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June 27, 2022, 8:25 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning one of the most ambitious periods of new products in its history, with a deluge coming in fall 2022 and H1 2023, including M3 Macs  —  Apple's latest software from WWDC sets the stage for a busy fall 2022 and first half of 2023.  Also: A US Apple store votes …
New York Times:
Hundreds of documents detail the software bought by China to sift through its vast troves of surveillance data to “predict” who will become troublemakers  —  The more than 1.4 billion people living in China are constantly watched.  They are recorded by police cameras that are everywhere …
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
SSD benchmarks show the 256GB 13" MacBook Pro with M2 has ~50% slower read and ~30% slower write speeds than the previous 256GB MacBook Pro with M1  —  Following the launch of Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip, it has been discovered that the $1,299 base model with 256GB …
Tracy Wang / CoinDesk:
Leaked investor call: BlockFi backer Morgan Creek Digital aims to raise $250M to counter FTX's BlockFi bailout, since it could wipe out BlockFi shareholders  —  FTX's $250 million credit facility offer - if inked as initially proposed - stood to effectively wipe out all BlockFi shareholders …
Alex Russell / Infrequently Noted:
A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential  —  Gentle reader, I made a terrible mistake.  Yes, that's right: I read the comments on a MacRumors article.  At my age, one knows better.
Brian Kahn / Protocol:
In the wake of SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, tech companies give “no comment” in response to questions about users' data that can be used in prosecutions  —  Tech companies have created employee reimbursement programs, but they have been silent on whether they'll protect users' data …
New York Times:
Sources: Meta told staff not to discuss the Roe v. Wade ruling on wide-reaching internal channels, citing a company memo issued after the May draft opinion leak  —  Meta told its workers on Friday not to openly discuss the Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion …
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Amazon's fight with China-based sellers of generic items trying to game its algorithm to develop Marketplace brands and get the “Amazon's Choice” tag  —  Jeff Bezos wanted to build the ‘everything store’—and now the company is drowning in China-based sellers hawking the same items under a dizzying array of brands
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Sky Mavis says it plans to reimburse Axie Infinity users and reopen its Ronin bridge on June 28, after hackers stole 173,600 Ether and 25.5M USDC  —  Sky Mavis Inc., the developer of the play-to-earn Axie Infinity video game that lost more than $620 million during a March hack …
Antoni Slodkowski / Financial Times:
Despite UK government pressure, Masayoshi Son tells SoftBank shareholders that the Nasdaq remains his “favourite” venue for an Arm IPO  —  Billionaire says US share offering for chipmaker still his ‘favourite’ but decision not final  —  SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son …
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