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Thursday Highlights: Ireland calls EU's fining Apple for €13 billion unjustified—more in our Apple/Macintosh section; revival of worker lawsuit against Apple over long security checks while employees off the clock; iDownload Blog lists over 100 new features you'll find in macOS High Sierra; Tim Cook voices opposition to Trump's remarks on Chartlottesville protest, racist violence, donating $1 million each to Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, and doubling employee donations; Patently Apple calls remarks "preachy"—reports aplenty in our General Interest section; Matthew Roberts posts his latest drone flyover of Apple Park; McDonald's uses iPhone 8 mockup in advertisement; MacRumors notes Asia report that Apple Watch Series 3 has entered "final testing phase"; AppAdvice takes a look at new ESPN MultiCast on Apple TV.
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"Ireland says EU's 13 bln euro Apple tax bill unjustified" Reuters 8:20 AM
"Ireland Says the EU isn't Justified Asking Apple for €13 Billion in Taxes" Gizmodo UK 8:18 AM
"Irish finance minister decries EU's demand for $15B+ in Apple back taxes, says it's not Ireland's job" AppleInsider 8:45 AM
"Lawsuit revived over Apple retail workers' pay during security checks" Ars Technica 8:34 AM
"Apple bag-search class action sueball moves to Cali supreme court: Apple may have to pay its employees extra for time it spends rifling through their personal belongings at work, if it loses a long-running lawsuit that is now in front of the Californian Supreme Court." The Register 8:14 AM
"Apple set to stream with $1B budgeted for original content" Boston Herald 8:27 AM
"Tim Cook slams Trump's remarks on racist violence in Charlottesville" ["Cook also announced he would donate $1 million each to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, who he said were striving to 'rid our country of hate.'"] New York Post 8:07 AM
"Apple's Cook says he disagrees with Trump, vows donations to rights groups" Reuters 8:13 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook pens memo denouncing white supremacy" CNET 8:14 AM
"Apple's Tim Cook: I disagree with Trump on Charlottesville" CNNMoney 8:26 AM
"Apple boss Tim Cook joins Donald Trump condemnation" BBC 8:26 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to Donate $2 Million to Anti-Hate Groups | Money" Money 12:19 PM
"Apple Pulls Apple Pay Support from Websites Selling White Supremacist Merchandise" MacTrast 8:34 AM
"Using Apple's ARKit for creative and historical expression" Computerworld 8:00 AM
"'Ticket to Earth' Episode 2: Crash is Coming August 24th as a Free Update" Touch Arcade 11:11 AM
"Square Enix Have Just Released a Restaurant Management Game Called 'Meshi Quest: Five-Star Kitchen'" Touch Arcade 9:45 AM
"ESPN App For Apple TV Can Now Stream 4 Games At Once, A Feature We Didn't Know We Need Until Now" Tech Times 8:56 AM
"Apple tops list of 'brand affinity with millennials'" Apple World Today 8:30 AM
"Tapinator Launches Dice Mage 2" PRNewswire 8:30 AM
"Mobile Game Revenues Leading Billion Dollar Gaming Market" PRNewswire 8:30 AM
"Animojis run wild to protect animals around the world" PRNewswire 8:30 AM
"City of Marietta Enters Testing Phase to Roll Out New 'Smart City' Marietta TravelSafely App: City to Connect First Responders, School Beacons, Driver Feedback Signs, Vehicles, Pedestrians, School and Traffic Signals" Business Wire 8:30 AM
"U.S. Stocks Down Following Disappointing Earnings Results: Retail and technology companies lead S&P 500 down" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:45 AM
"Asian tech stocks jump, but broad gauges end mixed" MarketWatch 7:55 AM
"European stocks pull back as Fed rate-hike doubts hurt bank shares" MarketWatch 7:56 AM
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