"Bluetooth streaming problems introduced in Apple's iOS 9.2 remain, have wide ramifications" AppleInsider 7:09 AM
"Brian Hall: Apple 'doing their customers a disservice' claims the General Manager of Microsoft Surface" WinBeta 7:04 AM
"Apple will reward hackers $200,000 in bug bounty program: Apple will offer bounties for vulnerabilities found in some of its hardware and software" ITP Technology 7:11 AM
"Apple finally paying researchers who find bugs in its products" Stuff: New Zealand 5:12 PM
"Apple's diversity report is better than that of most tech companies — with one exception: Overall diversity looks good, but it's not the whole story." Vox 9:57 AM
"Apple Gets Feds' OK To Start Selling Electricity" CIO Today 1:57 PM
"Apple acquires artifical intelligence startup Turi for reportedly $200 million" ZDNet 5:12 PM
"Apple buys a Seattle-based AI startup for $200 million: The startup called Turi specializes in machine learning." Engadget 8/6
"Apple Buys Machine-Learning Startup Turi: Business formerly known as Dato offers software to let other companies create machine-learning apps" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/6
"Woman drops iPhone from airplane, finds it undamaged in Vancouver, B.C., park" GeekWire 5:21 PM
"Exclusive: Apple acquires Turi in major exit for Seattle-based machine learning and AI startup" GeekWire 8/5
"Apple acquires Turi, a machine learning company" TechCrunch 8/5
"Apple Acquires Machine Learning and AI Startup Turi" MacRumors 8/5
"Apple buys machine learning startup Turi" The Verge 8/5
"Apple targets AI abilities with Turi deal" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Apple Mulls Building in $1 Billion Data Center in Da Nang" BizLive: Vietnam 8/5
"Apple reportedly planning $1B database center and R&D facility in Vietnam" AppleInsider 8/5
"How the New iPhone Could Quash Wireless Price Hikes: Apple's latest phone, due this fall, may force big players to reconsider timing of increases" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Apple given all-clear to sell energy from solar farm" BBC 8/5
"Apple Gets Approval to Sell Wholesale Energy as Tech Giants Blaze Renewable Trail" The Mac Observer 8/5
"Report: Apple Developing Universal Digital Television Guide for Apple TV" MacTrast 8/5
"Report: Apple Prepping TV Guide for Streaming Apps" PC Magazine 8/5
"Microsoft is changing its toy gun emoji to a revolver — the exact opposite of Apple" Business Insider 8/5
"Microsoft's new emojis include different skins tones and families. And a gun" CNET 8/5
"Calvin Klein, Designers Back Apple in Samsung Patent Fight: More than 100 designers and educators signed an amicus brief showing support for Cupertino." PC Magazine 8/5
"Apple Store app now touts products based on your buying history" CNET 8/5
"Accessibility Software Suffers Following Apple's Faceshift Acquisition" MacRumors 8/5
"Niantic explains why it had to shut down Pokemon Go trackers" BGR 8/5
"Spotify launches Release Radar as its battle with Apple Music continues [Poll] 9to5Mac 8/5
"Today in Apple history: Beginning of the end for clone Macs" Cult of Mac 8/5
Non-Apple News
"Security Flaw Discovered In Samsung Pay" UberGizmo 9:08 PM
"Pokémon Go crosses $200M in global revenue one month into launch" TechCrunch 9:06 PM
"Password Hacking Forces Big Tech Companies to Act: Twitter, Facebook and others react to stolen credentials, in some cases risking the loss of users by making them reset their password" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"The world's first website went online 25 years ago today" Telegraph 8/6
"iPhone 7 to come with 4K video improvements and other cool new features according to leak" 4K News 6:30 PM
"Apple MacBook Pro 2016 news: Features and release date" Christian Daily 7:00 AM
"The iPhone 7 Could Ship With Low Power Bluetooth EarPods Claim Those Close To Matter" WCCF Tech 8/6
"4K Video Emerges Online Depicting Three Versions of iPhone 7" MacRumors 8/6
"iPod touch 7th-gen release clues point to 2017 10th Anniversary" Product Reviews Net 8/6
"Apple Loop: iPhone 7 To Launch September 9th, On Sale During September, Here Are The New Features" Forbes 8/6
"New tvOS 10 update release date & new features: 8 cool new features coming to your Apple TV soon | tvOS 10 Beta 4 rolls out: all the details | Upgraded Remote app" Macworld UK 8/6
"Apple Considers Advancing the iPad's Smart Keyboard with a Secondary Touch Display" Patently Apple 8/6
"Video shows working version of what appear to be official Apple Lightning Earpods" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Another hands-on video shows genuine-looking, working Lightning EarPods in action" iDownload Blog 8/5
"Video Shows Apple's Lightning Earbuds in Action" The Mac Observer 8/5
"Report: Apple developing custom low-energy Bluetooth chip for its own wireless headphones, may launch with iPhone 7" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Apple's 'iPhone 7 Plus' predicted to face supply constraints due to new dual-lens camera" AppleInsider 8/5
"There's no such thing as iPhone ransomware, but hackers are still making people pay" BGR 8/5
"iOS Hacker Luca Todesco shows off device jailbroken on iOS 9.3.4" iDownload Blog 8/5
"Apple slams door on jailbreakers with iOS 9.3.4 update" ZDNet 8/5
"Apple iOS 9.3.4 Breaks Pangu's Jailbreak: Install Now Before It's Too Late" Forbes 8/5
"Apple iOS 9.3.4 Is Now Available: What Is Included In The Update?" Forbes 8/5
"If you only do one thing today - update your iPhone right NOW" Express UK 8/5
"Apple's ageing Mac line-up reflects bigger picture" Geekzone 9:08 PM
"Cassandra: Vacation Embers -A few Negatives" eXtensions 11:27 AM
"A dual-lens iPhone 7: 3 reasons you don't want it: and 2 why you do/Commentary: The iPhone needs a better camera but this isn't a magic bullet." CNET 9:45 AM
"Here's why Apple doesn't care about updating Macs" ZDNet 8/5
"Apple And Talking Smack About Security" Mac360 8/5
"Reading the Apple tea leaves for what's coming this fall: A new iPhone and Watch are almost certain this fall, but how about a Mac with Touch ID?" Computerworld 8/5
"New emoji add gender parity and a more realistic drawing style in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra" Macworld 8/5
"Samsung designers must love their Apple Watch" Computerworld 8/5
Non-Apple
"Studies show people use only 5 apps on their smartphone" VentureBeat 4:34 PM
"Why we'll be stuck with low-accuracy AR for a while" VentureBeat 8/6
"Snapchat's biggest threat is its own design: Why Snapchat needs to start stealing from Instagram" The Verge 8/6
"History of the World Wide Web - 25 years in 25 pictures" Telegraph 8/6
"For a Relaxing Vacation, Look to the Data: People are using Fitbits, smartphones and other wearable technology to track leisure goals like limiting computer use and working out more" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Eventually, AI Agents Will Put Even Authors Out of Work" The Mac Observer 8/5
"Knocking down the data silos to build better data systems" ReadWrite 8/5
"This is how I know Samsung will ditch the headphone jack" iDownload Blog 8/5
"MSI's desktop GPU-equipped laptop is one helluva gaming and VR rig" VentureBeat 8/5
"LastThink Releases Online Tunisia TV 4.5 for iOS" prMac 8/6
"In anticipation of the iPhone audio jack apocalypse, Audeze have launched a brilliant set of headphones that connect through the charging port" Daily Mail (UK) 8/6
"Apple Launches Official 'Rio 2016' App Store Section" MacRumors 8/6
"The Week in iPad Cases: Design your own DODOcase folio" Macworld 8/6
"Coming August 6: Gene Steinberg meets blogger/podcaster Kirk McElhearn and TechnoBuffalo's Sean Aune, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/5
"LastThink Releases Online Jamaica TV 4.5 for iOS" prMac 8/5
"You can finally buy a rainbow Pride Apple Watch band just like Apple's exclusive employee bands" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Incipio acquires Griffin, another popular Apple accessory maker following Incase purchase" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Here are all of the banks that currently support Apple Pay" iMore 8/5
"Apple Music arrives in Korea and Israel ahead of competition" Mashable 8/5
"Battery pack sales doubled after Pokémon Go's release" The Verge 8/5
"Best lenses and lens kits for shooting video on your iPhone" iMore 8/5
"Disney launches child-focused messaging app w. built-in games & safety features" 9to5Mac 8/5
"Matias Tactile One: it's a Mac keyboard, it's an iPhone keyboard" Apple World Today 8/5
"Microsoft suggests temporary work-around for Gmail issue" MS Poweruser 6:52 AM
"HP Elite X3 Specifications and Price: To Release in US next month" The Reporter Times 6:58 AM
"Radeon RX 470 Features GCN 4.0 and Priced at just $179, Reviews Already Available" MobiPicker 6:59 AM
"IBM's Powerful Watson AI Sniffs Out Rare Form Of Leukemia In Japanese Patient" HotHardware 5:10 PM
"HP made a backpack that can recharge your laptop: The HP Powerup Backpack" The Verge 9:06 PM
"Xbox One controllers and Windows 10 PCs: It's all a mess right now/Issues with Windows Anniversary update, Bluetooth limits on new Xbox One S pads." Ars Technica 8/6
"Windows 10 Rollback Window Drops To Just 10 Days Instead Of 31" Tech Times 8/6
"Decades Old Windows Password Flaw Is Still Haunting Windows 10 Users" HotHardware 8/6
"Ransomware Mimics Windows Activation Screen, Uses Poisoned Search Results: Unlock code discovered, users can bypass the scam" Softpedia 8/6
"Microsoft makes it easier to convert Chrome extensions for Edge with new tool" Neowin 8/6
"Shoot the messenger: Microsoft reignites emoji gun debate with new pistol icon" Digital Trends 8/6
"HP Elite x3 expected to be available for online orders in US early next month" GSMArena 8/6
"A supercomputer is taking on humans in a hacking contest at DEF CON: The supercomputer, called Mayhem, is taking part in this year's Capture the Flag contest" IDG News Service 8/6
"Apple Stock Up After Announcing 'Security Bounty' Program" TheStreet 8/5
"Apple Issued the Most High-Grade Bonds Last Wrek" Market Realist 8/5
"Where Is Apple Trading Compared to Its Moving Averages?" Market Realist 8/5
Industry News
"S&P 500, Nasdaq ring up records after stellar jobs report: Dow component Merck & Co surges to close up 10% after its rival failed a late-stage drug trial" MarketWatch 8/5
"S&P 500, Nasdaq Score New Record Highs as Jobs Report Supports Economic Recovery: Stocks secure robust gains by market close Friday after the latest labor market snapshot breezes past expectations, providing solid evidence for the U.S. economic recovery." TheStreet 8/5
"Nasdaq beats its year-old closing high, S&P 500 hits record, too" USA Today 8/5
"Strong Jobs Data Catapults S&P to Record High: U.S. stocks surged on Friday, with the S&P 500 touching a record intraday high after a second straight month of robust labor market data brightened the economic outlook." Reuters 8/5
"Nasdaq, S&P 500 Hit Records as Strong Jobs Report Fuels Stocks: Nonfarm payrolls up 255,000 in July, unemployment rate at 4.9%" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/5
"Asian markets rev up after BOE's aggressive moves: Asian shares gained moderately Friday following aggressive easing by the Bank of England. However, many investors held fire on trades as they awaited U.S. jobs data, which will offer another clue to the timing of rate increases by the Federal Reserve." MarketWatch 8/5
"European stocks rise the most in 3 weeks, but ends week lower: MarketWatch" MarketWatch 8/5
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