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June 10, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Lucas Matney / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Studios creates a new venture The Initiative and buys game studios Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games  —  Microsoft kept the gaming announcements coming at its Xbox E3 press conference where it announced a series of four studio acquisitions meant …
Laura Kate Dale / Kotaku UK:
Gethin Chamberlain / The Guardian:
After China Labor Watch probe, Amazon admits its own audit found many workers were hired and paid illegally at a Foxconn factory that makes Kindles and Echos  —  US tech giant admits audit of Foxconn factory in Hengyang found irregularities  —  Amazon has admitted that thousands of agency workers …
Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers:
Leaked photos of Google Pixel 3 XL show glass back and display notch, dual front-facing camera sensors, single rear camera, 4GB of RAM, Snapdragon 845 SoC  —  Late last night, XDA Senior Member meraz9000 blindsided us with real-life pictures of a Google Pixel 3 XL prototype.
Rick Rojas / New York Times:
Newark opens high-quality feeds from city's surveillance cameras to the public, asks to report suspicious activity; some fear it may help stalkers and burglars  —  Surveillance cameras monitored by the police have become a ubiquitous presence in many cities.  In Newark, anyone with internet access is allowed to watch.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Agora, a startup that helps developers add voice and video to their apps, adds $30M to its $20M Series B announced in 2015, to fund its global expansion efforts  —  Agora, a platform that enables developers to add voice and video features to their applications, has announced that it has added …
Andrada Fiscutean / ZDNet:
A behind the scenes look at Russian search giant Yandex's efforts to bring self-driving technology to Moscow's chaotic, snow filled roads  —  Yandex, Russia's Google, is optimizing its self-driving tech for bad weather and human drivers who bend the rules.  —  Video: Yandex's autonomous car hits Moscow's streets.
Zen Soo / South China Morning Post:
A look at the ways Alibaba and JD.com are investing billions to upgrade their logistics infrastructure for faster package delivery and more convenient pickup  —  China's courier industry has boomed with the rise of e-commerce - investment in new logistics technology is aimed at reducing delivery times even further
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