Apple gets hacked, and the vanishing of prolific leaker Jon Prosser, this week on The CultCast

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This week on The CultCast: A massive Twitter hack has Apple pushing a bitcoin scam to millions! Plus: iOS 13.6 brings some cool new features to Apple News. And we’ll tell you the newest info on Apple Glass, while pondering the fate of Jon Prosser, the prolific Apple insider who vanished right after leaking details on the AR specs.

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The CultCast: Episode No. 449

Apple gets hacked, & the vanishing of Jon Prosser

On the show this week: @erfon / @lkahney / @lewiswallace

This week’s Apple news

Hackers hit Apple’s Twitter account in widespread bitcoin scam

  • Apple is one of many companies and high-profile individuals who had their Twitter accounts hijacked Wednesday. A hacker found a way to post on what seems to be any account, indicating that it’s Twitter itself that has been hacked.

iOS 13.6 brings expanded Apple News features and other cool stuff

  • Apple released iOS 13.6 Wednesday, boosting its Apple News offering and bringing other new features to iPhone and iPad.

Apple’s biggest supplier is already making trial lenses for Apple Glass

  • Foxconn has reportedly started trial production on polarized, semi-transparent AR lenses that could be used for Apple Glass, according to The Information.

Mark Gurman is still mad about the Apple Glass Prosser story!

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