(Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) (Other highlights from that event included the unveiling of a $6,000 Mac and a separate app store for the Apple Watch.) The closely watched conference came the same day news broke that Apple was among the tech giants facing mounting scrutiny from federal regulators. In other words, Monday was a big one for Apple’s core business — but that’s not why my colleague Thomas Fuller recently visited the company’s new headquarters. The question set me on a journey of discovery, to Apple’s new headquarters in Silicon Valley and ultimately to write a story we published today about what some engineers describe as a major shortcoming in California’s earthquake preparedness.

Source: New York Times June 04, 2019 13:18 UTC