Apple releases public betas a bit earlier than we expected, Bill Gates muses on Microsoft's missed opportunity and the power of tech giants, WebOS just keeps on keeping on, and we're all going to need a fuzzy puppy update this week because this is the final episode of Download.

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First Look: macOS Catalina Public Beta - Six Colors

Apple Beta Software Program

Bill Gates calls failure to fight Android his “greatest mistake” | Ars Technica

Bill Gates accidentally makes the case to regulate the hell out of platform companies - The Verge

LG tries to bring webOS to cars, robots, and the smart home with new partnership - The Verge

Liftoff - Relay FM

Puppy lost for 13 days in Arizona after Route 66 wreck found

Facebook's cryptocurrency move, 5G in rural areas, Google steals lyrics, Apple hedges on China, JJ Abrams cuts a big deal with Warner Media, Snapchat's original programming strategy, and much more.

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Bob Greenblatt Says WarnerMedia in "An Arms Race" to Keep J.J. Abrams | Hollywood Reporter

J.J. Abrams Bidding War Won by WarnerMedia | Hollywood Reporter

Bob Greenblatt Says WarnerMedia in "An Arms Race" to Keep J.J. Abrams | Hollywood Reporter

Suzanna Makkos, Jennifer O'Connell Join WarnerMedia Streaming Service | Hollywood Reporter

Disney+ Streaming Service Tracking Well Among Key Demographics | Hollywood Reporter

Netflix: Adam Sandler's 'Murder Mystery' Is Its Biggest Opening Weekend Ever | Hollywood Reporter

Dan Loeb Urges Sony to Separate Entertainment, Electronics Units | Hollywood Reporter

On Snapchat, Original Series Are Finding Return Viewers | Hollywood Reporter

Obamas Ink Deal With Spotify to Produce, Host Podcasts | Hollywood Reporter

Obamas Ink Deal With Spotify to Produce, Host Podcasts | Hollywood Reporter

Coming in 2020: Calibra | Facebook Newsroom

Facebook confirms it will launch a cryptocurrency called Libra in 2020 - The Verge

Choosing the Wrong Lane in the Race to 5G | WIRED

Apple Explores Moving Some Production Out of China - WSJ

The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra | WIRED

A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ - The New York Times

The tech industry has a lot to apologize for, the Huawei mess escalates, and is Apple still thinking about autonomous vehicles?

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Recode’s CodeCon News Show Tech Still in Denial – Tech.pinions

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki at Code Conference - Axios

Susan Wojcicki apologizes, sort of | Revue

Facebook plans to unveil new Portal hardware this year - The Verge

Inside Huawei’s secretive plans to develop an operating system to rival Google’s Android | South China Morning Post

Huawei postpones planned laptop launch amid US trade war - The Verge

Huawei Is Said to Demand Patent Fees From Verizon - The New York Times

Apple to Buy Drive.ai in Bid for More Autonomous Vehicle Talent - Bloomberg

From Apple's podcast studio within its Worldwide Developer Conference, we're joined by John Siracusa and Shelly Brisbin to discuss iPadOS, iOS, Catalyst, SwiftUI, and Apple's new pro hardware.

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iPadOS: The MacStories Overview – MacStories

Apple’s Voice Control improves accessibility OS-wide on all its devices | TechCrunch

New York City seizes ice cream trucks for shell company scheme to dodge $4.5 million in parking tickets.

Project Catalyst Enables Bringing iPad Apps to the Mac – MacStories

Xcode - SwiftUI - Apple Developer

Mac Power Users #485: WWDC and Interview with the Mac Pro Product Manager - Relay FM

Accidental Tech Podcast: 329: Mac Pro Day

The Case for a 5K Thunderbolt Display – 512 Pixels

Man, puppy sleeping in dumpster during collection escape serious injury in Provo | Deseret News

John Siracusa (@siracusa) / Twitter

Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) / Twitter

The increasingly messy tech Cold War, Apple's keyboard troubles, the prospects for data protection laws in the U.S., and Wi-Fi stalking on the Tube.

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Google suspends Huawei's Android support (updated)

Microsoft Pulls Huawei Laptops From Official Online Store - PCMag Australia

Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant

Huawei: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant - BBC News

U.S. Considers Blacklisting Five Chinese Surveillance Firms - Bloomberg

Trump Huawei Ban Ripples Across Industry as Supplies Halted - Bloomberg

China, Leverage, and Values – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg

Apple has a plan to make online ads more private | TechCrunch

Apple updates MacBook Pro processors and keyboard, extends Keyboard Service Program - Six Colors

California is bringing law and order to big data. It could change the internet in the U.S.

Microsoft wants a US privacy law that puts the burden on tech companies - CNET

London’s Tube network to switch on Wi-Fi tracking by default in July | TechCrunch

Rescue Dogs Attend Adorable Puppy Prom | PEOPLE.com

Helen Woodward Animal Center Alumni Puppy Prom

Parallel - Relay FM

Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) | Twitter

Apple gets a bad Supreme Court ruling, Disney buys the rest of Hulu, and Florence Ion joins us to discuss last week's Google IO, including the Pixel 3a and the fate of all our Nest thermostats.

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Kavanaugh's Shot at Apple (AAPL) Allows Hope for Antitrust Cases - Bloomberg

Supreme Court deals Apple major setback is App Store antitrust case

How Apple’s Supreme Court loss could change the way you buy apps - The Verge

It’s Almost Impossible to Tell if Your iPhone Has Been Hacked - VICE

The Hulu/Disney/Comcast divorce, explained - Vox

Comcast has agreed to sell its stake in Hulu in 5 years

Adobe warning of legal problems if subscribers keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps [u]

Adobe warning of legal problems if subscribers keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps [u]

Google Pixel 3a: Everything you need to know! | Android Central

Pixel 3a - The phone that gets it done - Google Store

Nest Hub Max: hands-on with Google’s first smart display with a camera - The Verge

Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections - The Verge

Puppy found after months hunting rabbits near Cambridge - BBC News

Flo Feed

Florence "U4EA" Ion (@Ohthatflo) / Twitter

Philip Michaels joins us to talk about interesting things in Apple's latest financial results, the death of a product that never existed, and Facebook's F8 product announcements.

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Apple second-quarter 2019 financial results - Six Colors

Apple's financial results: Learning to sell the iPhone - Six Colors

Apple spends more than $30 million a month on Amazon Web Services

Energizer’s Ridiculous 18,000mAh Battery Phone Ends In Disaster

The 5 biggest announcements from Facebook’s F8 developer conference keynote - The Verge

F8 2019 keynote in 12 minutes - YouTube

Facebook Is Turning Instagram Into The New Facebook

Facebook Wants to Connect You With Your 'Secret Crush' | WIRED

Facebook pivots to what it wishes it was | TechCrunch

Baby sea lion hops into CHP patrol car after loitering on busy Bay Area freeway - Los Angeles Times

Carolina Milanesi joins Jason to discuss her time using an unbroken Samsung Galaxy Fold, Tim Cook talking up tech regulation, Jack Dorsey visiting the White House, and the words tech writers use to describe Pinterest.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold launch delayed by breaks

Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown - iFixit

Samsung Galaxy Fold: A Pragmatic Take – Tech.pinions

Tim Cook calls for regulation of tech industry with serious issues - 9to5Mac

Apple Now Prioritizing MacBook Keyboard Repairs With Quoted Next-Day Turnaround Time - MacRumors

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey meets Donald Trump in closed door meeting at White House - The Washington Post

In a statement, Twitter said the meeting — initiated by the president — focused on “protecting the health of the public conversation ahead of the 2020 U.S. elections and efforts underway to respond to the opioid crisis.” Twitter partners with the federal government on a program to encourage Americans to dispose of prescription drugs they no longer need to prevent against abuse.In March, Trump accused Silicon Valley’s largest companies of harboring a “hatred" for "a certain group of people that happen to be in power, that happen to have won the election.” In doing so, Trump threatened potential regulation, telling reporters at a press conference that the government may “have to do something about it.”

Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation | WIRED

As Pinterest IPOs, its coverage is often pretty sexist — Quartzy

Jaws of Life save Rottweiler puppy trapped in cinderblock in St. Johns County | firstcoastnews.com

Consumer Technology Consultancy | The Heart of Tech | Silicon Valley

Apple and Qualcomm make up over fried chicken, social-media companies continue to not get it, and the Galaxy Fold makes a very bad first impression.

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Apple, Qualcomm settle royalty dispute

Daring Fireball: Why Apple Settled With Qualcomm

TripMode

macOS 10.15 to include standalone media apps, splitting iTunes - 9to5Mac

Apple planning Luna Display-like desktop extension feature for macOS 10.15, codenamed ‘Sidecar’ - 9to5Mac

iOS 13: Dark Mode, detachable panels, Safari and Mail, more - 9to5Mac

Apple revamping Find My Friends & Find My iPhone in unified app, developing Tile-like personal item tracking - 9to5Mac

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show

15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook | WIRED

A healthier Twitter: Progress and more to do

Google Chrome is getting a reader mode on desktop - The Verge

My Samsung Galaxy Fold screen broke after just a day - The Verge

Samsung responds to Galaxy Fold screen damage: ‘we will thoroughly inspect these units’ - The Verge

Dog rescued 220km from Thai coast by rig workers - BBC News

Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) | Twitter

Netflix ties its own hands, new Kindles arrive, Amazon gets criticized for cozying up to oil companies while touting its own green-energy efforts, web accessibility is trickier than you'd think, and... is that a black hole?

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Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio - Bloomberg

Netflix confirms it killed AirPlay support, won’t let you beam shows to Apple TVs anymore - The Verge

macOS 10.15 to include standalone media apps, splitting iTunes - 9to5Mac

With Music for macOS coming soon, legacy iTunes features will disappear or spread to iOS - 9to5Mac

Amazon Kindle (2019) review: a backlight can’t save the low-res screen - The Verge

Amazon.com: Kindle E-readers

Amazon employees’ climate proposal is rare sign of worker dissent - Recode

Amazon announces three new wind farms as report questions company's clean energy commitment - Electrek

Amazon Is Aggressively Pursuing Big Oil as It Stalls Out on Clean Energy

See the first image ever taken of a supermassive black hole - The Verge

Astronomers capture first image of a black hole | NSF - National Science Foundation

Seeing a black hole with half a ton of hard drives - Six Colors

Apple's new feature a step towards digital apartheid - Axess Lab

About Accessibility Events - Apple Support

'iOS Access for All' by Shelly Brisbin

A Translated Fuzzy Puppy Story

Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) | Twitter

Apple's News+ pitch failed with key newspapers--but Facebook might value news curation now? Future iPhones come into focus, but Apple's 5G timeline is called into question. Dell's new XPS laptop is a winner. And the "hearables" category (by which we mean wireless headphones) heats up.

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“Are We at a Party, or a Wake?”: Journalists Wonder If Apple News+ Is a Trojan Horse | Vanity Fair

Two-Way Wireless Charging and Larger Batteries Coming to 2019 iPhones - MacRumors

Triple-camera iPhone rumors strengthened by claim parts leak - 9to5Mac

Inside Apple's shaky plan to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020

Dell XPS 13 review: A perfect ultraportable

Global True Wireless Hearables Market Reaches 12.5 Million Units in Q4 2018 - Counterpoint Research

Apple AirPods Review: Perfect Earbuds, but They Don’t Last - The New York Times

Beats Powerbeats Pro share many new AirPods features but have better sound - CNET

Millions of Facebook Records Found on Amazon Cloud Servers - Bloomberg

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook may pay publishers to put their stuff in a dedicated news section - Recode

Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff

Christian Yelich helps young girl get puppy

Search for owner of dog who rode train alone to Dublin

Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter