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Friday, 10 January 2020

Boeing Emails Reveal Employees Talking Shit About The 737 Max Before Deadly Crashes

New emails and direct messages released by Boeing to congressional investigators reveal some shocking messages from Boeing employees about both their own planes and the regulators overseeing the safety on their aircraft. In one of the most startling messages from April of 2017, a Boeing employee wrote, “this airplane…

The Nightmare Climate Scenario That Keeps Scientists Up at Night

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Apple Accepting Donations to Help Australian Bushfire Relief Efforts

Apple is now accepting donations from users to help Australian bushfire relief efforts. The company has updated its U.S. and Australian websites with a banner that visitors can click on to make donations, 100 percent of which go to directly to the aid agencies involved.

Depending on the device you're using to access Apple's website, clicking on the banner launches the Music app or the iTunes Store where you can select how much money to donate from a series of pre-defined amounts. The U.S. site offers six buttons ranging from $5 to $200.

Donations made via the U.S. site go to the American Red Cross, while donations made through the Australian site go directly to the Australian Red Cross. Visitors to the sites outside of their respective regions don't appear to be able to donate at this time.

The plea follows Apple's own donation pledge in late December to support fire fighting efforts in Australia. For several weeks now, bushfires have been burning across Australia due to one of the worst droughts in history and record-breaking heat waves.

At least 27 people have died and more than 800 homes have been destroyed. Wildlife has also been impacted by the ongoing fires – an estimated 25,000 koalas were killed when flames devastated Kangaroo Island last week.

Apple often provides donations during major disasters and most recently donated money to help fight the wildfires in California.

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Apple Slashes Estimated Trade-In Values of iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch Models Overnight

Overnight, Apple has quietly slashed almost all of its maximum estimated trade-in values of second-hand iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watch models.

For example, yesterday on Apple's device trade-in program web page, the iPhone XS Max had an estimated trade-in value of up to $600, but today Apple is only offering up to $500 –– a full $100 less than it did 24 hours ago.

The new trade-in iPhone values match the values offered on Apple's online store when purchasing another device. There are no special trade-in prices for Macs, iPads, and ‌Apple Watch‌ devices, so this only applies to iPhones.

We've compiled a list of all device reductions below for convenience.
The new maximum estimated trade-in values are shown in bold alongside yesterday's values in brackets.

Apple's New Estimated ‌iPhone‌ Trade-in Values

‌iPhone XS‌ Max –– up to $500 ($600)

‌iPhone XS‌ –– up to $420 ($500)

iPhone XR –– up to $300 ($370)

‌iPhone‌ X –– up to $320 ($400)

iPhone 8 Plus –– up to $250 ($300)

‌iPhone 8‌ –– up to $170 ($220)

‌iPhone‌ 7 Plus –– up to $150 ($200)

‌iPhone‌ 7 –– up to $120 ($150)

‌iPhone‌ 6s Plus –– up to $100 ($120)

‌iPhone‌ 6s –– up to $80 ($100)

Apple's New Estimated iPad Trade-in Values

iPad Pro –– up to $220 ($290)

‌iPad‌ –– up to $100 ($140)

iPad Air –– up to $70 ($100)

‌iPad‌ mini –– up to $80 ($120)

Apple's New Estimated Mac Trade-in Values

MacBook Pro –– up to $2530 ($2530)

MacBook Air –– up to $660 ($670)

MacBook –– up to $610 ($630)

iMac Pro –– up to $4150 ($4240)

iMac –– up to $1500 ($1560)

Mac Pro –– up to $1700 ($1700)

Mac mini –– up to $230 ($230)

Apple's New Estimated ‌Apple Watch‌ Trade-in Values

‌Apple Watch‌ Series 4 –– up to $100 ($110)

‌Apple Watch‌ Series 3 –– up to $70 ($70)

Apple Watch Series 2 –– up to $60 ($60)

‌Apple Watch‌ Series 1 –– up to $30 ($30)

The reductions appear to have occurred not just on Apple's U.S. online store, but in other countries and regions as well. For example, tech blog iFun.de was the first to spot the reductions in Apple's Germany online store.

Apple has heavily promoted its ‌iPhone‌ trade-in program at its retail stores and on its website for over a year now, and CEO Tim Cook recently claimed the increased emphasis has been effective, noting that a third or more of customers that visit its retail stores end up trading in an older device for a newer one.

Using Apple's trade-in service is always going to be more simple than selling to a person, but the convenience of doing so will cost you. You're never going to get quite as much money from a trade-in service as you can get from direct sales, but there are some tips and tricks worth knowing before considering a trade-in. Check out our full trade-in guide for more advice.

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DOOM and DOOM II for iOS Updated to Run at 60fps and Support Free Add-ons

Bethesda has updated the iOS versions of DOOM and DOOM II with some notable features that should please fans of the original classic first-person shooters.

Both games now offer an increase in framerate from the original 35fps to 60fps for smoother gameplay, and a new aspect ratio has been added that stretches the display vertically to match the original 4:3 aspect ratio that the game was intended to be played in.

There's also added support for quick saves and a new option to select any episode, map, and difficulty setting for immediate play, without having to clear the previous levels first.

Perhaps the biggest addition though is support for DOOM and DOOM II community add-ons. These will be curated and offered as free downloads from the main menu, and Bethesda says that it is open to suggestions as to which community-made episodes it should include in the future.

As it stands, players can load up John Romero's SIGIL, as well as TNT Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment, the latter two forming 1996's Final DOOM release. As noted by our sister site TouchArcade, DOOM II also gets No Rest for the Living, which is a map pack originally available on Xbox Live.

Gamers will need a Bethesda.net account to access the add-ons, but the good news is that Bethesda has removed the online log-in requirement that caused so much frustration when the games were released last year.

A full rundown of all the updates and improvements can be found here. DOOM and DOOM II are available to download for iPhone and iPad from the App Store and both games are priced at $4.99 each.

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