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News items you should check out: August 8

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites:

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites:

° From iMore: Bing is so bad Apple says there’s no “price in the world that Microsoft could offer us’” to ditch Google on the iPhone.

° From the Korea Times: The iPhone 16 line-up could launch in Korea earlier than usual.

° From AppleInsider: The developer of the NotchNook app for the MacBook Pro isn’t getting paid, with Stripe allegedly closing an account and preparing to refund approximately $100,000 in sales.

° From 9to5Mac: Google is discontinuing its Chromecast product line and has introduced a new, premium offering: Google TV Streamer for $99. By shifting to high-end TV streamers, Google is validating Apple’s long-held strategy with the Apple TV 4K.

° From Bloomberg Law: Litigation funder Omni Bridgeway scored a small win in its battle with Apple Inc. over whetherthe funder should be forced to turn over documents in the patent suit the tech giant believes it is funding. 

° From Forbes: Apple plans to block websites from attempting to send malicious requests to the IP address 0.0.0.0 on macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, and macOS Ventura.

° From MacVoices Live!: Meta’s stance on AI access in the EU seems strangely familiar. The panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby compare it to Apple’s “wait-and-see” strategy with some of its challenges across the pond. 

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.