10 things you need to know today: June 2, 2013

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photographs before meeting in the Oval Office at the White House February 14, 2012 in Washington, DC.

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last updated 8 January 2015

1. U.S. AND CHINA TO HOLD TALKS ON HACKING

The U.S. and China have agreed to hold regular, high-level talks on how to set standards of behavior for cybersecurity and commercial espionage, the first diplomatic effort to defuse the tensions over what the U.S. says is a daily barrage of computer break-ins and theft of corporate and government secrets. The talks will begin in July. American officials say they do not expect the process to immediately yield a significant reduction in the daily intrusions from China. [New York Times]

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Terri is a freelance writer at TheWeek.com. She's a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and has worked at TIME and Brides. You can follow her on Twitter.

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