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June 22, 2020, 9:15 AM

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Kuo: first ARM-based Macs will be a 13" MacBook Pro and a revamped 24" iMac, coming in Q4 or Q1 2021; all new Mac models will have ARM CPUs starting in 2021  —  Apple plans to introduce its Arm-based custom designed chips for Macs at WWDC, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors today …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from WWDC 2020: transition to ARM Macs, iOS 14 with Car Key and a Google Translate-like feature, third-party music services on HomePod, and more  —  - Company to announce move to Macs running its own processors  — Developers complaining about longtime App Store rules, fees
New York Times:
TikTok users and K-pop fan accounts claim they registered thousands of tickets for Trump's Tulsa rally as a prank, contributing to lower than expected turnout  —  Did a successful prank inflate attendance expectations for President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Okla.?
Brent Simmons / inessential:
Apple's App Store brings in users because it is the only choice, not because it offers some kind of exceptional distribution and marketing to developers  —  One might argue that developers should love the App Store because it brings the users.  AppleInsider writes about the App Store …
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Mark Harris / The Daily Beast:
Secretive disaster charity GSD, founded by Sergey Brin, uses drones, superyachts, and more to deliver humanitarian aid during high-profile disasters  —  WHERE THERE'S A WILL  —  Global Support and Development is made up of ex-military men and Brin's former bodyguards.  But their mission isn't warfare.
Liam Tung / ZDNet:
Microsoft previews GPU support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux to boost ML apps run with the tool; AMD, Nvidia, Intel have announced support for the effort  —  Windows 10's subsystem for Linux, WSL, gains GPU access for machine learning.  —  Nvidia, Intel and AMD have announced …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
In internal email, Snap VP of diversity and inclusion apologizes for the Juneteenth filter, and says Black team members were fully involved in its development  —  In an internal email, Oona King says black and white employees collaborated on its “smile and break the chains” filter
Joseph Cox / VICE:
In 2019, just days after NSO Group unveiled a human rights policy for the use of its malware, Amnesty International says an activist was hacked with NSO tools  —  Just three days after controversial surveillance vendor NSO Group announced its new human rights policy, saying that clients …
Brian Barth / MIT Technology Review:
A look at Toronto's growth as a tech hub, selling itself as a gentler, kinder version of Silicon Valley  —  The Canadian tech hub is selling itself as an antidote to the tech industry's worst impulses.  But what does that entail?  —  It is a frigid February day when I visit Communitech …
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify says it is testing in-app ads on podcast episode pages so users won't have to remember offer codes  —  Tap through for cheaper razors  —  Spotify wants to ensure you never forget a podcast advertiser's promo code again.  The company announced today that it's testing a new feature called …
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