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Apple refreshes 9.7" iPad with Pencil support and A10 Fusion, all other specs stay the same; ships this week starting at $329 for consumers and $299 for schools — Apple is introducing a new iPad today at its education event in Chicago. Rumors of a new, cheaper iPad emerged recently …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple unveils Schoolwork app, which lets teachers assign handouts and track progress of their students, coming in June; apps can integrate using ClassKit — Apple is making a big push into education, and part of that is through apps. At its event today, the company announced a tool called Schoolwork …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts new versions of iWork with built-in book authoring and Pencil integration; Pages annotations made with Pencil are attached to the words around them — At its education event, Apple has announced new versions of its iWork suite. Updates to Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iPad will bring rich integration with Apple Pencil.
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| Dylan Byers / CNNMoney: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress “within a matter of weeks” — Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress — After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.
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| The Firefox Frontier: |
Mozilla launches Facebook Container Extension for Firefox that isolates your digital identity, preventing Facebook from tracking your activity on other sites — Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling your accounts.
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Tweets: @mozilla, @tarek_ziade, @johnath, @tomwarren, @tanvihacks, @firefox, and @miketaylr
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
On-demand shipping/delivery startup Shyp, which raised a total of ~$63M, is ending operations and laying off all its employees — The company that hoped to revolutionize shipping is ending operations today-a poster child for a whole era of venture-funded ideas that has come and gone.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
KGI: Apple will launch redesigned Apple Watch models in the fall with 15% larger displays, enhanced health monitoring, and longer battery life — KGI is starting off the rumor cycle for the Series 4 Apple Watch today, amidst the madness of the Apple event, with a new report indicating …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover partner to incorporate up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles into Waymo's upcoming autonomous fleet from 2020 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Waymo will incorporate up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles into its upcoming autonomous fleet as part …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Arizona's Governor Ducey orders Uber to suspend testing of autonomous cars in the state indefinitely, says Uber's fatal accident was an “unquestionable failure” — Arizona governor calls Uber crash an ‘unquestionable failure’ — Uber has been suspended from testing autonomous vehicles …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
A US appeals court revives Oracle's billion-dollar copyright claim against Google, saying Google's use of Java wasn't “fair use” — Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn't have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei launches P20 Pro with 6.1-inch Full HD+ OLED screen, Kirin 970 processor, 40MP triple-camera system, 4,000mAh battery, Face Unlock, and 6GB RAM — And a home button, too — The Huawei P20 Pro is now official, taking up its place as the company's new flagship and this year's most exciting new phone.
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Tweets: @vladsavov, @whatthebit, @mspoweruser, @vladsavov, @soya_cincau, @rdr0b11, @rdr0b11, @rajivmakhni, and @vladsavov
| Chloe Aiello / CNBC: |
Customer messaging startup Intercom raises $125M Series D led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers; Mary Meeker will join the Intercom board — - Intercom considers itself the “next-generation Salesforce,” offering a digital take on a timeless problem: improving businesses' interactions with potential or existing customers.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
As expected, researchers find another side-channel processor attack that abuses branch prediction, called BranchScope, similar to Spectre variant 2 — New attack focuses on a different part of the branch prediction system. — Researchers from the College of William and Mary, Carnegie Mellon …
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