The first season of immigrant anthology Little America is now available on Apple TV+. It was created by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.
Peacock Launching Across U.S. July 15, With Three Pricing Tiers
NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service Peacock will arrive nationally on July 15 and will offer three different pricing tiers.
Students Want to Ban College Facial Recogntion
Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Fight for the Future are teaming up to ban college facial recognition from campuses.
Facial recognition surveillance spreading to college campuses would put students, faculty, and community members at risk…Schools that are already using this technology are conducting unethical experiments on their students. Students and staff have a right to know if their administrations are planning to implement biometric surveillance on campus. Grassroots organizing stopped facial recognition from ruining music festivals. Now we’re going to stop it from invading university campuses.
Hackers Dump 70,000 Tinder Photos of Women
Over 70,000 Tinder photos of women have been dumped in an online forum for cybercrime.
Contextual clues, including particular phone models like the iPhone X seen in the photographs, as well as limited metadata, suggest that many of the (mostly) selfies were taken in recent years. Some of the photos, in fact, contain timestamps dated as recent as October 2019.
Tinder also noted that all of the photos are public and can be viewed by others through regular use of the app; although, obviously, the app is not designed to help a single person amass such a massive quantity of images. The app can also only be used to view the profiles of other users within 100 miles.
Emphasis mine.
The ‘Cult’ of Apple, Ranking No. 6 on an Evil List
Writing for Slate, Cory Doctorow criticizes Apple, calling its customers a cult and Apple a monopoly. I don’t plan to pick apart his article and defend Apple, but I do particularly disagree with this quote:
When it comes to Apple, even if you’re paying for the product, you’re still the product: sold to app programmers as a captive market, or gouged on parts and service by official Apple depots.
I guess consumers can’t do anything right. Not only are we a cult, but we don’t even have the power of the free market, instead we’re “sold” to developers.
Apple Moves Forward With Release of ‘The Banker’ After Delay
After a problem with Apple TV+ film The Banker Apple is moving forward with its release to theaters in March.
Hidden Long-Press Actions, USB-C Travel – TMO Daily Observations 2020-01-16
Andrew Orr and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss (hidden) long-press options in Safari, and travel with a USB-C machine.
NBA Works With Apple on its Base:Line Music Playlist
The National Basketball Association partnered with Apple to release its Base:Line playlist on Apple Music.
Apple Shares Story of Jaz Limos and Saints of Steel
Apple shared the story of Jaz Limos, a manager at the Apple Park Visitor Center and her work with Saints of Steel.
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