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June 9, 2018, 7:15 PM

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Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Source: Apple Watch to get touch-sensitive solid-state buttons that use Taptic Engine to simulate clicks this or next year, buttons may act as health sensors  —  The Apple Watch will be getting solid state buttons that don't move up and down but rather sense the touch of a finger …
Laura Kate Dale / Kotaku UK:
EA is testing a multi-device game streaming service, announces Origin Access Premier, a $14.99/mo tier for its subscription program with access to all new games  —  During EA's E3 press conference today, the company made a pair of small announcement about the future of how you'll be able to play their games.
Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget:
What to expect at the E3 2018 gaming show from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and others  —  The Electronics Entertainment Expo is basically New York Fashion Week for the joystick crowd, five days brimming with an overwhelming number of media briefings and new game announcements.
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook let some partners access users' friend data after it shut off access to most devs in 2015; sources: partners included Nissan and Royal Bank of Canada  —  Special deals gave a small number of companies access to data after shutting off access for other developers
Rollo Romig / The California Sunday Magazine:
Washington Post:
China hacked a US Navy contractor early this year and stole 614GB of classified data, including plans for a supersonic anti-ship missile for US submarines  —  Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of highly sensitive data related …
Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
How Swift, a decades old bank co-op which handles half of the world's cross-border payments, is trying to fend off a challenge from blockchain startup Ripple  —  A rivalry is raging that looks set to decide how cross-border payments are handled for decades to come.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Unproven facial recognition tech is the latest tool that is being increasingly marketed by security contractors to US schools terrified of shootings  —  The facial-recognition cameras installed near the bounce houses at the Warehouse, an after-school recreation center in Bloomington, Ind. …

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