"Apple contractors listened to 1,000 Siri recordings per shift, says former employee: Contractors in Cork were expected to each listen to more than 1,000 recordings from Siri every shift - before Apple suspended the practice last month, according to an employee who had their contract abruptly terminated this week." Irish Examiner 8:41 AM
"Contractors in Ireland heard 1,000 Siri audio recordings every shift, now laid off following suspension of Siri grading" 9to5Mac 8:49 AM
"Apple Is Developing Rooftop Solar in Taiwan for Soy Sauce Facility" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:11 AM
"iCloud.com Beta Goes Live with New Interface, Reminders App" LAPTOP Magazine 7:48 AM
"Apple is improving iCloud's online service" Apple Must 7:22 AM
"PSA: Google Calendar Experiencing Syncing Issues With Apple Calendar" MacRumors 12:46 PM
"Google Calendar sync with Mac and iOS is broken" Macworld 3:56 PM
"Apple Blocks KNOB Attack on Bluetooth" TidBITS 3:52 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Make sure you save your data before deleting an Apple ID account: You can't consolidate account, you can only stop using them or delete them." Macworld 8:31 AM
"How to use spell check and autocorrection in Pages on Mac" iDownload Blog 8:00 AM
"Get Started with Mail Rules on Your Mac" The Sweet Setup 9:06 AM
"Smartphones: We're upgrading less often as prices rise and innovation declines/Replacement cycles for smartphones now exceed three years as Apple and Samsung chase higher profits." ZDNet 7:18 AM
"The average iPhone has been active for 18 months" Cult of Mac 8:29 AM
"New iPhone? Galaxy Note 10? Baby Boomers Say No Thanks" PC Magazine 3:54 PM
"Apple shares drop after Trump says US 'doesn't need China': The president says US companies should start looking for an alternative." CNET 3:03 PM
"US companies 'hereby ordered' in a Tweet by President Trump to exit China manufacturing" AppleInsider 11:45 AM
"Trump tells American businesses to leave China" Axios 11:44 AM
"These are the best things about working at the Apple Store, according to former employees" Business Insider 8:40 AM
"Apple partners with Australian MVNO Macquarie Telecom to serve businesses" AppleInsider 8:49 AM
"Tim Cook mourns the passing of 'father of GDPR' Giovanni Buttarelli" 9to5Mac 8:29 AM
"Eerie light show from couple's Apple iPhone XS units caught on video" phoneArena 9:18 PM
Non-Apple News
"FTC, AT&T settle 2014 lawsuit over data slowdowns: court" Reuters 8:33 PM
"AT&T settles FTC data throttling case from 2014" AppleInsider 8:33 PM
"US phone carriers make empty, unenforceable promises to fight robocalls: All 50 states agree to let telcos keep doing what they're already doing." Ars Technica 3:02 PM
"Qualcomm wins a pause in enforcement of FTC ruling" Reuters 11:21 AM
"Riding a telemedicine wave, docs trade white coats for the tech life, testing the limits of health care" GeekWire 11:08 AM
"Facebook's emails reveal Cambridge Analytica complaints started months earlier than originally claimed" The Verge 10:14 AM
"Julien Rivoire's 3D concepts imagine modern-day versions of retro tech: The WinAmp Portable Player" The Verge 9:06 AM
"Google's new entry-level smart speaker will boast omnipresent voice" Business Insider 10:05 AM
"Google spooks employee activists with new guidelines for political speech at work" The Verge 11:12 AM
"Google's new community guidelines tell employees not to talk politics on internal forums or bad mouth projects without 'good information'" Business Insider 8:33 AM
"Google refused to call out China over disinformation about Hong Kong — unlike Facebook and Twitter — and it could reignite criticism of its links to Beijing" Business Insider 7:26 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The Dalrymple Report: All about Apple Card" The Loop 3:03 PM
"St. Clair Software's Jon Gotow on Getting Apps Ready for macOS Catalina" MacVoices 2:39 PM
"Tim Cook, Taylor Swift, and Cleaning Apple Cards – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-23" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
"9to5Mac Happy Hour 239: Titanium Apple Watch, new iPhone 11 details, Arcade preview leak" 9to5Mac 11:58 AM
"9to5Mac Daily: August 23, 2019 – Apple Music playlists, 'Designed by Apple' book" 9to5Mac 11:08 AM
"Apple TV+, Apple Card, Apple Health employee exodus on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 8:45 AM
"Vergecast: Galaxy Note 10 Plus review, Apple fall lineup rumors, and green bubble GIFs" The Verge 8:29 AM
"Apple iPad vs. iPad Air vs. iPad mini vs. iPad Pro: Which Tablet Should You Buy? Apple has four iPads to choose from, spanning some wide ranges in price and performance. Which one is right for you? Which is our favorite? We compare them all." PC Magazine 3:54 PM
"Zagg Rugged Messenger for iPad Air Review: Protective and functional" iMore 8:40 AM
"Is This Our First Look At The Apple Watch Series 5?" UberGizmo 9:06 PM
"What to expect at Apple's September event - and what not to: There'll be iPhones, of course, but Apple has a lot more to offer that it could choose to reveal. Based only on the most solid information from the supply chain, here's what we can —and can't —expect to see at this September's Apple event." AppleInsider 6:38 PM
"Apple reportedly partners with Taiwan company on rooftop solar project" iMore 6:30 PM
"With Some iPhone Luster Gone, Apple is Pouring it on With Other Products" The Mac Observer 5:15 PM
"We did what Apple told us not to with the Apple Card" [Video] CNN 3:58 PM
"Feature Request: Apple Card improvements for couples sharing finances" 9to5Mac 3:52 PM
"Apple will rake in cash from Disney+ too" Cult of Mac 2:56 PM
"Editorial: Why does Apple have a monopoly on responsive corporate values?" Roughly Drafted 10:12 AM
"Apple working with soy sauce company on clean energy project in Taiwan: There's a rather confusing story from Bloomberg today about Apple working with a soy sauce company in a clean energy project in Taiwan." 9to5Mac 10:02 AM
"Shoot to thrill: Three camera features the iPhone should add" Macworld 8:30 AM
"If Apple Watch adopts Apple Card's poor titanium coating, look out" VentureBeat 10:08 AM
"Please, for the love of God, shut up about the Apple Card getting ruined by leather and denim" BGR 8:43 AM
"Comment: Drawing attention to security is the greatest Apple Card benefit" 9to5Mac 8:29 AM
"The Problems with Apple's HomePods" Kirkville 7:45 AM
"Will Consumers Balk at 5G Phone Prices?" TechNewsWorld 7:26 AM
Non-Apple
"A first look at Disney+: Individual profiles, personalized curation, offline downloads and more." Engadget 8:32 PM
"The Most Interesting Features in Samsung's New Galaxy Note 10+ Flagship Smartphone" MacRumors 3:58 PM
"Deconstructing Google's excuses on tracking protection" Freedom to Tinker 2:56 PM
"LG Dual Screen review: An enigma of a foldable" VentureBeat 11:42 AM
"Charting Microsoft's Cloud Boom In the Satya Nadella Era: Microsoft's cloud-driven renaissance has propelled it atop the list of most valuable tech companies, sitting comfortably above a trillion dollar market cap at the moment." PC Magazine 7:20 AM
"Microsoft launches bug bounty for new Chromium Edge browser, with $30,000 top reward" ZDNet 7:18 AM
"Microsoft provides group policies for enterprise control of 'full-Chromium' Edge updates: IT admins will be able to use the policies to manage, deploy and update the new browser to their corporate workforce." Computerworld 8:32 AM
"Microsoft performance reviews used to be hyper-competitive 'stack rankings.' Then Satya Nadella drove the culture toward collaboration — here's how they work now, according to HR chief Kathleen Hogan." [BI Prime] Business Insider 11:41 AM
"How Microsoft lost its monopoly in web browsers" ZDNet 9:06 PM
"Microsoft And Intel Collaborate To Simplify AI Deployments At The Edge" Forbes 8:31 AM
"Report: Intel's Comet Lake-S Chips Require a New Motherboard" PC Magazine 7:20 AM
"Intel launches new-generation 14nm mobile chips" DigiTimes 8:05 AM
"Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake-S CPUs Leaked With Up To 10 Cores, New LGA 1200 Socket" HotHardware 3:48 PM
"AMD Might Be Prepping A Cheaper Ryzen 5 3500 CPU, But It's Missing A Key Feature" HotHardware 3:48 PM
"AMD Sours On Radeon CrossFire GPUs, Confirms Zen 2 Ryzen Threadripper HEDT CPUs Incoming" HotHardware 3:48 PM
"AMD Tech Advantage Over Intel Is Here to Stay" Market Realist 2:49 PM
"IBM to Develop Quantum Technology Utilizing Cloud Platform" Zacks 8:08 AM
"HP CEO Exits, Leaving Its Future Uncertain" Market Realist 2:58 PM
"HP stock falls on analyst downgrade following CEO departure, weak outlook" MarketWatch 2:48 PM
"HP Stock Falls on Printing Woes, CEO Steps Down" Market Realist 8:32 AM
"The story so far: How's that Autonomy High Court battle with HPE looking at half-time?" The Register 8:32 AM
"HP Unveils the Omen X 27: A 240Hz QHD Monitor with FreeSync 2 HDR" AnandTech 2:54 PM
"Dell Rolls Out 32-Inch QHD Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF): Up To 165Hz with FreeSync 2" AnandTech 10:23 AM
"Oracle OKs Oracle investors to sue Oracle: Put NetSuite suit before a judge – board panel/Investors peeved Larry Ellison owned 40% of the biz he paid billions in Big Red cash to buy" The Register 3:58 PM
"Oracle's Machine Learning Strategy" ZDNet 7:18 AM
"Chipmakers and Apple Turn Lower After China Announces Tariffs" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:11 AM
Industry News
"Dow ends more than 600 points lower as U.S.-China trade war intensifies: Trump 'orders' U.S. firms to look for alternatives to China after Beijing imposes retaliatory tariffs" MarketWatch 3:57 PM
"Dow plunges more than 600 on worsening US-China trade brawl" FOXBusiness 3:57 PM
"U.S. Stocks, Bond Yields Fall on Trade Tensions: Losses escalate after President Trump tweeted the U.S. 'would be far better off' without China" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:57 PM
"Asian markets up slightly ahead of Fed's Jackson Hole conference: Stocks rise in Hong Kong and Shanghai, as tensions between Japan and South Korea rise; yuan hits 11-year low" MarketWatch 8:46 AM
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