News items you should check out: August 25

Since I can’t cover everything, I’ll often direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time.

° From 9to5Mac: A newly discovered NSO Pegasus zero-click iPhone attack against a human rights activist managed to succeed despite Apple’s Blastdoor protections, according to security researchers at Citizen Lab.

° From AppleInsider: With their respective app stores jeopardized by a proposed South Korean bill, Apple and Google are looking to the U.S. government for help, setting up a delicate balancing act for the Biden administration.

° From the Los Angeles Times: A Los Angeles County man broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and collected more than 620,000 private photos and videos in a plot to steal and share images of nude young women, federal authorities say.

° From PC Mag: U.S. stores are reporting shortages of Samsung and OnePlus phones, but there are plenty of iPhones to go around.

° From Apple’s YouTube channel: Apple TV+ has shared a first look at season two of “SEE.”

° From MacVoices Live!: The MacVoices Live! examination of 1Password’s move to Electron concludes as the panel of Mike Schmitz, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Kelly Guimont, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Mark Fuccio and Brittany Smith join host Chuck Joiner to discuss whether Apple has failed to supply adequate development tools.