Amazon and Google have announced ambitious plans for AI-powered search assistants, and Apple is expected to do the same at its Worldwide Developers Conference today. An Apple Music makeover is also on the agenda but Apple is going to have to do a lot more to start catching up with Spotify.
[Dan Frommer | Recode]
As of now, we know that the 50 people murdered at an LGBT club in Orlando were killed by security worker Omar Mateen, who had been previously investigated by the FBI, and legally purchased the weapons he used in the shooting. As the investigation proceeds, law enforcement officials will be particularly focused on what Mateen did with his phone and social media accounts.
[Arik Hesseldahl | Recode]
Ahead of potential federal sanctions, Walgreens has officially killed its blood testing partnership with Theranos. This means that the startup has lost virtually all of its consumer business.
[Michael Siconolfi, Christopher Weaver and John Carreyrou | The Wall Street Journal]
On the new Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, Chelsea Handler talks about her jump to Netflix from late-night cable, Snapchat, final-year Barack Obama, Donald Trump and the state of celebrity gossip.
[Eric Johnson | Recode]
Major American media companies like Disney have long banked on China as a growth market, but Chinese censors are making that increasingly difficult by more tightly regulating foreign media presence in the country.
[Lillian Lin | The Wall Street Journal]
Media
By Peter Kafka
Gawker and Nick Denton say they won’t pay Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel $140 million.
Voices
By Jean-Louise Gassee
The former head of Apple engineering really likes a new curated, app-based TV interface — and sees a future business model in it.
Media
By Arik Hesseldahl
Journalists on the ground at the scene and around the world are tracking the story.
Capital Gains
By Noah Kulwin
Also: "The Vine of gaming."
Apps
By Peter Kafka
Your phone is full of apps, and you're done downloading new ones — unless they're Snapchat or Uber.
In addition to new action figures and, oh yeah, movies, the "Star Wars" universe is about to churn out a bunch of new slick-looking video games. For those currently starved of fresh "Star Wars" content, eat your heart out on game developers showing off a bunch of the animations and characters they're working on.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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