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Instacart user data is being sold on the dark web

By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Over 200,000 Instacart accounts have allegedly been breached, with the data gleaned being sold now on the dark web.Instacart user data is being sold on the dark webInstacart accounts that have been active as soon as Wednesday may have data being sold on the dark web. Out of the millions of consumers using Instacart, only 278,531 accounts have been confirmed to be exposed….

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Apple highlights career of long-term Apple Distinguished Educator Dr. Carl Owens

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Apple Distinguished Educator program, Apple is highlighting the work of Dr. Carl Owens, a long-time participant in the program.Apple Distinguished Educator, Dr. Carl OwensOwens, at 65, is retiring at the end of the 2020 – 2021 school year. Over his long career as the College of Education professor at Tennessee Tech University, Apple says that he has “taught thousands of undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students, many of whom were aspiring teachers who went on to teach tens of thousands of their own students.”…

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Steve Wozniak suing YouTube over Bitcoin scams

By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Apple founder Steve Wozniak is hitting back at YouTube for allowing scammers to use his likeness to promote fake bitcoin giveaway scams.Image Credit: Gage SkidmoreCryptocurrency scams are becoming increasingly common these days, with many widely-known tech figures being targeted to help promote them. In mid-July, Twitter suffered a security breach that allowed a malicious actor the ability to tweet from verified accounts, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and …

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Super-thin circuit boards coming to mini LED iPad Pro, MacBook Pro

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) A new supplier has reportedly entered Apple’s supply chain, with the company providing “super-thin” circuitboards vital to the mini LED backlight technology said to be coming to a wide array of Apple products soon.Using an Apple Pencil on the 2020 iPad ProAccording to a new supply chain report, Apple’s mini LED technology that it expects to use in future …

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‘Apple Glass’ may use sensors to react to wearer’s stress or attention span

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Alongside presenting information to the user, ‘Apple Glass’ may register physiological signs such as temperature or heart rate, and alter what it’s displaying based on what it can sense about the user.Mockup (using Magic Leap One Lightwear AR goggles) of how Apple’s physiological-measuring glasses could workApple has filed many previous patents regarding …

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