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AT&T has completed its $85.4B acquisition of Time Warner — AT&T Inc. has completed its acquisition of Time Warner Inc., bringing together global media and entertainment leaders Warner Bros., HBO and Turner with AT&T's leadership in technology and its video, mobile and broadband customer relationships.
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Sources: expensive OLEDs mean Apple expects LCD models to make up the majority of iPhone sales in its fall lineup and plans to use LCD displays next year too — Apple expects to sell more iPhones with LCD screens than pricey OLED models in its coming lineup: sources
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9to5Mac, Business Insider, AppleInsider, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Tom's Guide, Softpedia News, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @mochi_wsj
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Reuters Institute study: usage of Facebook for news has declined in a number of countries including the US, as messaging apps like WhatsApp gain popularity — Fewer people are using Facebook to discover and discuss news, as messaging apps such as WhatsApp gain in popularity, a study has suggested.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Elliot Schrage, Facebook's VP of Communications and Public Policy and a key player in company's response to data scandal is leaving after a decade at the firm — The longtime exec has been criticized recently for the social networking giant's rocky responses to a series of controversies.
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| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: |
Instagram says it is no longer testing a feature that would show users who has taken screenshots of their stories — Let's go back to February, 2018. It was a dark time. — A girl flushed her hamster down the toilet after an airline told her she couldn't bring it on the plane.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
In first diversity report since Damore memo, Google says its employees were 30.8% female, 2.4% black, and 3.5% Latinx in 2017, barely increasing from 2016 — The company has the hardest time retaining black and brown employees — Google has released its first diversity report since …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Cellular standards organization 3GPP approves 5G standalone specifications, allowing for development of 5G products that don't depend on 4G — Working under the auspices of international standards organization 3GPP, the mobile industry today confirmed that it has achieved a critical milestone …
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| Bob Pisani / CNBC: |
SEC's William Hinman, head of Division of Corporate Finance who oversees cryptocurrencies, says Bitcoin and Ether are not securities but many ICOs are — The SEC's point man on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) says that bitcoin and ether are not securities but that many …
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Tweets: @asglidden, @nickgrossman, @venturecoinist, @melt_dem, @barrysilbert, @haileylennonbtc, and @valkenburgh
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple details ResearchKit 2.0, with new features to help collect information about speech, hearing, and vision, a new PDF viewer, a refreshed UI, and more — After announcing ResearchKit 2.0 last week, Apple has shared more specifics on what the latest version will offer in iOS 12.
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ResearchKit, The Mac Observer, and VentureBeat
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Intel says its XMM 7560 modem chip with support for CDMA networks is now in trial and mass production, while its XMM 8060 5G offering will be available in 2019 — Chipmaker aims to take the lead in 5G, beyond PCs and smartphones — TAIPEI — Intel has started production of modem chips …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Source: Microsoft's HoloLens 2, slated for Q1 2019 launch, will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR1 chip — There's been a lot of speculation lately about the next generation of Microsoft's augmented reality headset. Everyone is talking about when HoloLens 2 will arrive …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Didi Chuxing will launch its DiDi Express service on June 25 in Melbourne, its third international market; the business will be run by a Didi subsidiary — Didi Chuxing, China's dominant ride-hailing company, is continuing its international expansion after it announced plans to launch in Australia this month.
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SiliconANGLE, Ubergizmo, Reuters, Business Insider Australia, xinhuanet.com, Financial Review, Financial Times, and CNET
Tweets: @amir, @jonrussell, and @jonrussell
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins rolling out Redstone 5 preview of Windows 10 to Insiders with SwiftKey support on desktop, new gaming features, and more — Testers can try it out today — Microsoft is planning to bring its SwiftKey keyboard to Windows 10 later this year.
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Tweets: @msftenable, @tomwarren, and @maryjofoley
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