7-21 news round-up: New Apple products soon (?), 2020 iPhone rumor, more

Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, we’ll frequently offer a wrap-up of news items you should check out. First up: Apple rumor leaker “L0vetodream” hints that hate tech giant has some new products “ready to ship.” The tweet offered no details, however. Let’s hope it’s a redesigned iMac.

° According to DigiTimes , Apple’s 2020 series of iPhones will work on both sub-6GHz and millimeter wave 5G networks, and the vendor is considering introducing its iPhones supporting either mmWave or sub-6GHz for specific markets next year.

° After a bidding battle for a star-cast package, Netflix prevailed and won world rights for Julia Roberts starring with Denzel Washington and Mr Robot‘s Sam Esmail directing Leave The World Behind, a feature adaptation of an upcoming novel by Rumaan Alam, reports Deadline. The article says it came down to Netflix and Apple and MGM but that there were 10 offers on the project with studios and streamers bidding for movies and limited series. Esmail will adapt the novel.

° Nanchang O-film Tech, a supplier to companies like Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, has been accused by the United States Department of Commerce of violating the rights of Muslim minorities in China.

° Speaking of Nanchange O-film Tech, the CNET says the US Department of Commerce has added 11 Chinese companies to its list of those implicated in human rights violations. Nanchange is among those companies.

° CASETiFY has launched its “Cases for a Cause” series. The debut collection offers three independent lifestyle brands to feature original artwork on CASETiFY’s signature cases, compatible with iPhones, AirPods and AirPods Pro. Upon release, 100% of the collection proceeds will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU).

° The first part of a conversation with Rachel and Mike Schmitz of The Intentional Family podcast starts on the new episode of MacVoices. From tech-oriented issues such as screen time and non-tech issues such as family chores, they discuss some of the methods they have used, how they have modified them as they went along, and why everyone in the family gets a vote…to a point. Teaching how to use our devices and time to create rather than consume, balancing that out with the benefits of video games, and how they have modified their own behaviors to “practice what they preach” make for an informative conversation. (Part 1)