Tim Hardwick: Netflix appears to have softened its stance on Apple TV integration, with some users in the US now reporting seeing prompts to connect their Netflix accounts directly to Apple’s TV app.[…]The integration currently seems restricted to N…
Lees meerHector Martin (via Hacker News): When Apple released the M1, I realized that making it run Linux was my dream project. The technical challenges were the same as my console homebrew projects of the past (in fact, much bigger), but this time, the plat…
Lees meerJason Snell: A year on, I can’t in good conscience recommend that anyone buy one. It’s a glimpse of a potential future and a developer kit for potential future Apple platforms, but that’s about it. […] Vision Pro is a tremendous video player. […] If…
Lees meerJuli Clover: TikTok is once again available for download from the App Store, which means it can be installed on iPhones and will be able to receive updates. Apple’s decision to start distributing TikTok again comes after a letter sent from U.S. Atto…
Lees meerKate Knibbs (Hacker News): Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the United States. In 2020, the media and technology conglomerate filed an unprecedented AI copyright lawsuit against the legal AI startup Ross Intelligence. In …
Lees meerMatt Gemmell (Mastodon): Almost eight and a half years ago, I switched to using an iPad as my full-time computer, having come from decades of having Macs. In recent years we did get an emergency-use shared/household M2 MacBook Air, which my wife wou…
Lees meerTim Hardwick: China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is said to have been critically examining Apple’s practices and holding discussions with the company since last year, specifically about its 30% commission on in-app purchases a…
Lees meerGus Mueller: Has anyone successfully come up with strategies for opting into NSDocument’s autosavesInPlace, but only for certain file types? I’ve looked into overriding scheduleAutosaving and friends, but nothing really works. TextEdit just throws u…
Lees meerApple: If an Apple Account is only used for making purchases, those purchases can be migrated to a primary Apple Account to consolidate them.This feature isn’t available to users in the European Union, United Kingdom, or India.[…]You can choose to m…
Lees meerApple: As a result of last year’s change in Japan’s tax regulations, Apple (through iTunes K.K. in Japan) is now designated as a Specified Platform Operator by the Japan tax authority. All paid apps and In-App Purchases, (including game items, such …
Lees meerApple: The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) requires games to be licensed to remain available on the App Store in Vietnam. To learn more and apply for a game license, review the regulations. James Thomson: I suspect this m…
Lees meerApple: To further support developers’ evolving business models — such as exceptionally large content catalogs, creator experiences, and subscriptions with optional add-ons — we’re introducing the Advanced Commerce API. Developers can apply to use th…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, no security, no enterprise, no developer, full installer, IPSW): According to Apple’s release notes, macOS Sequoia 15.3.1 includes important security fixes, and it is recommended for all users. Important security fixes, b…
Lees meermacOS 14.7.4 (full installer, no security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 13.7.4 (full installer, no security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. S…
Lees meerJuli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, no enterprise, no developer): According to Apple’s release notes, iOS 18.3.1 includes bug fixes and security updates. Previously: iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, no security, no developer): The watchOS 11.3.1 update includes important security updates, and it is recommended for all Apple Watch owners. Previously: watchOS 11.3
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, no security, no developer, no enterprise): According to Apple’s release notes, visionOS 2.3 includes security updates, and the software is recommended for all users. Previously: visionOS 2.3
Lees meerJeff Johnson (Hacker News): Note below how Safari says “Search Google” and “Google Search”, even though I’m supposed to be using Kagi.[…]Safari connects to Kagi only after connecting to Google.[…]An unfortunate consequence is that Safari always send…
Lees meerTikTok: We’re enhancing ways for our community to continue using TikTok by making Android Package Kits available at TikTok.com/download so that our U.S. Android users can download our app and create, discover, and connect on TikTok. Via John Gruber:…
Lees meerAnton Shilov: SemiAnalysis reports that the company behind DeepSeek incurred $1.6 billion in hardware costs and has a fleet of 50,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs, a finding that undermines the idea that DeepSeek reinvented AI training and inference with dram…
Lees meerJames Killick (via Adam Chandler): In 2018 Bill [Kilday] wrote a book about their travails. It is the definitive, insider story of Google Maps. The book is called “Never Lost Again” and I can’t recommend it enough. Among other places it’s available …
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