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What to expect at WWDC 2017: next versions of Apple's OSes, spec bumps to MacBooks and MacBook Pros, updates to Siri, possible unveiling of Siri speaker, more — It's June again, so it's time for Apple to give the world a look at what it's been up to and what we should expect from the iPhone …
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| Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times: |
Google's Contributor services now let some publishers ask ad-block users to whitelist sites or pay a small fee per page view to make up for lost ad revenue — Group to launch ‘funding choices’ and charge people through new Contributor service — Read next| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Check Point: 250M computers and 20% of corporate networks worldwide infected by Fireball adware from China's Rafotech; Fireball can push and execute any file — A Chinese digital marketing company named Rafotech is behind a wave of inter-connected adware families that found their way onto …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Exclusive: Apple Music executive Bozoma Saint John plans to leave the company — Bozoma Saint John, the Apple executive who garnered significant attention for her demo at last year's worldwide developer conference, plans to leave the company, Axios has learned.
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Valve sets Steam Direct self-publishing fee at $100 per game; fee is recoupable, with Valve refunding the fee when game revenues exceed $1000 — Recoupable fee to curb abuse without being “barrier to beginning game developers” — Valve announced today that anyone will be able to publish games … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Walmart is testing program paying employees to deliver online orders on their way home — Retailer lets workers deliver packages during commutes home — Test of new program began at stores in New Jersey and Arkansas — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing a program that sends store employees …
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| Rob LeFebvre / Engadget: |
Report: code inside Facebook app refers to Talk, an unreleased messaging app for teens that may provide parental controls for filtering contacts — As Snapchat continues to rule among the teen set, Facebook continues to take a more active role in encouraging younger folks to use its own communication apps.| Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it's “actively looking” for a warehouse as it prepares to start operations in Australia — U.S. online giant plans to start Australian retail operations — “When they arrive, the distance is going to be a problem” — Amazon.com Inc., which has lost billions overseas trying …
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| Mark Boslet / PE Hub Blog: |
Sequoia Capital has raised $2B across US, India, and China funds, and another $2B for Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund II, according to SEC filings — Sequoia Capital said it has raised more than $4 billion for venture and growth funds in the United States, China, India and elsewhere in the world, according to filings with the SEC.
| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX says its Ethereum smart contract error was due to updating Geth software, which led to almost $15M in losses — A Canadian digital currency exchange is out as much as $14m worth of the cryptocurrency ether.
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| Matt Petronzio / Mashable: |
Refugee Aid app uses geolocation to point migrants, refugees, and aid workers to critical services, and is now used by over 400 of the largest aid organizations — Shelley Taylor calls herself a Silicon Valley veteran. Veteran, she tells me, “means old.” — Raised in Palo Alto, Taylor has an extensive tech background.
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Most US tech giants could handle the expense and logistics of on-site day care but don't offer it — They can afford it. — Rollin Bishop — Apple, one of the wealthiest American companies with around 110,000 employees, has a new corporate campus that reportedly cost an estimated $5 billion.
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