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• Rumor: Leopard uncaged in mid to late April (arstechnica.com)
  Mac OS X 10.5 release rumors quietly move to April; is Apple's still-buggy cat …
• Apple’s sports app now shows tennis scores (theverge.com)
  The Apple Sports app now shows scores for tennis matches. The app has an updated home experience, too.
• Using a Gear S3 with an iPhone: Too many concessions (zdnet.com)
  ​A year after it was first announced, Samsung has released its Gear S app for iPhone users.
• DHS, Secret Service to open computer forensic institute (arstechnica.com)
  The Secret Service is setting up a National Computer Forensic Institute in …
• Game exclusivity from the analyst perspective (arstechnica.com)
  A pair of analysts from Analysts' Wedbush Morgan Securities and Screen Digest …
• The artist using AI to reconstruct stories lost to censorship (theverge.com)
  Almagul Menlibayeva is using AI to construct events that were wiped out.
• Lead developer of VirtueDesktops steps down (arstechnica.com)
  Tony Arnold, the lead developer of the VirtueDesktops virtual desktop utility …
• Another video game novel in the works: Assassin's Creed (arstechnica.com)
  Pocket Books has announced the novelization of Assassin's Creed, with the …
• A bunch of popular SteelSeries headsets just got firmware updates for Nintendo Switch 2. (theverge.com)
  Two weeks ago, SteelSeries discovered its Nova Pro Wireless and GameBuds were already compatible, but some others were not. Now, the Nova 7…
• Anker’s versatile travel charger is on sale just in time for summer (theverge.com)
  Anker’s new Nano Travel Adapter is down to just $21.99 ($4 off) for a limited time. The Fitbit Ace LTE and the Alexa Voice Remote Pro are a…
• Cochlear to extract big data from hearing implants (zdnet.com)
  After making the transition to AWS almost three years ago, Cochlear is excited about making the most of its data to help its patients.
• 802.11n Draft 2.0 gets thumbs up from Working Group (arstechnica.com)
  802.11n wireless technology passes another important milestone with the 802.
• Dell OptiPlex 7440 AIO review: A no-nonsense IT-friendly business desktop (zdnet.com)
  Dell's OptiPlex 7440 is a businesslike desktop PC designed for mainstream office workloads, with straightforward user upgrades and repair o…
• Qantas flying high with cloud-based innovation: AWS (zdnet.com)
  AWS' Australia and New Zealand managing director peddles Qantas as one of the cloud giant's most innovative customers in the region.
• Are LLMs making our thoughts beige? (theverge.com)
  Kyle Chayka, who wrote for this website about the “airspace” aesthetic created by social media, is now looking into how LLM models affect c…
• Analysis: Microsoft's software patent flip-flop (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith says that software patents are essential …
• The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America (theverge.com)
  The Trump Organization now says the T1 Phone 8002 is “designed with American values in mind,” and no longer says it will be available in Se…
• Viacom sues YouTube for "brazen" copyright infringement (arstechnica.com)
  After weeks of bad blood and harsh words between the two companies, Viacom has …
• Toll road giant Transurban prepares for a data-driven future with AWS (zdnet.com)
  The ASX-listed toll road business has leveraged AWS to build a platform ready for the future of transport.
• Hundreds of data brokers might be breaking state laws, say privacy advocates (theverge.com)
  Privacy advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation are asking states to investigate why “hundreds” of data brokers registered in one s…
• Spanning Sync for iCal/Google Calendar goes 1.0 (arstechnica.com)
  Spanning Sync, the software that syncs iCal and Google Calendar on the Mac...
• ‹Netflix to hand infrastructure heavy lifting to AWS (zdnet.com)
  The streaming giant has set a goal to hand AWS all of the infrastructure work that is not Netflix-specific.
• Workday takes customer workloads into the cloud with AWS (zdnet.com)
  The HR software firm has selected AWS as it preferred provider for public cloud customer workloads.
• Minireview: Hazel for OS X (arstechnica.com)
  A review of Hazel for OS X, the "personal housekeeper" utility for organizing …
• Dbrand admits it had a ‘spectacularly terrible response’ to Killswitch Joy-Con grip detachment (theverge.com)
  Dbrand will send replacement Killswitch Joy-Con Grips for the Switch 2 after admitting it had a “spectacularly terrible response” to detach…
• PhysX, GPUs, and the future of supercomputing (arstechnica.com)
  What if I told you that most of what the tech press thinks they know about …
• ‹Big W confirms customer data exposure (zdnet.com)
  The discount department store ceased online shopping operations last Thursday after customer data was pre-populating as a result of a 'tech…
• This company is selling backyard roller coasters you can build yourself. (theverge.com)
  If you’re looking for a bigger DIY challenge than an Ikea bookshelf, Magictecture now has preorders open for its Coaster-in-a-Box kits. Onl…
• Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft! (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft group president Jeff Raikes told an audience in San Francisco last …
• NAB shifting towards a continuous digital delivery strategy (zdnet.com)
  The bank's digital general manager Todd Copeland has said NAB focused on the customer experience with its new internet banking app.
• Apple’s more immersive CarPlay is dividing the auto industry (theverge.com)
  Apple’s new CarPlay Ultra is dividing the auto industry, with some automakers eager to adopt and others refusing to commit.
• Rumors of new hardware. New! Sizzling! Completely unsubstantiated! (arstechnica.com)
  The Internet is rife with rumors of new hardware revisions for two consoles...
• Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel to The Social Network (theverge.com)
  The Social Network Part II is in the works at Sony with Aaron Sorkin attached to write and direct.
• Huawei Mate 9 first impressions: Dual Leica lenses, big battery, improved UI (zdnet.com)
  Huawei just announced the Mate 9 device, which combines the best of the Mate 8 with the Huawei P9.
• Tough times ahead for biomedical researchers (arstechnica.com)
  Further cuts in the NIH's budget coupled with an extraordinarily high number …
• Get Philips Hue smart lights before their July 1st price hike (theverge.com)
  Philips announced it’ll be raising prices on smart lightbulbs on July 1st because of tariffs, but there’s still time to save before then.
• UK will 'strike back' if it comes under cyberattack, says government (zdnet.com)
  Chancellor Philip Hammond warns that the country must take "greater steps" to defend itself in cyberspace.
• UK Apple site leaks 8-core Mac Pros (arstechnica.com)
  A product description on the UK Apple site suggests that 8-core Mac Pros are …
• Are cancers fueled by stem cells? (arstechnica.com)
  Ready for some controversy? It's stem cells vs. evolution in the battle to …
• Location, funding, skills: Is this country Europe's best-kept secret for startups? (zdnet.com)
  Although it has many of the right qualities for startups to thrive, Austria's profile as a place that fosters tech entrepreneurship remains…
• After nearly 10 years, Nuclear Throne gets 120fps mode. (theverge.com)
  Vlambeer co-founder Jan Willem Nijman posted a surprise update on Steam detailing numerous updates in a new Nuclear Throne beta build, incl…
• ‹Thodey reflects on Telstra to drum in importance of reinvention (zdnet.com)
  The former CEO of Australia's largest telecommunications provider has urged CIOs to reinvent the way their organisations do business to avo…
• Apple uses its headlock on music to demand exclusive content (arstechnica.com)
  Those features on the "homepage" of iTunes aren't paid for by the music …
• WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messages (theverge.com)
  WhatsApp is launching new AI-powered message summaries that can give you a rundown on what you missed in your group chat.
• Nintendo Wii: where every Sunday is like launch day (arstechnica.com)
  The Wii frenzy knows nothing of reason or rationality. It is relentless...
• ‹NAB claims outages down by two-thirds (zdnet.com)
  The Australian banking giant has posted a AU$352 million statutory net profit for the 2016 financial year and has praised its reduction in…
• Anthropic now lets you make apps right from its Claude AI chatbot (theverge.com)
  Anthropic is adding a new feature to its Claude AI chatbot that lets you build AI-powered apps right inside the app. It builds upon Anthrop…
• Tekken 5 is finally heading to American PS3s (arstechnica.com)
  We don't know exactly when and we don't know how much we'll pay, but the North …
• ‹Gartner expects Australia to spend AU$85b on IT in 2017 (zdnet.com)
  ​The analyst firm predicts that total IT spending in Australia will reach almost AU$85 billion next year as organisations race to build out…
• ‹Department of Immigration and Border Protection: We can't afford to fail (zdnet.com)
  Streamlining disparate technologies is the focus of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's AU$1.5 billion merger into the D…