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Repeating Calculator Operations

donderdag 30 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover: When you tap the equals sign twice, the app will now repeat the last mathematical operation. […] Repeating operations were an option in the Calculator app prior to iOS 18, but iOS 18 removed the functionality. I wonder what the story is…

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Malimite 1.1

woensdag 29 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Laurie Wired (tweet, Hacker News): Malimite is an iOS and macOS decompiler designed to help researchers analyze and decode IPA files and Application Bundles. Built on top of Ghidra decompilation to offer direct support for Swift, Objective-C, and Ap…

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Google Open Sources PebbleOS

woensdag 29 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Matthieu Jeanson et al.: We are excited to announce that the source code that powered Pebble smartwatches is now available for download.This is part of an effort from Google to help and support the volunteers who have come together to maintain funct…

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Releasing Core Intuition

woensdag 29 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Core Intuition (Mastodon): This is the final episode of our podcast. Thank you so much to everyone who has listened and supported us over the years! We’ve loved doing the show. Thanks and congratulations on 16 years of podcasting. Perhaps this will …

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DeepSeek

dinsdag 28 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Wikipedia: DeepSeek is the name given to open-source large language models (LLM) developed by Chinese artificial intelligence company Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. The company, based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, is owned and solely f…

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Siri Super Bowl Regression

dinsdag 28 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Paul Kafasis (MacRumors, TidBITS): With the absolute most charitable interpretation, Siri correctly provided the winner of just 20 of the 58 Super Bowls that have been played. That’s an absolutely abysmal 34% completion percentage. […] At its worst,…

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iPad at 15

dinsdag 28 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Hartley Charlton: Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the original iPad 15 years ago today, marking one and a half decades of the company’s “revolutionary” tablet. Federico Viticci: A decade of my iPad coverage, collected in a single, recently updated pa…

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GRDB 7

dinsdag 28 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Gwendal Roué: GRDB 7 is out, a joint effort by ten contributors! The new version blends as well with Swift 6 concurrency as you need it, and is ready to follow you for the years to come.Did you know 2025 marks GRDB’s tenth anniversary? Swift Concurr…

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Apple Intelligence Enabled Automatically

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover: When installing macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3, or iPadOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence will be turned on automatically on compatible devices[…] With macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sequoia 15.2, iOS 18.1, and iOS 18.2, Apple Intelligence was opt-in…

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macOS 15.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia brings Genmoji to Macs that support Apple Intelligence, which means it’s now possible to create custom emoji characters using the Messages app.The upda…

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macOS 14.7.3 and macOS 13.7.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes, full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.7.3. Apple (release notes, full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.7.3. See also: Howard Oakley. Previou…

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iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, no enterprise, no developer): For iPhone 16 models, iOS 18.3 adds Visual Intelligence support for adding events to the Calendar app and identifying plants and animals. The update removes Apple Inte…

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watchOS 11.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no release notes, security, no developer): The watchOS 11.3 update introduces a new Black Unity watch face for the Apple Watch, which is designed to match a new band that came out today. Previously: watchOS 11.2

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visionOS 2.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (no release notes, no security, developer, no enterprise): According to Apple’s release notes, visionOS 2.3 includes bug fixes and security updates, and the software is recommended for all users. Previously: visionOS 2.2

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tvOS 18.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer): There were no notable new features found during the tvOS 18.3 beta testing period, but the update adds a new notice about digital movie and TV show sales. Previously: tvOS 18.2

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audioOS 18.3

maandag 27 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple: This update includes performance and stability improvements. Previously: audioOS 18.2

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Edits and Clips

vrijdag 24 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Wes Davis (via John Gruber, Mastodon): Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app is meant to rival CapCut, a video editing app that went offline along with TikTok. Edits is available for preord…

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Debug Descriptions on the Wrong Thread

vrijdag 24 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Douglas Hill (Bluesky): Is there a best practice for implementing description and debugDescription for main actor classes with Swift strict concurrency? Currently, he’s checking the current thread and not trying to read the object if it’s the wrong …

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Phishing Texts Trick Users Into Disabling Protection

vrijdag 24 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Lawrence Abrams (via Ric Ford): As you can see below, a fake USPS shipping issue and a fake unpaid road toll text were sent from unknown senders, and iMessage automatically disabled the links.While neither of these phishing lures is new, we noticed …

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Google Search Now Requires JavaScript

vrijdag 24 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Kyle Wiggers (Hacker News): Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search.In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed t…

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Stargate Project

donderdag 23 januari 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Kyle Wiggers (OpenAI, Hacker News): OpenAI says that it will team up with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and with Oracle, among others, to build multiple data centers for AI in the U.S. The joint venture, called the Stargate Project, will begin with…

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