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Highlights of the week included new rumors about the "Apple Car," Apple Pencil support on the iPhone, more incoming MacBook refreshes, and changes in the latest iOS 12 betas.

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Review: Apple and Blackmagic's eGPU with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity

Apple fighting high property tax assessments in Santa Clara county

Quanta rumored to be building new 'inexpensive' MacBooks in Dec. quarter

Review: Hue Lily multi-color spotlights bring HomeKit to the outdoors

Apple issues seventh developer betas for iOS 12, macOS 10.14 Mojave, tvOS 12, watchOS 5

Group FaceTime won't be available for initial iOS 12 or macOS Mojave release

Apple pulls iOS 12 beta 7 OTA update amid performance woes

Apple held secret meeting with developers in 2017 to push app subscriptions

Turkey's president calls for boycott of Apple products

Apple has big ambitions in expanding vital sign monitoring, continuing hiring spree

Review: Nanoleaf's Rhythm Edition Light Panels top HomeKit-enabled wall lights

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increases Apple position by 5 percent

Apple's revolutionary iMac is 20 years old, and still going strong

Video: Compared -- 2018 i9 MacBook Pro versus iMac 5K performance

Apple launches eighth developer beta of iOS 12 two days after pulling seventh beta

How to back up your iPhone or iPad to an external drive to save space on your Mac

Apple probed in Japan for anti-competitive moves against Yahoo game platform

Australian teen hacked Apple's corporate network, accessed data and user accounts

New report backs claims 2018 iPhones will support Apple Pencil

Two days after Turkey's Apple boycott, smashed iPhones and enforcement questions

Review: Audio-Technica's ANC700BT headphones sound great, but are marred by odd controls

Apple says no customer information involved in hack by Australian teen

New $1,200 MacBook, refreshed iPad Pro models could be announced during Apple's September event

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frantisek

Wow! You found different photo for Apple car article! Congratulations! Please, never use the old one again.

dick applebaum

Apple should buy Tesla, sell off the money-losing parts and keep the old NUMMI plant in Fremont:

applesauce007

dick applebaum said:

Apple should buy Tesla, sell off the money-losing parts and keep the old NUMMI plant in Fremont:

I agree that Apple should buy Tesla at a discount to cover all the debts and expenses. Tim Cook would certainly monetize the charging stations services better. Since Apple is not into final assembly of things they may wish to sell or lease the manufacturing assembly lines to a partner like Foxconn / Hon Hai. But definitely upgrade the console interfaces and add voice recognition, sell the cars profitably and most importantly monetize the charging stations services.

SpamSandwich

dick applebaum said:

Apple should buy Tesla, sell off the money-losing parts and keep the old NUMMI plant in Fremont:

The problem is they’re ALL money losing parts. They’d have to pay Apple to buy them. Even though Musk insisted Tesla would be profitable by this year, that he's actively courting major investors to take the company private undercuts his credibility somewhat. I think if they cannot find a buyer this year they are out of business and investors know this.