Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, November 11th, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today, New York State is investigating the Apple card for alleged gender bias.

Sources say Apple thinks AR glasses could someday replace the smartphone.

Dara Krososhahi said some things that he regrets and Amazon is going to launch a grocery store not named Whole Foods.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Over the weekend, Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemire Hanson noticed something odd.

He and his wife had both applied for one of those new Apple credit cards, which is serviced via Goldman Sachs.

But despite the fact that he and his spouse both filed joint tax returns, despite the fact that the H's spouse has a higher

credit rating than he does, despite the fact that they live in a community

property state and have been married for many years, he was granted a credit limit 20 times greater than the

credit limit that she was given.

In a profanity-laced tweet storm, which I will link to in the show notes,

D.H. said, among other things, quote,

it gets even worse. Even when she pays off her ridiculously low limit in full,

the card won't approve any spending until the next billing period.

Women, apparently aren't good credit risks, even

when they pay off the effing balance in advance and in full. The customer service experience

is infuriating too.

They're quick to respond, but nobody is authorized to discuss the credit assessment

process.

No opportunity to present evidence, just a sorry, your wife is deemed to be

one-twentieth of the credit worth credit worth you are check again in six months end quote

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