Apple Support Document Explains AirPods Max Low-Power States

Google Faces Third Antitrust Lawsuit Brought by Bipartisan Coalition of States

Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy

In the news

This is the final In the news for 2020, and give everything we have gone through this year — like pretty much everyone else — I am very much looking forward to the future. But of course, there are always...

Where Is End-to-End Encryption for iCloud?

Ole Begemann: In a December 2020 video recorded for the European Data Protection & Privacy Conference, Apple’s Craig Federighi touts end-to-end-encryption for iMessage[…] Apple has been using this self-congratulatory tone about their encryption effo…

No More Downloadable macOS Updates

Normally, the delta and combo updaters are available for download here within a day of the macOS update becoming available via automatic software update. There was never an updater posted for macOS 11.0.1, but I didn’t think much of it because 11.0 …

Pruning GitHub’s Code Search Index

GitHub (Hacker News): Starting today, GitHub Code Search will only index repositories that have had recent activity within the last year. Recent activity for a repository means that it has had a commit or has shown up in a search result. If the repo…

Little Snitch 5.1 Beta

Objective Development (tweet): There has been a lot of turmoil about Apple excluding some of their own processes from third party firewalls. This release focuses on the problem and adds an option to uncover whitelisted connections in Network Monitor…

iOS Autocorrect and the Delete Key

Hank Green: On Android, if you type a word and it wrongfully autocorrects it, the moment you hit backspace it changes back. On iPhone, if you type a word and it wrongfully autocorrects it, and you delete it and retype it IT WILL CHANGE IT AGAIN TO T…

Texas vs. Google

Russell Brandom: In a bizarre video posted to the office’s verified Twitter account, Texas AG Ken Paxton says the company “repeatedly used its monopolistic power to control pricing” in online ads. “These actions harm every person in America,” Paxton…

Facebook Takes Out Full-Page Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple’s Changes Strengthening iOS Privacy

MKBHD’s Full AirPods Max Review

Facebook Takes Out Full-Page Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple’s Changes Strengthening iOS Privacy

App Privacy Details on the App Store

App Privacy Details on the App Store

‘COVID-19 and the Failure of Swedish Exceptionalism’

‘We Want Them Infected’: Leaked Emails Reveal Trump Appointee Demanded ‘Herd Immunity’ Strategy

Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C.

Comparing COVID Surges, the U.S. Stands Alone

Preview in Big Sur Destroying PDFs Again

Manuel Grabowski (Hacker News): In the lower half is the result after modifying (removed a blank page) and saving that same PDF in Preview. Hard to believe, but that’s not the first time Apple messed this up. Sure, even Apple can’t account for all u…

Podcasts in Big Sur

Jesper: All other things notwithstanding, revisiting Podcasts is informative. Nearly all of it seems to still hold true. Someone is awake at the switch somewhere since Cmd+L now does jump to the “show” of the current episode, but it doesn’t select t…