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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Apple reverses policy on parental control apps, letting them use MDM and VPN technologies if they don't sell, use, or disclose any data to third parties — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past year, Apple purged iPhone apps that helped people limit the amount of time they and their children spent …
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9to5Mac, Gizmodo, CNET, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott, and Business Insider
Tweets: @jacknicas, @matthewstoller, @simonvandorpe, and @businessinsider
| Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek: |
iOS 13 has an option to optimize long-term battery life by “reducing the time it's fully charged”, charging to 80% until it thinks the remaining 20% is needed — Lithium-ion batteries, like those in iPhones, have a longer usable life if you don't charge above 80%.
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Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @canterrain. Thanks:@canterrain
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC is suing Kik for allegedly running an unregistered securities sale when it launched an ICO for its kin token in 2017 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Kik for allegedly running an unregistered securities sale when it launched an initial coin offering (ICO) for its kin token in 2017.
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U.S. Securities …, Axios, CNET, BetaKit, Telegraph, Financial Times, Cointelegraph, CryptoGlobe, and Crypto Briefing
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default and brings its Lockbox password manager to the desktop, rebranding it as Lockwise — Mozilla today announced a slew of privacy improvements. The company has turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks cookies from third-party trackers in Firefox, by default.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Stations, a lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, has arrived in the US after initially launching in Australia last year — Spotify Stations, the streaming service's lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists … | Washington Post: |
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 …
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Reuters, New York Times, Congressman David Cicilline, Financial Times, The Verge, Reuters, Techdirt, Ars Technica, XDA Developers, Observer, MIT Technology Review, Boing Boing, Politico, Axios, CNBC, Business Insider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Social Media Today, and Gizmodo
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| Ashley Gold / The Information: |
As regulators ramp up antitrust scrutiny of Google, the company's global policy team is still adapting to a sweeping reorganization, with key roles unfilled — As regulators ramp up their antitrust scrutiny of Google, the tech giant's global policy team is still adapting … | Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
Apple says users of iTunes on Windows will not see any immediate changes, despite the app being shuttered on Mac — Plus, 4K, HDR, and Dolby Atmos over HDMI. — SAN JOSE, Calif.—After much speculation and fanfare in the press, Apple confirmed today that it will sunset iTunes in the next version …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Bird will start testing the Bird Cruiser, a two-seater electric bike with an LCD display that can show route progress and other trip details, this summer — Bird, the Santa Monica, California-based mobility startup that in May unveiled Bird One, a $1,299 e-scooter architected with … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
At WWDC 2019, Apple showed it's truly transforming into a privacy-as-a-service company with its single sign-on service and iOS 13's camera and location updates — Apple shared plenty of news today at its WWDC 2019 annual developer conference, but a few of the announcements early on are potentially … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
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| Eustance Huang / CNBC: |
Report: SoftBank is facing challenges in raising $100B for Vision Fund II after facing a lukewarm response from some of the world's largest investors — KEY POINTS — In a bid to raise $100 billion for its next fund, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has faced a lukewarm reception …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube bans kids from live-streaming video unless accompanied by an adult, after a NYT report about YouTube's recommendation algorithm for posted videos — NY Digital Editor @https://twitter.com/xpangler FOLLOW — YouTube is taking additional steps to restrict the possibility that children … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: at a recent all-hands event for its devices team, Microsoft showed off a dual-screen Surface prototype codenamed Centaurus — Courier 2.0 — Microsoft has started to demonstrate new dual-screen Surface hardware inside the company. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell …
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Windows Central, ZDNet, WinBuzzer, Softpedia News, and PCWorld
Tweets: @zacbowden, @maryjofoley, and @simonleyland
| 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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MacStories, Apple, PCWorld, and iMore
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @techledes, @andrewmd5, @edent, @vngnc, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, and @joshuatopolsky
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @stroughtonsmith, @stroughtonsmith, @stroughtonsmith, @mcwm, and @starfire2258
| Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: |
Shifting strategy, Microsoft closed all its specialty stores and kiosks in the US, while over 80 full-retail stores remain — As London is about to launch, Microsoft shutters its smaller kiosks in the US — Shifting strategy Microsoft has now closed all its Specialty Stores and kiosks| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
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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