Aug 14th 2018
MacBreak Weekly 623
Biltong on My To-Do List
Subscription Apps, Hacking Macs
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
- Apple wants more subscription apps in the App Store.
- Macs get hacked at Black Hat and DEF CON.
- iPhone rumor roundup: 512gb, Pencil support, wireless charging.
- More rumors: new MacBooks and AirPods on the way?
- Opera hits Apple Music.
- The "It's Always Sunny" gang hits Apple TV.
- Ralph Nader hits Apple's supply chain wages.
- Doug Field returns to Apple from Tesla.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Picks: Butler Soy Curls and Spyglass GPS
- Rene's Picks: Vector Pins and Fantastical
- Alex's Pick: Pixel Conduit Leo's Pick: Sal Soghoian on Triangulation
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Links
- Bull and Cleaver
- Andy and Lea Thompson
- Why Apple had a secret meeting with app developers in New York to discuss the App Store - INSIDER
- Macs can be remotely hacked when connecting to Wi-Fi for first time; issue fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
- Invisible Mouse Clicks Let Hackers Burrow Deep into MacOS | WIRED
- Google Bug Hunter Urges Apple to Change its iOS Security Culture
- 2018 OLED iPhones to support Apple Pencil, with 512GB top tier – Trendforce
- All three 2018 iPhones to support wireless charging, AirPower mat to cost $150, rumors say
- Costco and Amazon have great deals on AirPods, hinting at possible refresh
- Select 12-inch MacBook models sold out at Best Buy, could hint at fall refresh
- Apple Music's latest visual album is a full-length opera
- Ralph Nader again criticizes Apple’s spending, says it should raise supply chain salaries & more
- A digital birth control app blamed for dozens of pregnancies just got FDA approval – VICE News
- Apple orders a show about a video game studio from the ‘It’s Always Sunny’ gang
- NVIDIA Reveals Next-Gen Turing GPU Architecture: NVIDIA Doubles-Down on Ray Tracing, GDDR6, & More
- Doug Field Returns to Apple After Leaving Tesla
- Apple pulls iOS 12 beta 7 after less than 24 hrs
- Apple delays FaceTime group chats from iOS 12 to a ‘future software update’ - The Verge
- Butler Soy Curls
- Spyglass GPS for iPhone/iOS
- Fantastical for Mac update
- Vector Pins!!
- Pixel Conduit
- Sal Soghoian on Triangulation