apple The trailer to Asimov's Foundation sure looks grand Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets Apple to switch Mac lineup to its own chips Rob Beschizza

Business As COVID-19 surges, Apple re-closes 11 stores temporarily in Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina Xeni Jardin

Business Apple says it's reopening ~100 more stores in U.S. this week, walk-in customers OK in some Xeni Jardin

google How to get a refund on an app you don't like Mark Frauenfelder

Technology How Pong's inventor gave Woz a hack to bring color to the Apple II David Pescovitz

Business Apple and Google are working on coronavirus contact-tracing technology for iOS and Android Xeni Jardin

music Why there's a cult market for really old iPods David Pescovitz

apple Apple deleted files that I owned without telling me. It was inevitable, but I'm still pissed. Thom Dunn

apple Auction of early Apple memorabilia owned by the company's original product design engineer David Pescovitz

apple Sales of Apple Watches eclipse watch sales of entire Swiss watch industry Mark Frauenfelder

Business China virus outbreak may impact Apple iPhone if China extends Foxconn factory halt Xeni Jardin

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow

Technology If you are a Mac user, here's how to avoid the most common kind of malware Mark Frauenfelder

politics Google spent ~$150 million on US lobbying over last decade, followed by Facebook at ~$81M, Amazon almost $80M: Federal filings Xeni Jardin

Business Trump and Apple's Tim Cook to meet at Davos Xeni Jardin

security When FBI complained, Apple dumped plans for encrypted iPhone backups: Report Xeni Jardin

politics Why AG Barr's use of Pensacola shooter case to rebuke Apple is so suspicious Xeni Jardin

design The lost Apple Store design of the 1990s David Pescovitz

Business Rating the 30 most evil tech companies Cory Doctorow