Charlotte Henry and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Tim Cook’s diplomacy, Taylor Swift’s remix session, and Apple Card care.
YouTube Cancels Accounts Showing Hong Kong Protests
YouTube suspended 210 channels that “behaved in a coordinated manner” whilst uploading videos of the recent Hong Kong protests.
One Day at Disney Trailer Flies Into View
The first trailer for One Day at Disney, the company’s behind the scene documentary series, landed Friday. It will be a 52-episode series, launching with a feature length documentary. The series goes into all areas of the company, including Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. It will stream exclusively on the forthcoming Disney+ platform from December 3, 2019. Of course, it is PR-heavy, showing Disney in the best light. That’s the privilege you have when you run your own streaming service. Nonetheless, the documentary and subsequent series looks like it could be quite enjoyable if the trailer is anything to go by.
Don't Let Your Kids Download These Apps
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s office compiled a list of 15 apps that they believe pose a danger to young children. Here are the apps on the list:
MeetMe, Grindr, Skout, WhatsApp, TikTok, Badoo, Bumble, Snapchat, Kik, LiveMe, Holla, Whisper, Ask.fm, Calculator%, Hot or Not.
Emmanuel Macron Says its Crazy That Apple Gets Tax Haven
French President Emmanuel Macron says it’s crazy that companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google get a “permanent tax haven status.”
The reference to ‘tax haven status’ relates to practices used by Apple and others to funnel profits on European sales through Ireland, and then to claim large deductions for R&D costs incurred in the US. There have also been accusations that Apple assigns most of its European profits to a subsidiary which exists only on paper and which pays no taxes anywhere.
Walmart Sues Tesla Over Solar Panel Fires
Walmart is suing Tesla in a multi-million dollar lawsuit, alleging that the latter’s solar panels caused fires on as many as seven stores.
50 Attorneys General and 12 Carriers Want to End Robocalling
The attorneys general of every state along with 12 carriers announced a plan to end robocalling. But it’s not legally binding, nor is there a deadline.
NSA Wants Congress to Reauthorize Section 215 Permanently
Section 215 gives the NSA and FBI the power to collect the phone records of innocent Americans, and the NSA wants it to be permanent.
This Real-Time Map Shows You the Amazon Forest Fires
Ever since Jair Bolsonaro proclaimed that economic growth was more important than protecting the Amazon, there have been 74,155 fires. For the past three weeks, a giant fire has been blazing its way through the forest, and an interactive map lets you watch it.
Many of the fires are set by farmers to clear land. In early August, farmers in the Amazon self-declared a “fire day” to burn trees, emboldened by the fact that the government isn’t enforcing rainforest protections that are part of national law.
“It’s very rare to have fires starting naturally in the Amazon,” says Weisse. “And so almost everything that we’re seeing is a result of human activity, and it’s mostly happening along roads or in farms or where people are.”
Ruby 11 Libraries Found to Contain Backdoors
The RubyGems package repository removed 18 backdoors from Ruby 11 software libraries meant to launch secret cryptocurrency mining.