Apple TV+ launches today and content is now available via a simple subscription on your iPhone, Mac, iPad or Apple TV.
Apple Accused of Allowing Apps That Facilitate Modern Slavery
Apps that allow Kuwaiti families to buy women as domestic servants for just a few thousand dollars were found on the iOS apps store.
iOS 13.2 Aggressively Kills Background Apps and Tasks
Nick Heer put together a list of people noticing that iOS 13.2 is awfully aggressive in killing apps and tasks in the background.
As bugs go, this is isn’t a catastrophic one, but it absolutely should be the highest of priorities to fix it. It’s embarrassing that all of the hard work put into making animations and app launching feel smooth is squandered by mismanaged multitasking.
ACLU Sues FBI Over Facial Recognition
The ACLU is suing the FBI over its use of secret facial recognition technology. The agency as a database of roughly 640 million faces.
Nylon Braided iPhone Lightning Cable in Space Gray or Rose Gold: $9.99
We have a deal on a nylon-braided, MFi-certified Lightning cables in either Space Gray or Rose Gold. They’re 3.3 feet long (just over a meter), and feature Kevlar fiber core, nylon-braiding, and precision laser welding. They’re $9.99 through our deal. I’m linking to the Space Gray version, but check the pulldown menu for Rose Gold and a longer Space Gray version, too.
M. Night Shyamalan Posts 'Servant' Series Trailers
M. Night Shyamalan posted two trailers for his upcoming series for Apple TV+ called Servant, debuting on November 28.
Earnings Call Observations – TMO Daily Observations 2019-10-31
John Martellaro and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to discuss to discuss what we heard and think we heard on Apple’s earnings call.
AT&T Unlimited Elite Plan Gives You 100GB of Data
AT&T announced three new phone plans for customers: Unlimited Starter, Unlimited Extra, and Unlimited Elite.
Third-Party Lenses Still Beat iPhone 11's Ultra Wide Camera
There has (rightly) been a lot of praise for the cameras in the iPhone 11 family of devices. However, on Cult of Mac, David Pierini, argues why a third-party lens still beats the ultra-wide camera on the entry-level model
if you are a pixel-peeping stickler for quality, the ultra-wide camera may disappoint. The ultra-wide camera does not support RAW shooting or Apple’s new Night Mode. It also has a slow aperture at f2.4, meaning the lenses will not allow in as much light as the iPhone’s standard camera. Zoom in to see how the details are soft and surrounded by digital noise. The higher quality shot will come by placing one of these third-party ultra-wide lens attachments to the standard camera, which has a focal length of 28 mm.
16-Inch MacBook Pro Could Arrive This Quarter
The latest rumors swirling around the 16-inch MacBook Pro say the device is going to arrive in the next couple of months.