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What to expect at WWDC 2016: Siri SDK, Siri on the Mac, next versions of iOS and MacOS previewed, Apple Music revamp, refinements to tvOS and watchOS — WWDC is almost here — and this year, Apple has more to talk about than ever. That's because WWDC is Apple's software show …
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Apple, Recode, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, Brian Roemmele, CNNMoney, MacRumors, GeekWire, International Business Times, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Ars Technica UK, Tech Times, Fortune, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, iMore, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, Six Colors, 512 Pixels, CNBC, CNET, Macworld, Six Colors, Six Colors, The Verge, Popular Science, Engadget, Computerworld, MacRumors, TIME, Macworld, Polygon and TechCrunch. Tweets: @benthompson
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Image of Xbox One S leaks online: 40% smaller, 2TB HDD, 4K video playback, HDR support — In less than 24 hours, Microsoft will host its E3 press conference. The software maker is expected to launch a smaller, slimmer version of the Xbox One, and a fresh leak on the NeoGAF forums today is providing our first look at the new console.| Andrew Marantz / New Yorker: |
How HBO's “Silicon Valley” accurately portrays and satirizes Silicon Valley: extensive research and expert consultants — When Dick Costolo attended the University of Michigan, in the nineteen-eighties, his major was computer science, but he was surprised to find that he also had a knack for improv comedy.
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With just the last 4 digits of @deray's SSN, a hacker rerouted texts to another device, bypassing two-factor authentication protecting the activist's accounts — Did you know that someone only needs your name and the last four digits of your Social Security number to hack your phone number?| Wall Street Journal: |
Symantec plans to buy Blue Coat Systems for $4.65B; Blue Coat CEO Greg Clark to become Symantec CEO after deal closes, which will likely be before October — Computer-security company to gain portfolio of cyberdefense technologies along with a new CEO — Symantec Corp. plans … | Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
What to expect from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Bethesda, and others at E3 2016 — Keep track of the press conference madness and more with our rundown. — The Electronic Entertainment Expo may be a bit smaller this year, thanks to some high-profile publisher departures.| Konstantin Kakaes / MIT Technology Review: |
Why no high tech, high volume gadget like the iPhone can be made entirely in the US: cost, manufacturing capacity, and China's hold on rare earth elements — Political candidates opposed to free trade say Apple should make phones in the United States. Let's see what that would look like.
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| Andrew Nusca / Fortune: |
Inside the transformation of Microsoft, as its bets on the cloud, open source, and a more open and agile culture start paying off — Microsoft Will Serve You Now — The newly customer-friendly tech giant is bulking up on data centers, betting its future on cloud computing, and learning to be agile again.
Tweets: @fortunemagazine and @microsoft
| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
How Uber and Lyft created opportunity for Arcade City, which is using a Facebook group with 30K+ members to facilitate rides in Austin before launching an app — Exactly a month ago,Uber and Lyft paused operations in Austin after voters defeated Proposition 1, an attempt …
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| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
How PayPal is trying to catch up in digital payments space after losing ground under eBay — After a lost decade, the newly independent company is making big investments again. — During the gloomy spring of 2009, few tech companies were under a darker cloud than online auction giant eBay ebay .
Tweets: @fortunemagazine
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Sources: China Life Insurance to invest more than $500M in Didi Chuxing despite having already invested in UberChina — Insurer makes move despite already having invested in Uber Technologies Chinese operation — China's top life insurer is making a big investment in the country's $25 …
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Domino's to test feature to delay cooking for takeout orders until your phone's GPS alerts the restaurant that you're nearby — Domino's CEO: We can deliver pizza in under 10 minutes — Domino's Pizza CEO Don Meij explains how the pizza chain is trying to make ordering and delivery easier with technology.
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