"Apple Orchard Road opens in Singapore" Apple 6:29 AM
"Apple Orchard Road in Singapore Officially Opens to the Public" MacRumors 6:30 AM
"Apple officially opens new Singapore retail store to the publicĀ [Gallery] 9to5Mac 1:21 PM
"Patent troll hits Apple w/ three lawsuits over AirPlay, autodial, and battery technologies" 9to5Mac 12:05 PM
"Apple Is Working on a Dedicated Chip to Power AI on Devices" ["The chip, known internally as the Apple Neural Engine, would improve the way the company's devices handle tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence — such as facial recognition and speech recognition, said the person, who requested anonymity discussing a product that hasn't been made public. Apple declined to comment."] Bloomberg 5/26
"Apple Is Following Google Into Making A Custom AI Chip" Forbes 5/26
"Report: Apple Developing a Chip Dedicated to AI" PC Magazine 5/26
"Apple fights off iTunes patent spat appeal: Apple is trying to kill off an attempt by Smartflash to reverse a patent panel's ruling and thereby force Cupertino to hand it $533m in a Federal Circuit dispute." The Register 5/26
"Qualcomm pursuing Apple manufacturers over royalty row" DigiTimes 5/26
"Apple's MacBooks: Still the most reliable/It's popular to decry the 'Apple tax' - the mythical premium Apple customers pay for Macs. But few look at the other side of the coins: what you get for your money. In Apple's case: the best reliability and tech support." ZDNet 5/26
"Macs are most reliable and have best tech support, Consumer Reports survey says" CNBC 5/26
"Why Apple's App Store is good business for your enterprise" Computerworld 5/26
"Study: Fitness Trackers Suck at Measuring Calories Burned/Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine studied seven popular fitness trackers and discovered none of them could accurately measure energy expenditure." PC Magazine 5/26
"How to fix a Mac that won't turn on" Macworld UK 5/26
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Fill your Mac's menu bar with USEFUL info!" Mac Kung Fu 5/26
"Massively speed-up your Mac's public VPN" Mac Kung Fu 5/26
"4 Useful Things You Can Do With the Touch Bar" Envato Tuts+ 5/26
"How to learn Swift 3: Need to learn Apple's Swift development language? Help is at hand with these handy online resources, including free & paid courses." Macworld UK 5/26
"Convert Managed Final Cut Pro X Libraries to External Media Libraries With A Free FCPX Migration Utility App" fcp.co 5/26
"Can Windows be used with Apple's two-factor authentication?" Macworld 5/26
"Three Ways To Type Accent Marks on Your Mac" MacMost 5/26
"How to automatically select the best email account in macOS Sierra" Apple World Today 5/26
"Apple staff blackout dates hint at 'iPhone 8' launch post-Sept. 17" AppleInsider 5/26
"Galaxy S8 fails to beat two-year-old iPhone 6s in speed and memory management comparison test: Galaxy S8 loses out to iPhone 6s in speed and memory performance test, despite the former featuring the latest hardware." International Business Times 5/26
"IPads 'help improve young pupils' skills': Young children's maths, English and communication skills improve if they use iPads in school on a regular basis." BBC 5/26
"Apple may aid investigation into deadly 2016 EgyptAir crash" AppleInsider 5/26
"France investigates whether Apple iPhone, iPad caused EgyptAir crash" Business Insider 5/26
"Apple prepares to open its first Singapore store on Orchard Road: US tech group's much-anticipated new outlet also its first in Southeast Asia" Nikkei 5/26
"Patent troll Uniloc sues Apple over AirPlay, autodialing, battery technology" AppleInsider 5/26
"Creator of SecurID sues Apple, Visa over digital payment patents: A company that couldn't strike a deal with Visa now seeks patent royalties." Ars Technica 5/26
"The Full Universal Secure Registry Lawsuit against Apple and Visa over the Apple Pay System is now Revealed" Patently Apple 5/26
"Apple co-founder taking a wait-and-see approach to iPhone 8 speculation" BNN 5/26
"Sir Jony Ive lauds importance of tech immigration" IT PRO 5/26
"Manchester attack: Mobile phone 'saved woman's life'" BBC 5/26
"Apple designer Marc Newson sells $12K hourglass as Swiss watchmaker does analog Apple Watch clone" AppleInsider 5/26
"Watch artist create this week's New Yorker cover on an iPad Pro" 9to5Mac 5/26
"Today in Apple history: Apple worth more than Microsoft for first time" Cult of Mac 5/26
Non-Apple News
"Donald Trump hasn't tweeted from his Android phone in two months: Hello, Trump iPhone." Recode 6:31 PM
"Bluetooth 5 is here, but few accessories will support it before 2018" The Verge 5/26
"Google AlphaGo AI took on 5 champion Go players at once and still won" TechRepublic 5/26
"Tidal loses third CEO in two years: Jay Z's music service has lost another CEO, Jefferey Toig." CNET 5/26
"A researcher just proved that vape pens are a digital security threat" Mashable 5/26
"Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Tainted Their Huge Leaks With Fake Data" Forbes 5/26
"Net neutrality: 'Dead people' signing FCC consultation" BBC 5/26
"The impossible dream: perfecting smartphone battery life" TechRadar UK 5/26
"Is Google waiting for Apple to Popularize Mobile AR?" Tech.pinions 5/26
"Andy Rubin's mysterious new Android phone will do something your iPhone can't" BGR 5/26
"Apple reveals belief in reincarnation/Commentary: Are they strange at Apple? Depends on your perspective on the company's latest ad." CNET 5/26
"Home is where the HomeKit wants to be: HomeKit has improved since its introduction three years ago, but it's struggling to find a place in most homes. What can Apple do to make HomeKit a part of your home?" Macworld 5/26
"Apple's iOS Setting app needs a major UI overhaul: As iOS evolves, it gets more complicated. That means we need a better way to customize and adjust iOS settings." Macworld 5/26
"Microsoft Plans To Store Data In DNA" IndiaTimes 7:00 AM
"Windows 10 is used on more than 50 million business PCs" OnMSFT 7:00 AM
"Microsoft details accessibility improvements in EdgeHTML 15 with Windows 10 Creators Update" Neowin 6:35 AM
"HP reports record Q2 sales, claims the #1 spot in the PC market from Lenovo" Neowin 6:36 AM
"Nvidia BattleBox To be Offered With Both Intel and Ryzen Processors" Guru3D 6:51 AM
"Hybrid cloud is the way to go, claims IBM executive: When adopting cloud technology, the public is looking for private and public services under a single infrastructure. an IBM executive claims hybrid is the solution" The Indian Express 6:59 AM
"Gigabyte's Skylake-X And Kaby Lake-X Aorus Gaming Motherboards Leak Ahead Of Computex" HotHardware 5:29 PM
"On this day 22 years ago, Bill Gates wrote his legendary 'Internet Tidal Wave' memo" Fast Company 5/26
"Is Microsoft following Google's lead on AI?" Windows Central 5/26
"Build 2017: Microsoft wants to avoid 1984" BetaNews 5/26
"Windows 10 Creators Update: Microsoft's latest update fixes a load of bugs" ZDNet 5/26
"Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet Gets Its May 2017 Firmware Update - Download Now" Softpedia 5/26
"Microsoft and IBM among leading businesses headlining Newcastle Innovation Festival" B Daily 5/26
"Check out the evolution of mobile apps from IBM Simon to Snapchat" phoneArena 5/26
"Signal of change / IBM delivers blockchain carbon management" The Futures Centre 5/26
"IBM, Vmware to launch centre of excellence in India" CNBC: MoneyControl 5/26
"Wall Street moves past latest Dow 'panic attack'" USA Today 5/26
"Wall St. drifts before long weekend, but consumer stocks up" Reuters 5/26
"U.S. Stocks Rise, Buoyed by Consumer-Discretionary Sector: Oil falls, weighing on commodity-sensitive companies, after OPEC extends output cuts by less than some investors had hoped" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/26
"Nikkei slips below 20,000, Aussie stocks also fall on weak oil prices: Australian and Japanese stocks again lagged behind other Asian equities on Friday, with oil's sharp overnight pullback putting pressure on those equities." MarketWatch 5/26
"European stocks close lower as oil, auto shares pull back: European stocks finished lower Friday, leaving the regional benchmark with a tiny weekly loss, with oil and gas shares pushed down on disappointment stemming from OPEC's agreement to extend production cuts." MarketWatch 5/26
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