He shared the story with Tim Cook, who responded that peoples’ stories like that are deeply inspiring.
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Safari Technology Preview 54 Has Changes to Clipboard API, Beacon API, More
This look-ahead version of Safari includes eight big fixes, improvements, and new features.
European Filing Shows the iPhone SE 2 Might be Coming After All
The iPhone SE hasn’t seen a complete refresh since it launched in March 2016.
About Optimized Storage on your Mac Startup Disk
Dr. Mac says your Mac will slow down more and more as your startup disk becomes fuller and fuller, and, if you fill it up completely, your Mac might not boot.
PSA: The Russians Are Hacking Everything, Laying the Groundwork for Future Attacks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, the FBI, and the White House jointly announced that Russian hackers are laying the groundwork for future cyber attacks and spying on Western governments.
Apple Reportedly Plans to Roll Magazine Subscription Service Based on Texture
The move was frankly expected in that Texture was a magazine subscription service when Apple acquired it, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman shed light on Apple’s specifics.
PSA: Opera VPN Shutting Down
Opera launched its own VPN service called Opera VPN a couple years ago with the promise it would be free for life. Turns out “life” meant about two years because Opera VPN is shutting down at the end of April.
PSA: Keep Your Fingerprints Out of Social Media Posts
Thanks to a photo shared through WhatsApp, police got enough of a fingerprint to identify and arrest a drug dealer and his accomplices.
The Father of the Web is Backing a Private Social Network
It doesn’t own, track, or share information that users provide. And there are no ads.
Apple Isn't Opening Apple Watch to Third-party Watch Faces
Code tucked away inside watchOS 4.3.1 has raised hopes that Apple is going to start allowing third-party watch faces on Apple Watch, but don’t count on it actually happening.
What Features Would Break After the Proposed Twitter API Change? (Update)
Twitter has an ugly history with developers, and seems hell-bent on cutting them out.
The Mysterious Case of the Gold iPhone X Photos Published by the FCC
These photos are part of an FCC filing for an “Apple Inc. Smartphone -E3161A,” and clearly show a gold-colored device where no such device currently exists.
A Leaked Apple Memo Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information
It mentions potential legal action and criminal charges, making this a more aggressive move towards information control.
Apple Includes 13 New WebKit Features in Safari 11.1
The company detailed the WebKit changes in the release in a detailed post to the WebKit blog, included below.
Apple Music Tops 40 Million Subscribers, Gets a Vice President
Apple Music now has more than 40 million subscribers, up from the 36 million milestone made public earlier this year.
Apple Orders a Straight-to-Series Adaptation of Asimov's Foundation
The Foundation series joins other science fiction series that we’ll start seeing in 2019.
PDFpen 10 Adds Watermark, Batch OCR Support
PDFpen 10 and PDFpen Pro 10 for the Mac are out with support for watermarks, headers and footers, and improved selection features. The Pro version also adds batch OCR support.
There's a New Tab for Content Caching in the Mac Activity Monitor
This should give you a better idea of caching that you do, what data is being served vs. dropped, and give an overall picture of your caching network.
Senator Kennedy: Facebook's User Agreement Sucks
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified at a Congressional hearing on April 10th about his company’s privacy policies and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) took him to task saying, “Facebook’s privacy policy sucks.”
A New Web API Aims to Kill Passwords. Will This Affect Apple?
With the introduction of Touch ID and now Face ID, Apple already gives customers the ability to log into websites with a finger or face.
Should Tech Companies Sign a Security Pledge? Here Are The Ones That Haven't Yet Signed
The pledge involves how these companies handle customer data, and consists of five principles that companies should abide by.
Apple Announces (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus
Apple introduced (PRODUCT)RED versions of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, available for order on April 10th, and in stores on April 13th.
Apple Hires an Amazon Tech Exec for Software VP Role
Jon McCormack previously worked at Google’s Advanced Technology & Products Group, but he was hired from his gig at Amazon, where he was Chief Technology Officer of the devices group.