Matt Birchler: While Vivaldi targets people who want absolute control over everything and who always want more functionality, while Arc is more focused on appealing to Mac enthusiasts who want a reliable browser that looks great and sports all the k…
Lees meerJon von Tetzchner (via Bob Burrough): At Opera, we were the first to add their search into the browser interface, enabling it directly from the search box and the address field. At that time, Google was an up-and-coming geeky company.[…]Now, we are …
Lees meerJohn Gruber: The problem I was running into [here] was a bug that resulted from the fact I have split Apple ID accounts: one account for iTunes and App Store purchases, and a separate account for my Apple ID. […] Everything is simpler if you only ha…
Lees meerThomas Claburn (Hacker News): Google Cloud stopped operating in Paris early on Wednesday morning local time due to “water intrusion,” said the off-prem biz, which a day earlier reported profitability for the first time.[…]“Water intrusion in europe-…
Lees meerGaia GPS has worked well for me for years, but recently iOS has been reporting it as the reason my phone’s battery has been draining quickly. Of course, this is somewhat expected when I’m actively using the app, but the high battery use continues fo…
Lees meerTimothy Perfitt: I saw on Monty that fn-q brings up a new note. So what other shortcuts use the fn key? fn-a: activates item in dock so you can arrow around and space to launch app fn-n: open sidebar fn-c: open control center fn-h: show desktop fn-q…
Lees meerSean Heber: Wallaroo is the first app we’ve built entirely with SwiftUI, so in this series of more technical posts, I want to talk about some specific issues we ran into along with how we solved them. In a separate post, Craig discusses development …
Lees meerBrave (via Hacker News): When Brave Search launched in June 2021, about 13% of the queries required the help of third parties to achieve the desired level of quality across various types of queries.[…]By default, Brave Search users will now receive …
Lees meerThomas Tempelmann: I recently had brought up the question how a developer could test a program built for the Mac App Store before releasing it publicly on pre-Monterey (where there’s not TestFlight).The solution (explained to me by DTS) is to submit…
Lees meerWayne Ma (Hacker News): Late last year, a trio of engineers who had just helped Apple modernize its search technology began working on the type of technology underlying ChatGPT, the chatbot from OpenAI that has captivated the public since it launche…
Lees meerHoward Oakley: Apple is sadly no stranger to pulling updates. Ever since the days of classic Mac OS, there have been updates that have been rescinded faster than they appeared, sometimes leaving plenty of sick Macs in their wake. This week it seems …
Lees meerApple: Turn on Remote Login to access your Mac from another computer using SSH (Secure Shell Protocol) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol). This had been working for me for a long time, but at some point something happened to my TCC database and th…
Lees meerJuli Clover: Popular Apple accessory maker Belkin recently introduced the Connect 4-Port USB-C Hub, which is the company’s first U.S. product made from post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR).[…]Made to be compact, the hub includes four USB-C 3.2 Gen …
Lees meerJovi Umawing (Hacker News): Users are manipulated to download and execute this file onto their systems. Once achieved, a bogus password prompts users in an attempt to steal their real password. MacStealer then saves the password in the affected syst…
Lees meerJeff Johnson: When you look at the implementation of Little Snitch, the interpretation of the word “data” becomes crucial. Technically, unless you allow the connection, Little Snitch does indeed prevent HTTP data from getting sent. Nonetheless, Litt…
Lees meerAndy Baio: For some people, colorblindness is a serious liability that closes doors on career dreams. It’s hard to become a pilot, train conductor, or pathologist if you can’t differentiate colors in critical instruments, signals, or tissue samples.…
Lees meerTony Parker (tweet): This preview provides a unified implementation of Foundation, written in Swift, that is faster, safer, and more approachable to new contributors.A new Foundation Workgroup will run reviews of proposed Foundation API and coordina…
Lees meerJordan Morgan (Mastodon): In an attempt to put an end to our StateObject woes in a more paradigmatic manner, Luca Bernardi let us know that Apple’s official documentation now tackles the matter. Specifically, there is now text detailing how to handl…
Lees meerFilipe Espósito: You can use an iPhone or iPad almost anywhere in the world, but some iOS features are only available in specific places. In some cases, these restrictions are related to local regulations (such as FaceTime not being available in the…
Lees meerCitizen Lab (Hacker News): Our ensuing investigation led us to conclude that, in 2022, NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-click exploit chains against civil society targets around the world. NSO Group’s third a…
Lees meerTom Warren (Hacker News): Microsoft’s Edge browser appears to be sending URLs you visit to its Bing API website. Reddit users first spotted the privacy issues with Edge last week, noticing that the latest version of Microsoft Edge sends a request to…
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