Brendan Carr (Hacker News): TikTok is not just another video app.That’s the sheep’s clothing.It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing.I’ve called on @Apple & @Google to remove TikTok from their app sto…
Lees meerRon Avitzur: C++ is and always has been an effective language for managing complexity in large projects, so why did I change languages? I was incredibly impressed with Apple’s Augmented Reality technology. […] I’ve worked the last 18 months rewritin…
Lees meerChime (via Matt Massicotte): TaskQueue Conceptually similar to a serial DispatchQueue, but can accept async blocks. Unlike with an unstructured Task, this makes it possible to control the ordering of events. […] CancellingContinuation Just like a Ch…
Lees meerFontExplorer: As of June 30th 2022, FontExplorer X products are no longer available for purchase or renewal[…] we will not offer any updates and/or support after June 30th, 2023.[…]We are working on an exciting new product! Sign up for our newslette…
Lees meerJen Simmons: WebKit is 100% on Git. The SVN repo is officially retired. Previously: Swift Bugs Moving to GitHub Issues
Lees meerOpen Web Advocacy (Hacker News): The CMA [UK Competition and Markets Authority] says [Apple’s browser] ban not only doesn’t protect security it could make it worse![…]Out of each of the three major browser engines, Safari has had the had highest num…
Lees meerBrian Webster (tweet): In PowerPhotos 2.0, it can now see and work with any photos in your iCloud photo library, and will automatically download any photos from iCloud as needed. […] Photos has an export command, but it is fairly limited in what it …
Lees meerNatalia Panferova (tweet): Previously, to obtain the path to a file in the application folder, we had to use FileManager APIs, which are quite cumbersome. Now, we can get the paths to system folders directly from static properties on URL type. Howev…
Lees meerApple: Following productive conversations with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), today we’re introducing additional adjustments to Apple’s plan to comply with the regulator’s order pertaining to dating apps on the App Store …
Lees meerApple: The Telecommunications Business Act in South Korea was recently amended to mandate that apps distributed by app market operators in South Korea be allowed to offer an alternative payment processing option within their apps. To comply with thi…
Lees meerBenjamin Mayo (tweet): The move from Intel to Apple Silicon meant Apple’s best-selling machines, the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, went backwards in one regard. They were no longer capable of driving two external displays. But that was easily…
Lees meerTim Hardwick: Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules and anti-tracking technology are anti-competitive and self-serving, according to a press release.[…
Lees meerMeet passkeys (Hacker News): Learn how to add support for passkeys to create a quick and easy sign in experience for people, all while offering a radical increase to account security. Passkeys are simple and strong credentials built to eliminate phi…
Lees meerGuilherme Rambo (tweet): We’ve been able to develop extensions for Apple’s apps and operating systems for a while, but Apple never offered a native way for third-party apps to provide custom extension points that other apps can take advantage of.Wit…
Lees meerBare Bones Software: If a language server includes “quick fix” information in a diagnostic (error/warning) that it returns, BBEdit will add a “Fix” button to the diagnostic’s item in the popover list.[…]Added “Tail Mode”: when turned on, BBEdit will…
Lees meerNicholas Riley: There must be a word for procrastinating by building tools that aid in deferring tasks. […] The idea is that when the defer/due dates have passed, it’s easier to say “I want to do this starting tomorrow, or due tomorrow” rather than …
Lees meerCraig Hockenberry (Hacker News): About a decade ago, things started to change. Since then it’s gotten harder and harder to start a simple web server for testing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I eventually found a way to do it using AppleScript, but as A…
Lees meerMiles Wolbe: Mail’s built-in export (and import) methods suffer from various limitations and bugs; the following tests were run under macOS 12.4 and Mail 16.0[…] Of course, I recommend EagleFiler for this, which offers a variety of ways of importing…
Lees meerEuropean Parliament (via Hacker News): By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU, Parliament and Council negotiators agreed today. […] Under the new rules, consumers will no …
Lees meerXcode 14 Beta 2 Release Notes: Xcode 14 supports building applications that target macOS 10.13, iOS 11, tvOS 11, watchOS 4, and later. In other words, Xcode 14 is dropping support for macOS 10.9 through 10.12. Note also that Xcode 13 doesn’t run on …
Lees meerThomas Dohmke (Hacker News): Today, I am thrilled to announce that we are making GitHub Copilot generally available to individual developers. Your AI pair programmer is here. With GitHub Copilot, for the first time in the history of software, AI can…
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