Apple debuts Sign In with Apple service, which masks info like email addresses, for iOS and non-iOS apps and web; mandatory for iOS apps using 3rd-party logins
Apple's new third-party login system will focus on user privacy, preventing user tracking. Tim Cook tells CBS News the move …
Apple announces iOS 13 with Dark Mode, QuickPath swipe keyboard, and a redesigned Reminders app, with up to 2x faster app launches and 30% faster Face ID
iOS 13 is here and it has dark mode — As expected, Apple has announced iOS 13 onstage at WWDC 2019, giving a first look at the company's latest software for the iPhone.
Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default and brings its Lockbox password manager to the desktop, rebranding it as Lockwise
Mozilla today announced a slew of privacy improvements. The company has turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks cookies from third-party trackers in Firefox, by default.
Apple reverses policy on parental control apps, letting them use MDM and VPN technologies if they don't sell, use, or disclose any data to third parties
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past year, Apple purged iPhone apps that helped people limit the amount of time they and their children spent …
House lawmakers announce a sweeping antitrust investigation of big tech that will touch Facebook, Google, and others, with potential CEO testimony, depositions
House Democrats plan a sweeping review of Facebook, Google and other technology giants to determine if they've become so large …
At WWDC 2019, Apple showed it's truly transforming into a privacy-as-a-service company with its single sign-on service and iOS 13's camera and location updates
Apple shared plenty of news today at its WWDC 2019 annual developer conference, but a few of the announcements early on are potentially …
iOS 13 will let users automatically send unknown or spam callers to voicemail, using “Siri intelligence” to recognize numbers from Contacts, Mail, and Messages
Calls from unknown numbers will be automatically sent to voicemail — Apple is taking a new step to combat spam calls in iOS 13.
Apple's updated App Store guidelines say that apps in the kids category cannot include third-party advertising or analytics
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iOS 13 removes 200 MB file size limit for app downloads over cellular and allows users to schedule downloads when they return to a WiFi connection
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Apple breaks up iTunes, creates separate Podcasts, TV, and Music apps for macOS
Three dedicated apps — The iTunes era is over. During its annual developers conference today, Apple announced that it's breaking iTunes up into three separate macOS apps: Podcasts, TV, and Music.
Apple debuts macOS Catalina, which includes the ability to use an iPad as an external display, and will let devs target iPad apps at Mac via Project Catalyst
The next version of macOS will be called Catalina. Apple officially unveiled the new update onstage at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today.
Apple says iOS 13 will let users grant apps access to their iPhone's location just once
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Apple is bringing 100,000+ live radio stations to iOS 13, accessible via Siri
Andrew O'Hara / AppleInsider : Tweets: @jgamet Tweets: Jeff Gamet / @jgamet : Kind of feeling the #wwdc audience would've been more receptive to the HomePod announcements 8 months ago. Today, it was ...
Bird will start testing the Bird Cruiser, a two-seater electric bike with an LCD display that can show route progress and other trip details, this summer
Bird, the Santa Monica, California-based mobility startup that in May unveiled Bird One, a $1,299 e-scooter architected with …
Apple reveals iPadOS with new home screen widgets, an improved Files app with a column view and USB support, multiple windows for the same app, and new gestures
Another step toward laptop-like tasks — “We have some big changes coming to iPad,” says Craig Federighi, Apple's software chief.
Apple says iOS 13 will let users share audio by pairing two sets of AirPods to one iPhone
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Apple unveils Mac Pro with a tower design, 8 PCIe slots, up to 1.5TB of system memory, up to 28-core Intel Xeon CPU, up to 4 AMD GPUs; coming this fall from $6K
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Report: SoftBank is facing challenges in raising $100B for Vision Fund II after facing a lukewarm response from some of the world's largest investors
KEY POINTS — In a bid to raise $100 billion for its next fund, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has faced a lukewarm reception … Source: Wall Street Journal .
As regulators ramp up antitrust scrutiny of Google, the company's global policy team is still adapting to a sweeping reorganization, with key roles unfilled
As regulators ramp up their antitrust scrutiny of Google, the tech giant's global policy team is still adapting …
First look at the Mac Pro with its shiny stainless steel build, feet on the bottom that can be replaced with wheels, easily-accessible parts via a handle twist
It's still just a rectangle, but that's great — We just had a chance to look at the Mac Pro in a soothing hands-on area …
iOS 13 adds new features for Indian users, including new male and female Indian English Siri voices and a bilingual keyboard with support for English and Hindi
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Apple's new iPadOS includes mouse support for iPads as an accessibility setting
the mouse cursor is locked to the iPad screen. It also doesn't map right-click to the new context menus in iOS 13, but it does do scroll wheel Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : I think this i...
iOS 13 includes a redesigned volume HUD that starts as a bulbous slider and shrinks down to a more discreet thin line
you can drag it with your finger after it is visible. If you ignore it, it shrinks down to a sliver — like a scroll bar. https://9to5mac.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : (Google Street View launc...
Apple announces Pro Display XDR, a 32-inch 6K LCD, coming this fall for $4,999; a Pro stand, sold separately for $999, has tilt, height, and rotation adjustment
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Apple's new Find My app for macOS and iOS combines Find My Friends and Find My iPhone to let users search for people and devices even if the devices are offline
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Spotify Stations, a lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, has arrived in the US after initially launching in Australia last year
Spotify Stations, the streaming service's lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists …
Apple announces Voice Control, a new assistive technology feature that Apple says will let users control macOS, iOS, and iPadOS entirely through voice commands
Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo : Tweets: @ohmdee Tweets: @ohmdee : But seriously, this is cool and an amazing leap forward for accessibility. I'm just concerned about the flexibility of commands - e.g....
Report: financial firms led by UBS invest $60M+ to form a company to develop blockchain-based tech for settling cross-border trades using a “bitcoin-like” token
THE BANKING INDUSTRY WANTS TO BLOCKCHAIN TOO — The banking industry is hell-bent on taking over the nascent blockchain and cryptocurrency market. Source: Wall Street Journal .
Samsung and AMD announce a strategic partnership where Samsung will license custom graphics IP based on AMD's Radeon GPU tech for use in its mobile GPUs
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Report: US advertisers spent $479.1M on podcast ads in 2018, up 53% from 2017, and are predicted to spend $678.7M this year
U.S. advertisers' spending on podcasts rose 53% in 2018 — Podcasters continue to find growing interest from marketers, but their growth remains constrained … Tweets: @ashleyrcarman , @alexisohanian ...
Apple announces tvOS 13 for Apple TV, bringing multi-user support, lyrics synced with music, support for Xbox One S and PlayStation DualShock 4 game controllers
Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac :
Highspot, an AI-powered sales enablement platform, raises $60M Series D led by Iconiq Capital, bringing its total raised to $124M
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
LevelTen Energy, which is developing a platform to match SMBs with renewable energy suppliers, raises $20.5M Series B led by Prelude Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Box beats with Q1 revenue of $163M, up 16% YoY, and billings of $118.4M, up 1% YoY, but lowered full-year guidance; stock down 14%+ after hours
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GuardKnox, which provides cybersecurity products for automotive apps and platforms, raises $21M Series A led by Fraser McCombs Capital
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Rocket Internet's Global Fashion Group, a group of fashion e-commerce sites including Zalora, Dafiti, and La Moda, plans to raise €300M in Frankfurt IPO
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Apple unveils new SwiftUI framework for building app interfaces using less code by automating parts of the process and providing real-time previews
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors :
Misconfigured, public Elasticsearch cluster owned by Chinese headhunting firm FMC Consulting exposed private data including 20M+ resumes and 5M+ company records
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Sharing links to Venmo and Cash App accounts on social media has, for many, become a casual crowdfunding tool for bills, emergencies, and daily expenses
often poc, queer, immigrants or from other marginalized communities—crowdfund using Venmo and Cash App for daily costs of living, from medical bills and gas to the casual cup of coffee https://www.lat...
Apple redesigns CarPlay to let multiple apps be put side-by-side and the ability for Siri to provide on-screen app suggestions
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Apple says it is building Real User Indicator, a new tool for developers that uses on-device intelligence to detect bot-like activity during new account signups
Nick Statt / The Verge : Tweets: @nickstatt Tweets: Nick Statt / @nickstatt : Some news from the usually sleepy and code-filled Platforms SOTU At #WWDC19. Apple is making an on-device bot test called...
Inside Microsoft's decision to buy GitHub, which now has 36M registered developers, and how Microsoft is winning back developers with its open source focus
Dina Bass / Bloomberg : Tweets: @dinabass , @drlmaruping , @hkanji , @sr_mcdowell , @wtcm3 , and @peggyj Tweets: Dina Bass / @dinabass : In 2014, Microsoft's Scott Guthrie drafted a plan to buy GitHu...
Apple reveals ARKit 3, which can perform real-time occlusion of people, and a bunch of tools to make AR development easier with Reality Composer and RealityKit
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat :
OnePlus says it will fix the “ghost touch” and other OnePlus 7 Pro screen problems with a firmware update in the coming weeks
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
watchOS 6 will include a Noise app to track dangerous noise levels, a Trends tab in the Activity app, a Cycles app for tracking women's health, and more
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