Andrew Oliver (via Hacker News): Applets are officially, completely removed from Java 26, coming in March of 2026. This brings to an official end the era of applets, which began in 1996. However, for years it has been possible to build modern, inter…
Lees meerIgor Kulman (Mastodon): The app is real, finished, tested, documented, and ready for submission. All I needed was to join the Apple Developer Program. […] When you want to publish an app on the App Store, the process is supposed to be simple: you si…
Lees meerAlex Rosenberg: A few times now I’ve accidentally replaced a password that might have still been valid. I’d like to be able to look through historical passwords for a site. It can be well-buried behind an option-click or something. Ideally they have…
Lees meerJuli Clover: Apple could ultimately have to pay up to an estimated 637 million euros to address the damage suffered by 14 million iPhone and iPad users in the Netherlands.The lawsuit dates back to 2022, when two Dutch consumer foundations (Right to …
Lees meerApple (MacRumors): Apple today announced that Jennifer Newstead will become Apple’s general counsel on March 1, 2026, following a transition of duties from Kate Adams, who has served as Apple’s general counsel since 2017. She was previously chief le…
Lees meerDominic Preston (Hacker News, MacRumors, Slashdot): Netflix has announced that it’s struck a deal to acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion. The purchase will go through after Warner Bros.’ planned split from Discovery, now expected to take place in…
Lees meerMothers Ruin Software (Mastodon): Restored the ability to decode recently-created URL Bookmarks. Apple changed this binary format in macOS 26.1, macOS 15.7.2 and macOS 14.8.2, and that would cause the decode to fail. Archaeology can now decode the n…
Lees meerAshley Belanger (Hacker News): The European Commission announced that X would be fined nearly $140 million, with the potential to face “periodic penalty payments” if the platform fails to make corrections. A third of the fine came from one of the fi…
Lees meerJuli Clover: Russia has blocked Apple’s FaceTime video calling app in an ongoing effort to eliminate private communication methods, reports Reuters. Russia claims FaceTime is being used for criminal activity, and that blocking the app is a legitimat…
Lees meerSimon Fondrie-Teitler (Hacker News, Slashdot): In October Kohler launched Dekota, a $600 (plus monthly subscription) device that attaches to the rim of your toilet and collects images and data from inside, promising to track and provide insights on …
Lees meerPaul Kafasis (release notes): You can now play audio through multiple outputs at once, with grouped output devices. […] SoundSource has outstanding new support for sending audio to AirPlay devices like HomePods, Sonos systems, and more. That means y…
Lees meerGitLab (via Hacker News): Our internal monitoring system has uncovered multiple infected packages containing what appears to be an evolved version of the “Shai-Hulud” malware.Early analysis shows worm-like propagation behavior that automatically inf…
Lees meerChance Miller: Alan Dye, Apple’s vice president of Human Interface Design since 2015, is departing the company. Bloomberg reports that Meta has poached Dye as part of its push “into AI-equipped consumer devices.” Stephen Lemay, a 26-year Apple desig…
Lees meerTyler Hall: Maybe it’s because my eyes are getting old or maybe it’s because the contrast between windows on macOS keeps getting worse. Either way, I built a tiny Mac app last night that draws a border around the active window. I named it “Alan”. Ni…
Lees meerAditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil (MacRumors): India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to antag…
Lees meerHoward Oakley (Hacker News): Over the last few weeks I’ve been discovering problems that have been eroding confidence in macOS. From text files that simply won’t show up in Spotlight search, to Clock timers that are blank and don’t function, there’s…
Lees meerJarred Sumner (via Hacker News): Bun has been acquired by Anthropic. Anthropic is betting on Bun as the infrastructure powering Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, and future AI coding products & tools.[…]Bun stays open-source & MIT-licensedBun continues…
Lees meerMitch Stone: According to Activity Monitor, the corespotlightd process often occupies more than 100% of the CPU load, sometimes spiking as high as 400% on my M2 Ultra Mac Studio. This problem has become so severe that it often pinwheels under normal…
Lees meerGary Leff (Hacker News): According to aviation insiders, there’s a possible grounding of Airbus narrowbodies coming worldwide.[…]10-15 passengers were hospitalized after the aircraft rapidly descended without being instructed by pilots to do so. The…
Lees meerApple (Hacker News, MacRumors, The Register, NY Times, TechCrunch): Apple today announced John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, is stepping down from his position and will serve as an advisor to the co…
Lees meerohoj Software: We have made the difficult decision to discontinue Ducklet. While we had high hopes for this product, it has unfortunately not proven to be commercially viable, and as a result, we can no longer dedicate the time and resources necessa…
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