Andy Masley: It’s not bad for the environment if you or any number of people use ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, or other large language model (LLM) chatbots. You can use ChatGPT as much as you like without worrying that you’re doing any harm to the …
Lees meerBen Sandofsky (tweet, Hacker News): Then the algorithms combined everything into a single “photo” that matches human vision… a photo that was useless, since computer screens couldn’t display HDR. So these researchers also came up with algorithms to …
Lees meerJordan Novet: Microsoft on Tuesday said that it’s laying off 3% of employees across all levels, teams and geographies, affecting about 6,000 people.[…]The company reported better-than-expected results, with $25.8 billion in quarterly net income, and…
Lees meerJason Snell: Of those expressing a preference, a third said they’d only be comfortable with allowing on-device running of AI models; nearly half said they’d be okay with on-device models and those that run in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute servers. O…
Lees meerBrent Simmons (2020): The crash logs were not identical, but they had this same thing:Namespace RUNNINGBOARD, Code 0xdead10ccThis meant that the system was killing the app because, after the background task was complete, the app still had references…
Lees meerJuli Clover: As WWDC 2025 approaches, Apple has updated its Developer app to prepare for the week-long event. The refreshed version of the developer app will host the WWDC 2025 session videos, 1-on-1 labs with Apple engineers, and more. It’s still u…
Lees meerJacob Eiting (Mastodon): Turns out, in-app purchases are good for conversion rates. In fact, at least 30% better. That’s one of the things we found while running the first large-scale, side-by-side test of in-app vs web purchases in history.[…]The i…
Lees meerViktor Maric: first time seeing this. Apple will punish the apps with external payment system Swift Dev: Yup it’s real, you see this warning if the app doesn’t use IAP. Also it says external purchases next to the “get” button It’s confusing to follo…
Lees meerApple: Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Accessibility Nutrition Labels, which will provide more detailed information for apps and games on the App Store. Users who are blind or have low vision can ex…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, no developer): Apple today released tvOS 18.5, the latest version of the tvOS operating system. Juli Clover: The tvOS 18.5 update that Apple released yesterday adds support for synchronizing Dolby Atmos playback…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, no developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia 15.5 is light on new features, with Apple listing only a change to Screen Time in its notes. I still haven’t been able to get this update to install…
Lees meermacOS 14.7.6 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 13.7.6 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. Previou…
Lees meerJuli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, enterprise, no developer): iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 are on the smaller side, featuring a limited number of new features. There’s an update to Screen Time that lets parents know when a Screen Time pass…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, no developer): The watchOS 11.5 update adds a new Pride Harmony watch face and it fixes an issue that could prevent the iPhone from showing a notification when the Apple Watch battery is fully charged. Previousl…
Lees meerApple: This update includes performance and stability improvements. Previously: audioOS 18.4.1
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, no enterprise, developer): With visionOS 2.5, Apple added a Vision tab to the Apple TV app to make it easier for users to find content created for the Vision Pro. Previously: visionOS 2.4.1
Lees meerApple (via Jeff Nadeau): Prepare your app for an upcoming feature in macOS that alerts a person using a device when your app programmatically reads the general pasteboard. The system shows the alert only if the pasteboard access wasn’t a result of s…
Lees meerHartley Charlton: Apple is looking at reworking Safari to directly support AI-powered search services, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.[…]Cue said that searches on Safari dipped for the first time in April 2025—a change which he attributed to users …
Lees meerAdam Engst: Lauri returned her iPhone 16 Plus, replacing it with an iPhone 15 Plus. She was driven to such a seemingly nonsensical move by insurmountable problems getting the iPhone 16 Plus to pair via Bluetooth with her 2019 Toyota RAV4. The iPhone…
Lees meerUnder the Radar (David Smith): I maintain a sense of optimism that this situation could ultimately lead to a meaningful reset in the developer relationship. Maybe that is naive optimism but I think it is the best chance we’ve had in a while. Bruce: …
Lees meerJoe Rossignol: Apple acquired Canadian startup Mayday Labs in April 2024, according to a European Commission listing, spotted by French blog MacGeneration.[…]Mayday Labs founder Jeremy Bell confirmed that his company had been acquired in a since-del…
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