"PSA: Here's how to check for – and remove – the Mac malware mshelper" 9to5Mac 5/18
"How to find and remove the 'mshelper' malware on your Mac: If you're Mac is slower than usual, experiencing battery drain, and constantly running its fans, you might be affected by a new piece of malware." iMore 5/18
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to use a network gateway to share files: With AirPort base stations out of production, there is a way to create a network file server with a non-Apple router." Macworld 5/18
"Mac tip: A foolproof way to eliminate unwanted email" Apple Must 5/18
"How to Convert Several Images into a Single PDF Using Preview" MacRumors 5/18
"macOS: Scrolling in Safari With Keyboard Shortcuts" The Mac Observer 5/18
"Add Web Links To the Desktop, Dock and Menu Bar" MacMost 5/18
Op/Ed
"Screwing Your Vocal Minority: Twitter's old habits die hard" 500ish Words 9:39 PM
Press Releases
"Point In Space Announces FileMaker 17 Cloud Hosting Availability" Point In Space 5/18
"Apple III introduced, May 19, 1980" EDN Network 10:04 AM
"Developers Union urges Apple to allow free app trials, make it easier to earn a living" AppleInsider 5/18
"App Store Developers Form a 'Union' Ahead of WWDC Calling for Free App Trials, Better Rates" MacRumors 5/18
"The Developers Union Forms to Give Indie Developers a Voice to Apple" The Mac Observer 5/18
"The Developers Union wants Apple to fix the App Store" Neowin 5/18
"Apple iPhone X best-selling smartphone, Xiaomi enters top 3 models" IANS 5/18
"Apple restarts Barclays, PayPal Credit financing options in the UK" AppleInsider 5/18
"Report: Google Home making gains on Alexa, Apple HomePod in 4th place - Search Engine Land" Search Engine Land 5/18
"Early Apple HomePod Numbers Don't Look Very Impressive" Tom's Guide 5/18
"Samsung mocks Apple again: This time it's poking fun at iPhone's throttling troubles" ZDNet 5/18
"LocationSmart Bug Provided Easy Access to Real-Time Location Data of Millions of Phones" MacRumors 5/18
"Apple's Steve Wozniak Dumps Facebook And Thinks Ethereum Could Be The New Apple" Forbes 5/18
"Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak laments the current deceit of big tech" news.com.au 5/18
"Want to live in a giant iPod? You can if you move to Dubai" Cult of Mac 5/18
"iPod design, iPad name borrowed for high-tech Dubai apartment building" AppleInsider 5/18
Non-Apple News
"AT&T's Dash-like smart button doesn't need WiFi" Engadget 8:29 PM
"'The Dark Overlord' Hackers Shrug Off Reported Arrest: 'The authorities have done nothing to affect our operations. None of our members have been lost to an arrest,' a member of the group told PCMag." PC Magazine 5/18
"House Democrats are collecting signatures to force a vote on net neutrality" The Verge 5/18
"Trump reportedly lobbied postmaster general to double USPS package delivery rates on Amazon and others" GeekWire 5/18
"Trump reportedly wants to punish Amazon by trying to double Postal Service rates" The Verge 5/18
"Trump reportedly tried to personally demand the Postal Service to double how much it charges Amazon" Business Insider 5/18
"How Google, Facebook will adapt to Europe's new privacy law" Associated Press 5/18
"Sonos cuts 96 employees in a bid to boost profitability ahead of IPO" iDownload Blog 5/18
"Net neutrality rescue effort is 'exercise in futility,' says Senator John Thune: The Republican is OK with policies to prevent ISPs from throttling internet speeds, but calls Democrats' current efforts political grandstanding." CNET 5/18
"Samsung Has Plans for an 'Advanced' Tablet" LAPTOP Magazine 5/18
"Razer Blade Stealth vs. Apple MacBook Pro" Digital Trends 3:03 PM
"YouTube's Lyor Cohen says to forget about YouTube's rocky past with the music industry because the real threat is Spotify and Apple" Business Insider 3:03 PM
"Samsung owes Apple $1B -- or maybe just $28M. OK, jury, what'll it be?" CNET 12:23 PM
"Upcoming Google Pixel 3 Might be the Latest iPhone X Copycat" iDrop News 12:22 PM
"Apple fans are raging that the new MacBook Pro has an unreliable keyboard — so I wrote this article with one to show you how bad it can be" Business Insider 10:03 AM
"Analyst: Apple' AR glasses could still be years away" MSPoweruser 8:30 AM
"Cheaper Microsoft Surface Tablet To Challenge Apple's $329 iPad: Report" Tech Times 8:29 AM
"Fitbit Versa review Watch rival is good but watch out for its faults" Express UK 8:30 AM
"11 reasons you should buy an Apple Watch instead of Fitbit's new $200 smartwatch" Business Insider 8:28 AM
"Making The Grade: Is Swift Playgrounds a useful tool in K-12?" 9to5Mac 8:17 AM
"Apple Glasses are still years away from becoming real" BGR 5/18
"Did Google Fake Its Duplex AI Demo?" ExtremeTech 5/18
"Samsung Compares Galaxy S9 To Very Slow iPhone 6 In New Ad" Daring Fireball 5/18
"iPhone Addiction is Our Problem, Not Apple's" The Mac Observer 5/18
"How Worried Should Apple and Spotify Be About Google's New YouTube Premium? A service that pairs ad-free YouTube with originals and a music service that's fully integrated with YouTube should be well-received, but its pricing gives Apple and Spotify a bit of a breathing room." TheStreet 5/18
"Why Are My Parents' iPhones All Synchronized Up?" Lifehacker 5/18
"Change My View: It's time for iOS devices to make the switch from Lightning to USB-C" 9to5Mac 5/18
"Hey, Apple: Fix Your Crappy Keyboards or I'm Switching to Windows" LAPTOP Magazine 5/18
Non-Apple
"Hands-on with the RED Hydrogen One, a wildly ambitious smartphone" The Verge 8:51 PM
"Ask Slashdot: Could Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Ensure Safe AI?" Slashdot 6:45 PM
"Adonit Droid Review: Your Surprisingly Precise Stylus" Forbes 6:44 PM
"Google Assistant 101: Get to know Google's voice-activated helper" CNET 11:04 AM
"The Highest-Paid CEO in the Country Reportedly Decided to Fuck Up Snapchat All By Himself" Gizmodo 5/18
"OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 3T vs. OnePlus 3: Should You Upgrade?" Digital Trends 5/18
"This is why Google's impressive object removal tool was never released" Digital Photography Review 5/18
"Frankenstein's iPhone: Control, don't be controlled/Who's really to blame for 'smartphone addiction', and who's responsible for curbing it?" iMore 5/18
"Coming May 19: Gene Steinberg meets Derek Kessler of Mobile Nations, and Rene Ritchie of iMore, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8:31 PM
"Apple Reintroduces Financing Options in the United Kingdom" MacRumors 5/18
"Commemorate the Royal Wedding with this $4,000 gold iPhone X" AppleInsider 5/18
"'Identity V' Is an Asymmetrical Multiplayer Horror Game Releasing Globally Soon on Both iOS and Android" Touch Arcade 5/18
"Arcade Junkies, Get Set for 'Halo: Fireteam Raven' at Dave & Buster's" Digital Trends 5/18
"Epic Games Details Future Updates for 'Fortnite' for iOS and Looks at Summer for an Android Release" Touch Arcade 5/18
"Fortnite iOS update upgrades game with customizable HUD, details upcoming features" 9to5Mac 5/18
"Fortnite is coming to Android this summer" The Verge 5/18
"Apple Watch Bands in Spring Collection Begin to Dwindle in Availability" MacRumors 5/18
"The new version 3 of Clean Text for iOS supports URL Schemes automation" prMac 5/18
"Apple: The Misleading Sales Data" Seeking Alpha 5/18
Industry News
"Stocks inch down, post weekly losses with trade talks, yields in the spotlight: Russell 2000 ends at a record for a third straight session" MarketWatch 5/18
"Dow Rises Slightly but S&P 500 and Nasdaq Decline as Trade Worries Continue: The Dow was the lone major index finishing in the green on Friday." TheStreet 5/18
"Stock Market Closes Mostly Lower As Boeing Helps Keep Dow Higher; Chips Lag" Investor's Business Daily 5/18
"Markets Right Now: Mixed finish for US stocks on Wall Street" Associated Press 5/18
"U.S. Stocks Edge Lower for Week on Trade Worries: Major indexes struggled as investors grappled with a range of geopolitical risks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/18
"China stocks buck a mostly muted day for Asia: Despite overnight declines in U.S. stocks on trade worries, major Asian markets finished mostly higher Friday, though gains in Hong Kong's Hang Seng, Japan's Nikkei, South Korea's Kospi and Australia's S&P 200 were capped at less than 0.5%." MarketWatch 5/18
"Italian stocks lead Europe lower as politics spook traders: European stocks on Friday retreated from an almost-four month high as uncertainty about Italian politics contributed to a downdraft in a market already jittery over trade tensions between global superpowers China and the U.S." MarketWatch 5/18
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