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 Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. 1. Apple is due to report its quarterly earnings on Tuesday. Here's what to watch out for, from its China business to the timing of the iPhone 8. 2. Facebook bought an AI startup that could turn its middling virtual assistant into a Siri killer. It has acquired Ozlo. 3. The chiefs of Facebook, Google, and other tech giants aren't committing to testify to the US Congress on net neutrality, Recode reports. A deadline for commitments has now been extended. 4. Amazon has launched a home makeover show featuring YouTube stars. "Overhaul" is designed to sell products available on Amazon. 5. New leaks suggest the iPhone 8 will have tap-to-wake, attention detection, and a virtual home button, The Verge reports. Firmware code for the HomePod is giving clues as to what will be in the next iPhone. 6. Reddit has raised an extra $200 million (£150 million). It is now valued at $1.8 billion (£1.4 billion). 7. Spotify now has 60 million paying subscribers, The Financial Times reports. It is preparing to go public this year. 8. A British email prankster tricked White House officials, according to The Guardian. The hoaxer posed as Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, as well as ex-chief-of-staff Reince Priebus. 9. Bitcoin is likely to split in two on Tuesday. A disagreement over its future is expected to cause it to fork into two competing digital currencies. 10. The biggest video game of 2017 has passed another milestone. Battlegrounds is now the third-most popular game on Steam in terms of concurrent players. | 
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