"Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple offer defense in congressional antitrust probe" Reuters 1:54 PM
"Big tech companies defend business practices in response to antitrust questions from Congress" GeekWire 1:54 PM
"Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple Push Back on House Tech Concerns" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:45 PM
"Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch: 'The Jury Is Out' on Apple News Plus" Variety 3:37 PM
"Silicon Valley's Biggest Foe Is Getting Even Tougher" ["From her perch overseeing Europe's competition rules, she fined Google more than $9 billion for breaking antitrust laws, and forced Apple to pay about $14.5 billion for dodging taxes."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:36 AM
"Apple augmented reality smart glasses: The story so far/All we know to date about Apple's plans for an augmented reality wearable" GearBrain 8:29 AM
"The Apple Card Didn't 'See' Gender—and That's the Problem: The way its algorithm determines credit lines makes the risk of bias more acute." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:10 AM
"Apple potential target of proposed bill that would limit flow of data to China" AppleInsider 8:03 AM
"No More Data Storage In China, GOP Senator's Bill Says" Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 AM
"Dreamforce 2019 Live Broadcast" [Tim Cook among speakers] Salesforce 3:36 PM
"Apple partners with 100cameras to teach Chicago students photography with iPhone" ["This fall, 100cameras, a nonprofit organization that teaches adolescents the tools of photography and the power of self expression through visual storytelling, partnered with Apple to equip DRW students with the new iPhone 11 with its advanced camera capabilities, designed for everyone to be a visual storyteller. After each program, prints of the students' photos are sold through 100cameras and 100 percent of proceeds go back to the local community partner organizations they visit."] Apple 1:39 PM
"Apple Teams Up With 100cameras to Teach Chicago Students iPhone Photography Using iPhone 11" MacRumors 1:54 PM
"Apple Pay Will Likely Stay Ahead of Google and Samsung" Market Realist 10:15 AM
"Mac-group appoints new COO and chief contracting officer" Irish Times 9:03 PM
"Teens want Apple's AirPods for Christmas more than anything? Not exactly" ZDNet 9:25 AM
"Apple's New Map, Expansion #6: Midwest + Western U.S." Justin O'Beirne 3:02 PM
"Apple's improved Maps data works its way into the Northwest" iMore 8:18 AM
"Apple Maps Revamp Rolls Out Widely in Western and Midwestern United States" MacRumors 9:51 AM
"The Morning Show's executive producers felt like early reviews were an 'attack on Apple'" The Verge 3:37 PM
"Landlord removes giant iPhone advert blocking daylight into poverty-hit families' homes" The Independent 8:09 AM
"Controversial light-blocking iPhone billboard removed from window" Cult of Mac 8:09 AM
"Ex iAd chief tells the story of how he accidentally stole Steve Jobs' laptop from his office" 9to5Mac 8:11 AM
"Former Apple Employee Shares Incredible Story of Accidentally Stealing Steve Jobs' MacBook From His Office" MacRumors 9:26 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon gets closer to getting Alexa everywhere" BBC 7:55 PM
"Disney+: We Weren't Hacked, You're Probably Using an Old Password/A number of Disney+ users have noticed strangers hopping on to their accounts, but Disney says its streaming service was not breached. One likely culprit? People re-using passwords that were exposed in previous hacks. Two affected customers explain." PC Magazine 5:26 PM
"Zuckerberg's Anti-China Rhetoric Roils Facebook Employees" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:25 AM
"Salesforce wants to bring voice to the workplace" TechCrunch 8:17 AM
"Google's redesigned 'My Devices' page now tracks computers" Engadget 8:09 AM
"'Rude' robot able to distract gamers" BBC 8:09 AM
"John Legere brought T-Mobile back from the dead. Now he's moving on" CNET 7:52 AM
"Google Shakes Up Its 'TGIF'—and Ends Its Culture of Openness: Amid leaks and protests, CEO Sundar Pichai is drastically shrinking the company-wide meeting that was once a symbol of Google's idealism." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:40 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Dr Mac and the New Logitech Mouse – TMO Daily Observations 2019-11-19" The Mac Observer 1:39 PM
"9to5Mac Daily: November 19, 2019 – Apple December event, iOS 13.2.3" 9to5Mac 12:50 PM
"The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 269, With Special Guest Casey Johnston" Daring Fireball 11:57 AM
"AppStories, Episode 139 – Interview: How Soulver Reimagined the Calculator with Its Creator, Zac Cohan" MacStories 8:29 AM
"Andy Miller | Sold 1st Co. For $275m, Future of Esports | The Eavesdrop Podcast Ep. 48" YouTube 8:11 AM
"Let's Talk iOS 318: Motion creates emotions" iDownload Blog 7:40 AM
"Lights, Keyboards and CarPlay!" The MT Show 7:28 AM
"16-inch MacBook Pro top features - a bonafide return to form [Video] 9to5Mac 8:10 AM
"MacBook Pro 16 vs. MacBook Pro 13: Is bigger always better? The 16-inch MacBook Pro is insanely powerful, but is it overkill for your needs?" Digital Trends 2:41 PM
"Initial 16-inch MacBook Pro thermal and graphics tests highlight performance gains [Video] 9to5Mac 3:23 PM
"Apple Has Lost Its Monopoly For Apple Pay On The iPhone And No One Noticed" Seeking Alpha 2:40 PM
"U.S. retail prepares for an AR holiday season" Apple Must 2:36 PM
"Apple TV+, Disney+, and Storytelling's Golden Era" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:05 AM
"iPhone users: Do you love or loathe Quick Share in iOS 13?" Computerworld 9:59 AM
"Apple Music: Will ByteDance Threaten Its Growth?" Market Realist 9:11 AM
"This is how we make slides at AppleI spent 10 years in Product Marketing at Apple and I was making in average 1 slide deck every 10 days." Medium: Adventures in Consumer Technology 8:21 AM
"Dangerous lifestyles: You're not my dad, Apple/Apple's very parental App Store decisions." Macworld 8:12 AM
"How Apple is limiting data collection on your iPhone, part 2" Apple World Today 8:09 AM
"Apple December New York Event: Exactly What Will Be Revealed" Forbes 7:40 AM
"Wedbush: Why Don Trump and Tim Apple are going to Austin" Apple 3.0 7:37 AM
Non-Apple
"Fossil Hybrid HR review: This hybrid smartwatch is off to a rough start" Android Police 10:57 AM
"Opinion: Websites Ask for Permissions And Attack Forgiveness" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:16 AM
"Stadia is a long game as Google lags" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:51 PM
"Opinion: Google needs to allay Stadia concerns — its botched launch does the opposite" 9to5Google 11:05 AM
"Why Google Stadia is a 'leap forward' for gaming, according to its boss" BBC 7:51 AM
"Streets 4.5: Street View App Adds Drag and Drop and Live Panorama Mode" FutureTap 6:23 PM
"Satechi Launches Type-C Aluminum Stand and Hub for Mac Mini" MacRumors 11:56 AM
"Documents 7 brings new design, full PDF editor, iPad multitasking features & much more" iDownload Blog 9:25 AM
"Apple Pay Belarus Begins With BPS-Sberbank" The Mac Observer 9:22 AM
"'Football Manager 2020 Mobile' and 'Football Manager 2020 Touch' Are Now Available on the App Store for iOS and for iPad Respectively" Touch Arcade 8:30 AM
"Amazon one-ups Apple with free music on iOS" Cult of Mac 12:51 PM
"Amazon Music Has a New Free Tier on Mobile" Thurrott 8:29 AM
"AMD's $799 Radeon Pro W5700 offers a potential GPU alternative for the Mac Pro" AppleInsider 8:24 AM
"Apple announces surprise NYC event for December 2" BetaNews 8:22 AM
"Apple Hosting App-Focussed Event in New York on December 2nd" The Mac Observer 8:09 AM
"WWDC app is now called the 'Apple Developer' app" Cult of Mac 8:09 AM
"VIZIO Supports Disney+ Streaming Through Apple AirPlay, and Soon Over Chromecast Built-In Starting Early December" PRNewswire 7:26 AM
"Socket Mobile Updates Capture SDK for iOS 13 Compatibility" PRNewswire 7:26 AM
"Intel officially reveals Ponte Vecchio as 'world's first' exascale GPU" The Inquirer 5:51 AM
"Forget the PS5 and ray tracing — Intel's GPU roadmap looks e-Xe-mplary" TrustedReviews 6:36 AM
"Intel sort of delays Cooper Lake but it is on time - SemiAccurate" SemiAccurate 6:38 AM
"Intel is purging in end-of-life drivers and BIOS update downloads" The Inquirer 6:38 AM
"Intel unveils new GPU architecture and oneAPI software stack" DigiTimes 6:38 AM
"AMD drops new Radeon GPU driver with support for Fortnite's upcoming DirectX 12 mode" Game Debare 6:35 AM
"AMD might reveal its RDNA 2 GPU at CES 2020 | KitGuru" KitGuru 6:35 AM
"AMD launches 7-nm Radeon Pro workstation graphics chips" VentureBeat 8:22 AM
"Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD): Growth Slowdown, But Still Better Than Its Peers" NYSE Nasdaq News 6:31 AM
"Microsoft Teams surpasses 20 million daily active users; rival Slack shares slip" Reuters 10:44 AM
"Is Microsoft Teams Eating Slack Alive? (NASDAQ: MSFT) (NYSE: WORK)" 24/7 Wall St. 11:13 AM
"Microsoft Reports Surge In Teams Users: The number of daily active users of Teams has grown to 20 million, out-pacing the growth of competing collaboration platform Slack." CRN 11:13 AM
"Microsoft embraces DNS over HTTPS to secure the web" IT PRO (UK) 10:45 AM
"Aira, Microsoft, and Moovit make public transport more accessible for the visually impaired" VentureBeat 8:12 AM
"With Xbox Scarlett's price, Microsoft won't repeat its Xbox One mistakes" TechRadar UK 6:54 AM
"HP Rejects Xerox Offer, But Remains Open to Persuasion" Zacks 6:14 AM
"Frank Azor gets a successor: Vivian Lien becomes new VP of Alienware and Dell Gaming" NotebookCheck 6:12 AM
"Scientists used IBM Watson to discover an ancient humanoid stick figure" Business Insider 6:53 AM
"IBM And Bank Of America Are Developing A Financial Services-Ready Public Cloud" Forbes 6:53 AM
"Cisco blasts sueball at 3 ex-employees it claims handed trade secrets over to same rival" The Register 8:12 AM
"Oracle vs Google will be decided once and for all in the Supreme Court" The Inquirer 5:51 AM
"Open Invention Network teams up with IBM, Linux Foundation, and Microsoft to protect open-source software from patent trolls" ZDNet 11:15 AM
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