On this week’s episode. El Kaiser and JD discuss Jony Ive’s departure from his long-time design post at Apple, Facebook’s attempts at civil rights and the latest in cat-flap technology. And, after decades of living the 3.5mm life, El Kaiser also unboxes his very first set of Lightning-connector earbuds and tests them out. Have yourself a listen here on Episode 313!
- Jony Ive ‘dispirited’ by Tim Cook’s lack of interest in product design: WSJ (The Verge)
- Jony Ive made the entire tech world care about design (The Verge)
- Why Jony Ive’s greatest achievement wasn’t the iPhone. It was the original iMac (Digital Trends)
- Publishers Not Making Much Money From Apple News+ (MacRumors)
- The Bixby Marketplace is Now Officially Open in the U.S. and Korea (Samsung Global Newsroom)
- A Second Update on Our Civil Rights Audit (Facebook Newsroom)
- Amazon Air is expanding to Alaska in a warning shot to UPS, FedEx (Business Insider)
- The Huawei rollercoaster continues as Google gets a green light to license Android again (PCWorld)
- Huawei may get its US supply chain back after Trump’s policy “U-turn” (CNN)
- The Hidden Cost of GoFundMe Health Care (The New Yorker)
- Former Equifax employee sentenced for insider trading (Department of Justice)
- Cat flap uses AI to punish pet’s killer instincts (BBC News)
- If Tom Brings Jerry Home, ML Locks the Cat Door (Synced)
Earbud Unboxing