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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Some Subway Riders Are Being Double-Charged Thanks To Greedy OMNY Scanners"  Gothamist 6:40 PM
  • "Apple Pay glitch saddles NYC straphangers with accidental charges" New York Post 6:40 PM
  • "Apple Pay Express Transit users hit with unintended charges at New York City turnstiles: A small number of subway riders in New York City this week complained of a bug in Metro Transit Authority (MTA) tap-and-go turnstiles that inadvertently activates the Apple Pay Express Transit feature on user iPhones, resulting in double billing." AppleInsider 6:17 PM
  • "Some New York MTA Apple Pay Users Are Being Hit With Accidental Charges" UberGizmo 6:36 PM
  • "Apple Is Now Scanning Uploaded iCloud Photos To Check For Child Abuse" UberGizmo 6:35 PM
  • "Apple's Privacy Officer Jane Horvath Uses CES Appearance to Defend Company Stance on Encryption and Software Backdoors" MacRumors 8:20 AM
  • "Apple made a rare appearance at tech's biggest conference and defended encryption on the iPhone" Business Insider 8:19 AM
  • "Apple's wants privacy laws to protect its users" Computerworld 9:22 AM
  • "'Mythic Quest' creator Rob McElhenney lauds Apple contributions to creative process" AppleInsider 9:34 PM
  • "CES sure has changed a lot since Apple was last there in 1992" Cult of Mac 8:19 AM
  • "An Alleged Spy App Puts Apple in a Bind: Apple and Google both banned ToTok after reports that it was a UAE government surveillance tool. After Google reinstated it, Apple has a hard choice to make."  Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:04 AM
  • "Major TikTok Security Flaws Found: The vulnerabilities, which the app says it has fixed, could have let attackers manipulate content and extract personal data." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:51 AM
  • "TikTok Bugs Could Have Allowed Account Takeovers: As the social media app continues to gain popularity, security researchers are taking a closer look under the hood." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:03 AM
  • "TikTok Confirms 'Severe' SMS Security Threat: Critical New Update Released" Forbes 7:58 AM
  • "TikTok Overhauls Community Guidelines to Ban 'Underage Delinquent Behavior'" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:03 AM
  • "Share your best iPhone Night mode photos: Apple is starting the new year by celebrating more captivating ways to shoot on iPhone with an all-new Night mode photo challenge. Users are invited to share their impressive Night mode images captured with iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max." Apple 8:23 AM
  • "GLAAD Media Awards Nominations: Netflix Leads Pack That Includes HBO, Disney+ And Apple TV+ – Full List" Deadline 10:30 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Rockwell Automation acquires Avnet to grow cybersecurity portfolio" ZDNet 9:32 PM
  • "Ring of fired: Amazon axes four workers who secretly snooped on netizens' surveillance camera footage" The Register 9:21 PM
  • "Sonos CEO will testify at a House antitrust hearing next week" Engadget 3:57 PM
  • "U.S. lawmakers say Facebook steps to tackle 'deepfake' videos not adequate" Reuters 3:55 PM
  • "France and the US have two weeks to reach a compromise over a controversial tax on Google, Facebook, and other digital companies." Business Insider 3:55 PM
  • "Quibi versus the world: Can Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman change everything about video on your phone?" The Verge 12:34 PM
  • "An uncritical Teen Vogue story about Facebook caused bewilderment about whether it's sponsored content before the entire article vanished" Business Insider 12:28 PM
  • "U.S. to outline strong support for self-driving cars at CES" Reuters 12:25 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "CES Picks, Happy Birthday Aqua – TMO Daily Observations 2020-01-08" The Mac Observer 1:42 PM
  • "9to5Mac Daily: January 08, 2020 – App Store record, new 'Shot on iPhone' contest" 9to5Mac 12:31 PM
  • "Michael Phelps interview — How Olympic athletes can take advantage of tech" VentureBeat 9:44 AM
  • "Apple's Steve Wozniak Reveals His Love-Hate With Tesla, Facebook And The Joys Of Counterfeiting" [Interview] Forbes 8:09 AM