Daily Rewind: Apple’s big announcements
📱Apple unveiled a slew of new features today at its annual developer conference. Among them: A $349 Siri speaker called HomePod to compete with Amazon’s Echo. It also announced…
- Apple TV is adding an Amazon Prime app.
- watchOS 4, the new operating system for the Apple Watch. It’ll include more watch faces, including a Toy Story face that’ll let Woody and Buzz tell you the time.
- A new iPad Pro with brighter retina displays.
- ARKit, a new application that experiments with augmented reality.
- iOS 11 will allow users to transfer money to friends via iMessage (watch out, Venmo). It’ll also block notifications while your phone is in Car Play. And the Live Photos feature is getting some cool new effects.
- A new operating system for Macs called High Sierra, which will expand Mac’s virtual reality offerings.
- A new version of iMac Pro, which takes the place of the Mac Pro as Apple’s most powerful desktop computer.
- Read more about Apple’s event from the CNN Tech team.
Other business news to know:
Business world to Trump: “We are still in” on Paris climate deal. Hundreds of American companies, business leaders, universities and cities wrote an open letter today advocating to remain in the Paris climate accord. Amazon, Apple, Google and other leading companies vowed to work together to “pursue ambitious climate goals” despite an “absence of leadership from Washington.” The letter comes less than one week after President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the international climate accord. Read more from CNN Tech’s Seth Fiegerman.
Gulf nations cut ties with Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates suspended relations with Qatar today, accusing it of supporting terrorism and destabilizing the Gulf region. Qatar has called the allegations “unjustified” and “baseless.” Qatari stocks took a hit following the news, closing down 7.3% today. That’s the lowest level in more than a year. And the region’s biggest airlines said they will suspend all flights in and out of Qatar’s capital city, Doha. Read more from CNN International.
Want more news? Check these stories out:
*Trump announces plan to privatize air traffic control (NPR)
*British authorities name 2 of 3 London Bridge attackers (WSJ 🔒)
*Google shares top $1,000 for the first time (CNBC)
*White House says Trump won’t stop Comey from testifying (CNN Politics)
That’s all for today. Hope you had delightful Monday (and an even better weekend 😎). We’ll see you tomorrow!
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