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| Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider: |
Early impressions of macOS Catalina, which will usher in a new era of cross platform apps, as it enters public beta — Apple's macOS Catalina is another ambitious refinement of the Mac featuring a fundamental rethinking of iTunes and an infusion of fresh ideas from iOS …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
iOS 13 hands-on as it launches in public beta with new Apple Maps, dark mode, Reminders, Photos, native swiping keyboard, a subtle volume indicator, more — A first look at the latest software for Apple's iPhones — Apple's iOS 13 is here — or rather, the public beta for iOS 13 has arrived …
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| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
How Verizon caused regional outages today at Cloudflare, Facebook, Amazon, and others after wrongly accepting a network misconfiguration from a small ISP in PA — 'Normally you'd filter it out if some small provider said they own the internet' — Verizon sent a big chunk of the internet …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers say hackers have been stealing massive amounts of call records from over ten cell network providers worldwide to conduct targeted surveillance — At least 10 cell networks have been hacked over the past seven years — Security researchers say they have uncovered …
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Cybereason, Wired, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, The Register, CyberScoop, CNET, and Wall Street Journal
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| Sylvan Lane / The Hill: |
House committee to hold a hearing on Facebook's Project Libra on July 17, one day after the Senate; sources: Libra lead David Marcus expected to testify at both — The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee announced Monday that the panel will hold a hearing next month …
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| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
Apple says Spotify hasn't paid 30% commission on any subscriber for the past three years and pays a 15% commission on just 0.5% of its premium subscribers — Spotify could really have done with some positive industry PR today following last week's revelation that it's clawing back overpaid royalties from songwriters and publishers.
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Alphabet's smart city subsidiary Sidewalk Labs debuts a detailed plan to transform part of Toronto's waterfront, hopes to start by 2021 pending city approval — Better late than never. Sidewalk Labs, the part of Alphabet focused on cities and urban development, has unveiled its Master Innovation …
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| Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Sensor Tower says Harry Potter: Wizards Unite made ~$1.1M in its first weekend and is set for $10M+ in its first month vs. Pokemon Go's $206M in its first month — Harry Potter: Wizards Unite generated an estimated $1.1 million in player spending over its first weekend of availability …
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Apple says it will employ 2,000 people in Seattle over the next five years, expanding upon an earlier promise to employ 1,000, will hire for engineering roles — In the heart of the neighborhood where Amazon has made its home, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that she was interested in talking about a …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung launches new $89.99 SmartThings Cam offering HD video with HDR, IR for night vision, two-way audio, plus a $17.99 Wifi Smart Plug and a $9.99 Smart Bulb — Entry-level products to get a smart home started — Samsung is expanding the range of its SmartThings line …
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Samsung US Newsroom, ZDNet, Samsung Electronics America, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Socialnomics, Digital Trends, TechHive, CNET, Android Police, and Engadget. Tweets: @reckless
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Monzo, a UK-based digital bank, raises ~$144M Series F led by Y Combinator's Continuity fund at a ~$2.5B post-money valuation, about double from October — Monzo, the fast-growing U.K.-based challenger bank with more than two million account holders, has raised £113 million (~$144m) in additional funding.| Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: |
Sources: the US-based research arm of Huawei, Futurewei, has moved to separate its operations from its parent firm after the US ban but remains owned by Huawei — (Reuters) - The U.S.-based research arm of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd - Futurewei Technologies Inc … Sponsor Posts
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