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June 22, 2020, 2:20 PM

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Apple - YouTube:
Live stream of Apple's WWDC 2020 keynote  —  Full stream ahead.  Join us for the Apple Special Event Keynote on June 22, 2020 at 10 a.m. PDT.  Set a reminder and we'll send an update before the show.
The Verge:
Live blog of WWDC 2020 virtual keynote, where Apple is expected to unveil plans for transitioning Macs from Intel to Arm, iOS 14 with AirTags support, and more  —  New software for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and everything else  —  Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off today.
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:
Apple debuts iOS 14 with a revamped homescreen featuring data-rich widgets, an automatically curated App Library, new Today view, and picture-in-picture support  —  Although Apple's WWDC 2020 is packed with operating system announcements, the ones that will matter to the most people focus …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces iPadOS 14 with widgets, improvements for Pencil like handwriting recognition, a new universal search bar, and more  —  Apple announces iPadOS 14, building on the already announced iOS 14 features like home screen widgets.  Apple is expanding stock apps with unique iPad design elements like sidebars in Photos and Music.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple announces a new Translate app as part of iOS 14, powered by Siri with an offline model and support for 11 languages  —  Apple today announced that iOS 14 will include an all-new Translate app with support for 11 languages, plus an offline mode.  A side-by-side view will make it easy …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Apple approves email app HEY, a temporary move giving Basecamp more time to adhere to Apple's rules; HEY will offer some free functionality but still lack IAPs  —  What does it mean for an app to ‘work’ at launch?  —  After rejecting an update last week, Apple has approved a new version of the subscription email app Hey.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Kuo: Apple will launch AirPods 3 in the first half of 2021, with a design similar to the AirPods Pro  —  Yesterday, Kuo released his roadmap for Apple's ARM Mac transition, which is set to be officially announced in just a few hours.  And today, the TF Securities analyst continues his reporting with an update on AirPods.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Microsoft confirms it acquired Israel-based IoT and industrial security startup CyberX, sources say for about $165M  —  Another big acquisition out of Israel this week points to how bigger tech companies are using the economic slowdown to focus on their longer-term strategies and shore up assets to support that.
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple tells developers it will remove unapproved iPhone games from its App Store in China, ending a loophole long-used by game publishers  —  - Company's iOS platform will no longer host unapproved games  — Big and small publishers have relied on loophole for years
Krebs on Security:
Activist group DDoSecrets publishes nearly 270 GB of potentially sensitive data from hundreds of US police departments  —  Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last week.  The collection, dubbed “BlueLeaks” …
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Nintendo is reconsidering developing smartphone games, focusing instead on its own platforms, following the success of Animal Crossing on Switch  —  - Company has been underwhelmed by return on its mobile efforts  — Betting that it can best capture gaming growth on own platform
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces CarKey, coming in an update to iOS 13, which lets users unlock, lock, and start their cars using an iPhone or Apple Watch  —  Apple has announced today that the CarKey feature is coming with iOS 14 and also with a new iOS 13 update.  CarKey lets you use the iPhone …
Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple details watchOS 7: sleep tracking, new watch faces and Face Sharing feature, new workouts including dance, hand washing detection, and more  —  Apple is previewing watchOS 7, the new software update coming to Apple Watch later this year.  The update includes new watch faces, workout types, and sleep tracking.
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 …

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