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WWDC 2017: THE BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENTS

TAKEOFF AND CRUISE: TOYOTA MAKING ‘FLYING CAR,’ LUXURY BOAT

Q&A: INTERNET EXTREMISM AND HOW TO COMBAT IT

42 ‘WONDER WOMAN’ IS A HIT THAT EVEN HOLLYWOOD CAN’T IGNORE

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SYSTEM AIMS TO RECREATE CHALLENGING MOUNTAIN CLIMBS IN GYM 08 THE PROS AND CONS OF PRIVATIZING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL 28 AMAZON OFFERS PRIME DISCOUNT TO THOSE ON GOVERNMENT BENEFITS 38 UBER, LYFT SERVICE IN UPSTATE NY, LONG ISLAND STARTS JUNE 29 52 LEAKED NSA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS DEEP FLAWS IN US ELECTIONS 76 TWITTER USERS, BLOCKED BY TRUMP, CRY CENSORSHIP 84 LEGAL EXPERTS TO TRUMP ON TRAVEL BAN: TWITTER HURTING CAUSE 90 WITH SEASON OVER, CBS’ DOMINANCE REMAINS A CONSTANT 98 BOX OFFICE TOP 20: ‘WONDER WOMAN’ REVISED UP TO $103.3M 122 3 CHALLENGES TESLA FACES AS SHAREHOLDERS MEET 142 AUTONOMOUS CARS (NO HUMAN BACKUP) MAY HIT THE ROAD NEXT YEAR 150 NASA SPACECRAFT WILL AIM STRAIGHT FOR SUN NEXT YEAR 154 SPACE STATION WELCOMES 1ST RETURNING VEHICLE SINCE SHUTTLE 160 DRUGS SCORE BIG WINS AGAINST LUNG, PROSTATE, BREAST CANCERS 168 ABC IS OFF AND RUNNING WITH NBA FINALS 184 5 WORKERS EXPOSED TO RADIATION AT JAPAN NUCLEAR LAB 188 NORTH KOREA, CYBERATTACKS AND ‘LAZARUS’: WHAT WE REALLY KNOW 192

TOP 10 APPS 102 iTUNES REVIEW 106 TOP 10 SONGS 174 TOP 10 ALBUMS 176 TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS 178 TOP 10 TV SHOWS 180 TOP 10 BOOKS 182

SYSTEM AIMS TO RECREATE CHALLENGING MOUNTAIN CLIMBS IN GYM

After spending time in Switzerland studying and hiking in the Alps, Dartmouth assistant professor Emily Whiting wanted to relive those climbs back home. Upon her return to the United States, she and a group of colleagues contemplated how they might recreate the climbs indoors. Using 3-D modeling and digital fabrication, the team developed a system that replicates the hardest stretches of climb, so that it can be practiced on indoor climbing walls. 8

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In a presentation at a human computer interaction conference last month, the team demonstrated how they replicated a climb in Rumney, New Hampshire, and a sandstone crag near St. George in Utah. Fellow postdoctoral scholar Ladislav Kavan did the work out of Utah while Whiting was in New Hampshire. The two, along with their team, also wanted to address problems that vex many seasoned climbers - the challenges of mastering a route that might be a world away or one that might be too fragile to practice on. “What if you could take the experience of climbing places like these monuments but not climb the physical thing, actually bring it home to your local gym,” Whiting said. “You would still have the physical experience of climbing it without causing the erosion and damage to the location. There is also the aspect of accessibility, like if this is some place in Thailand or some remote location and you want to train for the route.” Whiting and her colleagues first did a 3-D reconstruction of a wall using hundreds of photos at different angles. Then, they combined that with video showing the climber’s movements. That data helped the researchers identify the key parts of the climb, allowing them to create fabricated holds which were then attached to a climbing wall. “When you are climbing it, you’re grasping onto small portions of it and so we wanted to determine where rock climbers actually grabbing onto the rock face,” she said.

There are plenty of tools in climbing gyms to practice, including the campus board, a series of slats that hang on a wall at various angles so that climbers can practice strength training. And a few years back, Matyas Luzan replicated a tough stretch of a climb in Germany - he crafted the holds from wood and varnished them to feel like the rocks. The system that Whiting and Kavan, now at the University of Utah, came up with might be seen as an extension of Luzan’s efforts. Eventually, the researchers envision a system that could one day ingest photos and video. A database of outdoor climbs could then be created, from which holds could be manufactured and available to climbing gyms. They also want to improve the texture of the holds so they feel more like the actual rocks. And there is the visual component - which Whiting hopes one day could be solved by adding virtual reality or projecting images of the climb to a wall. The climbers that have given the new system a try say their outdoor ascent matched their experience indoors. “I was kind of blown away at just how precisely the body movements on the indoor climb recreated the outdoor movements,” said Billy Braasch, a Dartmouth grad student and climber who participated in the study.

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But while Braasch said this could serve as a good practice tool, he acknowledged it might not be for everyone. “One aspect of climbing that I really love is traveling to a new place and exploring new terrain,” he said. “There is something special about being in a new place and testing yourself against a new climb.” Mike Morin, the Northeast regional director of the climbing group Access Fund, who was not involved in the study, also said the system has potential. Climbers might find it “novel” to challenge themselves on iconic routes - or even those closer to home. “If you’re a climber in Boston working on the route at Rumney mentioned in the study, you’d probably be pretty psyched to be able work on the movements of the climb during a training session at your local climbing gym,” he said.

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TAKEOFF AND CRUISE: TOYOTA MAKING ‘FLYING CAR,’ LUXURY BOAT

Toyota Motor Corp. is working on a “flying car.” A startup backed by the Japanese automaker has developed a test model that engineers hope will eventually develop into a tiny car with a driver who’ll be able to light the Olympic torch in the 2020 Tokyo games. For now, however, the project is a concoction of aluminum framing and eight propellers that barely gets off the ground and crashes after several seconds. Toyota has invested 42.5 million yen ($386,000) in startup Cartivator Resource Management to work on “Sky Drive”. At a test flight last weekend in the city where the automaker is based, the gadgetry, about the size of a car and loaded with batteries and sensors, blew up a lot of sand and made a lot of noise. Image: Tetsuya

It managed to get up as high as eye level for several seconds before tilting and falling to the ground. Basketballs attached to its bottom served as cushions. After several attempts, the endeavor had to be canceled after one of the covers got detached from the frame and broke, damaging the propellers. The goal of Cartivator’s is to deliver a seamless transition from driving to flight, like the world of “Back to the Future,” said the project’s leader Tsubasa Nakamura. “I always loved planes and cars. And my longtime dream was to have a personal vehicle that can fly and go many places,” he told The Associated Press. The group is now working on a better design with the money from Toyota with the plan to have the first manned flight in 2019. No one has ridden on Sky Drive yet, or any drone, as that would be too dangerous. Still, dabbling in businesses other than cars is Toyota’s trademark. In recent years, it has been aggressively venturing into robotics and artificial intelligence, investing a billion dollars in a research and development company in Silicon Valley. It’s also working in Japan on using robotics to help the sick walk. It also just announced a five-year $35 million investment in its research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for autonomous and connected vehicle technologies. The idea that each generation must take up challenges is part of Toyota’s roots, said auto analyst Takaki Nakanishi.

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President Akio Toyoda’s great-grandfather Sakichi Toyoda started out developing the loom and then its automated improvements from the 1890s, before the company became an automaker. More recently, Toyota sees software and services as central to the auto industry, as cars become connected, start driving themselves and turn into lifestyle digital tools, Nakanishi said. As Toyota gets into the business of ecological vehicles, such as hybrids, electric cars and fuel cells, it’s turning into an energy company as well. “Toyota’s business is centered on mobility, anything that moves, including people, things, money, information, energy,” said Nakanishi. Toyota is traveling not only in the skies but also to the waters, although that still remains a tiny part of its sprawling empire. Toyota’s boat operations began in 1997. Toyota now offers four models and has sold a cumulative 845 boats. In contrast, Toyota sells about 10 million vehicles a year around the world. Reporters recently got a ride in Tokyo Bay of a Lexus luxury concept “yacht,” which runs on two gas engines. With a streamlined curvaceous design, inspired by a dolphin and evocative of a Lexus car, it’s being promised as a commercial product in the next few years. Designed for executives zipping through resort waters, it comes with fantasy-evoking features, like an anchor pulled in by a chain into a tiny door in the bow, which opens then closes mechanically. The engine, shiny like a chrome sculpture, is visible beneath the sheer floor surface. 23

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Shigeki Tomoyama, the executive in charge, said the boat was going for “a liberating effect.” A price was not given. Many Americans have already expressed interest, according to Toyota. The project started about two years ago under direct orders from Toyoda, who has with Tomoyama spearheaded Toyota’s Gazoo internet business, another non-auto business for Toyota. “He asked us to create a space that can work as a secret hiding place in the middle of the ocean,” Tomoyama said. “We went for the wow factor, which requires no words.”

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THE PROS AND CONS OF PRIVATIZING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

The U.S. air traffic control system, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest and most complex, is in the midst of an era of unsurpassed safety. There has not been a fatal crash of a domestic passenger airliner in the U.S. in eight years. Now President Donald Trump is looking to shift responsibility for the system from the government to a private, nonprofit corporation run by airlines and other aviation interests. The handover of about 300 airport towers and other flight tracking centers would be one of the largest transfers of U.S. government assets. About 35,000 workers, including 14,000 controllers and 6,000 technicians, would be affected. 29

Privatization supporters, including some Republican lawmakers, say it would improve efficiency and modernize the air-traffic system. But congressional approval isn’t certain. Some lawmakers in both parties are reluctant to give up oversight. Some politically influential business aircraft operators, private pilots, small aircraft manufacturers and medium- and smallsized airports fear airlines will dominate the corporation’s board, resulting in higher fees for them and less service. There are also concerns about whether the air traffic system would suffer during the transition. Some questions and answers about what’s at stake:

WHY MESS WITH A GOOD THING? The idea is to remove air traffic control from the vagaries of the government budget process, which has limited the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to commit to longterm contracts and raise money for major expenditures. That’s hampered the agency’s “NextGen” program to modernize the air traffic system by switching from radar and radio communications to GPS surveillance and digital voice and text communications. Recent controller furloughs and government shutdowns have worsened the problem.

WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES? Many countries have created governmentowned corporations, independent government agencies or quasi-governmental entities. 31

Canada is the only country to create what is clearly a private nonprofit air-traffic corporation. NavCanada can raise private capital, make longterm financial commitments, and it recently lowered the fees it charges airlines. But the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reported last month that there appears to be no conclusive evidence that any of those approaches is better or worse than governmentrun services, including the FAA’s, in terms of productivity, cost-effectiveness, service quality, and safety and security.

WHO WANTS TO DO THIS? The U.S. airline industry has been campaigning since the 1980s to privatize air traffic control to try to gain greater control over the system, reduce their costs and replace airline passenger ticket taxes with user fees based on takeoffs, landings and other operations. The Clinton administration proposed spinning off air traffic operations into a government corporation but ran into congressional opposition. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Penn., has proposed using NavCanada as a model. But he couldn’t win enough support to bring legislation to the House floor last year, and he faced even greater opposition in the Senate. Trump administration officials have cited Shuster’s bill as a starting point for their efforts. Shuster received $148,499 in airline industry campaign contributions last year, making him the industry’s top recipient in the House, according to the political money tracking site Opensecrets.org. 33

IS NEXTGEN IN TROUBLE? The FAA has been working for more than a decade on NextGen. Early on, it predicted the program would be completed by 2025, but officials now describe NextGen as an evolving effort with no end date. The National Academy of Sciences reported in 2015 that the original vision for NextGen of transforming the air traffic system has devolved into a series of incremental changes that primarily emphasize replacing aging equipment and systems. But FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said recently the agency has made “tremendous progress” revamping the system with the latest technology, and is poised to switch from ground-based radar to GPS surveillance. The switch is expected to save time and fuel and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Huerta has predicted $13 billion in benefits to the government and aircraft operators by 2020, with greater gains after that. Calvin Scovel, the Transportation Department’s inspector general and a frequent NextGen critic, recently told the House transportation committee that even though the program hasn’t met expectations, it’s not broken.

WOULD PRIVATIZATION HELP? Privatization supporters complain that the FAA’s procurement process is so cumbersome that new equipment is no longer the latest technology by the time it’s acquired. Also, delays in updating landing and takeoff procedures to incorporate technological advances make the system less efficient. Airlines say that costs them billions of dollars in flight delays each year. A corporation would be free of such government regulations and could act faster and with more flexibility, supporters say. The FAA would still provide safety oversight. Opponents say there’s no evidence a corporation run by airlines would do a better job. Major U.S. airlines have suffered massive computer outages in recent years that have roiled air travel.

WHERE DO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STAND? Their union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, endorsed Shuster’s bill after winning assurances that controller wages, benefits and collective bargaining rights would be protected. Union leaders say controllers are tired of working with outdated equipment and are concerned about government shutdowns and furloughs.

AMAZON OFFERS PRIME DISCOUNT TO THOSE ON GOVERNMENT BENEFITS

Amazon is making a play for lowincome shoppers. The online leader is offering a discount on its pay-by-month Prime membership for people who receive government assistance. The move, announced Tuesday, is seen by some analysts as an attempt to go after rival Walmart’s lower-income shoppers. The world’s largest retailer has revamped its shipping program and improved other services to drive online sales growth as it tries to narrow the gap with Amazon. People who have a valid Electronic Benefits Transfer card, used for programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs, or food stamps, will pay $5.99 per month for the Amazon Prime benefits like free shipping and unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows. The typical Prime membership is $99 a year, but those who cannot afford to pay up front also have a $10.99-a-month option. Amazon designed this option to make its “selection and savings more accessible, including the many conveniences and entertainment 39

benefits of Prime,” Greg Greeley, vice president of Amazon Prime, said in a statement. Walmart has gained momentum in its online business, seeing its e-commerce sales soar 63 percent in its first quarter, up from a 29 percent increase the previous period. It now offers free-two-day shipping for online orders of its most popular items with a purchase of $35. Online shoppers who collect their purchases at a store get extra discounts. And Walmart has dramatically expanded its online offerings - though it’s still far behind the hundreds of millions of products at Amazon.com. Amazon’s aim with the latest move is twopronged, says Ken Perkins, president of research firm RetailMetrics. “It is part of Amazon’s overarching goal to inexorably move into every corner of retail,” he said. “Secondly, it is a direct move to pull consumers away from its chief retail rival Walmart, which has been far more aggressive competing with Amazon on price, offerings, delivery and building out its formidable e-commerce operations.” Internet consultant Sucharita Mulpuru-Kodali says Amazon’s move “seems inevitable” because it’s saturated a good part of the affluent and middleclass sector - but describes it as a “head scratcher.” “These consumers have always indexed lower in online transactions, and their living circumstances are often not well-suited to package delivery, and many of these consumers don’t have vehicles to drive to a location pick up packages,” she wrote in an email. “Of the long list of business that Amazon could target, this doesn’t seem like the biggest one.” 40

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Q&A: INTERNET EXTREMISM AND HOW TO COMBAT IT

In the wake of Britain’s third major attack in three months, Prime Minister Theresa May called on governments to form international agreements to prevent the spread of extremism online. Here’s a look at extremism on the web, what’s being done to stop it and what could come next.

Q. What are technology companies doing to make sure extremist videos and other terrorist content doesn’t spread across the internet?

A. Internet companies use technology plus teams of human reviewers to flag and remove posts from people who engage in extremist activity or express support for terrorism. 43

Google, for example, says it employs thousands of people to fight abuse on its platforms. Google’s YouTube service removes any video that has hateful content or incites violence, and its software prevents the video from ever being reposted. YouTube says it removed 92 million videos in 2015; 1 percent were removed for terrorism or hate speech violations. Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Twitter teamed up late last year to create a shared industry database of unique digital fingerprints for images and videos that are produced by or support extremist organizations. Those fingerprints help the companies identify and remove extremist content. After the attack on Westminster Bridge in London in March, tech companies also agreed to form a joint group to accelerate anti-terrorism efforts. Twitter says in the last six months of 2016, it suspended a total of 376,890 accounts for violations related to the promotion of extremism. Three-quarters of those were found through Twitter’s internal tools; just 2 percent were taken down because of government requests, the company says. Facebook says it alerts law enforcement if it sees a threat of an imminent attack or harm to someone. It also seeks out potential extremist accounts by tracing the “friends” of an account that has been removed for terrorism.

Q. Why are technology companies clashing with governments over extremist communications?

A. Since Edward Snowden’s 2013 disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance, several tech companies have started encrypting - that is, scrambling them to thwart spies 44

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instant messages and other data so tightly that even the companies can’t read them. Governments are not happy about that. After the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, and again after the Westminster Bridge attack, the U.S. and U.K. governments sought access to encrypted messages exchanged by extremists who carried out the attacks. Apple and Facebook’s WhatsApp refused, noting that they didn’t hold the keys needed to unscramble such messages. Both governments eventually found other ways to get the information they wanted. Some in government - including former FBI Director James Comey and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California - have argued that the inability to access encrypted data is a threat to security. Feinstein has introduced a bill to force companies to give the government so-called “backdoor” access to encrypted data so that investigators could read messages on these services.

Q. Shouldn’t tech companies be forced to share encrypted information if it could protect national security?

A. Weakening encryption won’t make people safer, says Richard Forno, who directs the graduate cybersecurity program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Terrorists will simply take their communications deeper underground by developing their own cyber channels or even reverting to paper notes sent by couriers, he said. “It’s playing whack-a-mole,” he said. “The bad guys are not constrained by the law. That’s why they’re bad guys.” 46

Building backdoors into encryption could also weaken it in ways that hackers, criminals and foreign agents could exploit. That could potentially jeopardize all sorts of vital data, from personal communications and documents to bank accounts, credit card transactions, medical history and other information that people want to keep private. But Erik Gordon, a professor of law and business at the University of Michigan, says society has sometimes determined that the government can intrude in ways it might not normally, as in times of war. He says laws may eventually be passed requiring companies to share encrypted data if police obtain a warrant from a judge. “If we get to the point where we say, ‘Privacy is not as important as staying alive,’ I think there will be some setup which will allow the government to breach privacy,” he said.

Q. Is it really the tech companies’ job to police the internet and remove content?

A. Tech companies have accepted that this is part of their mission. In a Facebook post earlier this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company was developing artificial intelligence so its computers can tell the difference between news stories about terrorism and terrorist propaganda. “This is technically difficult as it requires building AI that can read and understand news, but we need to work on this to help fight terrorism worldwide,” Zuckerberg said. But Gordon says internet companies may not go far enough, since they need users in order to sell ads.

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“Think of the hateful stuff that is said. How do you draw the line? And where the line gets drawn determines how much money they make,” he said. Others say the focus on tech companies and their responsibilities is misplaced. Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at the University of Cambridge, says blaming Facebook or Google for the spread of terrorism is like blaming the mail system or the phone company for Irish Republican Army violence 30 years ago. Instead of working together to censor the internet, Anderson says, governments and companies should work together to share information more quickly. Former Secretary of State John Kerry also worries about placing too much blame on the internet instead of the underlying causes of violence. “The bottom line is that in too many places, in too many parts of the world, you’ve got a large gap between governance and people and between the opportunities those people have,” Kerry said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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UBER, LYFT SERVICE IN UPSTATE NY, LONG ISLAND STARTS JUNE 29

Upstate New York, your Uber is arriving a little early. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation late Monday allowing Uber and Lyft to begin service in cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany as well as all of Long Island on June 29. Lawmakers voted earlier this year to allow the ride-hailing apps to expand after years of being limited to the New York City area, though the law also required a 90-day wait to give the companies and host communities time to prepare. Uber and Lyft had hoped to begin picking up passengers upstate before the lucrative and busy July Fourth weekend, but the required 90-day delay pushed the date to July 9 when lawmakers and the Democratic governor failed to reach a deal on a state budget on time. 53

Supporters of the accelerated timeframe say permitting the companies to begin picking up passengers before Independence Day weekend likely will give residents and tourists a new transportation alternative and reduce drunken driving during the holiday. “Giving ride-sharing companies the green light 10 days early in time for the Fourth of July weekend, when tourism traffic and holiday celebrations will be at their peak, could be a true lifesaver,” said state Sen. James Seward, an Otsego County Republican. Uber will be ready for the expansion, according to company spokeswoman Alix Anfang. Buffalo is now one of the largest cities in the country without access to the ride-hailing services that have become commonplace elsewhere in the nation. “We can’t wait to bring Uber to upstate and the suburbs where residents have been demanding it,” she said.

Apple holds its Worldwide Developerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conference every year, giving thousands of developers from around the world a chance to meet with Apple engineers and attend workshops and software sessions. Between Monday 5 June and Friday 9 June this year, the WWDC takes place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. In keeping with tradition, Apple began the conference on Monday with a keynote, detailing several big announcements that would set the stage for the remainder of the week. As press invitations were sent out, many were already deliberating about what would be unveiled, with expectations rising high for the latest versions of software macOS and iOS and potentially new hardware products including a Siri smart speaker and a new iPad Pro. These rumors came flooding in, right up until key executives Craig Federighi, Phil Schiller and CEO Tim Cook took to the stage to announce some huge changes. Here are just some of the highlights.

THE HomePod SPEAKER Rumors had been circulating for some time that Apple would be the next to join the battle for the best smart home speaker, but no one would imagine that it would be set to rival not only the Amazon Echo and Google Home but also the Sonos home entertainment speakers. Apple has dubbed this new device the HomePod, and it uses spatial awareness to tune and better fill the room with sound based on its surrounding space. Another feature that gives it an advantage over its rivals is ‘Musicologist’ that works with Apple Music once you’ve asked its built-in Siri to play a certain track. In true Siri fashion, the speaker will also respond to any questions you may have about the artist or album that’s playing, control smart home devices and check the day’s news or weather forecast. Available in black or white, Apple has priced the HomePod at $349 and plans to ship it to the US, UK, and Australia in December this year. 60

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UPDATED SOFTWARE FEATURES WITH iOS 11 Hundreds of new features, both major and minor, have been introduced in the latest version of the operating system that runs the iPhone and the iPad. While iOS10, which was released in September last year, tended to bypass the iPad, the new software includes a number of features for both beginners and professional users of the hardware. You are now able to customize the Dock on the iPad, providing access to frequently used apps and documents as well as multitasking functionality like Split View and Slide Over. A new App Switcher feature also lets you see all of the apps youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using and quickly switch between them. True to speculation, a new Files app now lets you access all of your files regardless of whether they are stored locally, in the iCloud drive or on other cloud services such as Dropbox and Google Drive. Further updates for iPad include system-wide drag and drop and a deeper integration with Apple Pencil that allows users to open Notes from the lock screen by just tapping the Apple Pencil icon that is on display. On both the iPad and the iPhone, iOS11 has a refreshed look that focuses on bolder fonts and other smaller design changes. The redesigned single-screen Control Center is customizable, and the new Lock Screen makes it easier to see notifications. Siri has gained a more natural voice (both male and female) that has natural intonation, pitch, tempo and emphasis and a new Siri translate feature allows users to now translate English words into Spanish, French, German, Italian 65

and Chinese. The functionality of Apple’s smart assistant has also improved in the new software update with on-device learning now available for more personal experiences and suggestions based on your use of Safari, Mail, News, and Messages. Speaking of Messages, there is now an app drawer that allows for easier access to stickers and apps and Apple Pay has been updated to include a peer-to-peer payment option that allows money to be sent via iMessage. Do Not Disturb has been expanded to include new features to be used while driving, muting all incoming notifications and letting people know that you’re on the road. This feature will start automatically when the device is paired with your car’s Bluetooth. As usual, a public beta of iOS11 will be made available later in the summer, but the final release isn’t set to roll out until the eagerly awaited iPhone 8 coming in September.

ARKit FOR AUGMENTED REALITY APPS Maybe one of the most exciting announcements of the keynote was the new API Developer Kit for augmented reality apps. Some may say that Apple has kept a low profile in regards to augmented reality despite CEO Tim Cook stating last year that it could be huge. Popular third-party iOS apps have incorporated AR abilities, but up until now, neither Apple’s hardware nor software has been built to enable it until now. ARKit allows developers to create AR apps and games with built-in features to make objects look as though they’re being placed in real space, instead of simply hovering over it. A demo showed an updated Pokemon Go app with realistic physics, and a greater awareness of the camera’s surroundings and Sir Peter Jackson’s studio Wingnut AR demonstrated a complex augmented reality landscape made in Unreal Engine alongside Unity and SceneKit. It’s said that this will be released as a game later this year. Executive Craig Federighi boasted that ARKit will be available across the entire iOS ecosystem making it “the largest AR platform in the world.”

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NEW iPAD PRO MODELS The new 10.5 inch and 12.9 inch iPad Pro models are due to ship next week. The 10.5 inch starts at $649 with 64GB of memory or $779 for a 64GB cellular version, and the 12.9inch version starts at $799 for 64GB of storage and Wi-Fi or $929 for the cellular version with 64GB memory. Both will be powered by the new A10X six-core CPU, include a 12-core CPU and support HDR video with a 120Hz refresh rate making it ideal for integration with the Apple Pencil as it drops the latency rate to an impressive 20 milliseconds. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, the True Tone display is 50 per cent brighter than earlier models, and both new versions feature a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera alongside a 7-megapixel front-facing camera. Alongside the release of the devices, Apple will be launching new sleeves and accessories. 70

A REFRESHED MAC HARDWARE LINE The long-awaited iMac desktop and MacBook laptops are finally here with enhanced processors and memory power. Apple also gave us a sneak peak at the new iMac Pro, specifically designed for pro users, with its 27-inch Retina 5K display, an 18-core Xeon processor and up to 22 Teraflops of graphics computation that make it the most powerful Mac ever. In a space gray enclosure, the iMac Pro is said to be ideal for graphics editing, the creation of virtual reality content and realtime 3D rendering and is scheduled to ship in December at a start price of $4,999.

These were only a few of the announcements made at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keynote, however. Further news included an update for the Apple Watch which introduces new faces and complications and details regarding the upcoming version of macOS which we learned will be called High Sierra. Of course, as developers and lucky members of the press continue to try out the new devices, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bound to see more of features appearing right up until the release of the iPhone 8 in September. It seems as though Apple always has something up its sleeve!

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LEAKED NSA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS DEEP FLAWS IN US ELECTIONS

A newly leaked intelligence document outlining alleged attempts by Russian military intelligence to hack into U.S. election systems is the latest piece of evidence suggesting a broad, sophisticated foreign attack on the integrity of U.S. elections. And it underscores the contention of security experts and computer scientists that the highly decentralized, often ramshackle U.S. election system remains profoundly vulnerable to trickery or sabotage. The document, purportedly produced by the U.S. National Security Agency, does not indicate whether actual vote-tampering occurred. But it adds significant new detail to previous U.S. intelligence assessments that alleged that Russia-backed hackers had compromised elements of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electoral machinery, and suggests that attackers may also have been laying groundwork for future subversive activity. 77

The operation described in the document could have given “the Russians a foothold into the IT systems of elections offices around the country that they could use to infect machines and launch a vote-stealing attack,” said J. Alex Halderman, a University of Michigan computer scientist. “We don’t have evidence that that happened,” he said, “but that’s a very real possibility.” Computer scientists have proven in the lab that once they’re inside an election network, sophisticated attackers could manipulate preelection programming and alter results without leaving a trace. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said Tuesday that hacking into state voting systems ahead of the Nov. 8 vote was more widespread than has been disclosed. Attempts by Russia to “break into a number of our state voting processes” was “broad-based,” he said, without offering details. In Moscow, a Kremlin spokesman categorically denied Tuesday that Moscow had tried to hack the U.S. elections. Warner did not directly address the classified intelligence report published Monday by The Intercept, an online news outlet. The Associated Press has not independently verified the authenticity of the report, although its apparent leaker, an NSA contract worker, was arrested last weekendin Georgia. The NSA document says Russian military intelligence first targeted employees of a Florida voting systems supplier in August. Apparently exploiting technical data obtained in that 78

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operation, the cyber spies later sent phishing emails to more than 100 local U.S. election officials just days ahead of the Nov. 8 vote, intent on stealing their login credentials and breaking into the their systems, the document says. The emails packed malware into Microsoft Word documents and were forged to give the appearance of being sent by the system vendor, VR Systems of Tallahassee, Florida. The Department of Homeland Security knew in September that hackers believed to be Russian agents had targeted the voter registration systems of more than 20 states. To date, no evidence of tampering with vote tallies or registration rolls has emerged. The U.S. elections system is a patchwork of more than 3,000 jurisdictions overseen by the states with nearly no federal oversight or standards. The attack sketched out in the NSA document appears designed specifically to cope with that sprawl. The NSA document did not name any of the states where local officials were targeted by the emails masquerading as being from VR Systems. But in September, the FBI held a conference call with all 67 county elections supervisors in the battleground state of Florida to inform them of infiltration of VR Systems without naming the company. Ion Sancho, who retired as Leon County supervisor in December, said he later learned from industry contacts that it was VR Systems. VR Systems officials did not respond directly to questions emailed by the AP. In a statement, the company said it only knows of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;handfulâ&#x20AC;? 81

of customers who received the fraudulent email, adding that it had “no indication” that anyone had clicked on the malware. The NSA document says at least one account was likely compromised. The company makes software for on-site voter registration at polling stations and backend systems for voting management, according to its website, which says it has customers in California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. VR Systems’ electronic poll books - electronic systems used to verify registered voters at polling places - experienced problems on Nov. 8 in Durham County, North Carolina. The issue forced officials to abandon the system, issue paper ballots and extend voting hours. North Carolina’s state elections director said Tuesday that officials would investigate to see if officials in Durham County were targeted and possibly compromised. Iowa University’s Douglas Jones is among computer scientists who say voter registration systems are particularly vulnerable to tampering, in part because they are on the internet. Someone trying to cause chaos and discredit an election could delete names from registration rolls prior to voting - or request absentee ballots en masse. In the latter case, a voter showing up at the polls on Election Day would be recorded as having already cast their ballot. That could force voters to file provisional ballots, and provoke long lines. There is no evidence any of that happened last Election Day.

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TWITTER USERS, BLOCKED BY TRUMP, CRY CENSORSHIP

President Donald Trump may be the nation’s tweeter-in-chief, but some Twitter users say he’s violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments. Lawyers for two Twitter users sent the White House a letter Tuesday demanding they be un-blocked from the Republican president’s @ realDonaldTrump account. “The viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional,” wrote attorneys at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The tweeters - one a liberal activist, the other a cyclist who says he’s a registered Republican have posted and retweeted plenty of complaints and jokes about Trump. 84

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They say they found themselves blocked after replying to a couple of his recent tweets. The activist, Holly O’Reilly, posted a video of Pope Francis casting a sidelong look at Trump and suggested this was “how the whole world sees you.” The cyclist, Joe Papp, responded to the president’s weekly address by asking why he hadn’t attended a rally by supporters and adding, with a hashtag, “fakeleader.” Blocking people on Twitter means they can’t easily see or reply to the blocker’s tweets. Although Trump started @realDonaldTrump as a private citizen and Twitter isn’t governmentrun, the Knight institute lawyers argue that he’s made it a government-designated public forum by using it to discuss policies and engage with citizens. Indeed, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that Trump’s tweets are “considered official statements by the president.” The institute’s executive director, Jameel Jaffer, compares Trump’s Twitter account to a politician renting a privately-owned hall and inviting the public to a meeting. “The crucial question is whether a government official has opened up some space, whether public or private, for expressive activity, and there’s no question that Trump has done that here,” Jaffer said. “The consequence of that is that he can’t exclude people based solely on his disagreement with them.” The users weren’t told why they were blocked. Their lawyers maintain that the connection between their criticisms and the cutoff was plain. Still, there’s scant law on free speech and social media blocking, legal scholars note. 87

“This is an emerging issue,” says Helen Norton, a University of Colorado Law School professor who specializes in First Amendment law. Morgan Weiland, an affiliate scholar with Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, says the blocked tweeters’ complaint could air key questions if it ends up in court. Does the public forum concept apply in privately run social media? Does it matter if an account is a politician’s personal account, not an official one? San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. declined to comment. The tweeters aren’t raising complaints about the company.

LEGAL EXPERTS TO TRUMP ON TRAVEL BAN: TWITTER HURTING CAUSE

Memo from legal experts to President Donald Trump on resurrecting his stalled travel ban: Quit Twitter. Trump’s 140-character musings this week may have undercut his own efforts to persuade the Supreme Court to reinstate his revised travel ban, which Trump called a “watered-down, politically correct” version of what he’d originally sought. Just as Trump’s Justice Department is arguing the ban doesn’t target Muslims, legal experts said the president seems to be suggesting the opposite. Those who oppose the travel ban said Trump’s Tweetstorm, ironically, helps their case. Neal Katyal, the former acting solicitor general representing Hawaii in its lawsuit against the ban, said it was as if Trump was his co-counsel. “We don’t need the help but will take it!” Katyal wrote in his own Twitter post. The courts in January halted Trump’s initial order, which banned travel from seven majorityMuslim countries and indefinitely halted entry to Syrian refugees. Trump begrudgingly scaled back the order by removing Iraq from the list and making the Syria refugee ban only temporary, but that order was blocked by the courts, too. At the heart of the legal wrangling is whether Trump’s proposed ban violates the Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion. As a candidate, Trump called for a “Muslim ban,” comments that came back to haunt him as president when the courts determined that even his scaled-down order was “rooted in religious animus and intended to bar Muslims from this country.” 91

Not so, the Justice Department has argued, insisting the temporary ban is based on credible national security concerns unrelated to religion, and his campaign statements should be ignored. But Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas law professor, said Trump was making that argument much less tenable by calling the revised order “politically correct.” “These tweets are basically winking at his supporters to say, obviously, I’m only doing this so that the courts will uphold it,” Vladeck said. “It makes it harder to argue this is not a Muslim ban, and more importantly, it makes it harder to argue that the president’s statements should be irrelevant.” In a series of early-morning tweets, Trump bashed the Justice Department for its decision to ask the Supreme Court to review the second version of the ban - which he signed. “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.,” Trump said. He urged the Justice Department, which he oversees, to seek a “much tougher version” of the order. Hoping to shore up the order’s legal underpinnings, both the White House and Trump’s Homeland Security chief have insisted it’s not actually a “travel ban,” criticizing reporters for mischaracterizing it. But Trump on Monday was having none of it. “People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!” Trump wrote.

He pounded the point home Monday night, tweeting, “That’s right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won’t help us protect our people!” The inconsistency put White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders in a delicate spot Monday afternoon as questions streamed in about why Trump was contradicting his aides. His Twitter missive notwithstanding, Sanders insisted Trump “isn’t concerned with what you call it,” only with protecting Americans. Sanders said the president had asked the Justice Department to pursue an expedited hearing at the Supreme Court, adding that Trump “wants to go as far and as strong as possible under the Constitution to protect the people of this country.” Still, she said he’d signed the revised ban “for the purposes of expediency” and wasn’t considering a third version of the ban. Trump argues the ban is crucial for safeguarding American security, and he has intensified his push for it in the wake of the weekend vehicle and knife attack in London that left seven people dead and dozens injured. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The second-guessing about Trump’s Twitter strategy extended to the husband of one Trump’s senior advisers. New York lawyer George T. Conway III, whose wife is White House aide Kellyanne Conway, wrote that online statements “may make some ppl feel better,” but won’t help win a Supreme Court majority. “Sad,” he said on Twitter, borrowing a phrase from Trump’s own Twitter. 94

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Conway had been considered for at least two high-ranking Justice Department jobs, including solicitor general, the government lawyer who represents the president at the Supreme Court. Josh Blackman, a law professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston, called Trump “the worst client” for the solicitor general. “When you’re a lawyer what you want is your client to stay silent,” he said. Trump has the authority to order the Justice Department to pursue a different strategy. It’s unclear whether the president has conveyed his requests to the department in a forum other than Twitter. The Justice Department declined to comment. Trump has used attacks around the world to justify his pursuit of the travel and immigration ban, one of his first acts since taking office. The original order, signed at the end of his first week in office, was hastily unveiled without significant input from top Trump national security advisers or relevant federal agencies. After that order was struck down, the administration decided to write a second directive rather than appeal the initial ban to the Supreme Court. The narrower would temporarily halt entry to the U.S. from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. If anything, Supreme Court may be more likely to hear the case in light of the tweets, to determine once and for all how far the president’s power goes, said Peter S. Margulies, a law professor at Roger Williams. It’s unclear when it will make that decision.

WITH SEASON OVER, CBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DOMINANCE REMAINS A CONSTANT

For all the changes in television over the past decade - how it is consumed and the explosion of new outlets and programs - CBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; popularity with the masses remains unchallenged. The traditional television season ended last week and, for the ninth year in a row, CBS finished as the most popular network in prime time. CBS has won 14 of the last 15 years, the Nielsen company said. 99

CBS’“NCIS” finished as the most-watched drama for the eighth year in a row, and “The Big Bang Theory” was the most popular comedy for the seventh straight year. With no reason to change, both series will be back next season, with “The Big Bang Theory” accompanied by a new prequel based on Sheldon’s character.

1 percent, although helped significantly by showing the Super Bowl in 2017.

Nielsen said CBS averaged 9.6 million viewers a night in prime time, with time-delayed viewing of up to seven days included. The network was down 11 percent from last season. NBC was second, essentially flat from last year, ABC was third and down 9 percent, and Fox gained

Last week, CBS won in prime time, averaging 5.2 million viewers. NBC had 4.63 million, ABC had 4.56 million, Fox had 3.3 million, Univision had 1.7 million, the CW had 1.32 million, ION Television had 1.31 million and Telemundo had 810,000.

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The notion of a traditional TV season is slowly falling by the wayside, with more original programming available in the summer. Reality shows and games dominate the warmweather months.

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.25 million viewers in prime time. TNT had 2.2 million, MSNBC had 1.61 million, USA had 1.41 million and HGTV had 1.36 million. NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 7.5 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.2 million viewers. For the week of May 22-24, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “Dancing With

the Stars” (Monday), ABC, 10.54 million; “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 9.65 million; “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 9.37 million; “Dancing With the Stars” (Tuesday), ABC, 8.91 million; “Bull,” CBS, 8.54 million; “Survivor,” CBS, 8.38 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 8.3 million; NBA Playoffs: Boston vs. Cleveland, Game 4, TNT, 7.05 million; “Empire,” Fox, 6.97 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.79 million. ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.

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The Great Wall From the breathtaking visual stylish Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers, Hero) is The Great Wall which tells the story of an elite force that makes a courageous stand for humanity on one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most iconic structures. Starring Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau and Pedro Pascal amongst others.

FIVE FACTS: 1. For his role in the movie, Matt Damon was trained in Hungary by Lajos Kassai, a world champion archer, and reinventor of horseback archery. 2. The filmmakers were denied permission to film on the actual locations. Images of the actual Great Wall were added digitally.

by Zhang Yimou Genre: Action & Adventure Released: 2016 Price: $14.99

3. Bryan Cranston was in early talks to join the film, but his potential role was taken by Willem Dafoe.

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4. The beasts in the movie, named Taotie, are an ancient mythical creature that is never satisfied with any amount of food. Some argue that the design can be traced back to jade pieces found in 3310 to 2250 BCE. 5. This was the most expensive Chinese movie ever at $135 million and had over one hundred translators working on its production.

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by Russo-Young Genre: Drama Released: 2017 Price: $14.99

3. The movie was filmed in only 24 days. 4. This is one of many movies where the protagonist is forced to relive the same day over again in a loop. Other examples include Groundhog Day(1993), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), 12 Dates of Christmas(2011) and Source Code(2011).

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5. Based on the young adult novel by Lauren Oliver who has also written Replica and Vanishing Girls.

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El Dorado Shakira Since the release of her breakthrough album 15 years ago, Shakira has come to be known for her distinctive vocals and flirty dance moves that have turned her into an icon. This Spanish-language 11th studio album highlights her powerful voice particularly on the tracks ‘Me Enamoré’ and ‘Nada,’ both of which have a mix of steamy Spanish words and romantic musical interludes that take you on a heartfelt journey from track to track. Genre: Pop/Latino Released: May 26, 2017 13 Songs Price: $9.99

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FIVE FACTS: 1. The track ‘Me Enamoré’ reached 50 million streams in just one week. 2. It took Shakira exactly 12 months to record this album. 3. Shakira is Arabic for “grateful” or “full of grace.” 4. She was granted a Humanitarian Award in 2006 for starting the foundation Barefoot which helps children in her native Colombia escape violence. 5. She is fluent in Portuguese, Italian, English, Spanish, and Arabic.

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FIVE FACTS: 1. Baldwin’s songs ‘Praises’ and ‘You Deserve it All’ are popular worship albums and sung around the world. 2. From 2009 to 2013, Bethel Music grew from being a small local church ministry to a record label and publishing company based out of Bethel Church in Redding, California. 3. Baldwin and his wife Sheila are from North Carolina where they have two children named Ellie and Bear. 4. He states that his greatest motivation as a worshipper and a songwriter is “the desire to connect with the Father’s heart and user in the presence of God.” 5. Bethel Music regularly tours the U.S. and internationally and in October 2016 certain Bethel artists, including Josh, embarked on a two-week tour to record a live album with guest worship leader Francesca Battistelli.

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BOX OFFICE TOP 20: ‘WONDER WOMAN’ REVISED UP TO $103.3M

“Wonder Woman” was even mightier than expected. Warner Bros. has revised the film’s weekend haul up to $103.3 million. The studio on Monday said the tickets sold on Sunday turned out to be even higher than it estimated over the weekend. Warner Bros. previously had announced a $100.5 million North American estimate. The nearly $3 million swing, Warner Bros. said, was caused by an unusually small drop in audience from Saturday to Sunday. That indicates that the well-reviewed film’s strong word of mouth is giving “Wonder Woman” more momentum than usual. The Patty Jenkins-directed film, starring Gal Gadot, became the biggest opening for a film directed by a woman and by far the most successful female-led superhero release. 123

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:

“Wonder Woman,” Warner Bros., $103,251,471, 4,165 locations, $24,790 average, $103,251,471,1 week.

“Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie,” 20th Century Fox, $23,851,539, 3,434 locations, $6,946 average, $23,851,539,1 week.

“Pirates Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Disney, $22,087,099, 4,276 locations, $5,165 average, $115,095,870, 2 weeks.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Disney, $9,839,370, 3,507 locations, $2,806 average, $355,580,702, 5 weeks.

“Baywatch,” Paramount, $8,741,285, 3,647 locations, $2,397 average, $41,965,723, 2 weeks.

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“Alien: Covenant,” 20th Century Fox, $4,122,884, 2,660 locations, $1,550 average, $67,342,368, 3 weeks.

“Everything, Everything,” Warner Bros., $3,301,366, 2,375 locations, $1,390 average, $28,282,953, 3 weeks.

“Snatched,” 20th Century Fox, $1,318,582, 1,625 locations, $811 average, $43,846,996, 4 weeks.

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul,” 20th Century Fox, $1,289,793, 2,088 locations, $618 average, $17,894,397, 3 weeks.

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“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” Warner Bros., $1,173,672, 1,222 locations, $960 average, $37,176,629, 4 weeks.

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“Beauty and the Beast,” Disney, $658,056, 527 locations, $1,249 average, $502,136,527, 12 weeks.

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“The Boss Baby,” 20th Century Fox, $621,139, 684 locations, $908 average, $170,921,703, 10 weeks.

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“3 Idiotas,” Lionsgate, $609,249, 349 locations, $1,746 average, $609,249,1 week.

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“Paris Can Wait,” Sony Pictures Classics, $529,395, 151 locations, $3,506 average, $1,606,002, 4 weeks.

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“The Fate Of The Furious,” Universal, $489,465, 593 locations, $825 average, $223,807,400, 8 weeks.

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“Churchill,” Cohen Media Group, $400,843, 215 locations, $1,864 average, $400,843,1 week.

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“Bon Cop Bad Cop 2,” Entertainment One Films, $348,162, 95 locations, $3,665 average, $4,436,187, 4 weeks.

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“How to Be a Latin Lover,” Lionsgate, $277,496, 277 locations, $1,002 average, $31,701,000, 6 weeks.

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“The Lovers,” A24, $244,817, 348 locations, $703 average, $1,912,185, 5 weeks.

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“Going In Style,” Warner Bros., $230,076, 303 locations, $759 average, $44,245,405, 9 weeks.

Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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‘WONDER WOMAN’ IS A HIT THAT EVEN HOLLYWOOD CAN’T IGNORE

Batman is the superhero with the calling-card beam of light, but Wonder Woman sent a signal over the weekend that even Hollywood couldn’t miss. Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” grossed $103.3 million in North America over its debut weekend, a figure that easily surpassed industry expectations, set a new record for a film directed by a woman and bested all previous stand-alone female superhero movies put together. (There aren’t many and there hasn’t been one in 12 years.) Strong reviews (93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and word of mouth (an A CinemaScore) pushed the film into must-see status. Wonder Woman, that Amazonian warrior-princess last in the spotlight in ‘70s, lassoed the zeitgeist. By Monday, Warner Bros. had to increase its weekend estimate up by almost $3 million because audiences kept coming on Sunday. 133

“Wonder Woman” is a hit, and in a movie industry that has seldom put female filmmakers behind the camera for its biggest blockbusters, it could be an important one. It certainly had that feel opening weekend, where droves of moviegoers came wearing “We are all Diana” T-shirts, young girls flocked in Wonder Woman outfits and even movie stars were blowing kisses at the movie and calling it a “game changer.” “I am a filmmaker who wants to make successful films, of course. I want my film to be celebrated,” Jenkins said before her film’s debut. “But there’s a whole other person in me who’s sitting and watching what’s happening right now who so hopes, not for me, that this movie defies expectation. Because I want to see the signal that that will send to the world.” Jenkins’ objective appeared to be met by the opening of “Wonder Woman,” a heavily marketed $150 million movie that spent a decade in development before finally - after hordes of other superheroes - making it to the big screen. “Wonder Woman” didn’t surpass the openings of previous DC Comics adaptations: the terribly received “Batman v. Superman” and “Suicide Squad.” But unlike those releases, “Wonder Woman” is good enough to play strongly through the next few weeks. “The momentum is with us in every way,” said Warner Bros. distribution chief Jeff Goldstein. That was decidedly not the case heading into the weekend. “Wonder Woman” came on the heels of disappointing DC Comics films and a lackluster early summer box office where little besides “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has caught fire. 134

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But more importantly, Jenkins and “Wonder Woman” burst through Hollywood’s glass ceiling with one of the rarest things: a summer blockbuster helmed by a woman. “Maybe this raises awareness that female directors are a force to be reckoned with,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. That’s been especially hard-to-miss this summer. Sofia Coppola, whose upcoming June release “The Beguiled” remakes the 1971 Don Siegel-Clint Eastwood movie from a female perspective, last week became just the second female filmmaker to win best director at the Cannes Film Festival. “I try to keep making work and I have a female point of view that I embrace,” Coppola said recently. “I don’t want to speak so politically. I just feel like that’s not my role. But I’m happy to put my work out there.” Cannes juror Jessica Chastain also drew widespread applause for questioning the quality of the female characters on view at the festival. Her fellow jury member Maren Ade, the German director of “Toni Erdmann,” spoke about the dearth of female filmmakers. “I found after a while always being surrounded by men doing this job, the impression comes up that it’s maybe not a good job for a woman,” Ade said. “I think that’s completely wrong and I think we need much more women doing films. We all want the film business to reflect modern society.” With its action movies and comic-book films, summer has long been the most male moviegoing season of the year - one where even female Ghostbusters are enough to spark a tempestuous culture war. But Jenkins and Coppola have some company this season. 137

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Next week, Lucia Aniello, a writer and director from “Broad City,” will release her bachelorette comedy “Rough Night.” In August, Kathryn Bigelow returns with her Detroit riots thriller “Detroit.” It’s shaping up to be an atypically tough summer for misogyny at the multiplex. Yet researchers who have spent years charting the lack of progress for female directors in Hollywood are skeptical much has changed. “High-profile cases, such as Kathryn Bigelow and Patty Jenkins, can dramatically skew our perceptions of how women are actually faring as film directors,” said San Diego State University professor Martha M. Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. “While their successes are encouraging, it is important to consider the larger picture and to continue counting the numbers of women working on screen and behind the scenes so we can have a conversation about women’s representation and employment that is grounded in a verifiable reality.” According to the center’s latest Celluloid Ceiling study, women comprised 7 percent of directors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films of 2016. It was 9 percent in 1998. Stacy L. Smith, director of the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at USC Annenberg, cited the initiative’s three-year study that found female directors “face a steep fiscal cliff as they attempt to move from independent to more commercial filmmaking.” Of the 41 women directors interviewed, 44 percent said they were interested in directing action films or blockbusters. 139

“We would all like to hope that the success of ‘Wonder Woman’ will open doors not only for Patty Jenkins but for other female directors,” Smith said. “However, research and theory suggests that until the narrow definition of leadership behind the camera changes, it will be an uphill battle for more women to work as directors on these types of movies. The female talent is there, it is the hiring process and the imaginations of executives and producers that represent the true barrier to progress.”

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3 CHALLENGES TESLA FACES AS SHAREHOLDERS MEET

Tesla Inc. was riding high as it hosted its annual shareholders’ meeting Tuesday. The automaker’s shares are trading at record levels, and it has surpassed General Motors and Ford in market value. It’s about to introduce its first mass-market electric car, the Model 3 sedan, as well as a line of solar panels that look like roof tiles. CEO Elon Musk is also enticing fans with new vehicles, including a semi-truck it plans to show this fall and the Model Y SUV, which he said will go on sale in 2019. But the company is not without its challenges. Or, as Musk put it at the hour-long meeting, “Tesla’s like a drama magnet.” Here are three issues Musk addressed at the meeting. 143

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE: Shareholders voted Tuesday to continue electing Tesla’s board members to three-year terms, rejecting a proposal to elect them annually. A group of Connecticut pension funds had called for annual elections, saying it would improve accountability. They also say conflicts of interest “plague” Tesla’s board. Musk’s brother, Kimbal, is a board member. Tesla’s lead independent director, Antonio Gracias, also serves on the board of Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, and is the CEO of a private equity fund backed by Musk. But shareholders sided with Tesla, which says its mission requires long-term strategic planning and three-year terms ensure that board members aren’t distracted by short-term returns. Official results of the vote will be released within a few days, the company said. MODEL 3: The Model 3 is Tesla’s first non-luxury sedan, with a starting price around $35,000. Production is on track to start next month, Musk said. Tesla is aiming to make 5,000 Model 3 sedans per week by the end of this year and 10,000 per week in 2018. Tesla hasn’t said how many people have put down $1,000 refundable deposits for the Model 3, but Musk said Tuesday people who put down a deposit now won’t get a car until the end of 2018, indicating it could be close to 500,000. Whether Tesla can meet its production goals is an open question. The company’s vehicles have often faced delays getting to market. Its last new vehicle, the Model X SUV, was delayed nearly 18 months. Musk says the Model 3 is much simpler to make, but 14-year-old Tesla has no experience producing and selling vehicles in high volumes. 145

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Tesla made just 84,000 cars last year. Bigger rivals like GM, Volkswagen and Toyota routinely sell more than 10 million per year. “It’s crazy hard to make cars,” Musk said Tuesday. “There’s 10,000 unique items, and it only moves as fast as the slowest item.” Even if the Model 3 is on time, servicing all those vehicles will still be a challenge. Model S and Model X owners are already worried about having to share Tesla’s Supercharger stations with an influx of new cars. And while Tesla is promising to increase its network of stores and service centers by 30 percent this year, it began 2017 with just 250 service centers worldwide. That leaves many potential owners miles from a service center. Musk says a new fleet of mobile service trucks will be deployed to help customers who are far from service centers. Tesla also plans to double its global high-speed charging points to 10,000 by the end of this year and increase them by another 50 percent to 100 percent in 2018. COMPETITION: Until now, Tesla has owned the market for fully-electric vehicles that can go 200 miles or more on a charge. But that’s changing. GM beat Tesla to the mass market with the Chevrolet Bolt, a $36,000 car that goes 238 miles per charge. Audi plans to introduce an electric SUV with 300 miles of range next year; Ford will have one by 2020. Volkswagen plans more than 30 electric vehicles by 2025. Automotive competitors like Mercedes and Volvo - not to mention tech companies like Google and Uber - can also match Tesla’s efforts to develop self-driving vehicles. And they have deeper pockets. Tesla has had only 147

two profitable quarters in its seven years as a public company. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, who has a $305 price target on Tesla’s stock, says investors need to consider whether Tesla should continue to operate as a stand-alone market disruptor or if it should merge with a bigger entity, like Apple. But Musk gave no hint that Tesla is worried about competition or is planning a merger. He said Tesla, which is based in Palo Alto, California, is actively considering three other plant sites and could ultimately build 10 or 20 assembly plants to meet demand. At least one of those will be built by 2019 to manufacture the Model Y, he said, because Tesla’s current plant in California is “bursting at the seams.” Tesla shares rose more than 1.5 percent to close at $352.85 Tuesday.

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AUTONOMOUS CARS (NO HUMAN BACKUP) MAY HIT THE ROAD NEXT YEAR

Autonomous vehicles with no human backup will be put to the test on publicly traveled roads as early as next year in what may be the first attempt at unassisted autonomous piloting. Automotive electronics and parts maker Delphi and French transport company Transdev plan to use autonomous taxis and a shuttle van to carry passengers on roadways in France. The companies on Wednesday said they plan to combine Delphiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-driving technology with Transdevâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge of mobility operations. Transdev operates trains, buses, ferries and other transportation services in 19 countries, including the U.S. Two on-demand Renault Zoe autonomous taxis will be deployed in Rouen, Normandy, and a shuttle van will run between a rail station and campus in the university district of Paris-Saclay. Both will start with humans on board later this year, with the intent of going fully autonomous 151

sometime in 2018. From the start, the shuttle van won’t have a steering wheel or pedals, and humans will be inside solely to communicate with passengers, said Leriche, chief performance officer at Transdev Group. But humans at a central dispatch center would still be able to take control of the vehicles, said Glen De Vos, Delphi Corp.’s chief technology officer. “We’re confident that in the event they would need to intervene, they can,” he said. The companies also plan a similar test in North America and are scouting locations, De Vos said. He believes they’ll go through several iterations of self-driving software and systems before the French vehicles are fully operational sometime in 2019. Transdev plans to gradually spread the technology throughout Paris and other cities that it serves, so the autonomous vehicles will be on roads along with human drivers. It may take a while for people to trust the vehicles enough to use them, but Leriche said acceptance may not be that hard to get. Transdev has surveyed users in autonomous shuttle tests about the service and quality, and more than 90 percent were excited about the service. “They were not afraid of the fact that there was no driver,” he said. The partnership comes less than a month after U.K.-based Delphi joined with BMW, Intel and Mobileye to develop autonomous vehicles. Delphi, which has U.S. operations just outside of Detroit, makes the computing platform that brings together information from the car’s sensors, cameras and computers. 152

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NASA SPACECRAFT WILL AIM STRAIGHT FOR SUN NEXT YEAR

A NASA spacecraft will aim straight for the sun next year and bear the name of the astrophysicist who predicted the existence of the solar wind nearly 60 years ago. The space agency announced that the red-hot mission would be named after Eugene Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. It’s the first NASA spacecraft to be named after a researcher who is still alive, noted the agency’s science mission chief, Thomas Zurbuchen. Scheduled to launch next summer from Cape Canaveral, the Parker Solar Probe will fly within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface - right into the solar atmosphere. That will be considerably closer than any other spacecraft, and subject 155

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90 on June 10. Parker called it “a heroic scientific space mission,” referring to the temperatures and solar radiation to be endured by the spacecraft, and the extreme safeguards taken. The probe will be “ready to do battle with the solar elements as it divulges the secrets of the expanding corona,” he said. While 4 million miles may not sound that close, it is by solar standards, according to Fox. She urged the crowd to remember while viewing the total solar eclipse this August to remember that the spacecraft eventually will be “right in there” amid the hazy corona surrounding the sun. Parker Solar Probe will travel at a blistering speed of 430,000 mph (692,000 kph) and zip in and out of a region where the mercury hits 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,371 degrees Celsius). “Solar probe is going to be the hottest, fastest mission. I like to call it the coolest, hottest mission under the sun,” Fox said. The spacecraft will carry a chip containing photos of Parker as well as a copy of his groundbreaking research paper from 1958. Parker’s prediction of solar wind - the intense flow of charged particles or plasma from the sun - initially was met with skepticism and even ridicule. But it was confirmed a few years later by observations from NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft. Until then, scientists believed the space between planets was merely vacuum, rather than part of the encompassing heliosphere it proved to be. Online: University of Chicago NASA 159

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SPACE STATION WELCOMES 1ST RETURNING VEHICLE SINCE SHUTTLE

The International Space Station welcomed its first returning vehicle in years Monday - a SpaceX Dragon capsule making its second delivery. Space shuttle Atlantis was the last repeat visitor six years ago. It’s now a museum relic at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer noted “the special significance” of SpaceX’s recycling effort as soon as he caught the Dragon supply ship with the station’s big robot arm. “That’s right, it’s flying its second mission,” Fischer said. “We have a new generation of vehicles now led by commercial partners like SpaceX.” SpaceX is working to reuse as many parts of its rockets and spacecraft as possible to slash launch costs. The California-based company launched its first recycled booster with a satellite in March; another will fly in a few weeks. 161

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The Dragon pulled up two days after launching from Florida. This same capsule dropped off a shipment in 2014. SpaceX refurbished it for an unprecedented second trip, keeping the hull, thrusters and most other parts but replacing the heat shield and parachutes. Until their retirement in 2011, NASA’s shuttles made multiple flights to the space station. This new 6,000-pound shipment includes live lab animals: 40 mice, 400 adult fruit flies and 2,000 fruit fly eggs that should hatch any day. The mice are part of a bone loss study, while the flies are flying so researchers can study their hearts in weightlessness. Even more than mice and rats, the hearts of fruit flies are similar in many ways to the human heart, beating at about the same rate, for instance. Some of these animals will return to Earth aboard the Dragon in about a month. SpaceX officials anticipate using Dragon capsules as many as three times. “It’s starting to feel kinda normal to reuse rockets. Good. That’s how it is for cars & airplanes and how it should be for rockets,” SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said via Twitter following Saturday’s liftoff of the Dragon and landing of the Falcon rocket’s first stage.

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SpaceX is targeting launch of its eleventh Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-11) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is on Saturday, June 3 at 5:07 p.m. EDT or 21:07 UTC, with a backup launch attempt on Sunday, June 4 at 5:07 p.m. EDT. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage about 10 minutes after liftoff and attach to the station on June 4. SpaceX is targeting launch of its eleventh Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-11) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday, June 3 at 5:07 p.m. EDT or 21:07 UTC. The CRS-11 mission will be the first reflight of a Dragon spacecraft and will mark the 100th launch from historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Following stage separation, the first stage of Falcon 9 will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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Musk said the latest touchdown was “pretty much dead center” at the SpaceX landing zone at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred next door at Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon is the only station supply ship capable of returning items, like science samples. On Sunday, an Orbital ATK cargo ship named in honor of the late John Glenn departed the station. It will remain in orbit a week before burning up in the atmosphere upon re-entry. Glenn, the first American to orbit the world, died in December at age 95. “Godspeed & fair winds S.S. John Glenn,” Fischer wrote in a tweet. Online: NASA SpaceX

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DRUGS SCORE BIG WINS AGAINST LUNG, PROSTATE, BREAST CANCERS

Drugs are scoring big wins against common cancers, setting new standards for how to treat many prostate, breast and lung tumors. There’s even a “uni-drug” that may fight many forms of the disease. What’s striking: The drugs are beneficial in some cases for more than a year, much longer than the few months many new drugs provide. Here are highlights from the world’s largest cancer meeting, the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago.

PROSTATE CANCER Janssen Biotech’s Zytiga improved survival and delayed cancer growth for 18 months when added to standard care in a study of 1,200 men with advanced prostate cancer. The drug is approved to treat tumors that are resistant to hormone therapy; this study tested it as initial treatment. 169

The study was stopped early because men on Zytiga were living longer - 66 percent were alive after three years versus 49 percent of a comparison group not given the drug. Zytiga also delayed the time until cancer worsened 33 months versus 15 months for the others. In a second study of 1,900 men newly diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, adding Zytiga to usual treatment also improved survival: 83 percent were alive at three years versus 76 percent of men not given the drug. Zytiga also cut the chance of relapse and serious bone problems. Zytiga caused more side effects, including high blood pressure, but the benefits outweigh them, doctors said. The results will change practice “pretty much overnight,” said Dr. Richard Schilsky, chief medical officer for the group hosting the conference. Most men with prostate cancer that has spread will be eligible for Zytiga - about 25,000 each year in U.S. and more in other countries where more cases are found at a late stage, he said. Zytiga costs about $10,000 a month in the U.S.

LUNG CANCER Roche’s Alecensa stopped cancer growth for 15 months longer than Pfizer’s Xalkori did in a study of 303 people with advanced lung cancer and a mutation in a gene called ALK. About 5 percent of lung cancer patients - 12,500 in the U.S. each year - have an ALK mutation, especially younger people and nonsmokers who get the disease. Alecensa kept cancer from worsening for 26 months versus 11 months for Xalkori. It also 170

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penetrates the brain better: only 9 percent of those on it had their lung cancer spread to the brain during the first year of treatment versus 41 percent of those on Xalkori. Serious side effects and deaths were less common with Alecensa. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it in December 2015 for ALK-related lung cancers that worsened despite trying Xalkori. The new study tested it as initial treatment and is aimed at getting full approval for that. Xalkori is around $10,000 a month and Alecensa, about $12,500.

BREAST CANCER For the first time, a new type of drug called a PARP inhibitor showed promise in a major study of women with inherited BRCA gene mutations that raise their risk of developing breast cancer. PARP inhibitors keep cancer cells from fixing problems in their DNA, and some are approved now for some ovarian cancers. The study tested AstraZeneca’s Lynparza in 302 women with cancers that had spread beyond the breast and were not the type that respond to the drug Herceptin. Half were “triple negative,” meaning they are not helped by Herceptin or drugs that block the two main hormones that fuel breast cancer’s growth. All had previously tried chemotherapy and some had tried hormone blockers.

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Lynparza modestly delayed the time until cancer worsened - 7 months versus 4 months for women given one of three commonly used chemotherapies. Lynparza’s main side effects were nausea, fatigue and blood count problems, but serious problems were less common than with chemo. It’s too soon to know whether Lynparza improves survival. It costs about $13,000 a month.

A UNI-DRUG? Loxo Oncology Inc.’s larotrectinib is aimed at many types of cancer with a certain gene abnormality, and in children as well as adults - a first on both counts. The gene problem occurs in less than 1 percent of cancers, so a big question is how these rare gene problems would be found unless widespread tumorgene testing becomes more common than it is now. In a study of 50 patients with 17 different kinds of cancer, 76 percent - an unusually high number - responded to treatment and their disease has not worsened. Side effects include fatigue and mild dizziness. The company will seek FDA approval based on these results. Last month, the FDA said Merck’s immune therapy drug Ketruda could be used for any pediatric or adult cancer with certain gene features, but larotrectinib would be the first drug developed from scratch with this approach.

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 2 (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

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ABC IS OFF AND RUNNING WITH NBA FINALS

The NBA Finals is off and running with its best ratings through two games since the Chicago Bulls’ last championship in 1998. Now ABC has to hope the Cleveland Cavaliers can make it competitive. The first two games, both won by the Golden State Warriors, averaged 19.2 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. The interest in championship series usually increase if they are evenly-matched, so if the Cavs can take a few games ABC would be in great shape. Unfortunately for the network, the Warriors haven’t lost in the playoffs yet. NBC had a strong showing with the debut of Megyn Kelly’s newsmagazine, “Sunday Night,” featuring her interview with Vladimir Putin. It landed among the week’s 10 most-watched TV shows and, although it lost to CBS’“60 Minutes” in the time slot, won among younger viewers. 185

Basketball led ABC, which averaged 6.8 million viewers, to a weekly victory in prime time. NBC had 5.2 million viewers, CBS had 4.4 million, Fox had 2.3 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 870,000 and the CW had 820,000. Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.21 million viewers in prime time. HGTV had 1.49 million, MSNBC had 1.32 million, USA had 1.27 million and TBS had 1.23 million. ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 7.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.7 million. For the week of May 29-June 4, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NBA Finals: Cleveland vs. Golden State, Game 2, ABC, 19.69 million; NBA Finals: Cleveland vs. Golden State, Game 1, ABC, 18.7 million; “America’s Got Talent,” NBC 12.32 million; “World of Dance,” NBC, 9.71 million; “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 7.45 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 7.35 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.79 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.73 million; “Bull,” CBS, 6.51 million; “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,” NBC, 6.2 million.

ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.

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5 WORKERS EXPOSED TO RADIATION AT JAPAN NUCLEAR LAB

Five workers at a Japanese nuclear facility that handles plutonium have been exposed to high levels of radiation after a bag containing highly radioactive material apparently broke during equipment inspection, the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday at its Oarai Research & Development Center, a facility for nuclear fuel study that uses highly toxic plutonium. The cause of the accident is under investigation, the state-run agency said. It raised a nuclear security concern as well as a question whether the handlers were adequately protected. The agency said its initial survey found contamination inside the nostrils of three of the 189

five men - a sign they inhaled radioactive dust. All five were also found to be contaminated on their limbs after removing protective gear and taking a shower, which would have washed off most contamination. Agency spokesman Masataka Tanimoto said one of the men indicated high levels of plutonium exposure in his lungs, with the dose showing nearly 1,000 times that of his earlier nostril survey. Internal exposure poses a bigger concern because of its potential cancer-causing risks. The figure, 22,000 Becquerels, could mean exposure levels in the lungs may not be immediately life-threatening. Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka blamed work routine complacency as a possible cause. The Oarai workers did not have any visible signs of health problems, Tanimoto said. They were taken to a special radiation medical institute for further checks. Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possession of large numbers of plutonium stockpiles, from the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggling nuclear spent-fuel recycling program, has already faced international criticism. Critics say Japan should stop extracting plutonium, which could be used to develop nuclear weapons. To reduce the stockpile, Japan plans to burn plutonium in the form of MOX fuel - mixture of plutonium and uranium - in conventional reactors. But nuclear plant startups are still coming slowly amid persistent anti-nuclear sentiment since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami. 190

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NORTH KOREA, CYBERATTACKS AND ‘LAZARUS’: WHAT WE REALLY KNOW

With the dust now settling after “WannaCry”, the biggest ransomware attack in history, cybersecurity experts are taking a deep dive into how it was carried out, what can be done to protect computers from future breaches and, trickiest of all, who is really to blame. For many, it seems that last question has already been solved: It was North Korea. But beyond the frequently used shorthand that North Korea was likely behind the attack lies a more complicated - and enlightening - story: the 193

rise of an infamous group of workaholic hackers, collectively known as “Lazarus,” who may be using secret lairs in northeast China and have created a virtual “malware factory” that could wreak a lot more havoc in the future. Big caveat here: Lazarus doesn’t reveal much about itself. What little is known about the group is speculative. Nevertheless, extensive forensic research into its activities dating back almost a decade paints a fascinating, if chilling, picture of a hacker collective that is mercenary, tenacious and motivated by what appears to be a mixture of political and financial objectives. Their fingerprints are all over WannaCry. So who, then, are they?

OPERATION BLOCKBUSTER On Dec. 19, 2014, just one month after a devastating hack hobbled Sony Pictures Entertainment, the FBI’s field office in San Diego issued a press release stating North Korea was the culprit and saying such cyberattacks pose “one of the gravest national security dangers” to the United States. “The destructive nature of this attack, coupled with its coercive nature, sets it apart,” the statement said. “North Korea’s actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves. Such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior.” The FBI listed similarities in specific lines of code, encryption algorithms, data deletion 194

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methods and compromised networks for its determination. It said there was a significant overlap between the infrastructure used in the attack and other cyberactivity it had previously linked directly to North Korea, including several internet protocol addresses hardcoded into the data deletion malware. Its claim that North Korea was to blame has since been widely disputed. In an attempt to analyze the Sony Hack, an industry consortium led by Novetta launched “Operation Blockbuster,” which in 2016 released the most detailed public report to date on the attack. Its findings lined up with the FBI’s conclusion that the tactics, tools and capabilities strongly indicated the work of a “structured, resourced and motivated organization,” but said its analysis could not support the direct attribution of a nation-state. Instead, it determined the attack “was carried out by a single group, or potentially very closely linked groups, sharing technical resources, infrastructure and even tasking.” It named the group Lazarus. Operation Blockbuster traced the first inklings of Lazarus activity to 2009, or possibly to 2007, with large-scale denial of service attacks on U.S. and South Korean websites. That was followed by the “Operation Troy” cyberespionage campaign that lasted from 2009 to 2013; “Ten Days of Rain,” which used compromised computers for denial of service attacks on South Korean media and financial institutions and U.S. military facilities; and “DarkSeoul,” an attack on South Korean broadcasting companies and banks.

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NORTH KOREAN HACKERS OR CYBER-MERCENARIES? Researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky Labs, which also participated in Operation Blockbuster, analyzed timestamps on accounts suspected of being linked to Lazarus to create a profile of its hackers. They surmised the attackers are probably located in a time zone eight or nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time - which would include China, Malaysia and parts of Indonesia, among other places - because they seem to start working at around midnight GMT and break for lunch three hours later. They even claimed the hackers get roughly 6-7 hours of sleep per night. “This indicates a very hard-working team, possibly more hard working than any other Advanced Persistent Threat group we’ve analyzed,” it said. It also said the reference sample of suspected Lazarus activity indicated at least one resource in the Korean language on a majority of the computers being used. “The group rapidly develops, mutates and evolves malware through the extensive use of a ‘malware factory,’” said James Scott, a senior fellow at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a Washington-based think tank. “Essentially, it is believed that they subcontract or outsource the rapid development of new malware and malware variants to numerous external threat actors.” 198

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Scott said any connections between Lazarus and North Korea remain unclear, but four possibilities exist: - Lazarus is affiliated with North Korea; - it is an independent side operation of persons affiliated with North Korea; - it is entirely independent of North Korea; - it is a cyber-mercenary collective that occasionally works on behalf of North Korea. “There is no conclusive evidence that Lazarus is state-sponsored,” Scott said, adding that it has instead “always exhibited the characteristics of a well-resourced and organized cybercriminal or cyber-mercenary collective.” Jon Condra, director of Asia-Pacific research at the cybersecurity firm Flashpoint, cautiously noted the theory that at least some Lazarus Group hackers are likely working out of China and that they may include North Koreans. Flashpoint analyzed the WannaCry ransom notes posted in 28 languages and determined all but three were created using translation software - suggesting its authors include human members who are native in Chinese and fluent but not perfect in English. “It is widely believed that at least some North Korean hacking units operate out of Northeastern China - the city of Shenyang, in particular - but hard evidence is scant,” he said. “It is entirely possible that the Lazarus Group is not entirely made up of North Korean actors, but may also have Chinese members.” Even that, he added, is speculative: “We really do not have a clear picture of the composition of the Lazarus Group.” 201

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AN EVER-MORPHING ADVERSARY Kaspersky took another look into Lazarus after the attempted heist of $900 million from the central bank of Bangladesh in February last year. It found Lazarus is both accelerating its activities and morphing rapidly. According to Kaspersky, the Lazarus Group now has its own cybercrime subgroup, dubbed BlueNoroff, to help finance its operations through attacks on banks, casinos, financial institutions and traders. “The scale of Lazarus operations is shocking,” its report said. “It’s something that requires strict organization and control at all stages of the operation. ... Such a process requires a lot of money to keep running the business.” The disruptive and “asymmetric” nature of cyber warfare clearly makes it a weapon North Korea can be assumed to want to exploit against its much more powerful adversaries in a military conflict. Cybercrime would also seem to be extremely attractive to North Korea. It’s hard to trace, can be done on the cheap and, for those who can master the technological expertise, the opportunities seem to be everywhere. It would also seem to be a less risky means of procuring illicit income than other activities the North Korean regime has been accused of in the past, like drug trafficking and counterfeiting U.S. $100 bills. Washington, Seoul and defectors from North Korea all claim the North is working hard to train an army of cyber warriors, mainly within its primary intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance 203

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General Bureau. South Korea said North Korea’s cyber army consisted of 6,800 hackers in 2015. But independent experts tend not to take such claims too literally. Scott and Condra caution that much of what is reported about North Korea’s cyber army comes from defectors or rival governments with a spin motive and is amplified by partisan or attentionseeking media. Defectors’ insights are valuable, yes. But even if they’re not politically motivated, they are limited by the scope of their access and inside knowledge - and are usually significantly out of date.

STILL-MISSING LINKS The U.S. government has not blamed WannaCry on North Korea. “We know North Korea possesses the capability of doing this kind of thing but we are still assessing what the source is,” National Intelligence Director Dan Coats told a congressional hearing last week. Coats added, however, that cyberattacks are possibly “the most significant threat to the United States at this time.” Pinning a cybercrime to a cybercriminal is a Sisyphean task. A known group might claim responsibility. It might use a traceable internet protocol address, or a unique code. Its methods and tools may reveal a pattern. Often, it will do all of the above and more in an attempt to lead investigators down a false path. Determining the role of a nation-state can be even more difficult. Some campaigns that have been attributed to the Lazarus Group suggest a lower-skilled 205

adversary than one might expect from one with full state backing - a factor that Beau Woods, the deputy director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, says is indicative of “a blurred line” between state and non-state actors. “Many countries allow, or at least tolerate, non-state actors that are doing things that are ideologically aligned,” he said. “With North Korea, it appears to be the case that they rely very heavily on this kind of criminal elementamateurs-professionals. It’s a predominance of question marks.” “The big lesson we learned from WannaCry, no matter who did it, is just how vulnerable, prone and exposed some of our critical pieces of infrastructure are,” he said. “When the stakes are so high, we owe it more diligence than what we have seen so far.”

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