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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Source: Apple Watch to get touch-sensitive solid-state buttons that use Taptic Engine to simulate clicks this or next year, buttons may act as health sensors — The Apple Watch will be getting solid state buttons that don't move up and down but rather sense the touch of a finger …
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Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, BGR, MacRumors, SlashGear, TechSpot, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, Mashable, Neowin, Firstpost, Fortune, Ubergizmo, Engadget, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @fastcompany
| Laura Kate Dale / Kotaku UK: |
EA is testing a multi-device game streaming service, announces Origin Access Premier, a $14.99/mo tier for its subscription program with access to all new games — During EA's E3 press conference today, the company made a pair of small announcement about the future of how you'll be able to play their games.
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Polygon, Engadget, Digital Trends, Windows Central, VentureBeat, Business Wire, TechRadar.com, games radar, Neowin, SlashGear, and PC Gamer
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| Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget: |
What to expect at the E3 2018 gaming show from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and others — The Electronics Entertainment Expo is basically New York Fashion Week for the joystick crowd, five days brimming with an overwhelming number of media briefings and new game announcements.| Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook let some partners access users' friend data after it shut off access to most devs in 2015; sources: partners included Nissan and Royal Bank of Canada — Special deals gave a small number of companies access to data after shutting off access for other developers
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CNET, Associated Press, Salon, ZDNet, Neowin, Firstpost, The Daily Caller, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ars Technica, Seeking Alpha, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Mashable, SlashGear, CNBC, Axios, and East Bay Times
| Rollo Romig / The California Sunday Magazine: |
Profile of Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys, which dominates H-1B visa applications and is facing new challenges amid rising automation and Trump's rhetoric — Indian IT companies keep US businesses running. But is the Indian IT miracle over?
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Marketplace and Longreads
Tweets: @calsunday, @baradwajrangan, @ftrain, @longreads, @calsunday, @pranavdixit, and @vigneshr
| Washington Post: |
China hacked a US Navy contractor early this year and stole 614GB of classified data, including plans for a supersonic anti-ship missile for US submarines — Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of highly sensitive data related …
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The Verge, Engadget, Security Affairs, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Neowin, HackRead, Cyberscoop, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Axios, Newsweek, CBS News, Sky News, CNN, The Independent, Reuters, New York Times, and CNET
Tweets: @nakashimae, @ericgeller, and @paulsonne
| Aroon Deep / MediaNama: |
iOS 12 allows developers to create extensions to report call and SMS spam from call and message logs, possibly addressing concerns of India's telecom regulator — In an apparent compromise, Apple has updated their OS to natively support SMS and call spam reporting, clearing the way for TRAI … | Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
How Swift, a decades old bank co-op which handles half of the world's cross-border payments, is trying to fend off a challenge from blockchain startup Ripple — A rivalry is raging that looks set to decide how cross-border payments are handled for decades to come.| Jon Christian / Motherboard: |
Some 3rd-party repair shops say they are seeing iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices with audio chip problems that can lead to the phone getting stuck on the boot screen — People who repair Apple products say that a grayed-out speaker icon is a symptom of “loop disease,” which can affect aging iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices.
Tweets: @jason_koebler
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Unproven facial recognition tech is the latest tool that is being increasingly marketed by security contractors to US schools terrified of shootings — The facial-recognition cameras installed near the bounce houses at the Warehouse, an after-school recreation center in Bloomington, Ind. …
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InfoQ. Tweets: @drewharwell, @kirstenberg, @tracyjan, @funnymonkey, @lizzadwoskin, @bfeldman89, and @drewharwell
| Bloomberg: |
Jessica Alba's Honest Company raises $200M from a LVMH-affiliated private equity firm L Catterton for a minority stake, to help expand the business globally — - $200 million investment will help Honest boost supply chain — L Catterton focuses on consumer brands, owns Bliss, Elemis
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Wall Street Journal, WWD, Reuters, CNNMoney, The Business Journals, Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, Racked, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @rsiegel
| Allison Lampert / Reuters: |
Quebec halts approvals for new cryptocurrency mining projects as Hydro Quebec struggles to fulfill 17K MW of new power demand without raising prices for locals — MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's Quebec province said on Thursday it has halted approvals for new digital currency mining projects …
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Fortune, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, and Blockchain News. Tweets: @francispouliot_
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