Summary: <p><strong>Fri. 12/14 - Facebook Faces a GDPR Inquiry</strong></p><p><a href="https://feedpress.me/RideHome" target="_blank"><strong>https://feedpress.me/RideHome</strong></a><strong> - Direct RSS feed starting this weekend, just in case</strong></p><p><strong>The bomb scare email scam that demanded bitcoin, Facebook’s Photo API gave away too many photos, Apple strikes back at Qualcomm, Apple kills its second music-based social network, an Apple analyst sounds alarm bells about iPhone unit sales, Instacart breaks up with Whole Foods, PlanetScale brings mega-scaling technology to the masses, and of course the Weekend Longreads suggestions.</strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.macstadium.com/ridehome" target="_blank"><strong>MacStadium.com/ridehome</strong></a><strong> </strong> </li> <li><a href="https://www.tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18139724/bitcoin-bomb-threat-scam-email-us-police-department-investigation-evacuations" target="_blank">Bitcoin scammers send bomb threats worldwide, causing evacuations</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/14/facebook-photo-bug/" target="_blank">Facebook bug exposed up to 6.8M users’ unposted photos to apps</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d796b5a8-ffc1-11e8-ac00-57a2a826423e" target="_blank">Irish regulator to investigate Facebook after new data leak</a> (Financial Times)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-14/apple-says-china-iphone-ban-would-force-settlement-with-qualcomm" target="_blank">Apple Says China iPhone Ban Would Force Settlement With Qualcomm</a> (Bloomberg)</li> <li> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/13/apple-music-connect-ping/" target="_blank">Apple Music removes ability for artists to post to Connect, posts removed from Artist Pages and For You</a> (9to5Mac)</li> <li> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/14/iphone-xr-demand-iphone-sales/" target="_blank">Ming-Chi Kuo cuts first quarter iPhone sales estimates by 20%, says iPhone XR demand is low</a> (9to5Mac)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/12/13/18139324/whole-foods-instacart-partnership-ended-amazon" target="_blank">Amazon has officially killed the Whole Foods-Instacart partnership</a> (Recode)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/13/planetscale/" target="_blank">They scaled YouTube—now they’ll shared everyone with PlanetScale</a> (TechCrunch)</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>The <a href="https://www.betterment.com/ride" target="_blank">Betterment</a> Weekend Longreads:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.evnewsdaily.com" target="_blank">EV News Daily</a> (Podcast)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/obituaries/evelyn-berezin-dead.html" target="_blank">Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor</a> (New York Times)</li> <li> <a href="https://stratechery.com/2018/the-state-of-technology-at-the-end-of-2018/" target="_blank">The State of Technology at the End of 2018</a> (Stratechery)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/11/18131224/recommendations-best-strategist-wirecutter-buzzfeed-reviews" target="_blank">The rise of the recommendation site</a> (Vox)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/mastermind-cia-disguise/" target="_blank">How the CIA Trains Spies to Hide in Plain Sight</a> (Wired)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>
