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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect at Apple's WWDC next week: focus on digital health, ARKit 2.0, small changes to iOS, deeper Mac-iOS integration, and no Mac or iPad hardware — - Company will outline software roadmap for the next year — Tech giant to more tightly integrate Mac, iPhone software
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AppleInsider, iMore, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Macworld, Digital Trends, BGR, TechRadar.com, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, Mashable, iLounge, MAC blog, MacRumors, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, CNBC, Tom's Guide, InvestorPlace, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, The Independent, The Economic Times, The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Seeking Alpha, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Insanely Great Mac, The Verge, MacDailyNews, and Macworld
Tweets: @iosaaron, @markgurman, @benbajarin, @louisdhauwe, @snazzyq, @jstoff, @stroughtonsmith, and @reneritchie
| Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: |
Pew Research study of US teen internet usage finds 85% say they use YouTube, 72% use Instagram, 69% use Snapchat, while only 51% say they use Facebook — And Facebook continues to fall, according to Pew Research Center — Teenagers are more interested than ever in YouTube, home to the world's growing influencer and vlogger base.
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Pew Research Center, Bloomberg, CNNMoney, TechCrunch, Engadget, Business Insider, International Business Times, VentureBeat, USA Today, SlashGear, Tubefilter, CNET, Adweek, CBS Los Angeles, VideoInk, The Hill, Mercury News, TechSpot, Mashable, and Recode
| Swapna Krishna / Engadget: |
Nonprofit USB Implementers Forum announces a new standard for Braille displays developed in cooperation with Microsoft, Apple, and others — Accessibility is an increasingly important issue when it comes to tech; while new technology can certainly make it easier for people with accessibility issues …
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USB-IF, Microsoft on the Issues, The Verge, MacRumors, The Next Web, CNET, MSPoweruser, TechSpot, On MSFT, GeekWire, Neowin, Gizmodo, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @skrishna, @jennylayfluffy, and @bradsmi
| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Apple has been rejecting its app updates globally since Russia banned Telegram in April — The popular messaging app, Telegram, hasn't seen an App Store update since late March. It now appears that ever since Russian authorities ruled that the app was illegal in the country … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo announces deal with Fiat Chrysler to add 62K minivans to its upcoming robotaxi service and begins discussions on selling self-driving cars to people — Google spinoff orders 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica minivans — The size of Waymo's fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans just got radically bigger.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says that the company is in discussions to have Waymo self-driving cars added to its network — “It's up to them.” — Speaking today at the Code Conference, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says that his company is in “discussions” to have Waymo self-driving cars added to its network.
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ZDNet, Recode, SlashGear, Reuters, CNET, Fortune, Reuters, The Next Web, Economist, Vanity Fair, Axios, Neowin, Engadget, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, CNBC, Business Insider, and GeekWire. Tweets: @backlon
| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
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Bloomberg, Business Insider, Silicon Republic, USA Today, Neowin, Investor's Business Daily, Recode, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @business
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
SoftBank Vision Fund will invest $2.25B into GM's Cruise self-driving program, with plans to commercialize such vehicles next year — General Motors on Thursday announced that SoftBank Vision Fund will invest $2.25 billion into its self-driving program, with plans to commercialize such vehicles next year.
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GM Media News, Bloomberg, ABC News, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Washington Post, The Verge, Investor's Business Daily, PE Hub Blog, Bloomberg, and Fast Company. Tweets: @olivercameron
| Robert Triggs / Android Authority: |
ARM announces next-generation CPUs and GPUs focused on efficient VR and AI; ARM Cortex-A76 is new flagship mobile chip, now with 35% better performance — You probably haven't complained about high-end smartphone performance for a while now, but processors can always be a bit faster and, more importantly, power efficient.
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VentureBeat, CNET, Android Police, and eWeek
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Neighbourly, a Q&A app for sharing local community knowledge in India, available as a beta in Mumbai — Google is increasing its focus on India after it released a new social app that's aimed at building neighborhood communities within cities in the country.
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The Next Web, Official Google India Blog, The Verge, 9to5Google, Neowin, Android Police, and BGR India
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Researcher discovers a 10-year-old remote code execution bug within the Steam client library that left all 125M users vulnerable until Valve's fix in March 2018 — A security researcher found a serious vulnerability that allowed hackers to take control of a Steam user's computer.
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Context Information Security, Gizmodo, CNET, TechSpot, and BleepingComputer.com
Tweets: @x0rz and @antumbral
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
App Annie data on iOS App Store shows over 10K apps have individually generated over $1M since 2010, with 2,293 making $1M-$10M and 564 making $10M+ in 2017 — Ten years after Apple launched the App Store, the exclusive iOS software shop is continuing to grow at a rapid clip … | Wall Street Journal: |
Early data after GDPR shows Google and Facebook are drawing ad money by gathering users' consent for targeted ads at far higher rates than competing services — Digital ad giants are gathering individuals' consent for targeted ads at far higher rates than many competing online-ad services, early data show| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart officially announces Jetblack, a $50/month same-day delivery service that users text requests to, available in NYC with plans to expand over time — Walmart Inc. wants to be your personal shopper — if you're lucky enough to be invited. — The world's biggest retailer unveiled Jetblack …
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Digital Trends, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, and Fast Company
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
To aid discovery of Alexa skills, Amazon says it's testing an interface that lets developers say what kind of questions their skill can answer — Amazon is introducing a feature that will allow Alexa to suggest voice apps without first being given a name. Instead, you will be able …
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Amazon Developer Services, ZDNet, and Voicebot
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Ticketfly goes offline and says it has been the target of a cyber incident after hacker defaces site and boasts of getting access to customer and employee info — Events ticketing company Ticketfly has been compromised by a digital attack, according to an announcement today on Twitter.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Toronto-based smart thermostat maker Ecobee adds additional $36M to its Series C round, bringing total funding for the round to $98M — - Ecobee, a Toronto-based smart thermostat company, has raised $47 million CAD (about $36 million USD) in funding, bringing its Series C round to about $127 million CAD total.
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Business Wire and CNET
| Polina Marinova / Fortune: |
Q&A with Melinda Gates, who is investing in women-led and minority-focused venture firms through her investment and incubation company Pivotal Ventures — Melinda Gates needs no introduction. — She has been the co-chair of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for 18 years.| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Xiaomi announces 6.21-inch Mi 8 Explorer Edition flagship with Snapdragon 845, 6GB RAM, 3D face scanner, transparent back, and dual-frequency GPS for ~$420 — Xiaomi may have already released the Mi Mix 2S earlier this year, but it's actually kept its true 2018 flagship, the Mi 8 …
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Engadget, BGR, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Xiaomi MIUI Official …, The Next Web, Android Authority, DxOMark, The Verge, Mi Blog, The Verge, BetaNews, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Android Police, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, Android and Me, Ubergizmo, Pocketnow, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Liliputing, Ubergizmo, BGR, International Business Times, MacDailyNews, Android Authority, and SlashGear
Tweets: @chengmingalpert, @ow, and @jonrussell
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
French startup Klaxoon, which builds SaaS tools to aid office efficiency and says it has 1M MAUs, raises $50M Series B led by Idinvest Partners — Klaxoon today announced a $50 million round of funding, which the French company hopes will allow it to capitalize on the rapid word-of-mouth growth it has seen over the past two years.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Gaming platform Roblox launches Roblox Education, offering a free curriculum to teachers and more, says it has 60M+ MAUs and paid $30M to its creators last year — Roblox, the massively multiplayer online game favored by the under 13 crowd, is following in Minecraft's footsteps with a move into the education market.
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Engadget and VentureBeat
| Filip Piekniewski / Piekniewski's blog: |
Despite hype, there are some signs that interest around deep learning research has slowed inside big corporations, especially in the autonomous driving space — Deep learning has been at the forefront of the so called AI revolution for quite a few years now, and many people had believed …
Tweets: @ron_miller, @deeplearningldn, and @robinhanson
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Trilogy Education, which wants to build a bootcamp program for universities focused on teaching tech-related skills, raises $50M Series B — While coding bootcamps may be in the middle of a shakeout, technology companies around the world are still going to be struggling to fill slots … Sponsor Posts
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