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Recorded 23rd February 2020 After two weeks “down and out” due to my MacBook Pro charger unexpectedly failing on me literally a couple of hours before the recording time on the 9th (and the replacement I ordered failing to show in time for the following week) the show is back from the dead. Lessons to be learned there I think... ) All the usual crew are otherwise engaged', so it's just me mulling over a few things that caught my attention over the last couple of weeks GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS WINNERS of the MotoMagico for iPad Subscriptions are: Eric Rogers and Steven Welton Get Donny Yankellow's 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: APPLE Larry Tesler: Computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste dies aged 74 – BBC Apple adds ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase – 9to5 Mac Apple's ‘CarKey' might let you unlock your car with your iPhone – The Verge Big macOS leak hints at future switch to AMD chips – Cult of Mac Apple Just Made A Striking New Security Move That Could Impact All Users – Forbes TECHNOLOGY Bill Gates orders £500m hydrogen-powered superyacht – Mashable EXCEPT it wasn't true! – BBC IBM picks Slack over Microsoft Teams for its 350,000 employees – The Verge Android cofounder's phone startup Essential shuts down after launching one product – Mashable SECURITY & PRIVACY Popular iOS and Mac email apps scrape inboxes to profit from personal data, report finds – 9to5Mac Another little security gem! Comparitech DNS Leak Test ‘Lockdown' open source firewall app leaps from iOS to Mac, blocks app and website trackers for free – 9to5 Mac AZORult spreads as a fake ProtonVPN installer – Securelist WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS The doqo case turns your iPad Pro into a MacBook… with a trackpad and multiple ports! – Yanko Design Bring back your Mac's startup chime with this simple terminal command — 9to5 Mac sudo nvram StartupMute=%00 turns it on and sudo nvram StartupMute=%01 turns it off again I didn't have any luck with this - fwiw! NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo will return soon Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Daniel Bader, Andrew Martonik, and Jerry Hildenbrand look at the Nokia 9 PureView and compare its RAW output to the JPEGs the phone produces. In speaking about camera performance, they discuss Galaxy S10 vs. Pixel 3 and talk briefly about Huawei's P30 Pro. The crew also eulogize Google+ and Google Inbox, but welcome popular iOS email app Spark to the Android platform. Android Q beta 2 is now available! With it comes many new features, and many new concerns. They go deep into the changes and problems with Q beta 2 before closing out the episode with some chat about Verizon's 5G rollout. Show Notes and Links: Nokia 9 PureView review: Five great cameras, one big problem Galaxy S10 vs. Pixel 3 photo comparison: Which has the better camera? Should you import the Huawei P30 Pro to the U.S.? Popular iOS email app Spark is finally available for Android Goodbye, Google+: How Google's social network changed my life Android Q beta 2 now available Android Q beta 2 release notes Android Q Beta 2: Notification Bubbles + More New Features! [Hands-on] Verizon's 5G network is already consistently pushing speeds of nearly 600Mbps, but there's a catch Sponsors: Wix Creation without limits. Visit wix.com/podcast and get 10% Off Your Wix Premium Plan — enter the code WIXPROMO at checkout.
This week Benjamin and Zac discuss iOS 12.1.4 and the fix for Group FaceTime and other security flaws, Apple's bug bounty program and other security concerns, Angela Ahrendts leaving her role as SVP of Retail, and the latest changes in iOS 12.2 beta. 9to5Mac Happy Hour is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Hyper: Get the HyperJuice wireless charger case for Apple's AirPods 60% off $20 (Reg. $50). Sponsored by Upstart: Hurry to Upstart.com/HAPPYHOUR to find out HOW LOW your Upstart rate is! Sponsored by LinkedIn Jobs: Go to LinkedIn.com/HAPPYHOUR and get a $50 credit toward your first job post! Hosts: Benjamin Mayo Zac Hall Topics: Apple says iOS fix for Group FaceTime bug now coming next week, issues apology Apple exec met with teenager who found FaceTime bug at his Arizona home, will be eligible for bug bounty program iOS 12.2 beta 2 update for iPhone and iPad now available Apple releasing iOS 12.1.4 to fix FaceTime eavesdropping bug later today [Now available] Group FaceTime server restored following iOS 12.1.4 release, feature disabled on older versions Popular iOS apps found to record user screens for analytics, sometimes exposing sensitive data Apple cracks down on apps that record user screens, threatens removal from the App Store Security researcher demos macOS exploit to access Keychain passwords, but won't share details with Apple out of protest Angela Ahrendts departing Apple in April, Deirdre O’Brien named SVP of Retail + People Making sense of Angela Ahrendts’ departure and the future of Apple retail Apple’s Siri VP exits role as Giannandrea shifts team’s focus to ‘long-term research’ Apple releasing iOS 12.2 public beta with new Animoji iOS 12.2 beta 2 update for iPhone and iPad now available iOS 12.2 beta replaces AT&T LTE with ‘5G E’ in certain markets on latest iPhones and iPads What is 5G E? Feedback? Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!
In today's podcast, we hear more about the Deloitte breach. Deloitte's stil saying little, but other people are talking. The SEC tells the Senate it's "deeply concerned" about its own breach. Popular iOS and Android stock-trading apps are found vulnerable. Sonic drive-ins have sustained what looks like a pretty big breach. Ben Yelin discusses a bipartisan bill to improve IoT security. Isaac Kohen from Teramind on detecting employees involved in radical political activities on company time. Russian influence operations against the US are turning toward local government, religious groups, civic associations and others at the grassroots. Thanks for listening to the CyberWire. One of the ways you can support what we do is by visiting our sponsors. Recorded Future's user conference RFUN 2017 comes to Washington, D.C. , October 4th and 5th, 2017, bringing together the people who put the act in actionable intelligence. If you’d like to learn more about how small nuances in how artificial intelligence and machine learning are used can make a big difference, check out E8’s white paper If you want to execute at machine speed, doesn’t make sense to see what the algorithms a good machine runs on can do for you? Check out sponsor Cylance .
Today we have an action packed episode with more news than we know what to do with. Google has announced a huge shake up to the app store with the introduction of sponsored apps, As well as some leaks about the upcoming Android Pay. Popular iOS app iA Writer hits Android and LG announce a new feature heavy smartwatch that isn't running android wear!