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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Apple debuts HomePod speaker to bring Siri into the living room

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Monday introduced the HomePod, a voice-controlled speaker that can make music suggestions and adjust home temperatures, taking aim at Amazon.com Inc's Alexa feature and Echo devices.

Amazon-Apple TV deal shows tough road to cooperation for tech rivals

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) - A deal bringing Amazon Prime Video to Apple TV, announced on Monday at Apple Inc's developer conference after years of talk, shows how competitive tensions among Silicon Valley titans can stand in the way of serving customers.

San Francisco investigating whether Uber, Lyft are public nuisances

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco has issued subpoenas to Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and Lyft Inc for a broad scope of records on driving and business practices as part of an investigation to determine whether the ride-services companies have become a public nuisance.

U.S. judge orders Dish to pay $280 million fines, damages in telemarketing lawsuit

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Illinois on Monday ordered Dish Network Corp to pay $280 million in penalties to the U.S. government and four states in an eight-year-old "robocall" telemarketing lawsuit.

U.S. plans to update self-driving guidelines in coming months

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration will unveil revised self-driving guidelines within the next few months, the head of the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday, responding to automakers' calls for regulations that will eliminate barriers and allow autonomous vehicles on the road.

Uber to share some findings of harassment probe Tuesday: source

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will tell employees on Tuesday about changes it will make after a probe into sexual harassment allegations by a former engineer at the ride services company, a person familiar with the matter said.

BlackBerry downplays Toyota's use of rival software

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd on Monday downplayed news that Toyota Motor Corp would adopt rival software for its future vehicle consoles, saying it was more focused on the faster-growing market for autonomous driving technology.

U.S. Supreme Court to settle major cellphone privacy case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police officers for the first time could be required to obtain warrants to get data on the past locations of criminal suspects based on cellphone use under a major case on privacy rights in the digital age taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Canadian judge to consider bail request for accused Yahoo hacker

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian appeals court justice said on Monday that he would review a bail request by Karim Baratov, a man charged by U.S. prosecutors of involvement in a high-profile breach of Yahoo email accounts.

Foxconn says Apple, Amazon to join its bid for Toshiba chip business: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc will join Foxconn's bid for Toshiba Corp's semiconductor business, the Nikkei business daily quoted Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou as saying on Monday.