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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, December 29, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Fortnite creator launching app store in challenge to Apple and Google: The move is aimed at curbing the commissions the tech firms levy on app developers"  MarketWatch 2:05 PM
  • "Exclusive: Ohio Man Asserts iPhone XS Max Exploded In His Pocket (Photos)" iDrop News 6:36 AM
  • "iPhone XS Max allegedly catches fire while in owner's pants" Digital Trends 4:48 PM
  • "The iPad Pro continues to sell well despite bent product complaints"  Thinknum 12/28
  • "State papers: MacSharry objected to additional support for Apple in Cork/Then minister for finance said company's record in Ireland was 'very disappointing'" Irish Times 12/28
  • "Siri Gets Much Smarter as Apple's Investments Pay Off: Apple's digital assistant just vaulted past Alexa and Cortana in an 800-question test." The Motley Fool 12/28
  • "Newly-founded Texas firm sues over Apple Pay's virtual wallet" AppleInsider 12/28
  • "Apple has been sued for Patent Infringement by a Company from Ireland using acquired patents from Sony" Patently Apple 12/28
  • "Is Apple still considering RTP for a campus? Land sale stokes speculation" WRAL TechWire 12/28
  • "Apple still considering North Carolina campus, report suggests: According to a report on Friday, a firm tied to a known Apple lobbyist recently purchase a large parcel of land in North Carolina's Research Triangle Foundation, suggesting the tech giant is still eyeing the area as the potential site of a new campus." AppleInsider 12/28
  • "Carjacking victim uses iPhone to catch suspect" WTVF Nashville 12/28
  • "Former Apple Marketing Boss Returns His Bent iPad Pro Amid 'Bendgate 2.0'" iDrop News 12/28
  • "Fake Amazon Alexa app removed from Apple App Store after fooling users" Mashable 12/28
  • "iPhone XR — Color Flood — Apple" YouTube 12/28
Non-Apple News
  • "Cyber attack hits U.S. newspaper distribution" Reuters 9:03 PM
  • "Tencent left out as China approves the release of 80 new video games" TechCrunch 6:00 PM
  • "FTC Warns Against Netflix Phishing Scam That Could Potentially Steal Your Identity" HotHardware 4:42 PM
  • "U.S. judge dismisses suit versus Google over facial recognition software" Reuters 6:34 PM
  • "Google wins dismissal of facial recognition lawsuit over biometric privacy act" The Verge 1:35 PM
  • "Going Dumb: My Year With a Flip Phone"  Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:09 AM
  • "Mark Zuckerberg's tone-deaf declaration of victory in 2018 should make everybody worry about what's going to happen with Facebook next year"  Business Insider 7:09 AM
  • "Facebook defends its moderation policies, again: It pointed out where policies and notes on meetings are publicly available." Engadget 6:55 AM
  • "Here's what happened in the world of AI in 2018" The Next Web 6:55 AM
  • "California Could Soon Have Its Own Version of the Internet" Wired 6:36 AM
  • "The Essential Phone is effectively discontinued: The company is turning its attention to its 'next mobile product.'" Engadget 12/28
  • "Under current policies, residential batteries increase emissions in most cases: Optimizing battery use to minimize emissions is possible, but generally overly expensive." Ars Technica 12/28
  • "Google opens Google Docs to people without accounts" [Video] ZDNet 12/28
  • "Mom Busts Son Using Amazon Alexa to Solve His Math Homework" Gizmodo 12/28
  • "Facebook's leaked rulebooks highlight struggles with content moderation" CNET 12/28
  • "RIP: Farewell to tech that died in 2018" [Video] CNET 12/28
  • "Is This Photo Real? AI Gets Better at Faking Images" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/28
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Ranking all the major hardware Apple released in 2018 [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 277] Cult of Mac 10:07 AM
  • "The Pornification of Software and Grading Apple's 2018 Products with John Kheit -ACM 494" The Mac Observer 12/28
  • "Do We Expect Too Much From Our Technology?" MacVoices 12/28
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 205: Apple's 2018 Year-In-Review" 9to5Mac 12/28
  • "Apple, Qualcomm, the iPhone XR, and the biggest stories of 2018 on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 12/28