If you are afraid of numbers, this may not be the article for you. No, there isn’t any math, but this was a very numbers-heavy WWDC this year. For starters, the conference itself was number significant, being the 30th anniversary of Apple and this is also the 25th anniversary of WWDC.
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WordPress domains and subdomains will be encrypted later this year
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Vodafone network open to government surveillance programs worldwide
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