This Week in Tech 705

• Alphabet Earnings: Google's Cost Per Click
• Cutting out Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft
• The US to Ban Huawei 5GTech
• Germany Outlaws Facebook's Business Model
• What if Google Just Doesn't Pay Its Fines?
• Amazon Might Back Out of NY HQ2 * Amazon Live is Twitch for Infomercials
• Spotify Buys Gimlet and Anchor
• Apple to Pay France 500M Euros in Back Taxes
• Angela Ahrendts Says Goodbye to Apple
• Apple's Security Wins and Losses of the Week
• Microsoft Says: Don't Use IE or Office 2019
• Sprint Sues AT&T Over Fakey 5GE
• Marshmello Fortnite Concert is a Herald of the Future
• 2020 Olympic Medals Will be Made Out of Recycled iPhones

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Links

• Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code
• Apple to Limit Accelerometer and Gyroscope Access in Safari on iOS 12.2 for Privacy Reasons - MacRumors
• Apple agrees to pay back-taxes to French authorities | Reuters
• Apple releases iOS 12.1.4 to fix Group FaceTime security flaw
• Apple to contribute to U.S. teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug
• Making sense of Angela Ahrendts’ departure and the future of Apple retail
• Alphabet Q4
• Facebook ordered by Germany to gather and mix less data - BBC News
• I Blocked Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple
• Spotify bans ad blockers in updated Terms of Service - The Verge
• Spotify gets serious about podcasts with two acquisitions
• Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play
• Around 1/3 of the content published by Bloomberg News uses some form of automated tech
• Heathcare.gov
• US Digital Service
• US Digital Service - Join!
• Postlight
• Techburger
• Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many websites are down