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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 ...
How Microsoft's desire to build a bigger moat led to the over-engineered, poorly executed Windows Vista release and led to Microsoft's mobile irrelevance
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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
Samsung Connect Home Smart WiFi System ships on July 2, preorders start on June 4 from $170
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How Marissa Mayer made $239M in her time at Yahoo: stock-heavy compensation buoyed by Yahoo's increasingly valuable Alibaba and Yahoo Japan investments
SAN FRANCISCO — When a withered Yahoo is absorbed by Verizon Communications in the next week or so, it will be the end of an era … Tweets: @dealbook , @nytimestech , and @markpinc Tweets: @dealbook : ...
UK online P2P lender Zopa has raised $41.2M Series E to launch a bank
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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 …
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
Matt Petronzio / Mashable :
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.
To compete with tech firms like Google and Facebook for data and computer science talent, hedge funds offer lavish perks
The battle for quantitative talent has turned some of the richest money managers into underdogs, pitting them against the likes of Google and Facebook for hiring the world's top minds.
LG Pay launches in South Korea, will be available on LG G6 via a software upgrade; support for other LG phones coming later
Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet :
Apple should make new features like iMessage apps and 3D Touch more discoverable to aid mass adoption
SAN FRANCISCO — As Apple prepares to show off new features for the iPhone and other devices at its developer conference on Monday, the company is grappling with an uncomfortable issue … Tweets: @ssieg...
Report: code inside Facebook app refers to Talk, an unreleased messaging app for teens that may provide parental controls for filtering contacts
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Virtualized storage business Tintri files for $100M IPO
Friday, June 2 Reuters : BRIEF-Tintri Inc files for IPO of up to $100 million
Sources: cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is seeking to raise $100M+ at $1B+ valuation
Tomio Geron / Wall Street Journal :
Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX says its Ethereum smart contract error was due to updating Geth software, which led to almost $15M in losses
Stan Higgins / CoinDesk : Tweets: @triketora Tweets: Tracy Chou / @triketora : one thing about programmable contracts: the financial cost of your bugs is immediate & quantifiable http://bit.ly/2sn95G...
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
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The real-world consequences of misinformation and false rumors on WhatsApp in Brazil, where the app has 100M users
Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @marshallk , @borzou , @chrismessina , @venkatananth , @s_m_i , @craigsilverman , and @katienotopoulos Tweets: Marshall Kirkpatrick / @marshallk : When fake news...
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