Q3 Mac shipments fell dramatically, but that’s no surprise
Two different market intelligence agencies both reported that Q3 Mac shipments fell dramatically year-on-year, experiencing a far greater drop than competing PC makers.
IDC estimates that global Mac shipments fell 23.1% year-on-year, while Gartner h...
Feature request: Let me snapshot my smart home to auto-create a scene
The vast majority of my smart home control comprises asking Siri to activate a scene – or having one automatically triggered by a time or event. For example, when going to bed, a single command switches on low lighting in the bedroom while switching of...
Feature request: iPhone jiggle mode is still criminally bad UI which desperately needs a fix
You know something’s bad when you’re about to write a feature request and then realise you already did do, more than a year go. Some 18 months after I asked Apple to fix the awful iPhone jiggle mode, nothing has changed, so consider this my renewed ple...
Genshin Impact developer with close relationship to Apple twice tried to evade 30% cut
The Chinese developer behind the hugely popular Genshin Impact mobile game has twice tried to evade Apple’s 30% cut on in-app purchases, according to a new report.
This is despite a close relationship between gaming giant miHoYo and Apple, including...
Snapchat My AI may be banned in UK over ‘worrying’ child privacy concerns
Snapchat’s My AI feature is facing the prospect of a ban in the UK, over concerns that it may be putting the privacy of children at risk.
It follows separate user outrage at the ChatGPT integration being pinned to the top of their chats, and a mix o...
X Community Notes used to challenge ads by Apple and others
The Community Notes feature on X is being used to challenge claims made in ads by Apple, Samsung, Uber, and others.
A report says that this is adding another barrier to the willingness of major brands to advertise on the troubled platform …
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Vision Pro weight still concerns Apple; prescription lenses a headache for company – Bloomberg
Mark Gurman’s latest newsletter says that Apple remains concerned about the Vision Pro’s weight and is working on making the next generation of the headset lighter.
Gurman also describes the difficulties the company is facing in dealing with the pre...
PSA: Recovering Mac storage space may just mean waiting a while
This may be something of an edge case, but as it caused me to waste a considerable amount of time Googling ‘Recovering Mac storage’ before the problem solved itself, I thought I’d share.
Having recently completed a 16-minute micro documentary, one o...
Korean antitrust regulators find Apple and Google guilty of anti-competitive behavior
Apple’s long-running battle with Korean antitrust regulators is showing no signs of ending any time soon.
In the latest development, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has found both Apple and Google guilty of anti-competitive behavior, requi...
Previously secret Homeland Security report on illegal use of smartphone location data now public
A Homeland Security report on the illegal use of smartphone location data by multiple government agencies – including the US Secret Service – has now been made public. The report concludes that three separate US agencies broke the law by breaching priv...