Yesterday saw @analyst941 delete his Twitter account, claiming that he had been forced to do so after Apple carried out a “multi-step sting” operation. Whether this is true, or just a face-saving story for getting things wrong, it is broadly consistent with what we know about how Apple catches leakers.

Apple has so many methods of identifying leakers – some of them incredibly subtle – that we and others have to be extremely careful in order to protect our sources …

With most tech companies, secrecy is a way to stop competitors beating them to the punch. If they know or suspect other companies are working on the same idea, they want to be first to market, so don’t want anyone else to find out their plans, or how close they are to launching.

Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 10 May 2023.

Moritz v. Sivers’ clock uses a beamsplitter and retroreflective foil to make digits float and rotate in midair.

A novel laser cooling and trapping technique squeezes large numbers of molecules into a confined space while keeping them ultracold.

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A reverse polarity sunspot is shooting plasma at Earth that could create auroras as far south as the mid-latitudes of the globe on May 10 and 11.

Bittrex already announced its intention to exit the U.S., but also faces an SEC enforcement action.