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Bloomberg says Apple let suppliers reduce the accuracy of Face ID but doesn't give many details and Apple has denied the report: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/inside-apple-s-struggle-to-get-the-iphone-x-to-market-on-time

This isn't the first time Bloomberg has run a sensationalist story on not much: http://www.loopinsight.com/2013/05/09/in-which-bloomberg-just-makes-shit-up-about-the-ipad-mini/

Guess who's at the door! It's not Amazon because they're inside your house: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/10/amazon-key-wants-to-let-people-into-your-house/

Apple's new shows to be not so violent or sexy: https://www.recode.net/2017/10/25/16543320/apples-new-tv-shows-no-sex-violence-nipples-game-of-thrones

Apple has acquired a New Zealand wireless charging company: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-wirelesscharging/apple-acquires-new-zealand-wireless-charging-company-idUSKBN1CU0X7

Robert Scoble digs himself a big hole: https://scobleizer.blog/2017/10/25/no-of-that-im-innocent-sexual-harassment-assault-accusations/

The Justice Department wants "responsible encryption" which is another way of saying it wants the keys to your tech: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/trumps-doj-tries-to-rebrand-weakened-encryption-as-responsible-encryption/

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This episode is not brought to you by Movies Anywhere, but it sure sounds like it is: https://moviesanywhere.com/

There's probably some drug joke you could make about KRACK but WiFi hacking is NOT funny and neither are dangerous drugs: https://www.imore.com/krack

Some signs that U.S. buyers are favoring the iPhone 7 over the 8: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone-research/u-s-buyers-favor-iphone-7-over-8-research-idUSKBN1CL1Z1

Be careful when picking up an Apple Studio Display CRT: https://www.engadget.com/products/apple/studio-display/17-inch/crt-vga/

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There's a new trailer for the next movie in that long-running movie franchise you like: https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lucasfilm/star-wars-the-last-jedi/

Twitter is upping the character limit to 280: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/27/553982675/twitter-to-try-giving-users-280-characters-whether-they-want-them-or-not

Google did not and could not buy Apple: https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/10/dow-jones-hacked-google-acquiring-apple/

Felix Krause's proof-of-concept for iOS phishing: https://krausefx.com/blog/ios-privacy-stealpassword-easily-get-the-users-apple-id-password-just-by-asking

The Wirecutter picks the best wireless charger: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-qi-wireless-charger-for-iphone-and-android-phones/

You can control your Sonos with Alexa now: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/5/16431688/sonos-speaker-alexa-voice-commands-how-to-setup

Google's Pixel Buds: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16401132/google-pixel-buds-wireless-headphones-announced-price-release-date

Moltz reminisces about his Canon Wordtank: http://f.hatena.ne.jp/etsav/20071104224002

Bose has new wireless earbuds: https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/earphones/soundsport-free-wireless.html#v=soundsport_free_wireless_black

The recent spate of Back To My Mac-related ransomware: http://mashable.com/2017/09/22/icloud-hack-find-my-mac/#nEFuvc71Imqp

Mat Honan's 2012 horror story of being hacked: https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking

The Amazon Fire 4K: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375134/new-amazon-fire-tv-announced-4k-hdr-price-date-2017

The Batman 1966 Shakespeare bust bank: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jjvn/?srp=16

Qi charging has some problems: https://techpinions.com/iphone-8-qi-wireless-charging-and-the-challenge-of-open/51228

Can Pi fix them? https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/18/pi-wants-to-extend-the-reach-of-wireless-charging/

James makes a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT PCALC'S RACING GAME: http://pcalc.com

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Nilay Patel makes the case for Apple to make a TV: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16359798/apple-television-justification

Apple is reportedly in the bidding for the James Bond franchise: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/06/apple-james-bond-film-distribution-rights/

High Sierra is out: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/09/macos-high-sierra-a-subtle-under-the-hood-update/

Problems with the 3D sensor may make it hard for Apple to fulfill iPhone X orders: https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/26/iphone-x-production-rate/

Faviconographer brings favicons to Safari: https://faviconographer.com

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Federico Viticci's massive iOS 11 review is out: https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-11-the-macstories-review/

The Apple Watch's LTE bug is caused by public WiFi networks with interstitial captive login: https://www.imore.com/how-your-apple-watch-connects-wi-fi-networks-when-away-your-iphone

Rob Griffiths is not a fan of removing iOS apps from iTunes: https://robservatory.com/on-the-removal-of-ios-apps-from-itunes-i-hate-it/

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Apple held an event this week, if you didn't hear, and here are Jason Snell's impressions of the iPhone X: https://www.macworld.com/article/3224526/apple-phone/iphone-x-hands-on-and-first-impressions-with-apples-new-iphone.html

Michael Gartenberg has some overall thoughts: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/09/gartenberg-apple-raises-the-bar/

Dan digs into some details: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/09/todays-apple-event-the-little-details-you-might-have-missed/

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The Red Sox use Apple Watches to steal signs against the Yankees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/sports/baseball/boston-red-sox-stealing-signs-yankees.html?_r=0

Microsoft tells the government they have to go through them for DREAMers (we incorrectly attribute a statement to Satya Nadella that was actually from Microsoft President Brad Smith): https://twitter.com/aarti411/status/905149737573113856

YouTube for iOS gets a live stream capability: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/05/youtube-iphone-display-live-streaming/

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Lex is trying out Robokiller: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robokiller-block-spam-calls-identify-callers/id1022831885?mt=8

Hiya is another: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hiya-caller-id-and-block/id986999874?mt=8

The Echo has added multi-room audio: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2297100

Sonos is holding an October event: https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/sonos-sends-out-invites-for-smart-speaker-reveal-on-october-4/

The Wall Street Journal says Apple's event will be on September 12th: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-hold-product-launch-event-on-sept-12-1503928157

Fitbit's Ionic smartwatch: http://time.com/4916429/fitbit-ionic-smartwatch-hands-on/

Lex and Dan both like Pedometer++: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pedometer/id712286167?mt=8

Lex interviewed the host of Missing Richard Simmons: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-richard-simmons/id1203092300?mt=2

The NY City police department has to ditch 36,000 Windows Phones: http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/nypd-needs-to-replace-36k-useless-smartphones/

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Mark Gurman's latest at Bloomberg has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-apple-iphone8/

See this thread: https://twitter.com/rjonesy/status/899990609079009280

Adios, CrashPlan for consumers: http://tidbits.com/article/17412

Moltz and Lex use Arq but Moltz may switch after Amazon changed their storage prices: https://www.arqbackup.com

You can temporarily disable Touch ID in iOS 11: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/17/ios-11-emergency-sos-disables-touch-id/

Here's what configuring the HomePod will look like in iOS 11: https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/22/configuring-homepod-looks-like-this/

Are these pictures of an Apple OLED TV? Probably not. https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/16/images-depict-alleged-apple-oled-tv/

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