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Apple unveils Mac Pro with a tower design, 8 PCIe slots, up to 1.5TB of system memory, up to 28-core Intel Xeon CPU, up to 4 AMD GPUs; coming this fall from $6K — The most powerful Mac is staging a comeback this fall — Having admitted that its glossy “trash can” Mac Pro of 2013 was a mistake …
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Apple announces Pro Display XDR, a 32-inch 6K LCD, coming this fall for $4,999; a Pro stand, sold separately for $999, has tilt, height, and rotation adjustment — At WWDC 2019 today, Apple announced its Pro Display XDR display, along with the redesigned Mac Pro. The 32-inch LCD display has a 6016 x 3384 Retina 6K display.
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First look at the Mac Pro with its shiny stainless steel build, feet on the bottom that can be replaced with wheels, easily-accessible parts via a handle twist — It's still just a rectangle, but that's great — We just had a chance to look at the Mac Pro in a soothing hands-on area … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple debuts macOS Catalina, which includes the ability to use an iPad as an external display, and will let devs target iPad apps at Mac via Project Catalyst — The next version of macOS will be called Catalina. Apple officially unveiled the new update onstage at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Apple breaks up iTunes, creates separate Podcasts, TV, and Music apps for macOS — Three dedicated apps — The iTunes era is over. During its annual developers conference today, Apple announced that it's breaking iTunes up into three separate macOS apps: Podcasts, TV, and Music.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Apple debuts Sign In with Apple service, which masks info like email addresses, for iOS and non-iOS apps and web; mandatory for iOS apps using 3rd-party logins — Apple's new third-party login system will focus on user privacy, preventing user tracking. Tim Cook tells CBS News the move …
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House lawmakers announce a sweeping antitrust investigation of big tech that will touch Facebook, Google, and others, with potential CEO testimony, depositions — House Democrats plan a sweeping review of Facebook, Google and other technology giants to determine if they've become so large … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: FTC secured the rights to begin an antitrust probe of Facebook as part of an agreement to let DOJ lead a Google probe; Facebook stock closes down 7%+ — Federal Trade Commission secures right to examine how Facebook's practices affect digital competition — This is a developing story and will be updated shortly.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple announces iOS 13 with Dark Mode, Quick Path swipe keyboard, and a redesigned Reminders app, with up to 2x faster app launches and 30% faster Face ID — iOS 13 is here and it has dark mode — As expected, Apple has announced iOS 13 onstage at WWDC 2019, giving a first look at the company's latest software for the iPhone.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple reveals iPadOS with new home screen widgets, an improved Files app with a column view and USB support, multiple windows for the same app, and new gestures — Another step toward laptop-like tasks — “We have some big changes coming to iPad,” says Craig Federighi, Apple's software chief.
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| Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: US advertisers spent $479.1M on podcast ads in 2018, up 53% from 2017, and are predicted to spend $678.7M this year — U.S. advertisers' spending on podcasts rose 53% in 2018 — Podcasters continue to find growing interest from marketers, but their growth remains constrained … | AlphaStreet: |
Box beats with Q1 revenue of $163M, up 16% YoY, and billings of $118.4M, up 1% YoY, but lowered full-year guidance; stock down 14%+ after hours — Box's (NYSE: BOX) stock was down above 10% after the bell as the company reported weak revenue guidance for the full year.| New York Times: |
Researchers find YouTube's recommendation algorithm is curating home movies of unwitting families into a catalog sexualizing children — Christiane C. didn't think anything of it when her 10-year-old daughter and a friend uploaded a video of themselves playing in a backyard pool.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Inside Microsoft's decision to buy GitHub, which now has 36M registered developers, and how Microsoft is winning back developers with its open source focus — Microsoft is relying on GitHub and experts in rival programming tools to win back developers — In 2014, Microsoft Corp. cloud …
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