Apple May Move Production Out of China
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| Apple May Move Production Out of China | |
| Number | 868 |
| Broadcast Date | JUNE 19, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 3:56 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
Update your Firefox now, Samsung may have a Note 10 date, and Amazon’s new Kindle.
Headlines
- Sources tell CNET that Samsung will announce the Galaxy Note 10 on August 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the same location as the Note 9 announcement. Samsung has not made the announcement official and plans could change.
- Amazon announced a new version of its e-ink reader the Kindle Oasis with the ability to change the color temperature of the screen. Users can make the display show a more off-white tone for nighttime reading. The tone can be scheduled to autoadjust at a predetermined time or in relation to sunrise and sunset. Kobo readers have similar functionality. The new Kindle Oasis goes on sale July 24 starting at $250.
- Google launched a Chrome extension called Suspicious Site Reporter. The extensions looks for suspicious qualities and turns orange if it detects them. If you agree that the site is questionable you can click a send report button which sends Google a screenshot, the URL and site HTML.
- Sources tell TechCrunch that the Apple Watch's built-in apps will be removable in watchOS 6, including Alarm, Timer, Stopwatch, Remote, Camera Remote, Radio and others. The apps can be removed directly on the watch or by using the iPhone Watch app. The apps can be reinstalled from the app store. A few built-in apps like Messages and Heart Rate will not be removable.
- Nikkei reports Apple has asked suppliers to evaluate the possibility of moving 15-30% of output from China to southeast Asia. The move would be necessary to avoid possible US tariffs. Apple suppliers asked to evaluate the cost of such a move include Foxconn, Pegatron, Wistron, Quant Coomputer, Compal, Inventec, Luxshare-ICT and GoerTek. Foxconn has previously said it has enough capacity to build US-bound Apple products outside China.
- US House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters asked Facebook to stop developing its Libra cryptocurrency until Congress and regulators can examine the issues. Other US lawmakers also made similar statements. In Europe, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called on the G7 central bank governors to prepare a report on Libra for their July meeting. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said things like Libra must meet the highest standards of regulation but he has an open mind about it and will work with the G7, IMF and International Settlements and Financial Stability Board to evaluate the plan. Several international banks are engaged in similar systems to Libra, like Ripple. No banks are members of the Libra Association.
- Mozilla released version 67.0.3 of the Firefox browser to patch a critical vulnerability being exploited in the wild. Google Project Zero and Coinbase Security discovered the vulnerability in Array.pop when manipulating javascript objects. It could allow for remote code execution and be used for cross-site scripting attacks. All Firefox users should update their browser.
- YouTube is introducing an augmented reality feature to let users try on makeup from the YouTube app. AR Beauty Try-on works in split screen so you can watch a YouTube makeup tutorial on top of the screen while trying out something like a shade of lipstick in the bottom screen. The feature is in alpha testing with select YouTube creators. M·A·C Cosmetics is the first brand to launch an AR Beauty Try-On campaign. Several other outlets have AR makeup including l"real which partnered with Facebook last year.
- Intel launched a tool called the "Intel Performance Maximizer" that uses some automation to examine your processor settings and change them to boost performance. The one-click overclocking tool works with six 9th-generation Core CPUs. AMD offers a similar tool for its Ryzen processors.
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| Preceded by: "Facebook Announces Libra Cryptocurrency" |
Apple May Move Production Out of China |
Followed by: "US Considering Capping H-1B Visas Over Data Locality" |