"Apple Discusses Acquisition of Intel's German Modem Unit: Apple is in talks to buy a key part of Intel's smartphone modem business—its German operations—in a deal that could boost the iPhone maker's plans to internally develop a modem for its devices, according to four people briefed on the discussions." The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 6:16 PM
"Apple looks to acquire Intel's German phone modem business, report says: Intel has seen 'significant interest' in its 5G phone modem business." CNET 7:35 PM
"Apple Music Could Be Worth $20 Billion by Itself, Analyst Says" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:12 AM
"Apple's U.S. iPhones Can All Be Made Outside of China If Needed: Apple Inc. has a backup plan if the U.S.-China trade war gets out of hand." Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:40 AM
"Foxconn has enough capacity outside China to meet Apple's U.S. demand" Reuters 7:51 AM
"Foxconn extends range of US plant as trade war divides tech market: Taiwan tech giant ready to shift iPhone manufacture out of China if needed" Nikkei 10:04 AM
"Warren Demands DOJ Antitrust Head Recuse Himself From Google, Apple Probes: Makan Delrahim lobbied for Gooogle, Apple as DOJ probes tech" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:40 AM
"Elizabeth Warren says US antitrust chief should recuse himself from investigating Google and Apple" The Verge 8:52 AM
"Senator Warren urges antitrust chief to recuse himself from Google, Apple probes" Reuters 8:55 AM
"News companies take Big Tech battle to Capitol Hill" Axios 9:02 AM
"Brands like HP and Apple try film to reach young consumers who skip commercials" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:07 AM
"A Goldman Sachs exec explains why the bank isn't sweating concerns over the Apple Card's profitability" [BI Prime] Business Insider 8:30 AM
"How Amazon overtook Google and Apple to become the world's most valuable brand" Telegraph 7:57 AM
"Amazon Surpasses Apple and Google to Become World's Most Valuable Brand" MacRumors 7:49 AM
"BrandZ Global Top 100 Most Valuable Brands 2019" [Interactive PDF Booklet] BrandZ 7:49 AM
"Apple cancels 700-acre data center project in Denmark, looks to sell off the land" 9to5Mac 8:51 AM
"Apple terminates $921m iCloud data center project in Denmark" AppleInsider 9:10 AM
"Apple cancels plans for second data center in Denmark" Reuters 9:26 AM
"Upgraded Apple Bondi reopens in Australia on June 29th" 9to5Mac 5:24 PM
"Apple Works to Make BYOD Company Programs Private" The Mac Observer 12:08 PM
"Fewer parents are naming their kids Alexa or Siri" The Next Web 9:05 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon speaks out in favor of regulating facial recognition" Seattle Times 7:46 PM
"Gaming Services Are The New Netflix For Millennials" HotHardware 3:50 PM
"This is how scammers are now abusing Google Calendar to pillage your data: Recent attacks abuse invitation and event notification mechanisms." ZDNet 9:01 AM
"New Security Warning Issued For Google's 1.5 Billion Gmail And Calendar Users" ["Security researchers have this week warned that threat actors are exploiting the popularity of both in order to target users with a credential-stealing attack."] Forbes 8:53 AM
"Exclusive: Top Japanese chip gear firm to honor U.S. blacklist of Chinese firms - executive" Reuters 7:50 AM
"YouTube's CEO refuses to admit the site radicalizes users in spite of all the evidence" Business Insider 7:50 AM
"Apple in Talks to Purchase Intel's German Modem Unit" MacRumors 6:21 PM
"Apple reportedly still in talks to acquire part of Intel's smartphone modem business" 9to5Mac 6:21 PM
"The Psychology of Our Lust for the New Mac Pro" The Mac Observer 5:23 PM
"Apple Has Been Listening" ["I wouldn't go so far as to say the Mac is back, because it was never gone. It was more subtle than that, I think. Apple simply took its eye off the ball on Mac, with hardware that wasn't suited to many users' needs (and infrequently updated) and software that was clearly a lesser priority than iOS."] Daring Fireball 3:52 PM
"Antitrust boss who may investigate Apple used to lobby for ... Apple" Cult of Mac 10:36 AM
"The feature that dare not be named: Apple's privacy advantage" Macworld 9:26 AM
"From the Editor's Desk: Beta FOMO is real/We said goodbye to WWDC 2019 on Friday, but Apple gave us a present that will last all year long." iMore 9:09 AM
"Apple's Touch Bar Could Learn a Lesson From Intel's Dual Display Laptop Prototype" Gizmodo 9:01 AM
"Opinion: Apple could, and should, do the right thing on tax" 9to5Mac 8:52 AM
"Cassandra -Tuesday Review: Walk Gently and Take time to Smell the Flowers" eXtensions 8:20 AM
"Privacy: What Apple does and doesn't know about you" 9to5Mac 8:20 AM
"All the ways iOS 13 is going to be faster than iOS 12" Macworld 7:58 AM
"AMD teases $749 16-core 'mainstream' Ryzen chip: Remember the processor core wars? They're back, as AMD puts a fire under Intel with a 16-core 3rd-generation Ryzen chip." ZDNet 7:41 AM
"AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X is the 'world's first' 16-core gaming CPU: Team Red looks to be on the top of its chip game" The Inquirer 7:42 AM
"AMD Ryzen 9 3950X: 16 cores and 32 threads - Labeled as Gaming CPU - released in September" Guru3D 8:08 AM
"AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Monster CPU Breaks Cinebench Record At 5GHz Overclock Across 16 Cores" HotHardware 3:50 PM
"AMD Navi: Everything we know about the RX 5700 XT and RX 5700, plus price, specs and performance" Rock, Paper, Shotgun 7:40 AM
"AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics cards take aim Nvidia's finest: Navi has a suite of smart bits to boot" The Inquirer 8:08 AM
"Acer announces support for AMD's Zen2 CPUs and Radeon RX 5700 GPUs" Neowin 7:41 AM
"AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Overclocked To 5 GHz Across All 16 Cores On LN2, Destroys The Intel Core i9-9960X — MSI MEG X570 Pushes DDR4 To 5100 MHz On Air" WCCFTech 8:09 AM
"AMD announces new Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs for gaming" Neowin 7:41 AM
"The True Advantage of AMD's Next-Gen Chips Isn't Power, It's Platforms" Digital Trends 9:03 PM
"HP announces new Elite PCs for the healthcare market" Neowin 7:41 AM
"No more passwords? Windows 10 1903 is close to that goal, claims Microsoft: Microsoft says the latest version of Windows 10 reduces the role of passwords more than any previous version." ZDNet 7:58 AM
"Five Ps Pave The Way To Purpose At Microsoft" Forbes 8:13 AM
"Intel goes Barefoot: Intel is to buy the six year-old enterprise networking company Barefoot Networks. The price is not disclosed," Electronics Weekly 8:09 AM
"Intel to Acquire Barefoot Networks" CDR Info 8:10 AM
"Intel's Barefoot acquisition gives it a 'strong technical boost,' says Wells Fargo" MarketWatch 8:09 AM
"What Divides America? Job Skills, Says IBM CEO" Fortune 8:12 AM
"Medtronic, IBM study: Machine learning, app, glucose monitoring hardware combo improves diabetes management/The study was based on data from 3,100 people with diabetes who used Medtronic's Guardian Connect glucose monitoring hardware for at least five days." ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Lenovo Announces New ThinkPad Portable Workstations" Thurrott 8:24 AM
"Huawei fuels rumours of PC market exit as it halts laptop orders: Big chief Trump may be about to take first big scalp (to augment crap wig)" The Inquirer 7:42 AM
"Global Billings Plummet: Global billings for chipmaking equipment plummeted in Q1 as the semiconductor industry hunkers down in the trade war between the U.S. and China" EE Times Asia 7:37 AM
"Goldman Sachs CEO testing Apple Card, foresees great interest in product at launch" AppleInsider 9:04 PM
"Apple's Theoretical Trade War Bottom Is $151.28" Seeking Alpha 7:36 PM
Industry News
"Dow snaps 6-day win streak as stocks fail to defend early gains: China signals more stimulus measures" MarketWatch 5:25 PM
"Dow Snaps 6-Day Win Streak as Stocks Give Up Early Gains to End Lower: Stocks ended in the red Tuesday, snapping recent winning streaks for the Dow, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq." TheStreet 5:25 PM
"Dow Jones Reverses Lower But Holds Key Support In Key stock indexes faded to a flat finish in today's stock market as a defense merger weighed on the Dow Jones industrials and software dragged the Nasdaq." Investor's Business Daily 5:25 PM
"Stocks fizzle after early gains, suffer 1st loss in 6 days" Associated Press 5:25 PM
"U.S. Stocks Slip as Investors Weigh Trade Against Monetary Policy: Major indexes end slightly lower, breaking weeklong winning streak" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:25 PM
"Asian markets gain despite fresh tariff threats from Trump: Chinese stocks surge amid reports of more support from Beijing" MarketWatch 8:18 AM
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