Apple
A robot apple-picker is now harvesting fruit in New Zealand orchards - MIT Technology Review
The machine uses lidar to navigate the rows between the trees, and machine vision to identify which apples are ripe […] It then uses a vacuum to gently “suck” apples off the trees.
Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/apple-still-hasnt-fixed-its-macbook-keyboard-problem/
Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers are still having problems
The Prototype iPhones That Hackers Use to Research Apple’s Most Sensitive Code - Motherboard
Very few people have heard of them, but “dev-fused” iPhones sold on the grey market are one of the most important tools for the best iOS hackers in the world.
How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones - Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyq8v/how-to-unlock-icloud-stolen-iphone
In a novel melding of physical and cybercrime, hackers, thieves, and even independent repair companies are finding ways to “unlock iCloud” from iPhones.
Google will stop peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door - TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-data-collector-through-apples-back-door/
It looks like Facebook was not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users.
Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps
The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app.
iPhones are Allergic to Helium – iFixit
https://ifixit.org/blog/11986/iphones-are-allergic-to-helium/
Like an incredibly tiny grain of sand, the helium molecules are small enough to get inside the device, physically stop the clock, and turn your phone temporarily into a paperweight.