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Rust at 10

maandag 19 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Graydon Hoare (Slashdot): Rust turns 10 today, or at least it’s been 10 years since the 1.0 release. In this decade (and the near-decade of development before!) it has undergone growth and change I can barely comprehend the scale of. To say I’m surp…

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In Praise of the iPad mini 7

vrijdag 16 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Adam Chandler (Amazon): Right now, the iPad mini with an A17 Pro and 8Gb of RAM is $399 through some retail partners. […] Something surprising happened since picking this up. Following setup, I’d start casually grabbing it and carrying it around the…

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Fortnite “Blocked”

vrijdag 16 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Dominic Preston (MacRumors, Hacker News, Slashdot, TechCrunch, The Register): Fortnite maker Epic Games has announced that Apple has blocked the game’s return to iOS. Following the rejection, Fortnite is no longer available on iPhones and iPads even…

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CarPlay Ultra

vrijdag 16 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (Hacker News, MacRumors): Starting today, CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, is available with new Aston Martin vehicle orders in the U.S. and Canada, and will be available for existing models that feature the brand’s next-generati…

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Why Using ChatGPT Is Not Bad for the Environment

vrijdag 16 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Andy Masley: It’s not bad for the environment if you or any number of people use ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, or other large language model (LLM) chatbots. You can use ChatGPT as much as you like without worrying that you’re doing any harm to the …

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HDR in Forthcoming Halide 3

donderdag 15 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Ben Sandofsky (tweet, Hacker News): Then the algorithms combined everything into a single “photo” that matches human vision… a photo that was useless, since computer screens couldn’t display HDR. So these researchers also came up with algorithms to …

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Microsoft Layoffs

donderdag 15 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Jordan Novet: Microsoft on Tuesday said that it’s laying off 3% of employees across all levels, teams and geographies, affecting about 6,000 people.[…]The company reported better-than-expected results, with $25.8 billion in quarterly net income, and…

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2025 Six Colors Apple in the Enterprise Report Card

donderdag 15 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Jason Snell: Of those expressing a preference, a third said they’d only be comfortable with allowing on-device running of AI models; nearly half said they’d be okay with on-device models and those that run in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute servers. O…

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SQLite Databases in App Group Containers (Don’t)

donderdag 15 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Brent Simmons (2020): The crash logs were not identical, but they had this same thing:Namespace RUNNINGBOARD, Code 0xdead10ccThis meant that the system was killing the app because, after the background task was complete, the app still had references…

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Apple Developer App 10.8

woensdag 14 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover: As WWDC 2025 approaches, Apple has updated its Developer app to prepare for the week-long event. The refreshed version of the developer app will host the WWDC 2025 session videos, 1-on-1 labs with Apple engineers, and more. It’s still u…

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External Purchase Conversion Metrics

woensdag 14 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Jacob Eiting (Mastodon): Turns out, in-app purchases are good for conversion rates. In fact, at least 30% better. That’s one of the things we found while running the first large-scale, side-by-side test of in-app vs web purchases in history.[…]The i…

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Critical Warning for External Purchases in App Store

woensdag 14 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Viktor Maric: first time seeing this. Apple will punish the apps with external payment system Swift Dev: Yup it’s real, you see this warning if the app doesn’t use IAP. Also it says external purchases next to the “get” button It’s confusing to follo…

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Apple’s 2025 Accessibility Feature Preview

woensdag 14 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple: Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Accessibility Nutrition Labels, which will provide more detailed information for apps and games on the App Store. Users who are blind or have low vision can ex…

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tvOS 18.5

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, no developer): Apple today released tvOS 18.5, the latest version of the tvOS operating system. Juli Clover: The tvOS 18.5 update that Apple released yesterday adds support for synchronizing Dolby Atmos playback…

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macOS 15.5

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, no developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia 15.5 is light on new features, with Apple listing only a change to Screen Time in its notes. I still haven’t been able to get this update to install…

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macOS 14.7.6 and macOS 13.7.6

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

macOS 14.7.6 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 13.7.6 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. Previou…

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iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, enterprise, no developer): iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 are on the smaller side, featuring a limited number of new features. There’s an update to Screen Time that lets parents know when a Screen Time pass…

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watchOS 11.5

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, no developer): The watchOS 11.5 update adds a new Pride Harmony watch face and it fixes an issue that could prevent the iPhone from showing a notification when the Apple Watch battery is fully charged. Previousl…

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audioOS 18.5

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple: This update includes performance and stability improvements. Previously: audioOS 18.4.1

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visionOS 2.5

dinsdag 13 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, no enterprise, developer): With visionOS 2.5, Apple added a Vision tab to the Apple TV app to make it easier for users to find content created for the Vision Pro. Previously: visionOS 2.4.1

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Pasteboard Privacy Preview in macOS 15.4

maandag 12 mei 2025 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (via Jeff Nadeau): Prepare your app for an upcoming feature in macOS that alerts a person using a device when your app programmatically reads the general pasteboard. The system shows the alert only if the pasteboard access wasn’t a result of s…

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