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Leaked top-secret NSA doc: Russian military intelligence sent spear-phishing emails to 100+ local election officials days before the US presidential election — Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: former Apple executive Bozoma Saint John has been hired by Uber — Last week, ahead of WWDC, there was a ripple of news when it was discovered that Bozoma Saint John — one of the more noticeable execs at the company for being a woman of color, who led an Apple Music demo … | Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber hires Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei as SVP of leadership and strategy as it prepares to release internal workplace investigation results — The well-regarded academic, who has focused on gender and diversity problems in the workplace, will also have to deal with results …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon offers 45% discount on Prime for people on US government assistance with an EBT card — Amazon announced today it's making its Prime membership program more affordable to customers on government assistance programs, including food stamps. The program, which requires that customers …
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| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
iOS 11 will not support 32-bit apps or devices, making iPhone 5, 5C, and iPad 4 obsolete — Apple's iOS 11 update means iPhone 5 and 5C will no longer receive updates, while some apps and games will be incompatible after switch to 64-bit — Apple has announced that its new iOS 11 … | Apple: |
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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| Kevin Kelleher / VentureBeat: |
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Snap acquires location analytics firm Placed, sources say for $200M+; Placed to continue operating independently — Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Placed, a Seattle-based startup that operates a consumer location analytics platform, GeekWire has learned.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Leaked internal Windows build reveals new Windows shell that allows the same adaptive UI across all device types, including PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox, HoloLens — Zac Bowden is a Senior Editor at Windows Central. Bringing you exclusive coverage into the world of Windows 10 on PCs, tablets, phones, and more.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: Wearables grew 17.9% in Q1 2017; Fitbit shipped 3M units as its marketshare fell to 12.3%, behind Xiaomi and Apple, which both shipped ~3.6M units — It has finally happened: Fitbit has shed enough market share to lose its first place spot in wearables.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft teams up with NuTonomy for on-demand autonomous vehicles, will launch limited pilot in Boston within the next few months — Riders in Boston will be able to hail one “in a couple months” — Lyft announced a new partnership today with Boston-based self-driving car startup NuTonomy to eventually put …
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TechCrunch, New York Times, CNET, Gizmodo, Axios, Tech.eu, Xconomy, Forbes, Boston Herald, Wall Street Journal, and San Francisco Chronicle
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud security broker Netskope raises $100M Series E led by previous investors Lightspeed and Accel — As enterprises continue to move more of their computing to the cloud, and across an ever-expanding range of devices from computers to phones and tablets and more, hackers continue to find ways …
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| Apple: |
Apple previews workstation-class iMac Pro with Xeon CPU with up to 18 cores, Radeon Vega GPU with up to 16GB of VRAM, 5K display; starts at $4999, coming Dec. — Featuring up to 18-Core Processors, 22 Teraflops of GPU Performance, Fast Storage and Advanced I/O| Apple: |
Apple unveils $349 HomePod, a Siri-enabled speaker that ties in with Music and Home apps; speaker has 7 tweeter array, woofer, spatial awareness, ships in Dec. — Sneak Peek of Apple-Designed Home Music Speaker with Amazing Sound Quality and Intelligence — San Jose, California …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Alabama-based online grocery delivery firm Shipt raises $40M Series B led by Greycroft Partners, looks to expand to 100+ cities within the next year — Shipt, the Birmingham, Ala.-based online grocery delivery marketplace, has raised another $40 million in its quest to rise above …
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Axios, VentureBeat, and Forbes
| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
SF City Attorney subpoenas Uber and Lyft, wants records on driving practices to ensure companies comply with local laws; experts say subpoenas are overly broad — It's a San Francisco truism: Every other car on the streets these days seems to sport a logo for Uber or Lyft …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Pencil has improved 20ms latency with new iPads, gets better mark up support in iOS 11, will open Notes with lock screen tap — Alongside new iPads themselves, Apple today has announced a new accessory case that integrates the Apple Pencil. The new accessory offers a slot for holding …
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The Verge, On MSFT, Normangee Star, O'Grady's PowerPage, and The Verge
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Amazon, Mozilla, Reddit, Y Combinator, Kickstarter, Etsy, Vimeo, and other internet companies are staging an online protest for net neutrality on July 12 — Some of the Internet's biggest names are banding together for a “day of action” to oppose the Federal Communications Commission … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple expands AppleCare+ accidental coverage to Macs, covering two incidents of accidental damage, and extending coverage to three years from date of purchase — Apple today has expanded its AppleCare+ accidental damage coverage to include the Mac lineup of products.
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AppleInsider, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacRumors, and Digital Trends
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils macOS High Sierra with auto-play blocking and tracking protection in Safari, Photos and Mail improvements, Apple File System, launching this fall — In addition to other announcements, Apple today has unveiled the latest version of macOS in form of macOS 10.13.Sponsor Posts
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