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Trump talks tech giants’ alleged monopoly

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Apple shares suffer biggest decline since August
President Trump speaking with Tim Cook.
Photo: White House

The United States should follow the European Union’s lead and investigate Silicon Valley tech giants monopoly-like powers, President Donald Trump says.

Speaking with CNBC, Trump said “something’s going on” when it comes to the concentrated power of today’s tech titans. By fining these companies, he says that the EU gets “all this money — we should be doing that [too.]”

All the new gestures coming to iPad in iPadOS

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Haptic feedback could make iPhone displays feel like rocks or fur
New gestures in iPadOS give you something to do with your hands.
Photo: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac

After an action packed WWDC, we’ve finally had a few days to see what Apple has in the works for iOS in 2019. One of the big surprises for us was the introduction of iPadOS – an iPad specific fork of iOS 13.

With the addition of iPadOS, Apple has started to formalized the differences between iPhone and iPad as it comes to interacting with the OS. One of the big differences is in gestures and multitasking. Many of the gestures on iPad are remaining mostly the same, but there are a few news ones to take note of.

Siri could be less disruptive in future iPadOS

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Spanish Siri labels Bolivian president a ‘dictator’
Craig Federighi suggested that Apple will consider making change in the future.
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Craig Federighi, Apple’s VP of software, has suggested to a customer that Apple could correct an irritating UI element for Siri on iPad.

Apple user Juliano Rossi wrote Federighi about the way that the Siri interface takes up the entire iPad screen. This contrasts with Siri on the Mac, where Siri appears in a small popup window.

While Federighi doesn’t confirm that things will change, he does say that Apple will take the point into consideration.

‘Find my iPad’ helps track down stolen cop’s gun

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The screen really is beautiful.
Note to self: Don't steal stuff from cops.
Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac

The “Find my iPad” feature on an Apple tablet helped cops track down the thieves responsible for taking a police deputy’s gun and tactical gear.

The app let officers find the stolen goods, in addition to other items relating to nearby burglaries, at a home in Cape Coral, Florida.

Ethereal fantasy game Sky will finally soar onto iOS in July

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Could this be the year's most beautiful iOS game?
Photo: Thatgamecompany

Thatgamecompany’s eagerly anticipated Sky: Children of the Light is coming exclusively to iOS next month.

The ethereal social exploration game, which takes place across seven different dream-like worlds, is its developers’ first title since 2012’s Journey. Check out the new E3 2019 trailer below.

G20 countries want to close tax loopholes for tech titans

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Apple is one of the tech giants which shift profits to reduce tax payments.
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A group of G20 finance ministers met over the weekend to discuss closing loopholes used by tech giants to reduce their corporate taxes.

The hope is that common rules across would stop companies like Apple booking their profits in low-tax countries, such as Ireland. This is currently done regardless of where end customers may be located.

Your summer pool party needs Urbanears’ portable Bluetooth speaker [Review]

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Urbanears Rålis review
Urbanears Rålis would be a welcome guest at your next pool party.
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No outdoor party is complete without music, and that requires a sound system that can be heard over plenty of other noise. The new Rålis from Urbanears delivers more than just the necessary volume: it sounds outstanding.

Check out our review of this high-end portable speaker.

iTunes isn’t dead. It’s alive and better than ever [Opinion]

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Apple Music in macOS Catalina
iTunes is being replaced with Apple Music and several other apps.
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Headlines this week trumpeted the death of iTunes. While these stories made good clickbait, they understandably caused concern for those who used this application to build up extensive music and video libraries. You may be one of the people left wondering what’s going to happen to decades of purchases.

Relax, your music and video collection isn’t going anywhere. It’s actually getting easier to access.