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<p>WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of the National Space Council at the East Room of the White House June 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. It's the first time President Trump attended the public meeting of the council.</p>

Tech condemns Trump: Apple, Microsoft, Airbnb oppose separating families at the border

Leaders across Silicon Valley called the policy "cruel" and "heartbreaking."

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<p>American actor Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in a scene from the film 'Mission: Impossible', 1996. Here he steals the NOC list from the CIA headquarters in Langley.</p>

Thieves rappel Mission Impossible-style to steal $100K in Apple goods from Best Buy

Show him the money? Wait, wrong 1996 Tom Cruise movie.

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Tech CEOs speak out against family separation at border

Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella are among the many tech leaders speaking out against President Trump's policy of separating children from families that cross US borders illegally.

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<p>Bonsai aims to make artificial intelligence technology easier to use in the real world.</p>

Microsoft agrees to acquire AI startup Bonsai to boost Azure smarts

Machines that think better are a huge deal in computing these days.

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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 $11M 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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<p>PayPal has closed the account of Acid Software as of Wednesday.</p>

PayPal shuts down account of Active Shooter video game

The game has been pulled from multiple platforms.

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California net neutrality law beset by political infighting

From the 3:59 show: The net neutrality soap opera continues at the state level.

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<p>An AT&amp;T store is seen on 5th Avenue in New York. / AFP / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)</p>

AT&T reportedly plans to buy out Otter Media after Time Warner merger

Make it rain, AT&T.

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Cheaper iPhone Xs could bring bigger sales to Apple

Apple increases its order of the expected "cheaper" iPhone X ahead of its September launch event, but that order might not arrive on time.

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Alexa for hospitality, Amazon Hub launches

Today's major tech stories include Google's official podcast app, Alexa for Hospitality coming to a Marriott hotel near you and Amazon's launch of Hub, a locker delivery system that half a million apartment-dwellers already have access to.

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<p>More than 100 Microsoft employees have signed a letter asking CEO Satya Nadella to cancel the company's contract with ICE.</p>

Microsoft employees protest company's work with ICE

The open letter asks CEO Satya Nadella to cancel the company's contract with the agency separating members of families that cross US borders illegally.

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