Will the U.S. Government Approve Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

BackLog 1.0

Matthias Gansrigler (tweet): It’s complicated, or at least cumbersome, to get logs that predate you clicking “Start streaming” in Console.app – Apple’s recommendation for it is to create an entire system diagnostics report and look for files in ther…

Austria: Google Analytics Violates GDPR

noyb: In a groundbreaking decision, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (“Datenschutzbehörde” or “DSB”) has decided on a model case by noyb that the continuous use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR. This is the first decision on the 101 model…

NPR: ‘Fissures at the Supreme Court Suggest Justices Are Like a Dysfunctional Family’

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Will the U.S. Government Approve Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for Nearly $69 Billion

Back of the Envelope Math on Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition

Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for Nearly $69 Billion

U.K. Government Plans Publicity Campaign to Build Public Sentiment Against End-to-End Encryption

Safari 15 IndexedDB Information Leaks

Martin Bajanik (Hacker News, MacRumors): In this article, we discuss a software bug introduced in Safari 15’s implementation of the IndexedDB API that lets any website track your internet activity and even reveal your identity.[…]In Safari 15 on mac…

StoreKit External Purchase Entitlement for Netherlands

Hartley Charlton (tweet): In a message posted on its developer site late on Friday, Apple announced that it will comply with a Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) ruling that compels the company to allow third-party payment service…

Small Developer Assistance Fund Claims

Juli Clover: Apple in August announced plans to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit levied by U.S. developers, and as of today, the website that will allow developers to submit a claim for a payout has gone live. […] Developers need to…

Photo Ninja

Mikael Thalen (via John Wilander): “Photo Ninja uses a novel series of steganography, detection perturbation, visible overlay, and several other AI-based enhancement processes to shield your images from reverse image searches without compromising th…

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TechFan 468 – TItan Duck Pay

Tim and David discuss the Xbox, Sony, and Nintendo. Plus Paypal and John Deere getting sued and David picked up yet another new phone. The post TechFan 468 – TItan Duck Pay appeared first on MyMac.com.

Let’s Talk Photography 100: An Unusual Collective

Bart chats with Antonio Rosario and Ward Rosin about the photography collective they’re deeply involved in — ‘Unusual Collective‘ Show notes are available at The post Let’s Talk Photography 100: An Unusual Collective appeared first on MyMac.com.

★ Seeing Green

People — including teenagers — don’t buy iPhones because iMessage is cool or good. People use iMessage because iPhones are cool and good.

Essential Apple Podcast 249: New Year New Stuff

Happy New Year to all, and after our Holiday Break we’re back! This time the iPhone is 15, CES (sort of) happened, Apple’s top The post Essential Apple Podcast 249: New Year New Stuff appeared first on MyMac.com.