Apple Quietly Releases MLX, an Open Source Array Framework for Machine Learning on Apple Silicon

Gemini: Google’s New AI Model

Tip of the Day: You Can Select Multiple Tabs, Then Drag Them, in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox

Idiot Cops Are Spreading Misinformation FUD About NameDrop

Gemini: Google’s New AI Model

iOS 17.2 Adds NameDrop-Like Feature for Sharing Boarding Passes, Movie Tickets, and Other Wallet Items

Harvard, M.I.T., and Penn Presidents Under Fire After Dodging Questions About Antisemitism

New Mexico Sues Meta Over CSAM Content on Facebook and Instagram

Norman Lear: The Mensch

New Mexico Sues Meta Over CSAM Content on Facebook and Instagram

Norman Lear: The Mensch

New Mexico Sues Meta Over CSAM Content on Facebook and Instagram

End-to-End Security for Facebook Messenger

Jon Millican and Reed Riley (Hacker News): We are beginning to upgrade people’s personal conversations on Messenger to use end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default.Meta is publishing two technical white papers on end-to-end encryption:Our Messenger e…

Privacy Manifests Update

Apple: Starting in spring 2024, if your new app or app update submission adds a third-party SDK that is commonly used in apps on the App Store, you’ll need to include the privacy manifest for the SDK. Signatures are also required when the SDK is use…

TV.app in tvOS 17.2

Benjamin Mayo (MacRumors): Apple will discontinue the standalone iTunes Movies and iTunes TV Shows apps on the Apple TV box, starting with tvOS 17.2 The warning message seen above has started appearing in the release candidate version of tvOS 17.2 b…

Sonoma’s “cp -l” Won’t Create Links

Rob Griffiths: I ran into this while working on a Keyboard Maestro macro that creates hard links: The macOS version of cp won’t create links, at least not in Sonoma. In Ventura, it works even though it throws the same error as it does in Sonoma.[…]I…

The MacBook Air Gap

Joe Rosensteel: Why do I care about the “Pro” chip so much? Despite the name the Pro is really the middle chip, but there’s no middle laptop for it. The base M2 and M3 can be configured with more RAM (to a point) but they can’t be configured with ex…

Filing Mail Messages on Sonoma Using the Keyboard

Adam Tow: As I continue to investigate how to bring MsgFiler to macOS Sonoma, here’s a tip from a user that allows you to file messages via the keyboard on Sonoma. It also works on previous versions of macOS dating back to 2011.Select a message to f…

FastSpring Risk Screening

I received a pair of e-mails from one of my payment processors, FastSpring, which included this text: Our implemented process is designed to ensure full alignment and compliance with regulatory standards, including KYC/KYB (Know Your Customer/Know Y…

Norman Lear: The Mensch

Gurman Predicts Big March for Apple: New iPads Pro and Air, M3 MacBook Airs, and New iPad Peripherals