News round-up: Hints of new Macs, iPhones, Apple Watches uncovered (and more)

Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, we’ll frequently offer a wrap-up of news items you should check out.

Apple is expected (but it’s not been confirmed) to hold a special media event on Sept. 10. Whether to not that happens, the tech giant has filed several unreleased iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac model numbers with the Eurasian Economic Commission today, according to filings uncovered by MacRumors. 

Apple, Google, and Mozilla are all taking action to block state surveillance in Kazakhstan of web users through their respective browsers, reports ZDNet.

Love Notes to Newton, a documentary about Apple’s ill-fated but influential Newton MessagePad, is getting a big screen showing. The documentary will be shown at the Living Computers Museum + Labs in Seattle, Washington on September 28, notes Cult of Mac.

Apple’s new iPhones, due this fall. are expected to see shipments of only 70 million units overall in 2019, less than the amount contributed by the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max in 2018, according to Digitimes Research.

Intel has added more processors to its 10th-generation offering, with four U-series and four Y-series processors codenamed ‘Comet Lake’ aimed at notebooks and portable devices, boasting models with six cores and very low thermal design points. AppleInsider says they’d be great for a future MacBook Air update. 

As noted by MacRumors, The Chicago Tribune recently launched an investigation into the radiofrequency radiation levels output by popular smartphones, and found that some of Apple’s iPhones are allegedly emitting radiofrequency radiation that exceeds safety limits.

On the latest episode of MacVoices, Macstock organizer Mike Potter wraps up this year’s event by looking back at the growth of the conference, the involvement of so many people, and offering an update on the Digital Pass for those who couldn’t be there. Mike then looks ahead to next year’s Macstock, discussing the theme, and teases a discussion of how presentation submissions are reviewed.