This Is the New 4-Inch iPhone SE: Here’s What We’re Reading Today

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. This is the new iPhone SE

“It’s like a mix between the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 generations of devices, taking the size and design of one and the latest specs and capabilities of the other. Apple calls the iPhone SE ‘the most powerful 4-inch smartphone ever.'” The phone will cost $399 USD and features a 64-bit Apple A9 processor with an embedded M9 motion co-processor, the same chipset that runs the iPhone 6s.

The Verge‘s Dieter Bohn has his hands-on review with the phone.

+1: The behind-the-scenes fight between Apple and the FBI.

+1: As Twitter turns 10, CEO Jack Dorsey has plans to make it to 20.

2. Obama becomes first US President to visit Cuba since 1928

Cuban president Raul Castro congratulated Obama on his “historic visit,” but, the Washington Post writes, “relations will never truly be normal until the U.S. leaves Cuban territory and ends the sanctions that [Castro] said have done so much damage to the Cuban economy.”

You can check out Vox’s fantastic coverage of the president’s visit, as well.

3. Hyperloop could get you from Toronto to Vancouver in 3 hours

“It’s simple: Imagine a capsule filled with people, hovering inside a tube, moving faster than a jet. Vancouver to Toronto in about three hours. Toronto to Montreal in 30 minutes. And Montreal to Miami in less than two hours. It would mean the ability to commute to work not just from another area code, but another province.”

4. ‘Deficit paranoia’ is mind-bogglingly stupid

The Globe and Mail speaks to leading economic observers about tomorrow’s expected $30 billion deficit announcement. “Even a $50-billion deficit wouldn’t endanger the long-term outlook for the public finances, however.”

+1: 10 senators have had their expense bills cut by arbitrator.

5. A cashless world is coming, and you should be very scared

“In a world without cash, every payment you make will be traceable. Do you want governments (which are not always benevolent), banks or payment processors to have potential access to that information?”

+1: Self-driving cars and the looming privacy apocalypse.