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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, August 23, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple poached 'scores' of Tesla employees in recent months, but not all go to 'Project Titan'" AppleInsider 7:21 PM
  • "Isaac Asimov's Foundation Is Finally Being Made, Thanks to Apple" Gizmodo 5:36 PM
  • "'Foundation': Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Sci-Fi Trilogy Gets a Series Order at Apple" Decider 5:37 PM
  • "Apple, IBM, and Google don't care anymore if you went to college" Quartz 12:03 PM
  • "Rare Apple-1 Computer Created By Steve Jobs May Reach $300,000 At Auction" Newsweek 11:50 AM
  • "Apple Pay adds 39 more banks across the US and China" 9to5Mac 11:33 AM
  • "Development of Apple's first Australian flagship store hamstrung by heritage protection order: An Australian government body tasked with administering cultural heritage regulations in the state of Victoria this week enacted an Interim Protection Order that precludes further development of Federal Square, the site of a proposed flagship Apple store, four a period of at least four months." AppleInsider 6:33 AM
  • "Apple Pay Is Now Accepted at Costco Warehouses Across the U.S." MacTrast 7:10 AM
  • "Woman: My iPhone was seized at border, then imaged—feds must now delete data/Lawyer: 'They provided no justification for why they took the phone.'" Ars Technica 11:12 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "[Exclusive] Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Launching in India for Rs. 34,990" MySmartPrice 7:37 PM
  • "Sony's adorable new Aibo comes to the US in Sept, priced at $2,899" TechCrunch 5:34 PM
  • "Sony's Robot Dog Aibo Will March Its Paws to American Homes in September for $2,900 a Pup" Gizmodo 12:22 PM
  • "DNC cyberattack scare was just a phishing test: The test appeared to be an attack targeting a voter database." Engadget 12:18 PM
  • "Xiaomi Announces a $300 Smartphone with Flagship Specs" Thurrott 12:17 PM
  • "California's strict net neutrality bill is close to final passage: Committee passes bill, sends it to Calif. Assembly for possible vote next week." Ars Technica 11:11 AM
  • "Facebook Says myPersonality App Misused 4M Users Personal Data" The Mac Observer 10:30 AM
  • "EU considers 60-minute deadline for social networks to remove terrorist content" ZDNet 8:11 AM
  • "Russian hackers slipped up in attempt to hack senator" TechCrunch 7:20 AM
  • "Trojan malware campaign expands with attacks against new banks" ZDNet 7:16 AM
  • "Huawei: Australian 5G decision 'extremely disappointing'" ZDNet 7:12 AM
  • "Import tariffs on $16b of US and Chinese products come into effect" ZDNet 7:11 AM
  • "The memes that might get you jailed in Russia" BBC 6:42 AM
  • "Latest Pixel 3 XL Leak Shows Wireless Charging In Action, Camera Samples, More" Redmond Pie 7:21 AM
  • "Pixel 3 XL mega-leak confirms wireless charging, USB-C Pixel Buds: Google will unlikely have many surprise in store come October" The Inquirer 6:50 AM
  • "Jeremy Corbyn proposes 'digital tax' on tech giants to fund real journalism: One day Google could fund the BBC" The Inquirer 6:50 AM
  • "The memes that might get you jailed in Russia" BBC 6:44 AM
  • "Nikon Finally Drops Its Z7 and Z6 Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras, and There's a Lot to Look Forward to" Gizmodo 6:51 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Lisa Brennan-Jobs details life with Steve In interview promoting memoir" AppleInsider 6:04 PM
  • "Facebook's iPhone Activity Tracking, Apple Kills Back to My Mac -TMO Daily Observations 2018-08-23" The Mac Observer 2:15 PM