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Apple confirms it does not hold your Apple ID hostage due to missed Apple Card payment

Yesterday, we covered a story regarding Dustin Curtis’s experience with his Apple ID getting disabled when a payment to his Apple Card failed. Apple has today shared a statement with 9to5Mac clarifying the situation. The company says that Apple Card and Apple ID are not linked in the way that the blog post alleged, and the company does not disable Apple ID services because of missed Apple Card payments.
The situation arose because the trade-in process was left unresolved, and Apple was following its standard procedures in matters of money owed; this is not anything specific to the Apple Card. When an account is marked as in bad standing, use of Apple ID services is restricted; things like Apple Music or App Store purchases. iCloud is wholly separate and is not disabled at all. You can read Apple’s full statement on the matter after the break.
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ZeroCater (YC W11) Is Hiring a Product Design Director (Remote Ok)
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Apple launches a service to transfer your iCloud Photos collection to Google Photos
Silicon Valley Stays on Top as Tech Salaries Climb Across U.S.
Navajo Nation Hospital Targeted By Large-Scale Ransomware Hack
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Did Schnorr destroy RSA? Show me the factors
Article URL: https://sweis.medium.com/did-schnorr-destroy-rsa-show-me-the-factors-dcb1bb980ab0
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26334086
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How to restore your deleted Instagram posts and stories
Woolly Mammoth Revival
Article URL: https://reviverestore.org/projects/woolly-mammoth/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26333932
Points: 17
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Concept imagines an ‘iPad Pro mini’ with 8.9-inch display, Face ID, and USB-C

Earlier today, a sketchy report suggested that Apple could have an ‘iPad mini Pro” in the works. While this report should be treated with quite a bit of skepticism, a new concept imagines what that iPad Pro-style iPad mini could look like…
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Unc0ver jailbreak updated to v6.0.2 with more bug fixes for iOS 14 users
Parler Sues Amazon Again, After Dropping Original Lawsuit
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The Air Force Is Having to Reverse Engineer Parts of Its Own Stealth Bomber
Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39537/the-air-force-needs-to-reverse-engineer-parts-of-its-own-stealth-bomber
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26333649
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Autofocus and sensor-shift stabilization may be coming to the next iPhone’s ultra-wide camera
M1 MacBook Air Hits 900GFlops in the Browser with Safari's Experimental WebGPU
Article URL: https://jott.live/markdown/m1_webgpu_perf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26333369
Points: 60
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Arizona advances bill that could force Apple to add alternative payment options in the App Store

The Arizona House of Representatives has narrowly advanced a bill that could require Apple to allow alternative payment methods in the App Store. Apple had been lobbying against this bill, but it passed in a 31-29 vote on Wednesday, and it could have major consequences for iOS and the App Store.
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Arizona Advances Bill Forcing Apple and Google To Allow Fortnite-style Alternative Payment Options
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Best Buy launches a new health and safety service with Lively app and Apple Watch
Flutter 2
Article URL: https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/03/announcing-flutter-2.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26332944
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[Update: March 2021] Working out with Apple Watch? These smart scales sync weight with iPhone

Apple Watch can help you stay motivated to exercise and improve your health, and smart scales that sync data to the iPhone can be a fun and useful way to track your progress. If you want to easily collect your weight and other measurement data in the Health app on iPhone, the trick is to find a scale that works with HealthKit. Here are some of the current options on the market:
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Best Buy using Apple Watch as basis for new ‘Lively’ health and safety service

Best Buy has stepped further into the health and technology market with a new partnership with Apple. The move sees the retailer also partner with the Lively app to offer both emergency and non-emergency support for elderly Apple Watch users along with up to $200 off the Series 6 or SE wearable.
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