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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, December 22, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "This week's top stories: Apple Music six-month promo, Mac Pro details, iOS 13.3.1, more" 9to5Mac 11:50 AM
  • "22-year-old London man who tried to extort Apple will not serve prison time: Kerem Albayrak demanded $100,000 in bitcoin after threatening to factory reset 382 million iCloud accounts." iMore 12/21
  • "Apple In Talks With James Bond Franchise, Pac-12 Conference To Boost New TV Service: WSJ" Benzinga 12/20
  • "Developer Blix claims new evidence of App Store 'monopoly' in court filing: Developer Blix, maker of apps Followapp and BlueMail, on Friday filed an amended complaint against Apple claiming it has fresh evidence that the tech giant favors its own apps over similar offerings from third-parties in the App Store." AppleInsider 12/20
  • "Apple Publishes New Apple Platform Security Guide" MacRumors 12/20
  • "Apple Confirms iPhone Hacking Reward Of $1.5 Million" Forbes 12/20
  • "Apple Kicks Off Public Bug Bounty Program: Apple this week kicked off its public bug bounty program, just over four months after announcing it officially at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas." SecurityWeek 12/20
  • "Apple Officially Launches Public Bug Bounty Program Covering All Apple Software" MacRumors 12/20
  • "Apple launches $1million prize program for hackers to learn more about 'zero click attacks' | Daily Mail Online" Daily Mail (UK) 12/20
  • "Hacker who blackmailed Apple in 2017 gets no prison time" ZDNet 12/20
  • "The 10 best Mac games of 2019: Apple Arcade stole the spotlight this year, but 2019 also gave us some great games that weren't part of Apple's subscription service." Macworld 12/20
Non-Apple News
  • "Galaxy Note 10 Android 10 update lands in the US ahead of schedule" SlashGear 6:37 PM
  • "Samsung's tired Christmas message: Hey stupid, buy our phones/It's been an invigorating year for Samsung. So, at its end, Samsung releases a message that is, well, a little primitive." ZDNet 7:18 AM
  • "NBC Peacock to Feature Ad-Supported Plans, Live TV" PC Magazine 12/21
  • "FBI program helps companies fool hackers with 'decoy data': IDLE might reduce the chances of thieves making off with valuable data" Engadget 12/21
  • "Flickr CEO Posts Public Plea for Help to 'Keep the Flickr Dream Alive'" PetaPixel 12/21
  • "Report: NBC's Apple TV+ competitor to offer 'live' TV, exclude shows like 'The Office' from free tier" 9to5Mac 12/21
  • "Motorola Slightly Delays the Razr: Motorola says it's 'adjusting' the launch date for its $1,499.99 foldable Razr smartphone, which appears to mean it's coming out a little later than initially planned." PC Magazine 12/20
  • "U.S. Justice Department and FCC fight state effort to block merger of Sprint, T-Mobile" Reuters 12/20
  • "Wawa says data breach affected thousands over 10 months" Associated Press 12/20
  • "Report: Facebook Is Developing an Operating System" PC Magazine 12/20
Publications/Podcasts
  • "MacVoices #19256: MacVoices Gift Guide #8" MacVoice 12/20
  • "It's the hottest gifts, tech, and stuff of 2019, this week on The CultCastCult of Mac 12/20
  • "Apple takes 66% of smartphone profits, HomeKit, Mac Pro, Apple AR & more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 12/20
  • "Our Favorite Gadgets From 2019, Plus Our 2020 Predictions" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/20