10 things in tech you need to know today, December 4

Kurt
Russell as Santa Claus in “The Christmas
Chronicles.”
Netflix

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this
Tuesday.

1. Apple won’t release a
   “5G” iPhone until 2020 or later, according to a Bloomberg
   report. If you look at the current state of 5G,
   it’s obvious why Apple is sitting this round out: The
   technology simply isn’t ready for it. 
2. Amazon briefly became
   the world’s most valuable publicly traded company.
   It passed Apple on Monday with a market value of about $865
   billion.
3. Jeff Bezos was wrong
   when he predicted Amazon will be making drone deliveries by
   2018. In a “60 Minutes” interview in 2013, Bezos
   showcased his firm’s new “octocopter” delivery drones, and
   predicted they could be operational in five years’ time. They
   are yet to appear.
4. The head of MI6 raised
   security concerns about Huawei after warnings from the
   US. “We need to decide the extent to which we are
   going to be comfortable with Chinese ownership of these
   technologies and these platforms in an environment where some
   of our allies have taken a very definite position,” Alex
   Younger said in a rare speech.
5. Amazon reportedly just took one
   step closer to automating Whole Foods stores, and it reveals a
   road map for the future of shopping. Amazon is
   working on adapting its Amazon Go automated store technology to
   larger-format stores, according to a report from The Wall
   Street Journal.
6. Tumblr announced Monday
   that it will soon ban the posting of any “adult
   content.” Tumblr defines this as media that
   depicts “real-life human genitals or female-presenting
   nipples.” But people are worried it could be the beginning of
   the end for the site.
7. It looks like Apple’s
   next-generation AirPods will launch in 2019.
   AirPods will get an “all-new” design, according to a prediction
   from the well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
8. As tensions with smaller
   software companies run high, Amazon is extending an olive
   branch with a new open-source project. Launching a
   major open-source project, called Firecracker, is a signal that
   Amazon could be ready to engage with the open-source community.
9. The founders of a Mark
   Cuban-backed startup think they can help lawyers do more good
   for the world. Paladin’s service is designed to
   pair up lawyers looking to fulfil their pro-bono obligations
   with those who can’t afford legal aid.
10. Netflix says “The
    Christmas Chronicles” is Kurt Russell’s biggest movie
    ever. Netflix’s content boss, Ted Sarandos, said
    Monday that “The Christmas Chronicles” had 20 million views in
    its first week.

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