| Greetings, QuickTake readers! In this edition: Disney+ dominates rivals, Grindr gets a Norwegian call-out, and Spike Lee picks up a history-making gig.  Apple, U.S. reignite privacy fight President Trump called on Apple to "step up to the plate" Tuesday, suggesting the company unlock iPhones used by the Florida naval base shooter last month, in return for helping Apple "all of the time on trade." His tweet followed AG William Barr's assertion Monday that Apple hadn't given any "substantive assistance" to the FBI — a claim the company countered, saying it had turned over "gigabytes" of data from cloud-based backups of the devices. Apple has long-refused to help authorities unlock iPhones, while also improving the device's encryption, arguing "there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys." More: - The U.S. government doesn't need Apple to break into the phones and could instead use third-party tools to analyze their contents.
- In 2016, Apple refused to unlock an iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter by building a software backdoor, which Tim Cook called the "software equivalent of cancer."
$ignificant figures 41 million. How many times Disney+ has been downloaded since its release two months ago, generating almost $100 million and far outpacing rival streaming services. 304. The number of human rights activists killed in 2019, mostly in Latin America, while defending indigenous land, LGBTQ+ rights and free speech, a report said. 40. How many adults and children were treated for skin irritation after a Delta jet dumped fuel over a California elementary school while making an emergency return to LAX. Highly quotable "The entire world will be watching." Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said several people were arrested over the Jan. 8 downing of a Ukrainian jet and vowed a full investigation of the disaster. "Insane violation of EU privacy rights." Grindr is sharing users' data, including age, gender, location and sexual orientation, with thousands of ad partners, a Norwegian study found. "Idiots." What a Boeing employee called Lion Air officials when they asked for 737 Max simulator training a year before 189 people died when one plunged into the Java Sea. This is not normal Out of breath. Tennis players were forced off the court during qualifying matches at the Australian Open hours after Melbourne's air quality dipped to "hazardous levels" due to smoke from the catastrophic bushfires.  The future is now High-tech feat. A paralyzed man in South Carolina set a world record for the fastest marathon time in an exoskeleton suit when he finished the 2020 Charleston Marathon in 33 hours, 50 minutes and 23 seconds.  What's good "Shocked, happy and proud." Filmmaker Spike Lee was named jury president for the 73rd Cannes Film Festival, overseeing its official selection in May, making him the first-ever black person to hold the post.  Now that you're caught up... Tell your friends to sign up to receive the QuickTake newsletter five days a week, and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Before you go: This 100-year-old tortoise is really good at one thing: saving his entire species. Thanks for reading!
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