The source code for iBoot a core component of iOS 9 was posted on GitHub. Apple issues a DMCA take-down notice. What are the implications for iPhone security? Police in China are testing sunglasses with built-in facial recognition technology in train stations. Amazon has added Whole Foods to its Prime Now delivery service to residents in Austin, Dallas, Virginia Beach, and Cincinnati.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:55) Microsoft Build will run from May 7 to 9 in Seattle, will overlap with Google I/O | tech crunch
- (01:15) Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s revised buyout offer | reuters
- (01:55) Intel releases stable Spectre patches for Skylake PCs, recovering from a bad bout of bugs | pc world
- (02:10) Activist and EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow has died | engadget
- (02:30) India’s antitrust watchdog fines Google for ‘search bias’ | business insider
- More Top Stories
- (03:00) Twitter Soars After Surprise Sales Gain, First Real Profit | bloomberg
- (07:25) Apple: The leaked iPhone source code is outdated | cnet
- (09:30) Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens | the verge
- (13:40) Amazon to Deliver Whole Foods Grocerie | the wall street journal
- (18:15) WhatsApp has launched person-to-person payments into beta in India | tech crunch
- (22:50) Twitch updates its community policies to crack down on hate speech, harassment and sexual content | tech crunch
- Thing of the Day:
- (25:30) In Conversation: Quincy Jones | vulture
- Message of the Day
- (28:55) Ron – DTNS Labs
- Today’s Contributor
Twitter has first profitable quarter since IPO, Amazon rolls out Whole Foods delivery in select US cities, iBoot source code for iOS 9 posted to GitHub. 
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It’s the first a of a series of regular dips into the DTNS feedback with Sarah Lane! She reads both your questions and answers from the audience.
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