Apple Now Sells the AirPods Pro USB-C Case by Itself

Standard Ebooks

Standard Ebooks (via Jason Kottke): Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.Ebook projects like …

Google Reneges on Unlimited Storage and on Read-Only Preservation

Mike Masnick (Hacker News): We’ve written a few times about independent journalist Tim Burke. Earlier this year, the FBI raided his house and seized all of his electronic devices after he had obtained and published some leaked video footage from Fox…

Proton Drive for Mac

Tim Hardwick: Swiss-based privacy startup Proton today announced the availability of its end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service for Mac users with the launch of its macOS app. Proton Drive lets users sync files between Mac and the cloud, access …

iCloud Drive in Sonoma: FileProvider and Eviction

Howard Oakley: Prior to Sonoma, one of the features in iCloud Drive that hasn’t behaved as documented is Optimise Mac Storage. This has changed in Sonoma, as it now effectively switches between two different types of file provider: a replicated file…

★ Beeper? I Hardly Knew Her.

The three-day saga of an unauthorized iMessage client for Android.

Bending Spoons, the Parent Company That Now Owns — and Laid Off the Staff of — Filmic

iCloud Advanced Data Protection Uptake Amongst DF Readers

VMware Transition to Subscriptions

VMware (via Hacker News): Broadcom’s close of the VMware acquisition has brought together two engineering-first, innovation-centric teams to help build the world's leading infrastructure technology company. […] VMware has been on a journey to simpli…

Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac?

Daniel Gonzalez Reina (via Hacker News): On the one hand you have that Macs will use a HFP when the microphone is in use, and on the other you have that HFP use audio codecs which prioritizes low latency over audio quality. Therefore,☠️ Using the Bl…

Xcode 15.1

Apple (downloads): Xcode 15.1 includes SDKs for iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, and macOS Sonoma 14.2. The Xcode 15.1 release supports on-device debugging in iOS 12 and later, tvOS 12 and later, and watchOS 4 and later. Xcode 15.1 re…

Epic Wins Antitrust Case With Google

Kyle Orland: The jury unanimously answered “yes” to all 11 questions on the verdict form, indicating that Epic had proven those monopolies existed in every worldwide market except for China. Google “engaged in anticompetitive conduct” to establish o…

★ iOS 17.3, Now in Beta, Includes New ‘Stolen Device Protection’ Feature

This new feature will add significant protection against a thief who steals your iPhone and knows your device passcode.

★ Beeper Mini Is Back, But Without Phone Number Registration

It’s fun watching this cat-and-mouse game from the sidelines, but if I were Beeper, I wouldn’t want to be playing.

★ Beeper? I Hardly Knew Her.

The three-day saga of an unauthorized iMessage client for Android.

★ iOS 17.3, Now in Beta, Includes New ‘Stolen Device Protection’ Feature

This new feature will add significant protection against a thief who steals your iPhone and knows your device passcode.

★ iOS 17.3, Now in Beta, Includes New ‘Stolen Device Protection’ Feature

This new feature will add significant protection against a thief who steals your iPhone and knows your device passcode.

Shohei Ohtani’s $700 Million Contract With the Dodgers Will Pay Him Just $2 Million Per Year

Shohei Ohtani’s $700 Million Contract With the Dodgers Will Pay Him Just $2 Million Per Year

[Sponsor] Kolide: ‘The Dirty Secret of OS Updates’

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