Apple's News+ pitch failed with key newspapers--but Facebook might value news curation now? Future iPhones come into focus, but Apple's 5G timeline is called into question. And the "hearables" category (by which we mean wireless headphones) heats up.

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Guest Starring:

Devindra Hardawar

Links and Show Notes:

“Are We at a Party, or a Wake?”: Journalists Wonder If Apple News+ Is a Trojan Horse | Vanity Fair

Two-Way Wireless Charging and Larger Batteries Coming to 2019 iPhones - MacRumors

Triple-camera iPhone rumors strengthened by claim parts leak - 9to5Mac

Inside Apple's shaky plan to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020

Dell XPS 13 review: A perfect ultraportable

Global True Wireless Hearables Market Reaches 12.5 Million Units in Q4 2018 - Counterpoint Research

Apple AirPods Review: Perfect Earbuds, but They Don’t Last - The New York Times

Beats Powerbeats Pro share many new AirPods features but have better sound - CNET

Millions of Facebook Records Found on Amazon Cloud Servers - Bloomberg

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook may pay publishers to put their stuff in a dedicated news section - Recode

Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff

Christian Yelich helps young girl get puppy

Search for owner of dog who rode train alone to Dublin

Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter