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Alexa for hospitality, Fortnite makes $100M on mobile

This week's major tech headlines include Amazon's Alexa for hospitality debut, Fortnite's whopping revenue off three months on mobile and Microsoft ends speculation that the Xbox One will get VR this generation.

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9 great reads from CNET this week

You're about to start binge-watching Instagram; doctors are using WhatsApp to help victims of war; and Europe may be on the verge of killing memes.

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This AR tech lets utility crews "see" underground

Utility crews around the country can now see underground infastructure thanks to AR technology.

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Apple will fix sticky keyboards on some MacBooks, MacBook Pros

The company's fragile "butterfly switch" keyboard design has spawned user frustration and even lawsuits. If you have one, you now can get it fixed or replaced for free.

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<p>The company on Friday confirmed to CNET in an email statement that roughly 3 percent of apps on Facebook Analytics had their weekly summary information leaked to outsiders.</p>

Facebook app analytics mistakenly leaked to outsiders

Come on, Facebook.

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<p>Engineers at the University of Michigan has created a computer that could stand on the tip of a grain of rice.</p>

University of Michigan outdoes IBM with world's smallest 'computer'

The computer, which can stand on the tip of a grain of rice, is one-tenth the size of IBM's version.

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<p>A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico and were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is executing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status.</p>

Over $18M raised on Facebook to reunite families hit by Trump's immigration policy

Meanwhile, Silicon Valley leaders have spoken out against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward migrant families crossing into the US.

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The most exciting video games of E3 2018 (CNET UK podcast 539 show notes)

Old friend Luke Westaway joins the show to tell us what upcoming video games are worth getting pants-wettingly excited about, and which ones you can safely miss. Thanks, Luke.

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Microsoft's Bing lets you find that stranger's jeans with your phone camera

We've all coveted things from afar. This Goole Lens competitor uses AI to help you track down info using a photo.

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23andMe said to be donating DNA kits to help reunite immigrant families

Bringing families together is core to the company's mission, tweets CEO Anne Wojcicki.

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My past life as a projectionist: How robots took my job

Commentary: I’m 25 and already my job has been stolen by machines.

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'Driver' of autonomous Uber was watching Hulu during fatal Arizona crash

Rafaela Vasquez could face up to 10 years in prison on a charge of vehicular manslaughter.

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Help, my PC with Windows 10 won't shut down properly

Since upgrading to Windows 10 my computer won't shut down properly. I use the menu button shutdown and the screen goes blank, but the system does not fully shut down. The only way to get it to shut down is to hold the physical power button down till it shuts down. Any suggestions?