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"Apple to expand operations in India: IT minister" Reuters 7:24 AM
"'Made in India' Apple Eyes India in Manufacturing amid Trade War with China" Sputnik News 7:54 AM
"The inside story behind Apple's Face ID, and all your doubts cleared" The Indian Express 7:56 AM
"Apple Settles Allegations of U.S. Sanctions Violations: The tech giant allegedly dealt with a blacklisted entity for more than two years, the Treasury Department said" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:25 PM
"Judge dismisses class action involving iTunes and Apple Music data privacy: Apple on Monday won final judgment to dismiss a class action complaint claiming the company unjustly profits from the aggregation and sale of iTunes and Apple Music user data." AppleInsider 8:54 PM
"Truth Be Told — First Look Featurette | Apple TV+" YouTube 1:34 PM
"Apple Watch is even saving the lives of doctors now by alerting them to heart conditions" BGR 6:06 PM
Non-Apple News
"Google fires employee activist amid protests: Google said she violated data policies, but supporters might not buy it." Engadget 7:50 PM
"Texas settles with T-Mobile, Sprint over merger: statement" Reuters 11:07 AM
"T-Mobile discloses breach exposing more than 1M customers' personal information" GeekWire 8:21 AM
"What Trump's trade war means for your Black Friday shopping and beyond: For now, not much. But prices on laptops and phones could go up in 2020 as President Trump prepares to slap more tariffs on Chinese imports." CNET 8:06 AM
"Tainted Data Can Teach Algorithms the Wrong Lessons: Researchers show how AI programs can be sabotaged by even subtle tweaks to the data used to train them." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:36 AM
"China urges U.S. to stop abusing concept of national security and abusing Chinese firms" Reuters 7:24 AM
"16-inch MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 8-core Core i9 (2019) review: The Mac laptop that gets it right" Macworld 7:47 AM
"The Best Laptop Keyboards (Oh, and the Best Laptops, Too!): Google, Apple and Microsoft have ushered in the golden age of the laptop keyboard with quieter, clickier keyboards" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:48 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"'Estimating Time Remaining' iOS Update Stuck, Fix" macReports 8:21 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Unwrap amazing offers this FridayGet an Apple Store Gift Card of up to $200 on select products during our four-day shopping event.* Friday through Monday." Apple 7:35 AM
"Starting November 29th, 2019, from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, DEVONtechnologies sells all its software products as well as upgrades for 25% less." DEVONtechnologies 7:27 AM
"16-inch MacBook Pro Beats Surface Laptop 3 Performance at a Lower Price" WCCFTech 9:41 PM
"2019 16-inch MacBook Pro review: Bye-bye, butterfly/Apple's new laptop seems designed to address three years of user complaints." Ars Technica 1:33 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"How to add, delete and edit Apple Watch workouts" Cult of Mac 1:32 PM
"New HomePod Ambient Sounds and Sleep Timer Features" MacMost 1:29 PM
"How To Upload Videos To YouTube From iPhone or iPad" macReports 8:46 AM
"How to capture lightning on an iPhone: If you've ever wanted to take a photo of lightning, you've probably learned quickly it usually requires a decent camera and a time exposure, but what if you could do it with an iPhone?" Pickr 8:11 AM
"How to scan QR codes in iOS 11, 12, and 13" Apple World Today 8:11 AM
Tips
"TiPbITS: Scroll More Quickly in iOS 13" TidBITS 2:36 PM
"Here's how to tell when iPhone 11 camera is using Deep Fusion" 9to5Mac 1:29 PM
"Why the Apple Watch is worth wearing again: The Apple Watch Series 5 has two flaws but brings detail changes over its predecessors that even a watch buff would appreciate." Australian Financial Review 9:24 PM
"'My Reserve Of F--Ks To Give Is Really Depleted': How Teflon Tim Cook Gets Away With Enabling Donald Trump" Vanity Fair 3:24 PM
"How Apple survived the flawgic-filled 2010s, butterflies and all" AppleInsider 2:36 PM
"What is Apple's Magic Keyboard and do people like it?" Apple Must 11:00 AM
"Why isn't Apple (yet) supporting Sir Tim Berners-Lee to 'save the web'?" Computerworld 10:08 AM
"HP rejects Xerox again, but leaves door open for negotiation" TechCrunch 8:08 AM
"HP to Xerox: You Don't Have the Ink to Buy Us/HP rejects the latest demand by Xerox to negotiate an acquisition, potentially sparking a proxy war" Channelnomics 8:29 AM
"HP rejects Xerox takeover bid, yet again" CNN 8:28 AM
"Intel Launches Cascade Lake-X Processors: 18-core Review Later Today" AnandTech 8:22 AM
"Intel Gets Official With Frost Canyon NUC 10 Comet Lake-U Mini PCs" HotHardware 3:53 PM
"Decoding Intel's Customer Supply Update letter/Analysis: Not what it appears to be, and not in a good way" SemiAccurate 6:19 PM
"AMD Threadripper 3970X Is A Sobering Reminder To Intel That It Has Formidable Competition" HotHardware 3:53 PM
"AMD plots multicore domination with 64-core Threadripper 3990X processor, coming in 2020" PCWorld 8:23 AM
"AMD Pre-Announces 64-core Threadripper 3990X: Time To Open Your Wallet" AnandTech 8:22 AM
"AMD teases 64 core Ryzen Threadripper CPU: The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X will be an absolute beast of a processor... but you'll have to wait until 2020 for it to land." ZDNet 10:28 AM
"AMD Announces Shock 64-Core Threadripper 3990X Is Coming Next Year" Forbes 9:35 AM
"The Unusualness of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella" Fortune 8:34 AM
"Another Microsoft mess as Windows 10 November 2019 Update breaks File Explorer" TechRadar UK 8:34 AM
"Microsoft Proved a Four-Day Workweek Improved Productivity in Japan. Can Its Results Translate to the U.S.?" Fortune 8:35 AM
"Oracle v. Google and Its Impact on APIs and Code: What, if any, impact will the Supreme Court's rulings on Oracle v. Google have on the industry at large?" DevOps 8:27 AM
"Oracle complains it's forced to source local cyber staff from offshore" iTNews Australia 8:27 AM
"Web inventor unveils ambitious 'rule book' for internet responsibility: Tim Berners-Lee's plan includes framework to protect privacy, personal data" Associated Press 7:58 AM
"U.S.-based chip-tech group moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears" Reuters 8:06 AM
"Will Apple Stock Reach New Heights?" Market Realist 1:41 PM
"Apple supplier Salcomp to invest $279 million in new Indian plant" Reuters 8:09 AM
Industry News
"S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq close at records on positive expectations around U.S.-China trade: Schwab, TD Ameritrade tie the knot in $26 billion deal" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
"Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq End at Record Highs on Trade-Deal Hopes, Merger Activity: Stocks finished strong Monday as all three major indexes ended at records, boosted by trade optimism and a wave of merger deals." TheStreet 3:59 PM
"Stock Market Surges On China Trade, Merger Mania; Nasdaq, S&P Hit Records, Dow Nears One" Investor's Business Daily 3:59 PM
"Stocks spike to record highs after China budges on key US trade demand" FOXBusiness 3:59 PM
"Tech Shares Power U.S. Stocks Higher: Investors cheer step by China to boost intellectual property rights, a lingering issue in the U.S.-China trade fight" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:08 AM
"Asian markets gain amid fresh hopes for U.S.-China trade deal: Nikkei, Hang Seng rise following Trump's comments Friday" Associated Press and MarketWatch 8:36 AM
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