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Dave Smith/Business Insider Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Apple finally revealed when its sleek new credit card will launch . The Apple Card will be launching in August, the company said on its earnings call, confirming a previous report from Bloomberg. Apple's iPhone sales slump continued in Q3, but Mac and wearable growth helped top targets . Apple's iPhone sales fell 12%, but were better than analysts had forecast. The woman suspected of stealing more than 100 million people's data from the bank Capital One clued in the FBI because she boasted about a hack on GitHub, Slack, and Twitter, according to court documents filed by federal prosecutors on Monday . Capital One on Monday revealed that the data of some 106 million people had been compromised in the breach, which it said occurred in March. The Chinese tech firm Huawei said it saw a massive sales increase in the first half of 2019, despite pressure from the US trade ban ....

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Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence . Current subscribers can read the report here . Blockchain technology promises to transform how nearly all industries manage data. Since roaring onto the scene as the engine behind Bitcoin in 2009, it's become applicable to a diverse array of industries beyond financial services, including industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: Spotify's new 'Disney Hub' highlights the benefits of cross-platform symbiosis Marvel 'Phase 4' could help Disney+ one-up its competitors Spotify is tapping into the cultural zeitgeist surrounding true crime to amplify its podcast push

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Facebook, Linkedin, Google, Apple and Amazon have very little ability to promote a specific idea or creator. That sounds crazy, but culturally and technically, it’s true. In 1995, Oprah got to put just one person as the lead in an episode of her show. That choice was a commitment and a signal. It said to her viewers, “there were many people who could have been on the show today, but I chose this person.” In 2000, Random House got to pick one book to be their big business title for November. Just one. Their curation sent a message to bookstores, who stocked more copies as a result. They were curators and their curation led to promotion and attention. There was a cost to picking junk, and a benefit to earning trust. The tech giants have surrendered that ability, with the costs and benefits that come with it. They end up disrespecting creations and their creators. It doesn’t matter if you know someone at Google or if Amazon promises that they’re going to heavily promote y...

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When you set up a system, it helps to keep in mind what will happen if it doesn’t work. Depending on the costs of ‘not working’, you can build more resilience into the system. In most cases, ‘not working’ isn’t catastrophic. If your toaster doesn’t work, it’s not that big a deal. You can make toast in a few days and live with limp bread in the meantime. On the other hand, if you’re on a mission to Mars, you’ll probably be glad you packed a few extra oxygen tanks, even if the cost of bringing them is quite high. We make two mistakes when we organize a system: We get overly optimistic about the reliability of the system, and combine that with a narrative that minimizes the cost of living without it. I’d put the current state of our internet infrastructure in that camp. We get overly pessimistic about the likelihood and cost of failure. This leads us to over-engineer things, or to pay far more for redundancy than we sho...

Since the first story was carved on a rock, media pundits have explained that they have simply given people what they want, reporting the best they can on what’s happening. Cause (the culture, human activity, people’s desires) leads to effect (front page news). In fact, it’s becoming ever more clear that the attention-seeking, profit-driven media industrial complex drives our culture even more than it reports on it. Thoughtful people regularly bemoan our loss of civility, the rise of trolling and bullying and most of all, divisive behavior designed to rip people apart instead of moving us productively forward. And at the very same time, reality TV gets ever better ratings. So much so that the news has become the longest-running, cheapest to produce and most corrosive TV show in history. Increase that exponentially by adding in the peer-to-peer reality show that is social media, and you can see what’s happening. Imagine two classrooms, each filled with seco...

Brené Brown makes it seem so easy. It’s not. Vulnerability is a hot topic right now, with leading voices like Brené Brown and Elizabeth Gilbert sharing research-driven reasons to let down your guard at work and make space for real understanding and empathy. It’s an easy concept to buy into. Wouldn’t we all like to live in a world where people were honest about their insecurities and needs, rather than projecting overconfidence and aggression, especially in business? Read Full Story

Digital media company Copa90 created clubhouses in Paris and Lyon to give its brand a boost IRL just like physical retail helps D2C startups grow. As the reigning Ballon d’Or winner, Ada Hegerberg is the best female soccer player on the planet. But the Norwegian star, who plays professionally in France for Olympique Lyon, has refused to suit up for Norway since 2017 over how women’s soccer is treated in her home country, not just in pay but training facilities, travel, and more. The 23-year-old star was obviously missed at the 2019 Women’s World Cup , but she did make it to France, playing at the Copa90 clubhouse in Paris during the tournament. Read Full Story

John Lamparski/Getty Images. In an essay for the New York Times , Meghan McCain said she recently had a miscarriage. She said she learned of her miscarriage during a photoshoot promoting "The View." "I missed a few days of work. It wasn't many, but given the job I have, it was enough to spark gossip about why I would be away from 'The View.' This was not supposed to be public knowledge," she wrote. "I have had my share of public grief and public joy." Now, McCain said she is speaking out because a "miscarriage carries so much cultural taboo" even though it's "distressingly common." Also in her essay, she discussed anticipating motherhood and mourning her child as well as her father, John McCain. Visit INSIDER's homepage for more . In an essay published in the New York Times , Meghan McCain said she recently had a miscarriage. She said learned of it "a few weeks ago," while on the set of a magazine...