Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship in 6-3 Decision

★ The Supreme Court Rules That Law Enforcement’s Use of ‘Geofence Warrant’ Was a ‘Search’ (But May Be Moot, Technically, Since 2024)

Google no longer collects this information in a way that is susceptible to geofence warrants, and, more importantly, Apple never did.

Chatrie v. United States

Amy Howe: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that when law enforcement officials used a “geofence warrant” – a warrant that instructed Google to provide location data for cellphone users who were near a particular place during a specific time period …

Dissecting Apple’s Sparse Image Format (ASIF)

Erik Schamper: ASIF takes a lot of inspiration from existing virtual disk formats. Practically, that means it’s another sparse virtual disk format, and functions very similar to sparse VMDK, VHDX or QCOW2 files (for the uninitiated, it allow you to …

App Store Complaint From Chinese Developers

Hartley Charlton: A group of 48 China-based iOS developers have filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the country’s market regulator over the App Store’s commission rates, the South China Morning Post reports. The developers sent an open l…

Kids Online Safety Act

Amanda Silberling (May 2025): The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been reintroduced into Congress. If passed into law, this bill could impose some of the most significant legislative changes that the internet has seen in the U.S. since the Childre…

UK Social Media Ban

Tim Hardwick: The British government will introduce a ban on social media access for all users under 16 years of age, set to take effect in 2027. […] The plan goes further than a similar ban introduced in Australia. It will cover major platforms Sna…

★ The Supreme Court Rules That Law Enforcement’s Use of ‘Geofence Warrant’ Was a ‘Search’ (But May Be Moot, Technically, Since 2024)

Google no longer collects this information in a way that is susceptible to geofence warrants, and, more importantly, Apple never did.

Three Players From the Japanese Men’s National Team vs. 100 School Children

U.K. Regulator Considers Requiring App Store to Allow Steering to the Web, and iOS NFC to Be Open

CMA Consultation on Mobile App Steering and NFC Access

U.K. Regulator Considers Requiring App Store to Allow Steering to the Web, and iOS NFC to Be Open

U.K. Regulator Considers Requiring App Store to Allow Steering to the Web, and iOS NFC to Be Open

Data Breach at Indian Supplier Tata Electronics Exposes iPhone 18 Pro Details and Photos

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PuffPal, an App for Accessing Cannabis Clubs, Leaked 1 Million Users’ Passports

The Steam Machine

Criterion Collection: The Complete Kubrick

What to Do With a Hot Mac

Howard Oakley: Hot Macs have their own paradox: open Activity Monitor, select the CPU view, and at the top of the CPU % list will be kernel_task hogging the CPU cores with 100% or more, rather than its usual 4% or so. Kerb any temptation to kill it …

macOS California Adventure

Basic Apple Guy: But what exactly is a Mavericks? Where is Sonoma? And how many Mac users could point to where Ventura or Tahoe on a map? I decided to trace the history and real-world locations behind every California-inspired macOS release and the …

Shutting Down Notion Mail

Zac Hall: Last year, Notion expanded its productivity suite to include Notion Mail, an AI-powered email client. Today, the company announced that it’s shutting down the Notion Mail inbox service this fall. […] Today, more than half of Notion Mail us…