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Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Apple execs Cue, Schiller, and Federighi as well as key Siri scientists Alex Acero and Tom Gruber explain Apple's secretive approach to AI and machine learning  —  On July 30, 2014, Siri had a brain transplant.  —  Three years earlier, Apple had been the first major tech company to integrate …
Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Five years after Tim Cook became Apple CEO, the company has doubled staff, is more socially conscious, but hasn't created a new product category rivaling iPhone  —  Hours after Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple, his successor Tim Cook sent an email to reassure employees about the company's future.
Monte Reel / Bloomberg:
Baltimore police have been testing an aerial surveillance system that uses wide-angle cameras flown at 8.5K feet, without informing the public, since January  —  Since January, police have been testing an aerial surveillance system adapted from the surge in Iraq.  And they neglected to tell the public.
Chris Williams / The Register:
Microsoft details HoloLens' Holographic Processing Unit: TSMC-made, 24-core, performs 1T calculations/second, handles all environmental sensing and other inputs  —  How to make your own virtual reality brain  —  Hot Chips Microsoft today revealed a first look at the inside …
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify tries to get long-term deals with labels wanting higher cuts and other rights while operating on short-term extensions of old contracts  —  Streaming service is in talks with record labels to negotiate new contracts  —  As Spotify AB gears up for a potential initial public …
John Herrman / New York Times:
On Facebook, activist-run pages rival the reach of established, traditional media brands like MSNBC and NYT, but aren't beholden to any journalistic standard  —  How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds.  —  Open your Facebook feed.  What do you see?

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Washington Post:
Sources: the DOD appointed several conservative influencers to civilian roles without disclosing their assignments as they amplify Pete Hegseth's viewpoints

F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
Masked Israeli settlers injured three NBC News staffers and a Palestinian woman they were interviewing in the West Bank; Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack

David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Conservative WaPo columnist Marc Thiessen calls for the “traitor” source who leaked classified info behind his own newspaper's reporting to be “prosecuted”

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Opera launches free VPN app for Android with no data limits, no login required, and a feature to block ad trackers
Leah Schnurr / Reuters:
Ashley Madison found to have violated privacy laws in joint Canada-Australia probe, enters into compliance agreements with both countries
CNN:
Sources: FBI investigating cyber “intrusions” of NYT, other news orgs; the hackers are suspected to be affiliated with Russian intelligence agencies
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