Thu. 07/07 – Apple Lockdown Mode

Apple has a new lockdown mode to triage a whole range of cyberattacks. Also, Mark Gurman has some details on that new, expected, “rugged” Apple Watch. Twitter is testing co-tweets. More details on the new version of Meta’s VR headset. And the weekend longreads suggestions. I’ll explain.

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Links:

• Apple Announces New Lockdown Mode on iOS 16 With 'Extreme' Level of Security (MacRumors)
• Apple Plans Extreme Sports Watch With Larger Screen, Metal Case (Bloomberg)
• Heads of FBI, MI5 Issue Joint Warning on Chinese Spying (WSJ)
• Reddit is launching a new NFT avatar marketplace (TechCrunch)
• Twitter starts testing new CoTweets feature that lets two accounts co-author a tweet (The Verge)
• Meta Plans to Call New Virtual Reality Headset the ‘Quest Pro’ (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Keeping Phones Running in Wartime Pushes Kyivstar to the Limit (Bloomberg)
• The Metaverse in 2040 (Pew Research Center)
• Not Just a Tennis Podcast, but Rather ‘The’ Tennis Podcast (NYTimes)
• Inside a Superfan's Secret Friendship With Eddie Van Halen (Rolling Stone)