"Apple CEO Cook says he doesn't see China targeting Apple in U.S.-China trade dispute" Reuters 7:33 AM
"Apple Store Overcrowding Is A 'Good Problem' Worth Solving" RetailWire 7:44 AM
"Apple's Pro products are becoming less and less attainable for the professionals they're made for: If you buy one of every Pro product Apple makes, it'll cost $25,000." Macworld 7:46 AM
"Apple Will Come to Regret Promoting Itself as a Protector of Consumers: Apple CEO Tim Cook has been making the case that big technology companies should be regulated. Of course, at the time, he meant businesses other than Apple." TheStreet 8:42 AM
"Apple is being sued by a pair of app makers, and the timing could not be more awkward" Business Insider 8:10 AM
"Dashboard dead? Apple kills off widget app in macOS Catalina beta" ZDNet 7:29 AM
"Still sniggering at that $999 monitor stand? Apple just got serious about the enterprise: Azure Active Directory integration and super secret APFS volumes? Oh my" The Register 8:09 AM
"What happens to your iTunes library in macOS Catalina? Apple killed iTunes, but your old music and other iTunes files should still be in macOS Catalina." iMore 8:18 PM
"Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 84 With New Favorites Design, Weak Password Warnings and More" MacRumors 1:08 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Apple has pushed an update to Mojave's TCC privacy protection data" Eclectic Light Company 8:34 AM
"macOS Catalina and iPadOS 13 hands-on: Lots of good reasons to upgrade" VentureBeat 11:06 AM
"Hands on with our favorite features in macOS Catalina" AppleInsider 8:19 AM
"macOS Catalina makes big changes to syncing" iDownload Blog 1:09 PM
"How iPhones and iPads back up & synchronize with iOS 13 and macOS Catalina: With macOS Catalina, Apple's iTunes has been broken up into discrete apps. Alongside that action, is the migration of iPad and iPhone synchronization to someplace obvious —the Finder itself." AppleInsider 8:32 AM
"How to easily record audio on your Mac using either of its 2 simple recording apps" Business Insider 11:54 AM
"Professional data recovery software for Mac and Windows: Recoverit 8.0 Review" AddictiveTips 8:25 AM
"The best iTunes alternatives for Mac" Digital Trends 8:41 AM
"How to simulate master page text guides in Pages for macOS" Macworld 8:19 AM
"What's That Keyboard Character Called?" MacMost 9:02 AM
Op/Ed
"iOS Inter-App Audio is going away; Audiobus creator on what's next" createdigitalmusic 7:13 PM
"macOS 10.15 Catalina Deprecates UNIX Scripting Languages" The Mac Observer 5:23 PM
"Apple Shutters Iconic iTunes As Listeners Switch To Spotify" InvestorPlace 2:54 PM
"Catalyst: The iPad and Mac are tied together like never before/The potential is there for a huge wave of new apps—and a rising tide would lift both the Mac and the iPad" Macworld 9:32 AM
"Decision to break up iTunes in macOS Catalina may be well timed" Apple World Today 7:33 AM
Press Releases
"Google Chrome 75 Lands For Windows, Mac, Linux and Android With Reader Mode And Scroll Snap" HotHardware 3:52 PM
"Nervously Sweating, Astro HQ Compares Luna Display and Sidecar" The Mac Observer 2:42 PM
"Cyberduck 7 adds segmented download support for faster, less error-prone downloads" BetaNews 11:20 AM
"Compatibility of my apps with macOS 10.15 Catalina beta 1" Eclectic Light Company 8:34 AM
"Affinity Photo and Designer 1.7 adds multi GPU / eGPU support" 9to5Mac 8:30 AM
"Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook" Reuters 8:08 AM
"With an antitrust case looming, Apple's new login tool is tempting fate: Why 'Sign in with Apple' ought to give us mixed feelings" The Verge 8:20 AM
"Apple's new sign-in feature could hamper Google and Facebook's ad targeting" Business Insider 8:57 AM
"New Apple sign-ins may present issues for Facebook" [Video] Mashable 8:57 AM
"Apple, Samsung tie for first in US phone satisfaction survey" AppleInsider 4:28 PM
"iOS app developers take shortcuts on security: Despite Apple mandating developers to build end-to-end encryption into their apps, a high number of apps don't comply, according to a new report." BetaNews 9:34 AM
"Two-thirds of iOS apps disable ATS, an iOS security feature: Three and a half years after its launch, ATS is still not widely adopted." ZDNet 1:07 PM
"What Apple Arcade brings to video game micropublishers" [Video Report] ZDNet 7:29 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook takes aim at Facebook once again: 'I worry about any property today that pushes news in a feed'" Business Insider 11:06 AM
"Even Apple's Tim Cook thinks he spends too much time on his phone" CNET 10:37 AM
"It sure looks like Apple is gearing up for more cryptocurrency apps: Could Apple dapps be on the horizon?" The Next Web 8:43 AM
"When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens' AirDrop Crossfire: Anytime young people get together, the pics start flowing." The Atlantic 7:36 AM
Non-Apple News
"Hackers May Soon Be Able to Tell What You're Typing—Just By Hearing You Type: Research suggests that sound waves from typing on a phone can be intercepted and decoded" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:09 AM
"Inside the Amazon Warehouse Where Humans and Machines Become One" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:21 AM
"Amazon's helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells: Its popular Ring smart doorbells mean more cameras on more doorsteps, where surveillance footage used to be rare." CNET 9:27 AM
"It's the end of the road for Google's excellent Trips mobile app" The Next Web 8:43 AM
"YouTube will begin a giant purge of its site to remove videos supporting white supremacy, conspiracy theories and Nazis" Business Insider 11:54 AM
"YouTube Is Finally Banning Nazis, Holocaust Denial, and Sandy Hook Truthers" Vice 11:08 AM
"YouTube says homophobic taunts don't violate its policies" TechCrunch 8:30 AM
"YouTube says anti-gay slurs don't break its rules" BBC 8:09 AM
"Foxconn's delays might finally give Wisconsin the upper hand" The Verge 7:46 AM
"Robert Downey Jr. Announces Project To Clean Up The Environment Using Robotics At Amazon's AI Conference" Forbes 7:50 AM
"Play the game, save the planet: Conservationists target video gamers" Reuters 7:33 AM
"440 million Android users installed apps with an aggressive advertising plugin: New BeiTaAd adware found in 238 apps available on the official Google Play Store." ZDNet 7:30 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"WWDC Day Three – TMO Daily Observations 2019-06-05" The Mac Observer 8:21 PM
"WWDC 2019: Mac Pro, iOS 13, MacOS and more..." CNET 1:39 PM
"Stacktrace Podcast 039: 'Turn the hype level up to 11!'" 9to5Mac 1:08 PM
"iPadOS pushes Apple's tablet closer to mainstream PC replacement: The company's latest operating system marks another step in positioning the iPad as a modern laptop rival." ZDNet 3:51 PM
"Apple just unveiled a $6,000 computer that looks like a giant cheese grater. Here's everything we know so far about the highly anticipated Mac Pro." Business Insider 7:47 AM
"AMD Radeon GPUs to Boost Apple Mac Pro's Graphics Performance" Zacks 8:57 AM
"New Mac Pro is Quieter Than iMac Pro, Has Optional Wheels, and Was Kept in Top-Secret 'Stealth Enclosure'" MacRumors 2:45 PM
"Apple Highlights User Experience in New OS Lineup" TechNewsWorld 8:25 AM
"Apple just gave owners of older iPhones 4 great reasons not to upgrade to a new device" Business Insider 8:10 AM
"iOS 13 is the beginning of the end for 3D Touch" 9to5Mac 8:44 AM
"Apple doesn't want everyone to use a mouse with iPhone and iPad" Cult of Mac 8:20 AM
"iOS 13 Will Turn Your iPhone into a Mobile PS4 Thanks to DualShock 4 Support and the Remote Play App" MacRumors 8:19 AM
"Everything new coming to CarPlay in iOS 13" AppleInsider 1:24 PM
"Spotify Stations is the Pandora alternative we need" Engadget 3:49 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How the 'Find My' App in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina Works" MacRumors 8:19 PM
"How to use your iPad as a display in macOS Catalina with Sidecar: In macOS Catalina, an iPad running iPadOS can be a secondary display for your Mac with a single click using Sidecar. Here is everything you need to know to use Sidecar for yourself, when Catalina and iPadOS ship." AppleInsider 6:38 PM
"How to use Safari's download manager in iOS 13" Cult of Mac 1:09 PM
"How to recover deleted text messages on an iPhone, either from a backup or using a third-party app" Business Insider 11:20 AM
"How to use a PS4 or Xbox One controller with iOS 13 and iPadOS" Cult of Mac 11:05 AM
"Here's how to see Apple's new Mac Pro & Pro Display XR in your office with your iPhone or iPad" AppleInsider 10:24 AM
"How to change your Safari Homepage on Mac, iPhone and iPad" iDownload Blog 7:47 AM
Tips
"The Full List of Automation Triggers in Shortcuts for iOS 13" MacStories 11:08 AM
"PSA: 27-Inch iMac Appears to Have a Pricing Mistake" MacRumors 10:49 AM
"PSA: Apple AirPods can't be used to record audio with the iPhone camera app" Mashable 10:49 AM
"Installing iOS 13 Beta & iPadOS Beta Right Now is Easy, But Wait" OS X Daily 8:25 AM
"Should you install iOS 13 beta on your iPhone?" 9to5Mac 1:40 PM
"You won't need iTunes to install the iOS 13, iPadOS public betas" Cult of Mac 8:20 AM
"Apple's new 'Find My' feature is more secure but also more expensive" SlashGear 9:46 PM
"File radars early and often: The importance of developer feedback/Why should you file radars? To show Apple, given finite resources, what aspects of your shared customer experience they need to prioritize fixing. Now." iMore 9:41 PM
"Apple's Find My feature requires two devices, boasts extreme security safeguards: A report on Wednesday digs deep into Apple's new Find My service, an upcoming iOS 13 and macOS Catalina feature that leverages encrypted crowdsourced data to pinpoint the location of a missing or stolen iPhone, iPad or Mac." AppleInsider 6:56 PM
"Safari in iPadOS is almost as good as macOS [Opinion] Cult of Mac 2:43 PM
"App Developers Angry at App Store Costs Sue Apple" The Mac Observer 2:41 PM
"Apple's Developer Conference Glosses Over Developers/Words for app makers: 79 seconds. Words for the company: 2 hours, 16 minutes." Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:40 PM
"Mac Pro's lessons learned will trickle down to all 'Pro' products, says project lead" AppleInsider 1:09 PM
"Apple's new watch update is the missing piece of the puzzle the Apple Watch needed, and Fitbit should be worried" Business Insider 1:08 PM
"The Case for a 5K Thunderbolt Display" 512 Pixels 11:08 AM
"The Case for Wearing AirPods All the Time: The inconspicuous buds might make friendly interactions awkward, but they can also provide protection in dangerous situations." The Atlantic 10:45 AM
"Cassandra -Midweek Review: WWDC Notes and Comments -A New Reality" eXtensions 10:40 AM
"Developers sue Apple along lines Ben Thompson drew" Apple 3.0 10:25 AM
"Privacy No Longer a Marketing Angle for Apple, It's a Service" MacStories 10:22 AM
"Apple Throws Down The Security And Privacy Gauntlet At WWDC" Forbes 9:34 AM
"Apple's Chinese Protection During The Trade War" Tech.pinions [Paid Registration Required] 9:34 AM
"Siri's Gone M.I.A: But Apple still has some A.I. tricks up its sleeve" Medium: OneZero 9:28 AM
"D.C. antitrust fight takes Big Tech by surprise" Axios 8:44 AM
"Apple's Pro Day: The Mac Pro unveiled. The iPad unleashed. iTunes undone." 500ish Words 1:09 PM
"Apple WWDC: Two Non-Announcements that Made News" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:42 AM
"Why it makes sense to see Apple's new login button in iPhone apps that support Google and Facebook logins" BGR 8:33 AM
"3 Key Takeaways From Apple's WWDC" Motley Fool 8:33 AM
"IPhone Takes Backseat at Apple's Developer Event" Morningstar 8:33 AM
"Crowd stunned as Apple unveils new $999 monitor stand at WWDC" Mashable Video 2:44 PM
"Apple's $1000 monitor stand is a massive PR fail" 9to5Mac 8:31 AM
"Three Key Points about Apple's WWDC Announcments" Kirkville 8:24 AM
"Mac Pro's monster price tag is actually a steal" Cult of Mac 3:19 PM
"How new Mac Pro borrows from Apple's best designs" Cult of Mac 10:25 AM
"Apple is back to cheese graters because it's hard to upgrade a trash can" The Verge 8:20 AM
"Apple's New Mac Pro Is The Mac Of Steve Jobs' Dreams" Forbes 8:18 AM
"A tale of two Apple WWDC experiences/Commentary: What's the Apple developers conference like? A WWDC veteran and rookie share their wildly different perspectives." CNET 7:36 AM
Non-Apple
"Explainer: Should Big Tech fear U.S. antitrust enforcers?" Reuters 9:38 PM
"Is Technology Destroying Our Memory?" PC Magazine 3:51 PM
"How Effective Will YouTube Be in Its Latest Ban on Extremism?" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:43 PM
"Microsoft, Oracle team up on cloud services in jab at Amazon" Reuters 7:25 AM
"Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds" TechCrunch 8:30 AM
"Oracle and Microsoft unveil cloud interoperability partnership" Computing 8:51 AM
"Microsoft and Oracle Link Clouds, Bring Oracle Databases to Azure" Computer Business Review 8:51 AM
"Microsoft and Oracle connect their clouds" BetaNews 10:36 AM
"Oracle's Alliance With Microsoft Halts Its Dead-End Cloud Strategy" Bloomberg 3:30 PM
"Top execs at longtime rivals Microsoft and Oracle explain why they just came out of nowhere with a new cloud partnership: 'This is the start of a beautiful friendship'" [BI Prime] Business Insider 7:47 AM
"Microsoft CTO: Machine learning is critical already and quantum computing is closer than you think" GeekWire 1:03 PM
"Microsoft says Windows 10 passwords shouldn't expire: Time for other companies to take note" ZDNet 7:29 AM
"French police raid rail operator SNCF in probe into IBM contracts" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Intel Cascade Lake Xeon W 3000 Series Processors Launched – Up To 64 PCIe Lanes, 28 Cores, 56 Threads at 4.6 GHz" WCCFTech 8:52 AM
"Intel Unleashes Cascade Lake Xeon W 3000 Workstation CPUs, 28 Cores At 4.6GHz" HotHardware 3:52 PM
"Intel Corp Buys QuickLogic Corp" GuruFocus 8:24 AM
"AMD's Dr. Su confirms Zen 2 isn't going to be shared in its Chinese joint venture" PCGamesN 8:54 AM
"AMD and Samsung strike deal to bring Radeon graphics to smartphones" IT PRO (UK) 8:54 AM
"AMD EPYC processors expected to see rising shipments in 3Q19" DigiTimes 8:44 AM
"AMD and Samsung: A match made for mobile gaming" VentureBeat 3:19 PM
"HP Exec Notes Intel CPU Shortages Could Fuel Ryzen Sales Windfall For AMD" HotHardware 3:52 PM
"Meg Whitman happy to throw predecessor 'under the bus' over Autonomy" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 2:55 PM
"'Happy to throw Leo under the bus', Meg Whitman told HP after Autonomy buyout: Then-CEO also told Mike Lynch's people to 'grow up'" The Register 8:55 AM
"Meg Whitman accuses Mike Lynch of 'completely unacceptable conduct'" Telegraph 1:03 PM
"ACT eyes cloud with government-wide Oracle deal" ZDNet 8:50 AM
"Cisco's AppDynamics launches new partner program" CRN Australia 8:48 AM
"Cisco-owned AppDynamics rolls out AI-inspired partner program" Channelnews Asia 8:49 AM
"Cisco wil use AI/ML to boost intent-based networking" Network World 8:48 AM
"This company could win big if the U.S. regulates Apple and Google: Evercore sees app store regulation as the 'low hanging fruit,' which could bode well for mobile developers like Match Group" MarketWatch 1:03 PM
Industry News
"Stocks close higher as investors weigh conflicting economic data, rising hopes of Fed rate cut: ADP estimates just 27,000 new private sector jobs were added in May" MarketWatch 3:57 PM
"Dow Ends up More Than 200 Points as Rate-Cut Hopes Spur Stocks: Stocks gained Wednesday as Wall Street anticipation of a rate cut from the Federal Reserve increased." TheStreet 3:56 PM
"Stocks Continue Winning Streak; Indexes Get Boost From Hot Software Sector" Investor's Business Daily 3:56 PM
"Dow Industrials Extend Their Rally: Indexes rise again after notching best day in five months Tuesday after remarks from Fed officials" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:56 PM
"Nikkei leads Asian-market gains following Wall Street's rally: Stocks in Japan, Hong Kong bounce back on rising hopes of Fed rate cute" MarketWatch 8:45 AM
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