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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, August 10, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Your iPhone contacts list could be a vulnerable target: Check Point researchers demonstrate flaw in common database software by showing how it could be used on Apple smartphones"  MarketWatch 4:54 PM
  • "Apple's iOS Contacts app claimed to be vulnerable to SQLite hack" AppleInsider 4:54 PM
  • "Apple's iPhone FaceID Hacked In Less Than 120 Seconds" Forbes 7:29 AM
  • "Apple Watch Continues To Dominate Smart Watch Market With 46% Share In Q2 2019" Redmond Pie 8:45 AM
  • "New Apple store opens in Aventura" [Video Report] Miami Herald 8:27 PM
  • "Aventura's new Apple Store: Grand opening photos and details" 9to5Mac 5:28 PM
  • "Key Apple Health researcher departs for new role at the Gates Foundation" 9to5Mac 11:24 AM
  • "Uh-Oh! Is Apple Expanding the Restriction on NFC to Include Mobile Identity?" PaymentsJournal 7:58 AM
  • "How Apple Pay Buttons Can Make Websites Less Safe"  Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/9
  • "Apple and Eli Lilly completed research to track and identify early signs of dementia" Business Insider 8/9
  • "The smartwatch category is growing, as Apple remains dominant: Fitbit and Samsung have capitalized as well — can Google do the same?" TechCrunch 8/9
  • "Apple Card Begins Arriving to Customers, Wide Range of Credit Scores Reportedly Being Approved" MacRumors 8/9
  • "Gates Foundation snaps up top Apple Health researcher to run a new digital health group" CNBC 8/9
  • "Apple Transforms Central Park Into an Augmented Reality Gallery" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/9
  • "Hack an iPhone and Apple will give you $1 million" Mashable 8/9
  • "Apple is offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can pull off this specific iPhone hack" Business Insider 8/9
  • "Apple announces a new iPhone (and you can't have it): Pre-jailbroken iPhone for security researchers is a hit at Black Hat 2019" Computerworld 8/9
  • "HomePod Has Just 5 Percent of U.S. Smart Speaker Market" The Mac Observer 8/9
  • "Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission" TechCrunch 8/9
  • "U.S. Coast Guard Admiral gets a tour of Apple Park from Tim Cook" Cult of Mac 8/9
Non-Apple News
  • "Teen Hacker Discovers Bugs In Education Software Exposing Millions Of Student Records" HotHardware 4:12 PM
  • "12 former Facebook insiders who ditched the company and are now outspoken critics" Business Insider 8:57 AM
  • "To prevent disasters like the Capital One hack from happening again, experts say Amazon Web Services could do more to protect customers from themselves" Business Insider 7:44 AM
  • "Blow out your knee? Hope your surgeon's got a VR headset: VR gets much-needed validation as a surgical training tool." Ars Technica 7:44 AM
  • "Amazon Echo devices are assembled by teenagers forced to work overtime hours" BGR 8/9
  • "Ajit Pai loses another court case as judges overturn 5G deregulation" Ars Technica 8/9
  • "YouTube lets biggest stars off the hook for breaking rules, moderators say: Moderators say YouTube overrode them when high-profile creators went too far." Ars Technica 8/9
  • "Ring Partnerships With Police Are 'Troubling,' Home Security Lobbyists Say" Vice 8/9
  • "Reports say White House has drafted an order putting the FCC in charge of monitoring social media" TechCrunch 8/9
  • "Trump announces that the US won't be doing business with Huawei" Business Insider 8/9
  • "Trump is drafting an order to regulate Facebook and Twitter for bias: 'They're treating conservatives very unfairly,' says Trump" The Verge 8/9
  • "The White House is drafting an executive order to take on 'conservative bias' on social media platforms" Business Insider 8/9
  • "New Saefko Trojan focuses on stealing your credit card details, crypto wallets: The multi-tool malware is being sold on the Dark Web." ZDNet 8/9
  • "Walmart, ESPN pull violent game marketing following shootings" Ars Technica 8/9
  • "ESPN Delays Broadcast of Video Game Tournament After Mass Shootings" Time 8/9
  • "New DoS attack exploits algorithms to knock sites offline: The attack sends junk data to algorithms for processing." Engadget 8/9
  • "Group dating app found leaking basically everything about its users worldwide" The Verge 8/9
  • "Alexa, can you tell me how many Chinese kids were forced into working nights to build this unit? Your wondrous Amazon smart speaker may be tainted with the paw prints of child labour" The Register 8/9
  • "Here's why the internet is obsessed with 'number neighbors,' a viral trend where people text phone numbers one digit away from their own" Business Insider 8/9
  • "Astronauts playing video games could save lives in space: Simulation technology to teach complex procedures is one of the fastest growing (and least covered) tech trends." ZDNet 8/9
  • "5G is safe, just like 4G and 3G, says FCC: US communications regulator will maintain the same radio frequency limits as it did for 4G and 3G." ZDNet 8/9
  • "How Huawei Is Trying to Trade War-Proof Its Software" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/9
  • "Huawei unveils Harmony operating system, but won't ditch Android for smartphones" Reuters 8/9
  • "Huawei's new smartphone operating system is 'completely different from Android and iOS'" ZDNet 8/9
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Dalrymple Report: Apple Card, Yelp, and Time Machine" The Loop 5:28 PM
  • "'A Clear Eyed Look At Dishwashers', With Special Guest John Siracusa: Special guest John Siracusa finally returns to the show. Topics include the Siri voice recording fiasco, Siracusa's epic Mac OS X reviews, and making good ice." Daring Fireball 5:27 PM
  • "Podcast: Samsung Unpacked, Note 10, Apple Card" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:45 AM
  • "Apple's ASMR Venture, LOL Samsung, AAPL Buybacks with Charlotte Henry -ACM 520" The Mac Observer 7:29 AM
  • "Macstock -Joe Buhlig On Analog Workflows" MacVoices 8/9
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 237: iOS 13 and watchOS 6 beta changes, Apple Card launch, and the upgraded Shortcuts app" 9to5Mac 8/9
  • "Streaming Service Pricing, Touchscreen MacBook – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-09" The Mac Observer 8/9
  • "Vergecast: Galaxy Note 10 appears, Disney gets a streaming bundle, and Apple uses Siri recordings" The Verge 8/9
  • "Shooting movies on an iPhone, Apple TV+ & Apple Health questions on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 8/9