MacBreak Weekly 700

This Week's Stories:

• Taika Waititi blasts MacBook keyboard at the 2020 Oscars
• Samsung Galaxy S20 announcement - that's a lot of megapixels
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is a laptop in your pocket
• Are all premium phones going to cost $1000+ from now on?
• Is Mobile World Congress 2020 doomed? Coronavirus fears may shutter this year's show
• Foxconn closed for Coronavirus - iPhone production delays
• Apple adds universal purchase for iOS and macOS apps - buy an iPhone app, get a Mac app for free!
• macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) out, security in
• Catalina is breaking Mac apps left and right
• Apple joins FIDO alliance
• France fines Apple 55 minutes of revenue for slowing down iPhones 
• You can now find your iPhone with your Android phone
• CIA used Crypto AG to spy on the world
• Apple Watch sells more than all Swiss watches put together
• T-Mobile Sprint merger clears final hurdle

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: How to turn off Netflix Autoplay Previews
• Andy's Pick: Sony NW-A55 Walkman
• Rene's Pick: Swift Playgrounds for Mac
• Lory's Pick: Locke & Key on Netflix
• Alex's Pick: Kabaq Augmented Reality food
• Alex's Pick #2: 090 Media

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Links

• Taika Waititi Slams Apple's MacBook Keyboards After Winning Oscar
• Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra vs. the competition: The most megapixels
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip first look: folding glass changes everything
• Time to call off Mobile World Congress yet? Nvidia, Amazon and Sony all sidestep trade show over coronavirus fears
• Foxconn’s biggest iPhone plants: one banned from reopening, second 10% staffed
• Electronics giant Foxconn, maker of the Apple iPhone, is taking the unusual step of switching part of its production to making s
• Kuo outlines the issues facing iPhone production because of coronavirus
• Apple Adds Universal Purchases for iOS, tvOS and macOS Apps in Xcode 11.4 - MacRumors
• Apple deprecating macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) is a great win for security | ZDNet
• Apple Joins the FIDO Alliance to Help Develop and Promote Authentication Standards
• Whoa, France. Take it easy. Wow. You're out of control. Fining Apple 55 minutes of revenue for secretly slowing down iPhones? Ma
• iCloud.com receives native support for Android/iOS mobile web browsers
• Apple Pay expected to see transactions of $686 billion by 2024
• How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post
• Sprint soars after judge approves its merger with T-Mobile
• Alex's Pick: 090 Media
• Alex's Pick #2: Kabaq Augmented Reality food
• Lory's Pick: Locke & Key
• Rene's Pick: Swift Playgrounds for Mac
• Andy's Pick: Sony NW-A55 Walkman
• Leo's Pick: How to turn off Netflix Autoplay Previews