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The Daily Roundup for 05.28.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

Apple CEO Tim Cook interview at D11: the liveblog

Just a year after Tim Cook sat down for his first non-financial interview as CEO of Apple, the man himself is back for yet another round. He'll be seated in Rancho Palos Verdes, California this evening at the D11 conference, taking questions from hosts Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Be sure to bookmark the link above, and return a little before 6PM PT for our full liveblog of the action.

Steve Wozniak discusses his dependency on a MacBook Pro and his affinity for transistor radios

Steve Wozniak pioneered the personal computing industry with the Apple I and II. In a throwback to our 31st issue of Distro, we'll take a very thorough look at the mind and habits of the Woz. Spoiler alert: he has a thing for the bitten fruit. Read on for the full transcript of our interview with the notorious Woz.

The After Math: An Xbox One special

We doubt you missed it, but Microsoft unveiled its new games console this week, and it even showed off some Xbox One hardware to prove it. Billions of transistors? Thousands of servers? Check out the link above for all the numbers and decimals from Microsoft's Xbox One unveiling.

Switched on Bach: David Cope's computer compositions

Professor David Cope speaks in purposeful abstraction, attempting to brace us for what we're about to see. We've been on the road for a while now, I tell him. We've seen a lot of strange and wonderful things -- robots and space shuttles and ghost hunts. "Yes, well," he answers quietly, as we ascend the stairs of his Santa Cruz, Calif., home. "I guarantee you've never seen a laboratory like this."

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Note: This Daily Roundup includes news from the past two days.