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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

The tech industry is increasingly challenging President Trump on social issues.

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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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Your Facebook Messenger chats may soon get autoplaying video ads

Come on, Facebook.

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<p>GameStop had drawn takeover interest from private equity firms, reported Bloomberg.</p>

GameStop is up for sale as video game market shifts online

It's because you're buying your games online.

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Vivo Nex phone goes all screen without a notch

That crazy Vivo phone with the pop-up selfie camera is a reality and it's coming to market. Meanwhile, some developers have noticed Pixelbook firmware code that points to Google's laptop potentially running Microsoft Windows 10.

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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>

Couple uses Facebook to raise over $5M to reunite immigrant families

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

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<p>The tech industry has been criticizing President Trump on a range of issues.</p>

Facebook, Apple and Microsoft among tech companies continuing to criticize Trump

Silicon Valley CEOs move past cybersecurity and taxes to comment on social issues like gay rights and immigration.

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<p>Tim Cook at Apple's recent WWDC event.</p>

Apple's Tim Cook calls for end to 'inhumane' separation of immigrant families

Apple's CEO says it's "heartbreaking."

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How NASA is creating air traffic control for drones

By 2022, the FAA predicts there could be 3 million drones. NASA is in the final testing stages of developing a system to integrate drones into the national airspace.

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<p>Smartwatches' market share will account for 44.6 percent of all wearables shipped by the end of 2022, said IDC.</p>

By 2022, today's smartwatches will seem 'quaint,' predicts IDC

The market researcher also sees VR and AR as likely to take off by 2022.

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IBM's new AI can debate you

Project Debater is the company's latest artificial intelligence that pulls in data from hundreds of millions of sources to win a debating argument.

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<p>Bozoma Saint John left Uber after only a year at the company.</p>

Uber was 'poster child for everything gone wrong,' Bozoma Saint John says

Uber's former brand guru says the company is on a better path now.

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