"Trump Tours Apple Plant in Austin as Tech Giant Breaks Ground on New Facility: Apple says a new plant it will build in Austin, Texas, initially will house 5,000 employees, later growing to 15,000. The facility is expected to open in 2022." TheStreet 8:12 AM
"Apple breaks ground on $1B campus, welcomes President Trump to Austin" Austin Business Journal 3:52 PM
"Apple starts construction of new campus in Texas" Reuters 8:22 AM
"Trump meets Tim Cook at Texas plant" [Live Video] CNBC 4:00 PM
"Live: Trump tours Apple plant with CEO Tim Cook in Texas" YouTube: Fox Business 3:54 PM
"Tim Cook touts American-made Mac Pro during factory tour with President Trump" AppleInsider 5:39 PM
"Why Tim Cook made friends with Donald Trump: Cook's strange, transactional relationship has worked out well for Apple" The Verge 10:00 AM
"Apple flexes muscles as Trump, Cook tour facilities" FOXBusiness 8:31 AM
"Factbox: 'To Tim': Trump's tweets to Apple CEO Cook on factories, iPhones" ["Cook is seen as unusually deft in his dealings with the U.S. president, especially given Apple's opposition to some administration policies. One reason: Apple has kept production of the high-end Mac Pro in the United States, rather than moving it abroad."] Reuters 7:24 AM
"Trump's 2020 Campaign to Collide With Trade War at Apple Factory" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:26 AM
"AirPods Are Becoming a Platform" Above Avalon 8:05 AM
"Apple Music Gets Into the Muzak Business: The No. 2 streaming service is now providing the soundtrack for Harrods, Levi's stores" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:02 AM
"Those awful retail playlists might soon be powered by Apple Music" Macworld 10:35 AM
"How to turn off autocorrect on your Mac computer in 4 steps" Business Insider 12:28 PM
Op/Ed
"Where did the 'Reopen Closed Tab' button go in Google Chrome?" 9to5Google 11:33 AM
"Security lessons from a Mac-only fintech company: Leading U.S. municipal bond insurer calls Chrome browser plug-ins, 'A real Wild West'..." Computerworld 9:51 AM
Press Releases
"MacVoices #19245: MacVoices Gift Guide #3" MacVoices 3:11 PM
"SecureCRT 8.7 and SecureFX 8.7 Beta Releases from VanDyke Software Introduce New Enhancements for Increased Efficiency and Streamlined Workflow" PRNewswire 2:51 PM
"Apple tells government antitrust committee that it does not make a profit from repair services" 9to5Mac 8:01 AM
"Apple Tells Congress It Hasn't Been Profiting From Repairs in Response to Antitrust Probe" MacRumors 9:29 AM
"Apple says its been losing money on its repair programs" AppleInsider 11:39 AM
"AFI Fest Abruptly Cancels Apple's 'The Banker' As Closing Film Amid Controversy — Deadline" Deadline 5:43 PM
"Apple cancels 'The Banker' premiere at AFI Fest, streaming plans unknown" AppleInsider 5:44 PM
"Apple has spent 'billions' overhauling its Apple Maps app" Cult of Mac 8:27 AM
"Condé Nast's CEO still isn't sure about the impact of Apple News Plus" The Verge 8:02 AM
"Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Runs a $143 Billion Company From an iPhone. Here's Why That Makes Perfect Sense" Inc. 11:59 AM
"The Morning Show's producers say many of its critics are 'Apple haters'" Vox 8:22 AM
"The producers of 'The Morning Show', the panned flagship show for Apple TV+, blamed critical reviews on Apple hate" Business Insider 7:53 AM
"Morning Show producers blame bad reviews on 'Apple haters'" Cult of Mac 8:01 AM
"Apple premieres 'Servant,' coming to Apple TV+ November 28" Apple 7:25 AM
"For All Mankind — Creating the World Featurette | Apple TV+" YouTube 3:52 PM
Non-Apple News
"Samsung may introduce a 120Hz display with the Galaxy S11 series" Neowin 5:39 PM
"Sonos acquires voice assistant startup, says not building Siri competitor" AppleInsider 5:14 PM
"FCC chairman to propose dividing spectrum between auto safety, Wi-Fi use" Reuters 12:08 PM
"Amazon confirms police can keep Ring doorbell videos forever: But only if you give them access." Engadget 8:23 AM
"Google tries to explain its controversial health data collection program: Personal info is only seen by select people and never used for advertising, it said." Engadget 8:07 AM
"Big data is serving top tennis players a match-winning advantage" ZDNet 7:21 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"#321: Stick an Apple on It/How we store our data and notes, the impact of Apple's new Austin campus, our exposure to TikTok, and thoughts on Google Stadia's launch." Relay FM: Clockwise 1:58 PM
"Apple's New Austin Facility, 100cameras and iPhone – TMO Daily Observations 2019-11-20" The Mac Observer 1:31 PM
"9to5Mac Watch Time episode 11: An interview with the hosts of Apple Watchcast" 9to5Mac 11:22 AM
"Chris Hocking from LateNite Films Explains How His Team Used Final Cut Pro X to Edit, Mix, Grade, and Deliver the Much Anticipated Series 'Neighbours - Erinsborough High' For Fremantle Australia" fcp.co 8:20 AM
"iPhone 11 Pro review: The best iPhone you can wrap one hand around" TechRadar UK 9:51 AM
"iPhone 11 review: The cheaper iPhone is Apple's top phone for 2019" TechRadar UK 9:51 AM
"iPhone 11 vs Pixel 4: Here's how Apple and Google's newest phones compare" CNET 7:43 AM
"I tried Apple's new AirPods Pro and Sony's popular 'AirPods killer' earbuds, and if you care about sound quality, the winner is clear" Business Insider 9:54 AM
"Two 16-inch MacBook Pros in a Shootout" Bare Feats 1:31 PM
"Putting the 16-inch MacBook Pro's thermal management to the test" AppleInsider 3:12 PM
"AstroHQ's Luna Display Dongle Turns a Mac into a Second Display" TidBITS 3:24 PM
"GoPower makes it easy to charge an Apple Watch, iPhone, and another gadget simultaneously" Apple World Today 8:09 AM
"Apple TV+ Review: M. Night Shyamalan-produced 'Servant' is a creepy delight" AppleInsider 8:23 AM
iOS Apps
"Review: Photoshop for iPad Isn't Great and Hopefully Improves" The Mac Observer 1:15 PM
"Apple's Cycle Tracking: A Personal Review" MacStories 8:36 AM
"Digging into 'Minecraft Earth' — Block-building fun for your iPhone" AppleInsider 10:59 AM
"Tangle Tower Review: The game is afoot" iMore 9:29 AM
"Tim Cook has eye on 'a lot of interesting small things,' not 'anything big'" AppleInsider 9:40 PM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook 'Proud' to Build New Mac Pro in Texas" MacRumors 9:34 PM
"Tim Cook, Donald Trump, and U.S. Administration Officials Tour Contract Manufacturing Plant in Texas" Pixel Envy 6:27 PM
"Apple says it actually loses money every year on its repair programs" BGR 5:14 PM
"Here's what I've seen so far at Dreamforce, the Salesforce mega-conference that draws the likes of Barack Obama and Tim Cook while turning downtown San Francisco into 'Burning Man for people with jobs'" [BI Prime] Business Insider 2:49 PM
"Here's Apple's Next $10 Billion Business: This opportunity is hidden in plain sight, according to an analyst." Motley Fool 11:59 AM
"Apple Has Locked Guilherme Rambo Out of His Developer Account Since September" Daring Fireball 10:59 AM
"Apple has locked me out of my developer account" Guilherme Rambo 10:59 AM
"Apple Put a Hinge Sensor in the 16" MacBook Pro. What Could It Be For?" iFixit 10:34 AM
"The Morning Show's producers chalk up negative reviews to 'Apple haters'" MacDailyNews 10:16 AM
"Feature Request: Auto-Shazam on the Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 10:01 AM
"Apple is finally building a TV app for Windows because it still doesn't care about PCs: Better late than never I guess." Macworld 9:29 AM
"AirPods Pro is just the start of Apple's audio-processing revolution: In some ways, they're Apple's first dedicated AR product." Macworld 8:03 AM
"Cassandra -Mid-Week Diversion: Catalina Solution and Unwelcome Frustrations" eXtensions 7:15 AM
Non-Apple
"Does Disney Plus have parental settings?" iMore 9:21 PM
"How will John Legere's departure as T-Mobile CEO affect the Sprint merger?" Android Central 3:15 PM
"The Catch 22 for Foreigners of China's Drive for a Cashless Society" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:28 PM
"Mozilla's report shows just how awful Ring's privacy practices are" The Next Web 12:00 PM
"'Gylt' hands-on: Stadia's first exclusive game is simply spooky" Engadget 11:22 AM
"Motorola Razr: 6 burning questions we still have about this foldable phone/Battery life, screen durability and sale date top the list of things we don't know about Motorola's $1,500 foldable Razr phone." CNET 9:48 AM
"Is legal advice via AI a good idea?" BetaNews 8:20 AM
"IBM, Microsoft and Linux Foundation link arms to fight patent trolls with 'multimillion' scheme" The Register 7:42 AM
"IBM launches Cloud Pak for Security to boost cybersecurity response in hybrid environments" ZDNet 8:12 AM
"With Cloud Pak for Security, IBM serves up threat detection in a container" SiliconANGLE 10:05 AM
"IBM: The Fight Against A.I. Bias Is Never Over" Fortune 10:05 AM
"IBM develops online tool to support oncologists in Sub-Saharan Africa" ITWeb Africa 10:06 AM
"Microsoft rebukes rumors that Microsoft Teams is being used in ransomware attacks: Microsoft also knocks down rumor that hackers are using the BlueKeep exploit to install the DoppelPaymer ransomware." ZDNet 9:29 PM
"Lenovo, Intel supply first liquid-cooled supercomputer to Harvard" iTWire 10:11 AM
"Intel Director Jim Goetz Buys Up the Chip Giant's Stock" Barron's [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:10 AM
"AMD Radeon Pro W5700 7nm GPU takes on NVIDIA in workstations" SlashGear 10:13 AM
"AMD launches 'world's first' 7nm professional PC workstation graphics card for 3D designers, architects and engineers" CRN India 10:13 AM
"AMD's Zen 3 core is 'an entirely new architecture' not a Zen 2 evolution" PCGamesN 10:13 AM
"AMD Launches Budget Athlon 3000G With $49 Overclocking Support" ExtremeTech 10:13 AM
"AMD Stock's Breathtaking Run Could Be Ending Soon" Market Realist 12:37 PM
"When he was 19, Michael Dell made a smart pivot that turned Dell into a global powerhouse. 35 years and billions of dollars later, Dell explains his latest big bet in the cloud." [BI Prime] Business Insider 12:37 PM
"Dell Introduces Solutions to Expand HPC and AI Portfolio" Zacks 10:01 AM
"Half of Oracle E-Business customers open to months-old bank fraud flaw" The Register 7:53 AM
"Oracle to extend Chicago innovation lab with new technologies for construction, utility firms" Telecompaper [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:35 AM
"Oracle wants to establish data centre in Egypt's new administrative capital" Telecompaper 8:35 AM
"Cisco Shuffles Cloud, Networking Groups as Rivals Loom" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 3:12 PM
"Cisco accuses three former employees of stealing trade secrets and taking them to Poly" Silicon Valley Business Journal 8:33 AM
"Why Cisco's 'spin-ins' never caught on: Corporate backed start-ups had many advantages but they stirred up too much envy at parent company" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:21 AM
"Cisco appoints channel leaders for Africa" IT Web 8:33 AM
"Apple's stock has 'room to run' another 10%, says Morgan Stanley" Business Insider 7:53 AM
"Three factors mean AAPL stock will rise 11% in next 12 months – Morgan Stanley" 9to5Mac 8:01 AM
Industry News
"Stocks close lower on report trade deal may not be completed this year: Target and Lowe's shares rally on earnings beats" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
"Stocks Finish Lower on Report U.S.-China Trade Pact May Be Delayed: Stocks finished lower Wednesday following a report that completion of a 'phase one' U.S.-China trade deal could be delayed until next year." TheStreet 3:58 PM
"Stock Market Slammed By Trade Turmoil, But These Retailers Make Big Gains" Investor's Business Daily 3:58 PM
"Stocks sink on report US-China trade deal may be delayed" FOXBusiness 3:58 PM
"U.S. Stocks Close Lower as Trade Progress Slows: President Trump threatens to increase tariffs further if China doesn't make a deal he likes" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:58 PM
"Asian markets pull back after weak Japanese trade data: Nikkei, Hang Seng retreat; tensions set to rise as U.S. Senate backs Hong Kong human-rights resolution" Associated Press and MarketWatch 8:30 AM
"European stocks on track for worst decline in six weeks on China trade concerns" MarketWatch 8:30 AM
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