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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: at WWDC, Apple will unveil iOS 13 with updated Maps, Reminders, and Messages apps, watchOS 6 with Calculator, Voice Memos, App Store, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to unleash a slew of new apps, features and development tools at its annual software conference next month.
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CNET, The Verge, Computerworld, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Patently Apple, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and BGR
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| Rochelle Toplensky / Financial Times: |
Sources: after considering Spotify's complaint about App Store fees, the EU has decided to launch an antitrust probe into Apple's conduct — The EU will launch a formal antitrust investigation into Apple in the next few weeks after Spotify accused the iPhone maker of “tilting the playing field to disadvantage competitors”.
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TechCrunch, CNET, MacRumors, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, The Mac Observer, Engadget, Patently Apple, CNBC, MacDailyNews, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, BetaNews, Firstpost Tech, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, Mashable, 9to5Mac, and Seeking Alpha
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian grocery delivery startup BigBasket raises $150M Series F at $1B+ valuation; source says Alibaba takes ~30% stake in company, more than other investors — India has a new unicorn after BigBasket, a startup that delivers groceries and perishables across the country …
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| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Sources detail Facebook's efforts to label photos, private posts, more to improve its AI, employing hundreds in Hyderabad, India, alone, raising privacy issues — HYDERABAD, India/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: 2019 iPhones will feature new antenna technology which will improve iPhones' indoor navigation performance — TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with a new report on Apple's supply chain as it pertains to the 2019 and 2020 iPhones.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, O'Grady's PowerPage, Softpedia News, Firstpost Tech, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, TechSpot, Pocketnow, Patently Apple, and CNET. Tweets: @appleinsider
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple buys a company every two to three weeks on average and has acquired about 20 to 25 companies in the past six months — KEY POINTS — In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quck, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company has acquired approximately 20 to 25 companies in the past six months.| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Research: Amazon could already offer next-day delivery to 72% of the US population, after growing its US logistics infrastructure ~3X in the past four years — KEY POINTS — Amazon is already capable of offering same-day and one-day delivery to 72% of the total U.S. population, according to RBC Capital Markets.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
What to expect from Microsoft Build 2019: a primary focus on Azure and AI, plus announcements related to Windows 10, Microsoft 365, HoloLens, and GitHub — Microsoft's Build developer conference returns to Seattle, rather than in San Francisco, for the third year in a row next week.
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ZDNet, TechCrunch, Windows Central, Computerworld, Redmond, Hindustan Times, Laptop Mag, Silicon UK, Wired, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Tech Observer, and Bitcoinist.com
| Oliver Burkeman / The Guardian: |
A critical examination of social media's role in driving the online news economy and how that is harming democratic politics as well as people's well-being — Is engagement with current affairs key to being a good citizen? Or could an endless torrent of notifications be harming democracy as well as our wellbeing?| Kev Needham / Mozilla Add-ons Blog: |
Expired certificate caused Firefox add-ons to stop working on Friday; Mozilla has issued a fix for most issues, advises others not to try any workarounds — Updates: — Some users are reporting that they do not have the “hotfix-update-xpi-signing-intermediate - bug-1548973” study active in “about:studies”.
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Tweets: @firefox, @stshank, @mozamo, @rvstaveren, @fugueish, @kiranpal, @torproject, @artemr, @firefox, and @textfiles
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
An unprotected database offers a look at a surveillance system in Beijing, which matches faces to police records, monitors Wi-Fi-enabled devices, and more — Thousands of facial recognition scans were matched against Chinese police records — Smart cities are designed to make life easier …
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TechNode, New York Times, and Fortune
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @davidpaulk, @rj_gallagher, @grosetimothy, and @4ngl3rf1sh. Thanks:@campuscodi
| Los Angeles Times: |
How Bird is trying to make its unit economics work, experimenting with its business model, developing own scooters better suited for sharing, and more — A year ago, Bird Rides Inc. was flying high — and Silicon Valley was betting that it would keep on climbing.
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Fortune and socalTECH.com
Tweets: @latimes, @pinboard, @mdudas, @melissakchan, @disruptepreneur, @martinsfp, @alexisohanian, @latimes, @expolineledger, @dmitry140, @jason, @teddyschleifer, @gerberkawasaki, @kyoshino, @alexisohanian, @charliearchy, @gaufre, @aaschapiro, and @latrilife. Thanks:@dmitry140
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Israel responds to an alleged Hamas cyberattack with an airstrike, marking the first time a country has reacted with immediate military force to a cyberattack — Israel military said it bombed building housing Hamas cyber forces. — For the first time, Israel has used brute military force …
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The Times of Israel, The Verge, The Hacker News, Security Affairs, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, TechSpot, Engadget, Forbes, Telegraph, Federal Computer Week, CTech - 24/7, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters
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