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Amazon Tokenmaxxing

donderdag 14 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Rafe Rosner-Uddin (Hacker News): The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house “MeshClaw” product in recent weeks, allowing employees to create AI agents that can connect to workplace software and carry out tasks on a user’s beha…

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Chrome’s Huge weights.bin File

donderdag 14 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Tim Hardwick: The file in question is called “weights.bin,” which powers Google’s on-device Gemini Nano AI model – the engine behind Chrome features like scam detection, autofill suggestions, and the “Help Me Write” tool. Local models tend to be pre…

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OmniOutliner 6.1

woensdag 13 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Ken Case: Redesigning and rebuilding all of our toolbars, sidebars, and inspectors for Liquid Glass gave us a great opportunity to cross-pollinate features, making some familiar platform-exclusive features available across all platforms for the firs…

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macOS 15.7.7 and macOS 14.8.7

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

macOS 15.7.7 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 14.8.7 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. Howard …

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iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple: This document describes the security content of iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9. […] Available for: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPad 7th generation After a brief reprieve, Apple seems to have gone back to the policy of iOS 18.7.3, where…

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Xcode 26.5

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (xip, downloads): Xcode 26.5 includes Swift 6.3 and SDKs for iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, macOS 26.5, and visionOS 26.5. Xcode 26.5 supports on-device debugging in iOS 15 and later, tvOS 15 and later, watchOS 8 and later, and visionOS. Xc…

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macOS 26.5

maandag 11 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no release notes, no security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Tahoe 26.5 adds a Suggested Places section to the search interface in the Apple Maps app. It also lays the groundwork for ads in the Maps app, which are …

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iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5

maandag 11 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no release notes, no security, no enterprise, developer): iOS 26.5 introduces end-to-end encryption for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. E2EE for RCS requires both participants in the conversation to have a carri…

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watchOS 26.5

maandag 11 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no release notes, no security, developer): watchOS 26.5 adds a new Pride Luminance watch face. It also fixes a bug with dual SIM iPhones and an issue that could cause audio alerts to fail to play in the Workout app. Previously: watchOS …

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tvOS 26.5

maandag 11 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, no security, developer): No new features were found in tvOS 26.5 during the beta testing period, so it likely focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Previously: tvOS 26.4

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visionOS 26.5

maandag 11 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no release notes, no security, no enterprise, developer): Apple’s release notes say that visionOS 26.5 includes bug fixes and security improvements. Previously: visionOS 26.4

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audioOS 26.5

maandag 11 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes): According to Apple’s release notes, HomePod Software 26.5 includes performance and stability improvements. Previously: audioOS 26.4

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Reddit Pushes Web Visitors to App

vrijdag 8 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Nate Anderson: I’ve recently developed a daily habit—perhaps one I should cut back on—of visiting several subreddits to keep up on things like audio production and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But I was surprised this weekend to suddenly find my…

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Ask Jeeves Shuts Down

vrijdag 8 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Ask.com: As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 30 years of answering the world's questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026. Mr. Macintosh: Courtes…

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Building Shopie for Mac With SwiftUI

vrijdag 8 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Paulo Andrade (Mastodon): Unlike my other apps, where I typically blend AppKit (or UIKit) with SwiftUI, Shopie is built entirely in SwiftUI. I wanted to keep it that way to maximize code reuse across iOS, iPadOS, and now macOS. This post explores ho…

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Apple Sued for Removing Rave App From Store

vrijdag 8 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover: Rave, a cross-platform service that lets users watch movies and TV shows together, today filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against Apple after Apple removed the Rave app from the App Store in August 2025. According to Rave, Apple cit…

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Sendy 7

donderdag 7 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Hex: Sendy has been completely refreshed with a modern, more polished interface. […] Reach your audience sooner with 2 times faster sending speeds. […] Design beautiful emails faster than ever with the all-new drag & drop editor. No coding required.…

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Arq Restore Notes

donderdag 7 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Greg Hurrell: The other backup tool that has saved my hide in the past is SuperDuper!, but on this occasion I didn’t have access to my physical (SuperDuper!) backup, so restoring from the cloud (Arq) was my only option. […] Arq used all the memory o…

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iOS 27: Custom Wallet Passes

woensdag 6 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Alen Todorov (via Hacker News, MacRumors): After 14 years of waiting on developers to ship Wallet support, Apple is letting users do it themselves. Here is what Bloomberg is reporting, how the new flow works, and what it means for third-party tools …

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Delayed Siri Features Settlement

woensdag 6 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (Slashdot, Hacker News): Apple will pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of false advertising and unfair competition after the personalized Siri features it promoted when launching the iPhone 16 were delayed. A s…

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Software Brain

woensdag 6 mei 2026 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Nilay Patel (Hacker News): It’s a way of thinking that basically created our modern world. Marc Andreessen, the literal embodiment of software brain, called it in 2011 when he wrote the piece “Why software is eating the world” as an op-ed in The Wal…

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