"Is a stronger social mission what Apple is missing? After its announcement that it's now using 100% renewable energy, can the company go further in instilling values into its mission? For inspiration, it needs to look no further than Patagonia." Fast Company 8:32 AM
"Apple to Samsung: Cough up $1bn for using our iPhone designs/Jurors will need to decide whether Apple's patents apply to the whole phone or just its components." ZDNet 10:44 AM
"Berkshire Hathaway Buys Apple as Others Flee" [Video Report] Bloomberg 7:59 AM
"Buffett Buys More Apple and Teva Shares, Dumps IBM" Investopedia 7:59 AM
"Apple's second-largest shareholder is Berkshire Hathaway" AppleInsider 8:03 AM
"It's not just Amazon: Apple quietly explores Northern Virginia for 20,000 workers" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:42 AM
"Apple Exploring North Carolina, Northern Virginia for New Campus" MacRumors 11:43 AM
"Apple is building a new campus for 20,000 employees — and we just got big hints where it could end up" Business Insider 12:09 PM
"Apple may need to fight Amazon for land to build Northern Virginia campus" AppleInsider 12:09 PM
"'ZipperDown' Flaw Might Expose Up To 100 Million Apple iPhones" Forbes 3:52 PM
"App Store discovery is climbing after the iOS 11 redesign" Business Insider 11:28 AM
"I asked Apple for all my data. Here's what was sent back: Apple gave me all the data it collected on me since I bought my first iPhone — in 2010." ZDNet 9:39 AM
"Steve Jobs speech from 1992 surfaces, talking about NeXT & Apple departure" AppleInsider 9:39 AM
"Steve Jobs just shipped two new secrets" Apple Must 2:04 PM
"LSD and other psychedelics inspired some of Silicon Valley's greatest inventions, says author Michael Pollan: Long before Steve Jobs, internet pioneers like Doug Engelbart were dropping acid." Recode 8:14 AM
"Doom's lead programmer recalls working with Steve Jobs" Cult of Mac 8:42 AM
"Apple Pay expands to over 30 more banks across the United States" 9to5Mac 8:36 AM
Non-Apple News
"It has been a bad week for encrypted messaging and it's only Wednesday: PGP and S/MIME email and Signal and Telegram desktop messages all have risks." Ars Technica 8:35 PM
"Apple Music rival Tidal accused of late royalty payments, inflating listener numbers" AppleInsider 5:21 PM
"Alarming Study Suggests Bitcoin Consumes an Astonishing Amount of Energy and It's Only Getting Worse" Gizmodo 3:59 PM
"The OnePlus 6 Looks Like the Beautiful Budget Baby of the S9 and iPhone X" Gizmodo 12:09 PM
"Senate votes for net neutrality -- enjoy the moment" ZDNet 3:56 PM
"U.S. Senate Votes to Restore Net Neutrality, Now Expected to Face Major Hurdle in House" MacRumors 3:50 PM
"Senate votes to reverse FCC order and restore net neutrality" TechCrunch 3:50 PM
"Senate Democrats Will Vote to Reverse Net Neutrality Rollback: Currently all 49 members of the Senate Democratic caucus are voting in favor, as is Republican Susan Collins, Democrats say. The House is another story." PC Magazine 11:19 AM
"What to watch: Net neutrality's end approaches" Axios 8:42 AM
"Senate votes today on rollback of net neutrality rollback" TechCrunch 8:39 AM
"Yanny vs. Laurel: What do you hear?" CBS News 8:31 AM
"The great Yanny vs Laurel debate is melting the internet" V3 8:14 AM
"Commons culture committee slams Facebook for 'disappointing' level of transparency following Cambridge Analytica scandal" V3 8:13 AM
"Samsung beefs up the Galaxy S9's color palette with red and gold: Its flagship handset will soon be available in Burgundy Red and Sunrise Gold." CNET 8:05 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Senate Net Neutrality, Nader's Whiff, Jony Watchman -ACM 462" The Mac Observer 8:32 PM
"#193: They Belong to the World Now/The future of third-party Twitter apps looks grim, but is it the end of the road? What makes an upgrade worthy of a price tag? Do class action lawsuits even matter? Should you use AirPods on planes? Does anyone like show descriptions written as hypothetical questions?" Relay FM: Connected 3:48 PM
"Designing Apple's Personal Robot, Yanny or Laurel -TMO Daily Observations 2018-05-16" The Mac Observer 1:03 PM
"Mobile Phone Creator Reflects on How We Use Our Portable Devices: I chatted with Martin Cooper, who led the team that created the first portable mobile phone in 1973 while working for Motorola." PC Magazine 8:14 AM
"Forget Windows; Microsoft is now all about the cloud: The OS is no longer the heart and soul of the company, and Microsoft knows it." Computerworld/A> 6:26 PM 6:26 PM
"Microsoft Plans Low-Cost Tablet Line to Rival iPad" Bloomberg 7:59 AM
"Microsoft Rumored To Launch $400 Surface Tablets To Take On Apple's $329 iPad" Redmond Pie 9:14 PM
"Microsoft reportedly working on $400 Surface tablets to compete with the iPad" The Verge 8:03 AM
"Report: Microsoft is going to try to make a cheap Surface tablet... again/$400 Intel-powered device reported to be coming later this year." Ars Technica 11:29 AM
"How Microsoft's cheaper Surface tablet can beat the iPad: Microsoft is building a cheaper Surface tablet to compete against Apple's iPad, according to Bloomberg. Microsoft has tried this before — and failed. Here's what it needs to do to succeed." CNBC 10:16 AM
"Microsoft blocks the rollout of Windows 10 April 2018 Update to computers with problematic Intel SSDs" BetaNews 8:14 AM
"Microsoft Focuses on Malware Protection in Latest Windows 10 preview" Digital Trends 3:50 PM
"Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Insider Preview release all about fighting malware" Digital Trends 5:30 PM
"Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month's big bugs — and no Previews" Computerworld 9:08 AM
"HP Inc.'s Revenue Growth Expected to Continue in Fiscal 2018" Market Realist 8:05 AM
"HP's EliteBooks get more portable and powerful than ever" [Video Report] CNET 8:04 AM
"HP polishes up its Envy laptops for spring 2018 - Video" CNET 8:04 AM
"Intel's First 10nm Cannon Lake CPU Confirmed" Forbes 7:58 AM
"Intel launches OpenVINO computer vision toolkit for edge computing" VentureBeat 9:16 AM
"Intel launches toolkit to bring computer vision to the edge: The OpenVINO toolkit should make it easy for developers to deploy AI models across a broad range of IoT devices." ZDNet 9:39 AM
"AMD Lands Another Exclusive Radeon GPU Brand: Meet MSI MECH" Forbes 7:32 AM
"AMD shares rise after analyst upgrades chipmaker due to Intel's manufacturing technology delay" CNBC 11:28 AM
"AMD Rallies On Nothing But Hope" Seeking Alpha 12:10 PM
"AMD's stock surges after analyst upgrades 2 months after turning bearish" MarketWatch 7:58 AM
"Oracle Buys Datascience to Boost Big-Data Analytics Offerings: The data analysis startup had raised more than $28 million in venture funding" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:42 AM
"Oracle buys Datascience.com to boost big data analytics offerings" MarketWatch 7:42 AM
"Oracle acquires machine learning platform Datascience.com" VentureBeat 9:49 AM
"Apple giants: Who bought, who sold" Apple 3.0 8:39 AM
Industry News
"Stocks stage rebound as traders shake off rising bond yields: Russell 2000 closes at record" MarketWatch 3:54 PM
"Dow Closes Higher as Wall Street Weighs Rising Rates: The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all rose on Wednesday." TheStreet 3:54 PM
"Technology, Consumer Stocks Lead Gains, But Cisco Falls After Earnings" Investor's Business Daily 3:54 PM
"Markets Right Now: US stock indexes close broadly higher" Associated Press 3:53 PM
"Technology, retailers help drive rebound in US stocks" Associated Press 3:53 PM
"U.S. Stocks Rise, Led by Retailers: Macy's shares surge; Treasury yields remain near recent highs" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:53 PM
"Asian markets close flat to lower amid new worries from North Korea: Japan snaps streak of economic growth, North Korea threatens to cancel summit" MarketWatch 8:44 AM
"European stocks seesaw as North Korea risks return: Italian stocks slide as leaked coalition draft show radical plans" MarketWatch 8:44 AM
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