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[Update: Company responds] Viral FaceApp raises concern about how personal photos are being used

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Update #3: In a statement to 9to5Mac, FaceApp has addressed some of the privacy concerns. The company says it “might store” some uploaded photos in the cloud: We might store… Read more »

New York City teen sues Apple for $1B after being falsely linked to a string of Apple store thefts

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In a lawsuit filed in New York today, 18-year-old Ousmane Bah is suing Apple for a whopping $ 1 billion. Bah alleges that he was falsely arrested for a series… Read more »

Netflix disabled AirPlay because it isn’t being told what device is getting the stream

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Netflix has elaborated on the "technical reasons" why it has disabled AirPlay, and claims that since it can’t tell what device the stream is being sent to because of changes… Read more »

Apple being sued because two-factor authentication on an iPhone or Mac takes too much time

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A class action suit has been filed that accuses Apple’s two-factor authentication of being too disruptive to users, taking too much time out of a user’s day when it is… Read more »

AirPods with wearable battery strap currently being crowdfunded, promises four full charges

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Though the rumors of AirPods 2 continue to ramp up, new accessories for the wireless buds continue to pop-up, including this creative battery strap designed to give the buds four… Read more »

Apple uses human curation of Apple News to keep it from being ‘total crazy land’

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Apple has for the first time allowed a reporter to cover the human curation process used to pick which news stories are included – and featured – in the Apple… Read more »

Nikkei reiterates iPhone X production being cut in half, leaving Samsung scrambling for OLED buyers

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A new report from Nikkei today explains that by lowering iPhone X orders, Apple has left Samsung scrambling to find new customers for its OLED panels. The report explains that… Read more »

Apple acknowledges reports of personal music files being deleted, iTunes update coming next week to hopefully fix

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Apple has officially acknowledged community reports of inadvertently deleted music, with users left with missing tracks in their libraries that may never be recovered, in a statement to iMore. The company says that it is pushing… Read more »

iMessage, iTunes, Apple TV, more being affected by widespread Apple outage

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Update: Apple’s system status page now reflects that the issues have been resolved. Apple this evening appears to be suffering from a widespread outage, affecting a number of its online… Read more »

Tim Cook: Component Cost Breakdowns on Apple Products Are Nowhere Close to Being Accurate

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During today’s Q2 2015 earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that Apple Watch margins are lower than the company average, and on a followup question about those margins in… Read more »