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Wed. 07/14 – Did Apple Deep-Six 69? (NOT Nice!)

Tech Brew Ride Home

Amalgamated Internets, LLC

News, Tech News, Technology

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Bunch of Apple news. A new “buy now, pay later” service. A MagSafe battery pack. Is content moderation a hot new area for startups? Facebook groups can now get actual designated experts. REvil has suddenly gone dark. And why does iOS seemingly find 69 degrees Fahrenheit to be NOT nice! Sponsors: AwayTravel.com/techmeme KiwiCo.com/ride for first month free Links: Apple, Goldman Plan ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Service to Rival Affirm (Bloomberg) Apple Seeks Up to 20% Increase in New iPhone Production for 2021 (Bloomberg) Apple releases MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 12, available now for $99 (9to5Mac) Discord buys Sentropy, which makes AI software that fights online harassment (TechCrunch) Amazon Acquires Facebook’s Satellite Internet Group (The Information) Facebook's groups to highlight experts (CNET) REvil ransomware gang's web sites mysteriously shut down (BleepingComputer) Apple’s weather app won’t say it’s 69 degrees (The Verge) Link to today's Twitter space at 3pm eastern! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Mem ride home for Wednesday, July 14th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:09.0

Bunch of Apple News. A new Buy Now Pay Later service, a new Mag Safe Battery Pack, is content moderation

0:17.2

a hot new area for startups? Facebook groups can now get actual designated experts.

0:22.6

Are Evil has suddenly gone dark?

0:24.6

And why does IOS seemingly find

0:26.9

69 degrees Fahrenheit to be not nice?

0:30.5

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

0:37.0

Lots of little apple stories today. For example, sources are telling Mark Germin and

0:40.0

Srithar Natarajan that apple and Goldman Sachs and

0:44.1

Schrithar Naderajan that Apple and Goldman Sachs are working on a buy now pay later service to

0:48.1

let consumers pay for any Apple pay purchase in installments sort of how a firm does it, quoting Bloomberg.

0:55.0

Goldman Sachs has been Apple's partner for the Apple Card credit card since 2019,

1:01.0

but the new offering isn't tied to the apple card and doesn't require the use of one

1:05.6

said the people who ask not to be named discussing unannounced products.

1:09.6

The service is currently planned to work as follows.

1:13.9

When a user makes a purchase via Apple Pay on their Apple device,

1:18.4

they will have the option to pay for it

1:20.6

either across four interest-free payments made every two weeks or

1:25.0

across several months with interest one of the people said the plan with

1:29.2

four payments is called Apple Pay and for internally, while the longer-term payment plans are dubbed

1:35.8

Apple Pay monthly installments.

1:38.6

When making purchases through an Apple Pay Later plan, users will be able to choose any

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