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Apple debuts Sign In with Apple service, which masks info like email addresses, for iOS and non-iOS apps and web; mandatory for iOS apps using 3rd-party logins — Apple's new third-party login system will focus on user privacy, preventing user tracking. Tim Cook tells CBS News the move …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default and brings its Lockbox password manager to the desktop, rebranding it as Lockwise — Mozilla today announced a slew of privacy improvements. The company has turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks cookies from third-party trackers in Firefox, by default.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
At WWDC 2019, Apple showed it's truly transforming into a privacy-as-a-service company with its single sign-on service and iOS 13's camera and location updates — Apple shared plenty of news today at its WWDC 2019 annual developer conference, but a few of the announcements early on are potentially … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Apple reverses policy on parental control apps, letting them use MDM and VPN technologies if they don't sell, use, or disclose any data to third parties — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past year, Apple purged iPhone apps that helped people limit the amount of time they and their children spent …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
iOS 13 will let users automatically send unknown or spam callers to voicemail, using “Siri intelligence” to recognize numbers from Contacts, Mail, and Messages — Calls from unknown numbers will be automatically sent to voicemail — Apple is taking a new step to combat spam calls in iOS 13.
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| Andrew O'Hara / AppleInsider: |
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| Washington Post: |
House lawmakers announce a sweeping antitrust investigation of big tech that will touch Facebook, Google, and others, with potential CEO testimony, depositions — House Democrats plan a sweeping review of Facebook, Google and other technology giants to determine if they've become so large …
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| Ashley Gold / The Information: |
As regulators ramp up antitrust scrutiny of Google, the company's global policy team is still adapting to a sweeping reorganization, with key roles unfilled — As regulators ramp up their antitrust scrutiny of Google, the tech giant's global policy team is still adapting … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Apple breaks up iTunes, creates separate Podcasts, TV, and Music apps for macOS — Three dedicated apps — The iTunes era is over. During its annual developers conference today, Apple announced that it's breaking iTunes up into three separate macOS apps: Podcasts, TV, and Music.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple debuts macOS Catalina, which includes the ability to use an iPad as an external display, and will let devs target iPad apps at Mac via Project Catalyst — The next version of macOS will be called Catalina. Apple officially unveiled the new update onstage at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today.
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| Eustance Huang / CNBC: |
Report: SoftBank is facing challenges in raising $100B for Vision Fund II after facing a lukewarm response from some of the world's largest investors — KEY POINTS — In a bid to raise $100 billion for its next fund, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has faced a lukewarm reception …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Bird will start testing the Bird Cruiser, a two-seater electric bike with an LCD display that can show route progress and other trip details, this summer — Bird, the Santa Monica, California-based mobility startup that in May unveiled Bird One, a $1,299 e-scooter architected with …
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First look at the Mac Pro with its shiny stainless steel build, feet on the bottom that can be replaced with wheels, easily-accessible parts via a handle twist — It's still just a rectangle, but that's great — We just had a chance to look at the Mac Pro in a soothing hands-on area … | Dami Lee / The Verge: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Stations, a lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, has arrived in the US after initially launching in Australia last year — Spotify Stations, the streaming service's lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple reveals iPadOS with new home screen widgets, an improved Files app with a column view and USB support, multiple windows for the same app, and new gestures — Another step toward laptop-like tasks — “We have some big changes coming to iPad,” says Craig Federighi, Apple's software chief.
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| Mix / The Next Web: |
Report: financial firms led by UBS invest $60M+ to form a company to develop blockchain-based tech for settling cross-border trades using a “bitcoin-like” token — THE BANKING INDUSTRY WANTS TO BLOCKCHAIN TOO — The banking industry is hell-bent on taking over the nascent blockchain and cryptocurrency market.Sponsor Posts
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