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[Sponsor] Why Podcasts Are My New Wikipedia  — the  Perfect Informal Learning Resource

[Sponsor] Why Podcasts Are My New Wikipedia  — the  Perfect Informal Learning Resource

[Sponsor] Why Podcasts Are My New Wikipedia  — the  Perfect Informal Learning Resource

The Epic Anti-Steering Injunction Is Narrow

Nick Heer: The nearly two hundred page order is very readable and well-written, but the injunction ordering Apple to scrap the last sentence of the first bullet in App Store rule 3.1.1 leaves plenty of ambiguity over what developers can do and what …

Why Apple Should Compromise With Antitrust Regulators

Roger McNamee: Recent news reports alleging mistreatment of some employees, internal policies that conflict with the company’s outward-facing stance on privacy, and efforts to prevent the passage of state laws to enable competition with the AppStore…

macOS 11.6

Juli Clover: According to Apple’s release notes, macOS Big Sur improves the security of macOS and is recommended for all users. Apple has also released security update 2021-005 for macOS Catalina, and both updates address an issue that could allow a…

Zero-click iMessage Attacks

Lily Hay Newman (Hacker News): These “zero-click” attacks can happen on any platform, but a string of high-profile hacks show that attackers have homed in on weaknesses in Apple’s iMessage service to execute them. Security researchers say the compan…

MarsEdit 4.5.2

Daniel Jalkut (tweet): This update brings long-awaited media syncing functionality for WordPress blogs. After you refresh your blog in MarsEdit 4.5, all the existing images and files from your blog will be available for re-insertion from the Media M…

New Data From CDC Shows That COVID-19 Remains a Pandemic Only Among the Unvaccinated

Geeks Pub – What If There Were Ten Rings in the Matrix

Tim and David discuss (no spoilers!) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Matrix Resurrections, James Bond, and the first few episodes The post Geeks Pub – What If There Were Ten Rings in the Matrix appeared first on MyMac.com.

NXLog Enterprise Edition

‘Fear and Loathing in America’

Unvaccinated People Are 5× More Likely to Catch Delta Variant of COVID, 10× More Likely to be Hospitalized, 11× More Likely to Die

The Bizarre Decline of Common Sense in COVID Reporting at The New York Times

Judgment in Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

Microsoft Will Require Vaccines for ‘All Employees, Vendors, and Any Guests Entering Microsoft Buildings’

★ Why iPhone Names Have Numbers and Most Other Apple Product Names Don’t

I get it: it seems odd that in 10 years we might be awaiting the introduction of the iPhone 23 lineup, but at the moment, I don’t see this changing.

History of App Store Policy Changes

Dieter Bohn: Apple’s app store policies have caused controversy and consternation many times over the years, but few periods have been as active and strange as the last two weeks. For the first time, we are seeing Apple being forced to react directl…

Epic Wants Its Developer Account Back

Jay Peters (Fortnite, Hacker News): Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate its Fortnite developer account so it can release the game in South Korea, following the passage of a bill that will force Apple and Google to let apps use alternative paymen…

Anti-Steering Ruling in Epic v. Apple

Russell Brandom (via Nilay Patel, Hacker News, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Slashdot): Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case on Friday morning, putting new restrictions on Apple’s App Store rules and bringing mo…