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<li><strong>] Softbank plans to sell humanoid robots to consumers starting in February. Their $1,900 robot product, called Pepper,</strong></li>
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<li>will be able to work as baby-sitters, nurses and emergency medical workers and will be able to read and express emotions, as well as learn, according to Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son.</li>
<li>&nbsp;<a href="http://mashable.com/2014/06/05/softbank-emotional-robot/" target="_blank"><em> Read more at mashable.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>]&nbsp;SPRINT has agreed to buy T-Mobile for $32 billion</strong>, according to Reuters. The deal has not been announced by the companies, and the information comes from unnamed sources.</li>
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<li>]<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-tmobil-sprint-corp-idUSKBN0EF2DG20140605" target="_blank"><em> Read more at reuters.com.</em></a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] AMAZON promotional video&nbsp;for a&nbsp;new-product announcement&nbsp;on June 18 that is probably a new smartphone.</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/06/04/amazon-has-something-gadgety-and-motion-responsive-planned-for-june-18/" target="_blank"><em> Read more at gigaom.com.</em></a></li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/4/5780356/amazon-event-june-18-new-device-launch" target="_blank">http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/4/5780356/amazon-event-june-18-new-device-launch</a></li>
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<li><strong>] Twitter is actively pursuing major ac</strong><strong>quisitions,</strong></li>
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<li>] possibly SoundCloud, Spotify&nbsp;or Pandora.</li>
<li>] has aquired Namo Media, which specializes in native advertising, which are ads that come in the form of sponsored articles.</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-twitter-deals-idUSKBN0EG0XW20140605" target="_blank"><em>Read more at reuters.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>] Google Glass just got more hands-free.</strong></li>
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<li>] A new, experimental feature enables users to simply look at the tiny display in order to see incoming messages. The feature is called &ldquo;Notification glance,&rdquo; and it works only after a message arrives on Glass after the notification sound. You previously had to tap the side of the headset or tilt your head back in order to read incoming messages.</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/06/05/google-glass-gets-more-hands-free-with-notifications-when-you-glance/" target="_blank"><em> Read more at gigaom.com.</em></a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] FOLLOWUP 1: We told you last week about Amazon&rsquo;s battle with publishing giant Hachette.</strong></li>
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<li>] The two companies have been unable to agree to pricing for eBooks. The online retailer has been delaying book deliveries from the publisher by weeks, and preventing buyers from pre-ordering their books. Last night, comedy talk show host Stephen Colbert lashed out at Amazon, flipping them off twice on camera and calling for a boycott of the company. Colbert&rsquo;s own books are published by Hachette. He also announced the sale of book stickers that say &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t buy it on Amazon.&rdquo; He also promoted a Hachette book called &ldquo;California&rdquo; by Edan Lepucki for sale via a link on Colbert&rsquo;s own web site. He said he wants to prove he can sell more books than Amazon.</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/amazon-boycott-gets-a-helping-hand-from-stephen-colbert/" target="_blank"><em> Read more at nytimes.com.</em></a></li>
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<li><strong>] FOLLOWUP 2: Yesterday we talked about attacks on US tech companies by state-owned newspapers in China.</strong></li>
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<li>] Now, China&rsquo;s state-owned TV broadcaster is attacking Microsoft Windows 8. The segment claimed that the operating system makes users&rsquo; personal information available to Microsoft. The Chinese government recently banned Windows 8 from use by government workers, saying that the termination of support for Windows XP somehow makes Windows 8 insecure.</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/windows-8-faces-new-criticism-in-china-1401882772" target="_blank"><em> Read more at wsj.com.</em></a></li>
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<li>] show host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li>
<li>] show producer -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=234" target="_blank">Jason Howell</a></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1022" target="_blank">show url</a>&nbsp;- shows home page with video of show and links</li>
<li>]&nbsp;show notes&nbsp;- detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-june-5-2014" target="_blank">show notes summary</a>&nbsp;-</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> -&nbsp;News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li>
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<li>] rsa.com</li>
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