"The David Rubenstein Show: Tim Cook/Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about working with Steve Jobs, the values at Apple, including privacy and equality, and if he'd run for president. He speaks with David Rubenstein on 'The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations,'" [Video] Bloomberg 8:41 AM
"Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones: Inc said on Wednesday it will change its iPhone settings to undercut the most popular means for law enforcement to break into the devices. The company told Reuters it was aiming to protect all customers, especially in countries where phones are readily obtained by police or by criminals with extensive resources, and to head off further spread of the attack technique." Reuters 4:11 PM
"Apple confirms iOS 12"s 'USB Restricted Mode' designed to thwart police seizures" AppleInsider 4:46 PM
"Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Crack Devices" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:46 PM
"Apple's Airpods Are an Omen: The company's slick, wireless earbuds work great, but they foreshadow startling changes to the social fabric." ["Worrying about losing something is a good sign that you feel endeared to it. And, like so many others, I am: The Apple AirPods might be the best product Apple has produced in years."] The Atlantic 7:44 AM
"The Mac gaming landscape remains dire, with no improvements in sight" AppleInsider 10:25 AM
"AI At The Edge: Apple's Smartphone Leadership" Seeking Alpha 1:19 PM
"Would Apple ever make a convertible MacBook? The future of the Mac will see an influx of iOS apps. Could that lead to a change in Mac hardware design?" Macworld 8:10 AM
"6 reasons you should switch to Safari in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave" Cult of Mac 3:12 PM
"Dark mode in macOS Mojave shows just how much the Windows one sucks" iMore 1:23 PM
"Why I just started caring about macOS: In terms of practical, useful new features, macOS Mojave surprisingly outshined the new iOS during Apple's on-stage demos at WWDC." Fast Company 9:59 AM
"Apple Orders Hilde Lysiak Series From Dana Fox, Dara Resnik" Variety 1:19 PM
"Apple Gives Straight-to-Series Order for Drama on Child Journalist Hilde Lysiak" MacRumors 1:23 PM
"Apple quietly closed an important privacy loophole while preaching about its data protection credentials" Bloomberg 8:53 AM
"Apple bans developers from creating, selling user Contacts databases: One less thing developers can do with Contacts information after they have it." Ars Technica 9:11 AM
"Apple bans developers from harvesting user contact details from App Store" Telegraph 8:20 AM
"Apple Holds Pole Position in the 'True' Wireless Headphone Category" Futuresource Consulting 12:12 PM
"Apple's got you by your ears..." Apple Must 12:13 PM
"First Apple Store in Israel could be planned for skyscraper in Tel Aviv" 9to5Mac 11:20 AM
"Murder trial delayed for 'unprecedented, critical' Apple Watch evidence" Cult of Mac 8:47 AM
": iPhone X spends week in a river before being returned to owner in working condition" Pocketnow 9:26 PM
Non-Apple News
"Mozilla may be working on a voice-controlled browser: An internal meeting hinted at the nonprofit's ambitions." Engadget 7:57 PM
"DxOMark says it has received money offers for review coverage" Android Authority 2:31 PM
"Facebook releases new privacy safeguards after ceding to pressure from advertisers" Reuters 1:13 PM
"Vivo will actually sell a smartphone with a pop-up front camera: Why have a notched smartphone when your camera can just pop up when you need it?" Ars Technica 11:23 AM
"USB-IF and Fast Charging: New Standard Logo with Wattage Listed" AnandTech 11:20 AM
"Samsung sets to introduce foldable mobile: Foldable phones are coming — it's only a matter of time — and Samsung Electronics will be the first company in the world to put one on the market, possibly as soon as next year." The Korea Times 10:27 AM
"Inside Amazon's $3.5 million competition to make Alexa chat like a human" The Verge 8:41 AM
"Intelligent machines will 'end human evolution', says tech boss" Telegraph 8:20 AM
"VR games can look amazing with this game-changing imaging tech" CNET 8:07 AM
"Kim Kardashian West thinks she's persuaded Jack Dorsey to let you edit tweets" CNET 8:06 AM
"How Maps Became the New Search Box" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:02 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The Dalrymple Report: WWDC, Siri Shortcuts, and hockey with Dave Mark" The Loop 9:01 PM
"The AR Demo and the Benefits of Surveillance Capitalism -ACM 466" The Mac Observer 5:16 PM
"Macworld Podcast: Join us on Thursday, June 14, at 10 a.m. Pacific" Macworld 4:14 PM
"#245: Guinea Pig Hate Mail/The WWDC announcements that delighted us, whether Memoji will stand the test of time, the Apple news that didn't happen, and the appeal of attending a conference like WWDC." Relay FM: Clockwise 1:18 PM
"John's Mac mini Idea, AltConf and WWDC 2018 Interviews -TMO Daily Observations 2018-06-13" The Mac Observer 1:01 PM
"Thirteen Lucky Years of MGG – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 713" The Mac Observer 12:23 PM
"Smile Turns 15: An Interview with Greg Scown" 512 Pixels 9:56 AM
"Review of the Roli Lightpad Block M pocket-sized MIDI controller" Apple World Today 3:13 PM
"ClearCal is a practical, inexpensive way to protect an Apple Watch screen" Apple World Today 7:49 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Hands-On With iOS 12"s New Screen Time Feature With App Usage Stats, App Limits and More" MacRumors 3:13 PM
"iOS 12 beta: Is it faster than iOS 11? Apple made a big deal of how iOS 12 would be faster than iOS 11, especially on older devices. But does the beta show signs of delivering this much-needed performance boost?" ZDNet 9:01 AM
"'Reignman' Review – A Roguelike RPG For the Master Strategist – TouchArcade" Touch Arcade 10:02 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"iOS 12: How to toggle USB Accessories" 9to5Mac 9:01 PM
"How to make group FaceTime calls on iPhone, iPad, and Mac" iMore 2:14 PM
"24 charming minutes with Tim Cook" Apple 3.0 5:07 PM
"What's the Deal With AirPower?" ["...it's hard not to draw the conclusion that something has gone seriously wrong with this product."] Daring Fireball 3:13 PM
"Hackers can summon Cortana to break into Windows 10 PCs" The Verge 8:14 AM
"Cortana can be used to hack Windows 10 PCs: The lock screen isn't so secure after all." Engadget 2:44 PM
"Microsoft Office is getting a new, simpler look" CNNMoney 8:11 AM
"Microsoft just redesigned Office to make it simpler — here are the biggest changes" CNBC 8:56 AM
"Microsoft is Redesigning the Office User Interface" Thurrott 8:21 AM
"Microsoft planning to unveil HoloLens 2 this year" The Verge 8:41 AM
"Microsoft's Surface Pro 6 will reportedly be 'heavily redesigned' for 2019 debut" The Verge 8:56 AM
"Budget Surface 'spotted' in Microsoft's crystal ball" The Register 8:02 AM
"IBM SAP Partner To Build Clouds For 'Highly-Regulated' Business" Forbes 7:57 AM
"Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune" The Register 4:14 PM
"Another day, another Intel CPU security hole: Lazy State" ZDNet 8:10 PM
"Intel makes it a three-way race with AMD and Nvidia on graphics chips" MarketWatch 8:13 AM
"Intel's First (Modern) Discrete GPU Set For 2020" AnandTech 8:46 AM
"Intel confirms it'll release GPUs in 2020" The Register 8:01 AM
"Intel will take on Nvidia and AMD with dedicated GPUs of its own starting in 2020" The Next Web 1:23 PM
"AMD and Nvidia, the two biggest manufacturers of graphics chips, are getting a new competitor — Intel" Business Insider 11:22 AM
"Intel Moving Into Rich Market for Discrete GPU Chips by 2020" eWeek 7:50 PM
"Nvidia will open deep learning research lab in Toronto" VentureBeat 11:20 AM
"Qualcomm to keep server CPUs but avoids head-on Intel battle" The Register 8:01 AM
"Oracle Updates Autonomous Cloud Services, Data Integration" eWeek 7:38 PM
"Oracle rolls out free tool to track health of the internet" ZDNet 1:12 PM
"Oracle expands autonomous PaaS offerings: Oracle announced availability of a number of platform services with built in automation earlier this year, and is now expanding the services to more clouds." ZDNet 9:11 AM
"How Cisco, Intel and others negotiating better health deals for their workers with Stanford" Silicon Valley Business Journal 9:07 AM
"Cisco Live 2018: WebEx Teams improves collaboration for remote workers says Cisco" [Video Report] TechRepublic 10:03 AM
"Cisco Live 2018: 5G focus on making new revenue for carriers" ZDNet 2:13 PM
"Semiconductor assembly process breakthrough could lead to more energy-efficient devices" V3 8:21 AM
"How Red Hat Linux is helping reclaim the fastest supercomputer title for the US: It's not just the chips in the Department of Energy's record-breaking Summit supercomputer, which is setting new speed records; it's also Red Hat Enterprise Linux." ZDNet 1:13 PM
"Stock market slumps after Fed lifts rates for second time in 2018" MarketWatch 4:13 PM
"Stocks Sell off Into Close, End Down More Than 100 Points After Rate Hike: Stocks end down more than 100 points after Fed hikes rates, see more to come." TheStreet 4:13 PM
"Tech Stocks Fade As Fed Raises Rates; Signals Faster HIkes Ahead" Investor's Business Daily 4:13 PM
"Stocks cautious ahead of Fed decision" FOXBusiness 8:58 AM
"U.S. Stocks Slip After Fed Decision: Officials pencil in a total of four rate increases for this year, up from three increases projected in March" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:12 PM
"Asian stocks decline, with Fed rate decision in the pipeline: Automakers boost Nikkei; ZTE plunges in Hong Kong" MarketWatch 8:57 AM
"European stocks inch higher as traders brace for Fed's next move" MarketWatch 8:57 AM
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