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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

AT&T won't throttle unlimited data in congestion until users hit 22GB, an over 4x increase — AT&T today has revealed a slight change to how it is handling throttling users grandfathered into unlimited data plans. Up until today, AT&T has throttled unlimited data users when they hit 5GB of usage and are in a congested area.

More: DSLreports, Gizmodo, The Verge, Macworld, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Engadget, iMore, TechnoBuffalo, Consumerist, iPhone Hacks, blog.chron.com, Android Authority, PhoneDog.com and The Loop

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

iOS 9 review: great multitasking support for newer iPads, searchable Settings, proactive Siri not as useful as Google Now — iOS 9, thoroughly reviewed — Apple gives the iPad a lot of love as iOS goes back into spit-and-polish mode. — iOS 8 wasn't the smoothest operating system rollout in Apple's history.

More: Macworld, CNET and The Verge

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:

iOS 9 review: requires 1.3GB free space to install compared with iOS 8's 4.58GB; focuses on efficiency, not innovation — iOS 9 Review: An Upgrade That Will Save You Time — Efficiency tweaks make Apple's latest upgrade worthy—even if they were borrowed from Google, Samsung and Microsoft

More: AnandTech, Computerworld, MacStories, The Verge, Business Insider, International Business Times, The Overspill, Pixel Envy and NEWS.com.au

New York Times:

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce all public schools in city must offer computer science within 10 years — De Blasio to Announce 10-Year Deadline to Offer Computer Science to All Students — To ensure that every child can learn the skills required to work …

More: The Verge, Politico, EdSurge, Business Insider, AVC, Engadget and CBS San Francisco

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple Delays Release Of watchOS 2 Due To Bug — Apple has delayed the release of watchOS 2, which was expected to be available today to owners of the Apple Watch. — “We have discovered a bug in development of watchOS 2 that is taking a bit longer to fix than we expected,” an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch.

More: NEWS.com.au, The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Next Web, Re/code, BuzzFeed and iDownloadBlog.com

Kashmir Hill / Fusion:

How to create a fake business with 19K Twitter followers, great Facebook and Yelp reviews, and an impressive online reputation in a few hours for less than $100 — I created a fake business and bought it an amazing online reputation — If you live in the Bay Area and have looked …

Tweets: @kevinroose

Martin Beck / Marketing Land:

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is close to testing a button for people to express empathy and other emotions, but it won't be a “dislike” button — Dislike Button? Facebook's Not Getting That — But It May Gain Alternative To The Like Button — There will be no “dislike” …

Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:

Lawsuit against Twitter alleges that auto-link shortening in direct messages violates privacy laws, seeks class action status — Twitter Hit With Suit Claiming It Snoops on Direct Messages — Twitter Inc.'s direct messages may not be as private as it claims, according to a lawsuit filed against the company on Monday.

More: USA Today, BuzzFeed, The Verge, Tech Times, TechSpot, The Hill, The Register, MediaPost, RT, SFist, The Wrap, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Consumerist, Business Insider and Hollywood Reporter

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Google OnHub teardown shows large speaker, huge heatsink, lots of antennas, and a light sensor that doesn't yet work — Google OnHub gets torn asunder, reveals big speaker, many antennas — Google's OnHub router is packed with hardware that doesn't work yet.

More: iFixit, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, Geek.com, SlashGear, Android Central and Gizmodo

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Phil Libin moves to VC firm General Catalyst, two months after stepping down as CEO of Evernote — Evernote Founder Phil Libin Moves Into Venture Capital — Phil Libin, the co-founder of digital note-taking service Evernote Inc., is moving into venture capital two months after he stepped down as chief executive of the startup.

More: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Fortune and PE Hub Blog

John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:

Tim Cook on whether people will favor iPad Pros over Macs, privacy concerns, and the possibility of deleting some default iOS apps — 20 Minutes With Tim Cook — The Apple CEO addresses new iPhone features, privacy concerns, the iPad Pro as a desktop replacement, and why you can't delete …

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez / The San Francisco Examiner:

San Francisco luxury commuter bus line Leap to auction off buses after July bankruptcy filing — Leap files for bankruptcy, auctions off remaining buses — The private transit service “Leap” drew praise from many quarters of San Francisco for its tech-friendly buses' reclaimed wood trappings …

More: Business Insider, Fusion, Ars Technica and Dow Jones

Tweets: @nitashatiku and @laura_nelson

Amir Efrati / The Information:

Apple developing platform to power and unify its Web services like iCloud and iTunes, based on Siri's which uses open-source Mesos — Apple Unifies Cloud Services Platform Amid Open-Source Push — Like other tech companies that run Web services, Apple has long relied on open source software.

More: SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, iLounge and 9to5Mac

Eric Chemi / CNBC:

Paypal testing payments on four US gambling sites after 12-year hiatus in the country — PayPal quietly re-enters online gaming — U.S. gambling sites start to accept PayPal — PayPal quietly returned to the world of online gambling in the U.S., with CNBC's Eric Chemi.

More: Fortune, PYMNTS.com and NJ Poker Online

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Lightspeed POS Raises $61M To Boost Its Retail And Restaurant Sales System — As Square gears up for a public listing that may come as soon as next month, another startup that makes point-of-sale systems for restaurants and other retailers has raised a big round of funding.

More: BetaKit, Wall Street Journal, Techvibes Global News, VentureBeat, Reuters, Bloomberg Business, PR Newswire, montrealgazette.com and PE Hub Blog

Melanie Burney / Philly.com:

Russian national Vladimir Drinkman pleads guilty in US for his role in hacking scheme that stole 160M+ credit card numbers — In Camden court, Russian pleads guilty in vast hacking plot — A Russian national admitted to plotting the largest international hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted …

More: U.S. Department of Justice, Business Insider, CNBC, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Reuters and Globe and Mail

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