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"We talked to the Apple employee who says CBP detained him and tried to search his phone and laptop: 'The most invasive search the government could possibly do'"
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"Reddit user says Apple Watch saved his life helping detect supraventricular tachycardia" 9to5Mac 10:37 AM
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"Macron's party names GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) among Europe's largest rivals on global stage" Foss Patents 7:39 AM
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"Scheme to Swap Fake iPhones Adds Up to $900,000 Loss for Apple, Prosecutors Say: The iPhone 7 at an Apple store in Beijing in 2016. Two college students are accused of costing Apple nearly $900,000 in losses with a counterfeiting scheme." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:45 PM
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"Fake Apple iPhone scheme tied to Oregon college students, feds allege" USA Today 7:40 AM
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"Apple engineer Andreas Gal suggests he was detained at border for voicing political views: Apple employee and former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal recounted a November run-in with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in an interview published Friday, saying he might have been singled out because of his political leanings." AppleInsider 4/5
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"Apple scraps plans for first Australian 'global flagship' store: Apple has shelved plans to build its first global flagship retail store in Australia, as heritage authority officials effectively blocked development of the proposed Federation Square site by declining a demolition permit application." AppleInsider 4/5
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"Apple Music arrives on Amazon Echos and Fire TVs in Blighty: Apple Music to your ears" The Inquirer 4/5
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"Apple Music subscription reduced in India in response to Spotify and YouTube Music launches" AppleInsider 4/5
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"Fake iPhone Scam Cost Apple $895K: Two Chinese engineering students imported thousands of counterfeit iPhones and convinced Apple to exchange 1,493 of them for new iPhones, which they went on to sell." PC Magazine 4/5
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"Canadian Woman Bought $6M Worth in iPhones, iPads Unnoticed for 5 Years" The Mac Observer 4/5
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"The smart speaker finally gets its killer app for business" Computerworld 7:41 AM
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"What the internet knows about you" Axios 7:27 AM
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"Dropbox uncovers 264 vulnerabilities in HackerOne Singapore bug hunt" ZDNet 7:18 AM
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"Testing Verizon's new 5G speeds exposed three major issues with the next-gen data network" CNET 7:17 AM
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"Who was first to launch 5G? Depends who you ask" Reuters 4/5
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"Teens 'not damaged by screen time', study finds" BBC 4/5
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"Samsung, Huawei getting close to iPhone, spending on camera hardware to get there: Android smartphones focusing on improved displays and cameras haven't beaten the iPhone but are narrowing the gap, suggests analysts from Cowen, with main rivals Huawei and Samsung said to be considerably outspending Apple on the rear camera assembly in each of their flagship mobile devices." AppleInsider 4/5
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"Amazon to challenge Apple's AirPods with first Alexa-powered wearable: Earbuds will let you order stuff via Amazon, natch" The Inquirer 4/5
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"Samsung launches cloud gaming service to rival Apple" Telegraph 4/5
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"Samsung expects 60 percent dip in operating profit for Q1, worst performance in 4 years: Apple 'frenemy' Samsung is expecting a bleak first quarter of 2019, with the company estimating operating income to come in down more than 60 percent on the year due to drooping memory chip prices and sluggish smartphone sales." AppleInsider 4/5
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"Samsung Q1 profit to see shock 60% decline: Samsung Electronics expects operating profits of 6.2 trillion won for the first quarter of 2019, a steep 60% drop from a year ago and the South Korean tech giant's lowest in ten quarters." ZDNet 4/5
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"Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation" GeekWire 4/5
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"Amazon is planning a 3,236-satellite strong broadband network: Prime directive" The Inquirer 4/5
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"Backdoor in popular open-source tool put 28 million users at risk: Bootstrap-Sass vuln leaves Ruby packages open to RCE attacks" The Inquirer 4/5
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"5G: World's first commercial services promise 'great leap'" BBC 4/5
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"Xiaomi's bundled security app left handsets open to MiTM attacks: Guard Provider would update via an unsecured HTTP connection" The Inquirer 4/5
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"Google pulls the plug on AI council that included Heritage Foundation leader" TechCrunch 4/5
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"Google dissolves newly formed AI ethics board: Google's external ethics board has been controversial from the start." Engadget 4/5
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"Galaxy Note 10 tipped to feature quad-camera setup: Smaller model will sport less-flashy triple-camera array" The Inquirer 4/5
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"Samsung's upcoming Q1 earnings are going to be ugly" TechCrunch 4/5
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"Panasonic Introduces Midrange Lumix G95: The G95 is aimed at enthusiasts, with a Micro Four Thirds sensor, 4K video, and many other features inherited from the upmarket G9." PC Magazine 4/5
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"The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 248, With Special Guest Peter Kafka" Daring Fireball 2:05 PM
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"How to cope with your MacBook keyboard [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 291] Cult of Mac 10:38 AM
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"Podcast: Intel Data-Centric Event, Cloud-Based Gaming" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:27 AM
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"Mac Pro Mockups, State of the CPU, and John's Cable Research, with John Kheit – ACM 508" The Mac Observer 4/5
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"Apple Music vs Spotify, AI and Special Projects – TMO Daily Observations 2019-04-05" The Mac Observer 4/5
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"Eliska Divoka On The Evolution and Capabilities of Senior Care App Oscar Senior" MacVoices 4/5
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