Despite Apple saying that usage data it collects does not include personally identifiable info, researchers say it contains an ID that is unique to the user (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
Research suggests Apple collects data about iPhone usage even when the iPhone Analytics setting to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether” is off  —  For all of Apple’s talk about how private your iPhone is, the company vacuums up a lot of data about you. iPhones …

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
100+ BTC was moved out of cold storage wallets tied to QuadrigaCX, the exchange that went bankrupt after its CEO allegedly died, claimed to be inaccessible  —  More than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX moved out of cold storage wallets over the weekend.  Quadriga’s bankruptcy trustee …

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
Pathmatics: Apple’s Twitter ad purchases grew from $989K in October to $1M+ in November; Elon Musk said Apple “mostly stopped advertising on Twitter” on Nov. 28  —  Musk tweeted that Apple had all but stopped buying ads on Twitter.  The iPhone maker’s ad purchases had actually increased, according to an ad analytics firm.

Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits by $8B-$10B to under 15%; as of September 2022, ~23.5% of the bank’s $103B deposits came from crypto  —  Nearly a quarter of the Wall Street bank’s current deposits come from crypto-related businesses.

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
An Apple support document and compliance page reference an “iPhone 14 Max”, suggesting Apple chose the iPhone 14 Plus name at short notice  —  Newly discovered references to the iPhone 14 Plus as “iPhone 14 Max” on Apple’s website suggest this was the name originally intended …

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus with the iPhone 13’s design and notch, last year’s A15, improved camera sensors, and more  —  Apple today announced the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, as part of its September media event.  The phones come in a new color lineup …