Google Drops Support for the Pixel 3

macOS 12.2

Juli Clover (download): macOS Monterey 12.2 is a bug fix update, and Apple’s release notes have no information other than generic bug fix information. We don’t yet have a full list of security updates, but we do know that macOS Monterey 12.2 address…

iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3

Juli Clover: Apple will have a full list of security updates on its website, but today’s iOS and iPadOS 15.3 updates specifically address a recently publicized Safari exploit. Previously: Safari 15 IndexedDB Information Leaks iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2

Swift Foundation Formatter Improvements

Keith Harrison: Unfortunately the documentation is not great so here’s a summary starting with date formatting.[…]In iOS 15 you apply the formatting directly to the Date without the need to create (and cache) a formatter. For example, the formatted(…

The 5G Airline Controversy

James Fallows (via Jason Snell): This post is a basic who-what-why primer on the controversy involving new 5G wireless networks, and airline operations at major U.S. airports. […] Short version: 5G versus the airlines is potentially a real issue, ra…

Google Drops Support for the Pixel 3

Essential Apple Podcast 250: Runaway vacuums and more

We’re back! There’s not a huge amount of Apple news but some tech stuff did catch our eye. Lawmakers gonna legislate, UK Gov plans The post Essential Apple Podcast 250: Runaway vacuums and more appeared first on MyMac.com.

Google Kills FLoC, Unveils New Plan to Replace Tracking Cookies

German Publishers Run Crying to E.U. Regulators Over Google’s Plan to Remove Third-Party Cookies From Chrome

German Publishers Run Crying to E.U. Regulators Over Google’s Plan to Remove Third-Party Cookies From Chrome

Google Drops Support for the Pixel 3

Review: On/Go at-Home COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Self-Test -- let your iPhone help you test for COVID

So far, I have experience with three different COVID self-tests. The one that I am discussing today, the On/Go COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test, is easy to find because it is on Amazon, it is basically free if you live in the...

NBC Will Not Broadcast This Year’s Super Bowl in 4K

Bloomberg: ‘Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid’

Clash of the Optionals

Tom Harrington: What is an “optional” anyway? It depends who you ask. Swift will give you one answer, but Core Data has other ideas. So what happens when you bring them together? […] Guess what, you just broke Swift’s initializer rules! Specifically…

The New York Times Is Just Fucking With Us Now

NBC Will Not Broadcast This Year’s Super Bowl in 4K

Bloomberg: ‘Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid’

Netherlands Authority for Consumer Markets Begins Fining Apple for Non-Compliance With Dating App Rules for Third-Party Payments

Netherlands Rejects StoreKit External Purchase Entitlement Plan

Sami Fathi: The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has ruled that Apple’s plan to allow App Store dating apps to use third-party payment methods for in-app purchases does not sufficiently meet the requirements of a previous ruling. As a…

Apple Did Not Crowdfund :focus-visible in Safari

Eric Meyer: A few people, including Jen Simmons, gave credit to Igalia for implementing :focus-visible by means of a crowdfunding project (more on that in a moment). […] Nobody at Apple asked the crowd to fund anything. Nobody at Apple asked Igalia …