"Tim Cook encourages fearlessness, echoes Steve Jobs during Duke commencement" 9to5Mac 11:52 AM
"Tim Cook Challenges Graduates to 'Think Different' in Duke University Commencement Address" MacRumors 12:30 PM
"Apple's Tim Cook tells students, 'be fearless, demand change" Apple Must 1:17 PM
"Tim Cook Duke commencement calls out to Steve Jobs, urges grads to think different" AppleInsider 5:02 PM
"Jio files complaint against Airtel over Apple Watch service; Sunil Mittal-led firm refutes charges" Business Today 7:07 AM
"Airtel's Apple Watch cellular service compromises national security: Jio to DoT/Reliance Jio accuses Airtel of having setting up network node for Apple Watch series 3 cellular model outside India. If found guilty of violating Unified License, it might have to cough up several crores of rupees as penalties." International Business Times 7:07 AM
"Families Of EgyptAir Plane Crash Victims Claim Tragedy Was Caused By 'Overheating iPad Or iPhone'" Ubergizmo 7:08 AM
"Ralph Nader pens open letter to Tim Cook criticizing $100B buyback, suggests lowering prices & more instead" 9to5Mac 5/12
"Apple hit with class action suit over MacBook, MacBook Pro butterfly switch keyboard failures" AppleInsider 5/12
"Apple faces class action lawsuit over failing MacBook butterfly keyboards" 9to5Mac 5/12
"Apple hit with lawsuit over the 'completely reinvented' Macbook keyboard it rolled out back in 2015" TechCrunch 5/12
"Apple Slapped With Class Action Lawsuit Over Faulty MacBook Pro Keyboards" Gizmodo 5/12
"Apple faces class action lawsuit over faulty MacBook keyboards: Owners claim the butterfly switches are inherently prone to failure." Engadget 5/12
"Apple kicks out iOS apps that share location data without asking you first" ZDNet 5/12
"Apple Revenue Greater Than New Zealand's GDP As It Fights With Amazon To Become First Trillion-Dollar Company" Newsweek 5/12
"This Simple Back Door Hack for Your Mac is Exactly Why FileVault Should be Enabled" The Mac Observer 5/11
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"The Keys That Might Fix Your Mac: If your Mac greets you with a black screen, the fan runs constantly or you notice other power-related issues, a simple home solution might save you a trip to the Genius Bar." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 5/11
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"When your Mac is slowing down, try this Terminal tip" Apple Must 5/12
"Highland 2 review: So much more than just a scriptwriter" iMore 5/11
"How to Set Up Your MacBook From Scratch" Lifehacker 5/11
"Photos People: How to Add a Face Photos Doesn't Recognize" The Mac Observer 5/11
"8 Apple Notes tips for Mac and iOS you'll probably use" Apple Must 5/11
"How to Set Up a System-Wide Word Count Service on Your Mac" MacRumors 5/11
"How to tell which macOS apps are 32-bit and which are 64-bit" Apple World Today 5/11
"A Beginner's Guide to Mac Display Preferences" MacMost 5/11
Op/Ed
"BBEdit turns 25 (or 26, who's counting?)" Six Colors 5/11
"The 25 Best Mac Games of 2018 (so far and upcoming)" Mac Gamer HQ 5/11
"Feature Request: Proper, personalized album and concert alerts by Apple Music" 9to5Mac 5/11
"BBEdit Merch: To celebrate BBEdit's 25th anniversary, we're creating some special merch: T-shirts, hoodies, and more. While we're getting it ready, please help us out by letting us know what you think!" Bare Bones Software 5/11
"76-year old man sends thank-you letter to Tim Cook after the Apple Watch helped save his life" BGR 5:14 PM
"Chicago Bears team iPad stolen, MacBook pilfered from airport security and more news in Apple crime" AppleInsider 11:15 AM
"First season of Apple's 'Carpool Karaoke' will be free on its TV app: The forthcoming second season will still need an Apple Music subscription." Engadget 5/12
"A Drive Through Apple Park's Underground Parking Lot [Video] iClarified 5/12
"How an Apple Watch literally saved this man's life and why he wants more people to wear one" South China Morning Post 5/11
"How a Dallas construction company saves nearly $2 million a year by using hundreds of Apple's iPads" Business Insider 5/11
"'Carpool Karaoke' Season 1 Coming to Apple TV App for Free" Billboard 5/11
"You can now watch Apple's 'Carpool Karaoke' for free" CNET 5/11
"Apple Pay: 'Hey Siri, get me a Goldman Sachs mortgage" Computerworld 5/11
"Apple Music, Pandora Join Spotify in (Sort Of) Muting R. Kelly: Three streaming services have now removed the R&B singer's music from curated playlists" Rolling Stone 5/11
"Does Apple and Goldman Teaming Up Work? Market Recon" RealMoney 5/11
"Tim Cook will deliver Duke University commencement address this Sunday" Cult of Mac 5/11
"Olixar producing clear cases for iPhone SE 2" Pocketnow 5/11
"Bipartisan bill would make it illegal for the government to demand backdoor access to devices" 9to5Mac 5/11
"Eddy Cue selling $12 million luxury lake house" The Apple Post 5/11
Non-Apple News
"Trump in Reversal Says U.S. to Help China's ZTE Stay Afloat" Bloomberg 9:19 PM
"Cops can locate anyone's cell phone in real time without a warrant, all thanks to a privacy backdoor" BGR 11:54 AM
"Tesla's 'primary technical contact' with the feds just left for Waymo: Source tells WSJ the departure isn't connected to Tesla's Autopilot issues." Ars Technica 7:00 AM
"Valve switches on Steam Controller's mobile connection in beta: The company is gearing up for the Steam Link phone apps' arrival." Engadget 6:59 AM
"Adobe CTO leads company's broad AI bet" TechCrunch 5/12
"Cryptocurrency has been great for GPU makers—that might change soon: The cryptocurrency boom helped GPU makers score another quarter of huge profits." Ars Technica 5/12
"Firm Lets Police Look Up Phone Location Data Without a Warrant: A Securus Technologies web portal lets cops plug in a phone number and pull up real-time location data, but no one's really monitoring their activity. Sen. Ron Wyden wants answers." PC Magazine 5/11
"Microsoft's folding phone/tablet concept has three screens -- one in the hinge" CNET 5/11
"Reese Mathers, the most satisfied consumer in the world?" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 5/11
"Google will require some Android phone makers to roll out 'regular' security patches" The Verge 5/11
"Can Google Conquer the $53 Billion Smart Home Market?" Market Realist 5/11
"Google Clips gets better at capturing candids of hugs and kisses (which is not creepy, right?)" TechCrunch 5/11
"Google to warn when humans chat with convincing bots" BBC 5/11
"Google now lets you delete the search, browsing and viewing history it keeps on you" 9to5Mac 5/11
"Google updates privacy policy so you can actually understand it" Engadget 5/11
"Google: Expect email from us on our new policy on harvesting your personal data/Google will be emailing millions of its users to tell them about its redesigned privacy policy." ZDNet 5/11
"Now is the worst time to buy any MacBook laptop from Apple" Business Insider 5/12
"Munster: Apple's Paradigm Shift/'Apple as a Service paradigm will not need a super cycle for the Apple story to remain favorable with investors.' —Loup Ventures' Gene Munster" Apple 3.0 5/12
"Making The Grade: How iPads put digital whiteboards on life support" 9to5Mac 5/12
"What would Steve Jobs think of today's Apple?" ZDNet 5/12
"Video: Changes to the MacBook Pro we want Apple to make" AppleInsider 5/11
"New Apple Strategy: Partner with Microsoft For Future Battles" The Mac Observer 5/11
"5 Important Features HomePod Needed to Succeed" [Slideshow] iDrop News 5/11
"Apple's Mac mini now inexcusably getting trounced by cheap Intel hardware" AppleInsider 5/11
"Will the iPhone soon capture 3D AR?" Apple Must 5/11
"Apple is Making iPhone Hacking A Lot More Difficult for Law Enforcement with iOS 11.4" The Mac Observer 5/11
"iPhone X Users Hate Siri, Are Fine With the Notch: The iPhone X notch puzzled some longtime Apple watchers, but the design choice does not appear to bother iPhone X buyers, who hate Siri much more than the screen cut-out." PC Magazine 5/11
"iOS 12: 5 New Features It 100% Needs To Have" Know Your Mobile 5/11
"Comment: Why I don't believe the iPhone SE 2 renders but wish I did" 9to5Mac 5/11
"4 New Things Google Assistant Can Do That Siri Just Can't" iDrop News 5/11
"Android P's notification shade is so good Apple should just copy the whole damn thing in iOS 12: Seriously, this is getting embarrassing now." ["Android P's notification system isn't just better than iOS 11's, it's a completely different way of thinking about alerts and actions on our phones. And if Apple isn't already far along with a system of its own, it should—as Steve Jobs would say—slavishly copy it."] Macworld 5/11
Non-Apple
"The 6 Best Markdown Editors For Linux" AddictiveTips 11:52 AM
"Inbox zero and the search for the perfect email client: Does having thousands of unread messages drive you insane? You're not alone." Ars Technica 11:15 AM
"Time to break open AI's black box, and keep it open" ZDNet 5/12
"Google's News app is a tool for gaining perspective, not an arbiter of facts: AI, not human curation, may help us better understand the world." Engadget 5/11
"What do we even mean when we say 'Android'? One word, a multiplicity of meanings" The Verge 5/11
"The problem isn't Duplex or AI. It's Google." iMore 5/11
"Google's AI advances are equal parts worry and wonder: We cannot put off finding an answer to AI ethics any longer." Engadget 5/11
"Google I/O 2018: Key takeaways on Duplex, AI, privacy, Android/Google has clearly gone AI first, and Duplex is just one example. Here's a look at the big themes from Google I/O 2018 and what it tells us about the company's strategy." ZDNet 5/11
"Google Duplex Is Classist: Here's How to Fix It/With Duplex, the Google Assistant can trick people into thinking it's human. It's cool, but ultimately turns service workers into inconvenient interfaces. Google can do better." PC Magazine 5/11
Humor/Cartoons
"Parody of Google Duplex phone call shows the true, terrifying future of AI" Mashable 5/11
"Microsoft Finally Agrees to Replace Surface Pro 4s With Horrible Screen Flickering That Can't Be Patched" Gizmodo 12:30 PM
"Windows 10 Always Connected PCs will probably never take off in a meaningful way" Neowin 6:59 AM
"Intel Outs Z390 Coffee Lake Chipset In Support Documents, Computex Debut Likely" HotHardware 5:28 PM
"Dear Nvidia, Intel's Radeon Vega M-Equipped Processors Won Industry Support" Seeking Alpha 1:17 PM
"How 1-800-Flowers fixed your Mother's Day delivery with IBM's help" ZDNet 7:04 AM
"Arm profits halve under Softbank ownship" Telegraph 2:28 PM
"Google's flashy A.I. demo overshadowed Microsoft's focus on work: The chief scientist of Salesforce said he was impressed with how Google squeezed many AI technologies into the demonstration of the Duplex robot calling technology." CNBC 5/12
"Google Project Zero targets Microsoft Edge Arbitrary Code Guard feature" MSPoweruser 5/12
"Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Flickering Screen Issue Solved: Free Replacements Will End 'Flickergate'" Tech Times 5/12
"This is What Microsoft Said About PWAs at Build 2018" Thurrott 5/12
"Hands-On with Redstone 5: The Early Days" Thurrott 5/12
"Microsoft Windows 10 Your Phone Feature Will Mirror Any Smartphone On Your PC" HotHardware 5/12
"Some Intel SSDs may crash when updating to the Windows 10 April 2018 Update" OnMSFT 5/12
"Why it's a good thing Microsoft has given up on its own mobile OS" Pocketnow 5/12
"Are Shrinking Margins Going to Be a Problem for Apple? Apple's gross profit margin ticked down last quarter. Here's what you need to know" The Motley Fool 7:14 AM
"Apple is almost a $1 trillion company, but watch out for Amazon" Reuters 5/11
"The loudest mouth on Wall Street sticks it to the Apple doomsayers (Video)" Apple 3.0 5/11
"Foxconn April sales higher than expected" DigiTimes 5/11
Industry News
"Dow marks longest win streak in 6 months as stock gauges log sharp weekly gains: Nvidia falls after results" MarketWatch 5/11
"Dow Jumps 91 Points, Finishes Higher for Seventh Consecutive Session: The S&P 500 also rose on Friday, while the Nasdaq declined." TheStreet 5/11
"Indexes End Flat As These 3 Growth Stocks Join IBD 50; Still OK To Buy Apple Stock?" Investor's Business Daily 5/11
"S&P 500 index has its best weekly gain since early March" Associated Press 5/11
"U.S. Stocks Post Biggest One-Week Gain Since March: Fears fade that inflation will prompt higher interest rates" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/11
"Asian stock markets mostly rise as cooler U.S. inflation reading inspires 'risk-on' buying" MarketWatch 5/11
"European stocks take a breather after strong rally" Associated Press 5/11
"U.K., Italian stocks secure higher close for Stoxx Europe 600: Trump to talk drug prices on Friday" MarketWatch 5/11
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