Good morning! Here's the technology news
you need to know this Thursday morning.
1. Apple held an event yesterday where it
revealed the iPhone 7. Here's everything you
need to know about it.
2. Apple also announced that it will sell wireless
"AirPod" headphones starting in October. Find
out more about them here.
3. And the Apple Watch also gets an upgrade,
becoming the Apple Watch Series 2. It's now
water resistant.
4. Nintendo shares rocketed up over 28% after
announcing that Mario is coming to the
iPhone. It was also announced that Pokémon
Go is coming to the Apple Watch.
5. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise sold its software
business in an $8.8 billion (£6.5 billion) deal. It
is creating a company with Micro Focus for
the unit.
6. Sony unveiled a monstrous new game console
called "PlayStation 4 Pro". The console is
capable of powering 4K games and video.
7. Snapchat could go public as early as this
year. While it has approached some banks, it
hasn't settled on a firm yet.
8. A prominent leader of Gamergate was
arrested on charges of assaulting a police
officer. Ethan Ralph was arrested recently on
two counts of assault on law enforcement
and one count of obstruction of justice.
9. Snapchat killed daily "Live Stories" for cities
and fired its human curators. A Snapchat
spokesperson said that less than 20
employees who curate local Live Stories will
lose their jobs as a result.
10. Edward Snowden hid in the homes of Hong
Kong asylum seekers for 2 weeks after his
explosive NSA leaks. Snowden's Hong Kong
lawyer, Robert Tibbo, arranged for him to
stay with some of his clients.
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