researchers called Cortex — Twitter has acquired Fabula AI, a London-based startup that uses machine learning (ML) to help detect the spread of misinformation online.| Bloomberg: |
Infineon to acquire Cypress Semiconductor for $23.85 per share, valuing the company at €9B, at about 33% premium to its Friday closing price of $17.82 — - The proposed acquisition values Cypress at about $10 billion — Semiconductor players are wrestling with slowing growth
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Stripe launches Chargeback Protection, based on its fraud prevention tool Radar, which automatically reimburses businesses for the cost of a disputed charge — Stripe, the payments company, announced Monday (June 2) the launch of Chargeback Protection, a new service that provides customers with machine learning-based fraud protection.
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| Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
Filing: Huawei is selling off its undersea telecom cable business, its first major asset sale since the US ratcheted up its accusations against the company — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd plans to sell its undersea telecom cable business, showed a buyer's filing on Monday …
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces tvOS 13 for Apple TV, bringing multi-user support, lyrics synced with music, support for Xbox One S and PlayStation DualShock 4 game controllers — Apple has today unveiled tvOS 13, the newest Apple TV operating system, on stage at its WWDC 2019 keynote.
Tweets: @asymco, @reneritchie, @mkbhd, and @siracusa
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
PayPal rolls out its e-commerce platform, used by Instagram Checkout and Facebook Marketplace, to all, with services like fraud protection and authentication — KEY POINTS — The payments giant announced the launch of the"PayPal Commerce Platform" Monday, an e-commerce system …
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PayPal, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Crowdfund Insider, MarketWatch, and Datanami
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
WorldRemit, which helps immigrants and migrant workers abroad send money back home, raises $175M Series D, source says at a $900M+ valuation — The value of remittances globally continues to rise, and today a startup that has built a business targeting money transfers into emerging markets …
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VentureBeat, WorldRemit, Crunchbase News, FinSMEs, Startups News, Crowdfund Insider, and Tech.eu. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: |
Report: 52% of parents vs. 39% of teens said they spend too much time on their phones, up from 29% of parents and down from 61% of teens in 2016 — The kids are all right. But the parents? — Since 2016, adults have grown much more concerned about the time they spend on mobile devices …
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