Melton and Drance hung around and English joined them, and since most of them hadn't seen Blade Runner 2049 yet, the conversation turned to Thor: Ragnarok. Happy weekend.

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• Thor: Ragnarok on Wikipedia
• Secrets of the Marvel Universe on Vanity Fair 
• Don Melton on Twitter
• Matt Drance on Twitter
• Guy English on Twitter

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On December 02, 2017, iOS 11 started crashing. It involved the time system, local notifications, and springboard. Here's what happened and how to fix it.

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• iPhone crashing on Dec. 2? Here's the fix!

• How to download and install iOS 11.2 on your iPhone or iPad

• Person-to-Person Apple Pay is about to make iMessage even more valuable

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Michael Gartenberg talks with Rene about Apple and the tech landscape in fall 2017.

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• Why 2018 is going to be a huge inflection point for the mobile world

• Michael Gartenberg on Twitter @gartenberg

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Apple has apologized for and fixed the root vulnerability in macOS High Sierra. But why do bugs ship and how can Apple prevent this from happening again? With former Apple engineering manager and current Tumult Hype developer Jonathan Deutsch. 

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• macOS High Sierra 'root' security bug
• Why Gets You Root
• About the security content of Security Update 2017-001
• Repair file sharing after Security Update 2017-001 for macOS High Sierra 10.13.1
• Jonathan Deutsch: Twitter
• Tumult
• Hype 3
• Kendo

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AirPods were billed as the future of wireless headphones. Announced in September of 2016, shipped in December of 2016, and scarcely available until well into 2017, this is how well AirPods have lived up to their hype — one year later.

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• AirPods: One Year Later Review
• AirPods: Everything you need to know

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A critical flaw has been discovered in macOS High Sierra that lets an attacker log in as 'root' by leaving the password field blank and trying multiple times in a row. Listen to this and “fix" it right now.

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• macOS High Sierra 'root' security bug: Stop and do this NOW

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There was a day before iPhone was introduced. And a day after. Matt Drance was there for both — and he had to evangelize it.

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• Matt Drance on Twitter @drance

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Some love it. Some hate its living breath. It's the new MacBook Pro and it's the most divisive MacBook Pro ever. 

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• Marco Arment: Fixing the MacBook Pro
• The Touch Bar Makes the Mac More Accessible to Me
• Making the Mac multitouch. A bit.

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Lock screen complications would give iOS greater convenience and privacy. Ambient, persistent biometrics would give iPhone all but invisible security.

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• Dreaming of persistent, ambient authentication for iPhone XI

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HomePod is going to miss the holidays. But how can Apple be late to a market that doesn't really exist yet? With Jan Dawson.

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• Jan’s Web Site

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