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  • 2: Producer JEFF APPLE and writer JEFF MAGUIRE. Their latest project is the new film, "In the Line of Fire," starring Clint Eastwood as a burnt-out Secret Service agent, haunted by the assassination of President Kennedy. APPLE has produced hundreds of TV commercials as well as documentaries and promotional films. He came up with the idea for the film, and approached MAGUIRE to write the film script.
  • The film stars Will Smith as an enslaved person seeking the promise of freedom enshrined in the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • A third party helped the FBI unlock a phone linked to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Should Apple know how they managed to hack the phone or can the third party sell that information?
  • Apple launched a new virtual reality, or VR, headset. It was its first major new product launch in a decade.
  • You can lose your wallet, you can forget your PINs and passwords, but you can't lose your fingerprints or the sound of your voice. NPR's Dan Charles reports that new technologies are taking advantage of these built-in identifiers to develop fool-proof methods for making sure you are who you say you are. Some critics worry they also make it too easy to invade one's privacy.
  • The closure was reportedly ordered by censors last week. According to local media, it comes just as a controversial — and banned — film is being released on Apple's Hong Kong iTunes service.
  • Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled Wednesday the iPad, a much-anticipated tablet-style computer that looks like a larger version of a iPhone. The device allows users to surf the Web, watch videos and read e-books.
  • Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the business news stories of a very busy 2012, which turned out to be a good year for some, not so much for others.
  • A federal judge has postponed a hearing set for Tuesday that would have been the next step toward settling the battle between Apple and the FBI.
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