"Apple's Touch ID rules may be designed to protect human rights: Apple's addition of a new Touch ID restriction could be about prodding people's memories, or it could be another protection for people without legal protections." Macworld 7:16 AM
"Apple: Another bug fix. Er, thanks, GCHQ/GCHQ's CESG assurance arm was behind the report of an OS X bug to Apple that the consumer electronics giant patched last week." The Register 6:51 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Should two-factor authentication let me verify via a single device? A reader wonders if something's wrong, because Apple's second-factor system lets him approve a connection from a seemingly odd place." Macworld 7:35 AM
"The Terrible Truth About How Your Gadgets Die: Our obsession with pretty devices has made them VERY hard to recycle." ["'Apple designs things not to live a very long time in terms of repairing them,' Puckett told HuffPost. 'The construction is good. But more and more as they squash the size down, they are making them non-repairable.'"] The Huffington Post 3:01 PM
"Adweek's Power List 2016: The Top 100 Leaders in Marketing, Media and Tech Mark Zuckerberg leaps into lead spot" ["3. Tim Cook"] AdWeek 11:19 AM
"Chromebooks beat Mac notebooks 1.4-to-1 in U.S.: IDC pegs Chromebook shipments at 1.6M for Q1, versus 1.2M Mac notebooks" Computerworld 7:27 AM
"Cock fight? Not half. Microsoft beats down Apple in Q1: Microsoft won bragging rights over Apple in Britain's biz slab sales stakes following the first full quarter the two rivals went head to head with their Pro devices." The Register 7:23 AM
"Contactless payments tripled in popularity in the UK last year" The Verge 7:17 AM
"More than a billion contactless payments in UK highlight potential for Apple Pay" 9to5Mac 7:17 AM
"Apple reverses decision and approves controversial game 'Liyla and The Shadows of War'" Canadian Reviewer 8:40 PM
"Tim Cook reportedly thought a real iPhone case made by Apple was a fake" Business Insider 10:04 AM
"Prototype iPhone 6 with 'SwitchBoard' operating system & red Lightning port hits eBay" 9to5Mac 8:08 PM
Non-Apple News
"Facebook Says an Investigation Found No Evidence of Bias in a News App" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:05 PM
"Facebook To Revamp Trending Topics Selection Process" PC Magazine 9:05 PM
"Facebook says found no political bias on Trending Topics" Reuters 9:04 PM
"Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives: Social media giant denies 'systematic' discrimination" Washington Times 8:12 PM
"Facebook Announces Sweeping Changes to Trending Section" Gizmodo 7:36 PM
"Marissa Mayer took home only $14 million last year because Yahoo 'fell short' of goals" Business Insider 6:57 PM
"Yahoo says Marissa Mayer faced 'specific security threats' throughout 2015" Business Insider 5:01 PM
"Beware of keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers, FBI warns: Private industry notification comes 15 months after debut of KeySweeper." Ars Technica 4:44 PM
"Samsung Galaxy S7 Active's full specs revealed ahead of AT&T launch" VentureBeat 1:14 PM
"Amazon stopped giving refunds when an item's price drops after you purchase it: The company that prides itself on customer centricity may have just ostracized some customers." Recode 1:13 PM
"Xiaomi sales near flat in 2015, says report" CNBC 12:12 PM
"Snapkeys shows off its idea of an Android Wear keyboard" The Verge 11:12 AM
"Samsung's sleeker Gear Fit 2 appears in new leaked promo images" The Verge 7:40 AM
"Why I switched back to Firefox" Computerworld [Insider Content] 7:27 AM
"Google's 'Magenta' project will see if AIs can truly make art" Engadget 7:13 AM
"Hello Moto? Motorola hints at return of iconic Razr flip phone" Telegraph 7:07 AM
"Take a look at Samsung's insane Galaxy S7 edge billboard [Video] 9to5Google 7:07 AM
"Google's summer plan: To become the OS of your life" VentureBeat 6:26 PM
"Google wants to teach computers to create art from scratch" The Next Web 7:06 AM
"Hack, Hack, Hustle, Nap, Repeat: Life as a Young Techie in San Francisco" Wired 6:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Nude and surrounded by trees: TWiT talks Apple retail" iMore 6:43 PM
"Weekly Podcast 184: Solving The Spiral Of Robot Calls On iOS" Apple'n'Apps 3:58 PM
"Paul Kafasis Updates Us On Rogue Amoeba's Products" MacVoices 3:55 PM
"TMO Background Mode: Interview With AquaMinds Co-founder Scott Love" The Mac Observer 3:00 PM
"TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-23: iPhone Calling Patent Lawsuit, Fitbit Heart Rate Accuracy" The Mac Observer 12:54 PM
"iPhone SE review: the small alternative" AndroidPIT 7:23 AM
"Review: Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7NC, a notable step up in build quality and audio fidelity" 9to5Mac 4:01 PM
"Nuheara IQbuds hands-on preview: These smart Bluetooth ear buds are about more than music" TechHive 7:03 AM
"iFi Nano iDSD DAC and Headphone Amp review" The Gadgeteer 11:18 AM
"Review: Jaybirds Freedom Bluetooth Headphones" Wired 6:55 AM
"Pipetto's Fantastic Origami Cases for iPad Stand Out: These are excellent cases for a reasonable price" AppAdvice 7:51 AM
"Review: Toffee Cases Sleeve Wallet for iPhone" Run Around Tech 7:03 AM
"Seagate Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive Review" Digital Trends 1:45 PM
"5 travel backpacks designed to carry your MacBook: It's the start of summer travel season, and you don't have to leave your laptop behind." Macworld 7:16 AM
"The highly recommend Neato Botvac did a bang-up job in a large carpeted auditorium" Apple World Today 7:37 AM
"Review: iClever folding Bluetooth keyboard is portable, solid and very affordable" 9to5Google 11:50 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Dragon Anywhere review: Much more powerful than Siri dictation" Macworld 7:08 AM
"Dino Walk: Continental Drift (for iPad)" PC Magazine 1:29 PM
"IPhone 7 Lacks Innovation, Not Upgraders: Users grew by over 70 million during the iPhone 6 cycle and will drive significant growth in upgrade volume." Barron's 1:29 PM
"Let The iPhone 7 Build Number Rumors Begin" Forbes 11:21 AM
"J&J, HP team up for 3-D printing of personalized healthcare products" Fierce Biotech 8:01 AM
"HP EMEA boss has a Cannes-do attitude to the channel" CRN UK 8:01 AM
"Hats off to HP's Repairable Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet" iFixit 5:01 PM
"Duplo International and HP team up for drupa 2016" Channel Info 8:00 AM
"Dell's 43-inch 4K monitor doubles as 4 borderless 1080p displays" Geek 7:58 AM
"Dell's 43 Inch Monitor Combines Four 1080p Displays On One Screen" TechWeekEurope 7:58 AM
"Accelerators Unite ARM, IBM, X86" EE Times 7:54 AM
"AMD Zen Summit Ridge shot appears, showing a glimpse of their high-end desktop plan for Q4" PC Games N 7:53 AM
"AMD, ARM, Huawei, IBM, Mellanox, Qualcomm, Xilinx Form CCIX Accelerator Consortium" Forbes 7:52 AM
"AMD Is Working On A Bollywood VR Movie" VR World 7:51 AM
"The Oracle-Google Case Will Decide the Future of Software" Wired 7:49 AM
"Oracle slams Google to jury: 'You don't take people's property'/'It takes strength and courage to stand up to Google. That's what Oracle has done.'" Ars Technica 1:45 PM
"Google makes final pitch in copyright trial with Oracle" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:04 PM
"Google and Oracle's Android copyright fight is up to a jury now: The companies are still sparring over 'fair use' of some Java code" IDG News Service 8:14 PM
"Google and Oracle present closing arguments in battle over Java" TechCrunch 7:40 PM
"How Oracle Created A Much Better Cloud Buying Experience" Forbes 7:49 AM
"Oracle Sued Google Over a Hamburger, Java Trial Jury Told" Bloomberg 1:27 PM
"Oracle, Google give closing arguments in Java API copyright case: Did Google's use of Java APIs to build the Android OS amount to 'transformative' use, or were they simply stealing at another firm's expense?" ZDNet 6:43 PM
"Google vs Oracle: US jury to hear $9 billion" The Economic Times 7:48 AM
"Cisco to drive 'Digitization' message at UAE Partner Summit" albawaba 7:46 AM
"New week, same slog for Wall Street as stocks little changed" USA Today 4:07 PM
"U.S. Stocks Moderately Lower In Range-bound Trading" MarketWatch 4:08 PM
"U.S. Stocks Slip on Light Volume: S&P 500 trades within second-narrowest daily range for 2016" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:08 PM
"Japanese stocks end lower after export data, but China rallies: Declining commodity prices weighed on Asia's resource stocks Monday, while the Japanese share market slipped amid a lack of major consensus from the Group of Seven meetings between finance ministers and central bankers." MarketWatch 7:21 AM
"European shares end lower as Bayer, Fiat come under pressure: European stocks closed lower Monday as shares in Bayer AG and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV struggled and Deutsche Bank sounded downbeat on the market." MarketWatch 12:40 PM
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