Here s what s going on in tech.
Microsoft teams up with Code.org to use Minecraft to teach kids programming.
Apple bits:
- ICYMI: to Apple employees that it was wrong for an Apple Store in Australia to bar black teens from entering.
- German watchdog Apple and Amazon s audiobooks agreement.
- Two former Apple employees blast the company, say .
Huawei says its new cellphone battery can charge 10 times faster than the lithium batteries of today — to 48 percent in five minutes.
New bill would require U.S. companies to try to hire Americans first before hiring H-1B workers. (WSJ)
Ericsson denies report that it s holding merger talks with Cisco.
Tech entrepreneur Hank Williams dies at 50. He founded Platform.org, which aims to boost diversity in tech.
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