Apple Preparing Minor iOS 17.5.2 Update for iPhone
Apple is preparing to release a minor iOS 17.5.2 update for the iPhone, according to a post shared today by an anonymous leaker on X, formerly known as Twitter. The leaker has a private account, so we are not identifying it or linking to it, but they have proven to be a consistently accurate source for upcoming iOS updates.
Nothing is known about iOS 17.5.2, … ⌘ Read more
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat
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Stephan:
Former President criminal Donald Trump greets corrupt Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh before his 2019 State of the Union address.
Credit: Mandel Ngan / AFP
On a 6-3 party-line vote, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that state officials may accep … ⌘ Read more
Nothing Debuts CMF Phone 1 With Modular Design Starting at $199
CMF, a London-based sub-brand of Nothing, has officially announced the CMF Phone 1, boasting a highly customizable modular design and featuring some decent hardware specs for an Android smartphone that starts at just $199.
The CMF Phone (1) is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 … ⌘ Read more
#French #elections - it is now official: the extreme right has no change of winning this election.
mitmproxy is not un-escaping for readability:
Do browsers not percent-encode URLs automatically? They did in the past, right? For some reason I thought they still did, but they showed the original URL in the bar for readability.
I just used mitmproxy and pasted that URL and it didn’t escape it at all.
US Gets More Offshore Wind Farms And A New WIV, To Boot
Tina Casey, Staff Writer - Clean Technica
Stephan: Here is some good news about the advancement of offshore wind, and evidence that the lies promoted by the petroleum industries are nothing more than their usual lies to stop the transition out of the carbon era. Wind power is not harming whales.
_The pace of the US offshore wind indust … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: iOS 18 Beta Features, Apple Intelligence for Vision Pro, and More
With the calendar flipping over to July, public betas of iOS 18 and related operating system updates are right around the corner, so we’re continuing to take a look at what changes and features users can expect to see.
Other Apple news and rumors this week included several iconic devices being added to Apple’s list of “vintage” products, a … ⌘ Read more
This #FridayReads, #JaneAustenJuly!
I’m doing it again this year, this time starting with “Pride and Premeditation” a ‘retelling’ of Pride And Prejudice in a slightly more modern setting (Victorian?), and a mix of genres - this is crime fiction!
I started this reading with low expectations (despite the hype around this series), but I am enjoying it so far.
Authy Users Urged to Stay Alert After Hack Exposes 33 Million Phone Numbers
Twilio has updated its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service after a hacker claimed to have retrieved 33 million phone numbers from its user database.
TechCrunch reports that the hacker(s) known as ShinyHunters took to a well-kn … ⌘ Read more
There’s something special about writing your own programs for OS/2 in C and finally getting it to work after sifting through lots of ancient docs. ✨
I’d be totally lost without KO Myung-Hun’s website and Open Watcom v2. 🙏
(I’m making a little tool to dump floppy disks to image files. I know these programs already exist – I’m doing it for fun and to learn. The task itself is not complicated, but finding the correct docs is.)
Apple M5 Chip’s Dual-Use Design Will Power Future Macs and AI Servers
Apple will reportedly use a more advanced SoIC packaging technology for its M5 chips, as part of a two-pronged strategy to meet its growing need for silicon that can power consumer Macs and enhance the performance of its data centers and future AI tools that rely on the cloud.
Developed by TSMC and unveiled in 2018, SoIC … ⌘ Read more
I needed to create a ZIP file under OS/2 2.1 and what’s the easiest™ way to do that?
Use WinZip under WIN-OS/2. 🤦
I know there are native ZIP programs for OS/2, but WinZip is what I was having readily available, and that basically sums up much of OS/2’s history. 🥴
Thinking about what to do for the next Advent of Code. 🤔
Writing the solutions as DOS programs in C was super fun last year and I don’t think I can top that. 💾
Something in the realm of retrocomputing would be nice. I wonder how far I can get using QuickBASIC 4.5. Haven’t touched this in ages – but I have a feeling that this could be rather painful. 😂
Or maybe I’ll just go for Rust again, because I’m not using that a lot and keeping up with it could be useful. Or maybe a mix of both, “as many puzzles as possible with QB 4.5, Rust for the rest”. 🤔
Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks
Loz Blain, Staff Writer - New Atlas / The Japan News (Japan)
Stephan: Here is a fascinating bit of good news from Japan. The country’s engineers, scientists, and, leadership have come up with a technology to get freight-hauling trucks off their highways.
_The Tokyo-Osaka automated logistics system, pictured usi … ⌘ Read more
macOS Sequoia Supports HDMI Passthrough for Dolby Atmos Content
In macOS Sequoia, several Apple apps have gained a new HDMI Passthrough feature that enables a Mac to send an unaltered Dolby Atmos audio signal to a connected AV receiver or soundbar.
The new functionality appears in various places in macOS 15, including Apple’s TV, Music, and QuickTime P … ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases Second macOS Sonoma 14.6 Public Beta
Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS 14.6 update to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its launch. Today’s public beta comes two weeks after Apple released the first public beta.
Beta testers can opt-in through … ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases Second Public Beta of iOS 17.6
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to public beta testers, with the betas coming two weeks after the initial iOS and iPadOS 17.6 developer betas.
Public beta testers can get the beta by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software … ⌘ Read more
Apple Boosts A18 Chip Orders in Anticipation of High iPhone 16 Demand
Apple is said to have upped its order of next-generation chips from TSMC to between 90 million and 100 million units, following heightened demand expectations for its iPhone 16 series.
Last year’s initial chip order volume for the iPhone 15 series launch is believed to have been in the region of 80-90 million units, suggesting Ap … ⌘ Read more
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyRecord Week 27
Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to Developers
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the second betas coming two weeks after the first iOS and iPadOS 17.6 betas.
Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by openi … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 10.6 to Developers
Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming watchOS 10.6 update to developers for testing purposes, with the second beta coming two weeks after the release of the first beta.
To install the watchOS 10.6 update, developers need to open the Apple Watch ap … ⌘ Read more
iPhone 16 Pro Models to Adopt ‘M14’ Advanced Samsung OLED Panels for Improved Brightness and Lifespan
The upcoming iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be the first Apple smartphones to adopt Samsung’s high performance “M14” OLED display panel, claims a new report coming out of South Korea.
According to ETNews, Samsung’s “M” series of OLED panels are mad … ⌘ Read more
Neste mês, a @ANSOL está de volta às páginas da #PCGuia: eu com um artigo sobre o @ardour@ardour, o @hugopeixoto a falar sobre a #EMEL.
Já nas bancas!
A private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden’s debate performance
STEVE PEOPLES, Reporter - Associated Press
Stephan: In my opinion, the entire election dynamic has changed. Here is one example, of many, describing what I mean. This time next year the United States may no longer be a genuine democracy.
_President Biden and his wife … ⌘ Read more
Kuo: New AirPods to Feature Cameras for Enhanced Spatial Experiences
Apple will launch new AirPods featuring infrared cameras to improve spatial experiences with the Vision Pro headset, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a [post on Medium](https://medium.com/@mingchikuo/配備ir相機的新款airpods可望提升人機交互體驗與強化apple空間音訊-空間運算生態-new-ir-camera-equipped-airpods-to-enhance-2daa9 … ⌘ Read more
What a night. The first storm cluster passed us in about 25km distance.
The second one hit us right in the face. The sky was constantly flashing and there was a continuous rumble, not individual thunder. (You can’t really hear it in the video, I was too close to the window …)
https://movq.de/v/e949ae6403/MVI_7687.MOV.mp4
Most of the lightning was inside the clouds, apparently.
https://movq.de/v/e949ae6403/IMG_7648.JPG
No water damage this time, luckily.
The Supreme Court Upends the Separation of Powers
Matt Ford, Staff Writer - The New Republican
Stephan: American society is being restructured by six corrupt christofascists. Think about that for a minute. There are 337 million Americans and their their lives are being changed by six people who are political agents, not law-based justice agents. And no one is doing anything about it.
_The Supr … ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: iOS 18 Beta 2, Apple Vision Pro International Launch, New Beats Speaker, and More
Apple is moving right along on iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and other new operating systems that were unveiled at WWDC earlier this month, releasing the second developer betas of the updates this week with a number of new changes and additions. Public betas will follow sometime next month ahead of a full public release in the fall.
Othe … ⌘ Read more
MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 15 Pro From GRID Studio
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 256GB iPhone 15 Pro. GRID Studio is well known for transforming old, discarded Apple devices into displayable artwork.
GRID Studio deconstructs Apple devices and artfully arranges the components … ⌘ Read more
Iceland seems like a nice place to be right now.
Rising Seas Will Disrupt Millions of US lives by 2050, Study Finds
Nina Lakhani, Staff Writer - Mother Jones
Stephan: The evidence for climate change and sea rise is so irrefutable and the response to the damage it is going to do is so pathetically inadequate. Do you think this issue will even come up in this afternoon’s debate?
_Jim Comunale and Pam Mervos walk in Hollywood, F … ⌘ Read more
Multivitamin myth: Study shows no benefit to long-term health, longevity
StudyFinds Staff, - StudyFinds
Stephan: If you take multivitamins with the intent it will help your health, you should read this.
Credit: Pixelbliss
Key Takeaways
Verizon International Roaming Outage Affecting Customers Worldwide
There appears to be an ongoing outage with Verizon international roaming across multiple countries, with Verizon customers complaining about the issue on social networks and Verizon’s Community Forums.
Customers abroad have been without service since late Wednesday for hours at a time, with s … ⌘ Read more
Cá em casa já temos o documentário, mas para quem prefere o grande ecrã…
👉 PORTO
ADC 35 ANOS - UMA HISTÓRIA E MOVIMENTO
Documentário e Livro/Catálogo que abordam os 35 anos de existência da editora ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA.
👉 Depois de no passado dia 15, o Documentário realizado por Fátima Rocha ter sido exibido no Cine-Teatro do Ginásio Clube de Corroios, é a vez de seguir viagem, em direcção ao Norte, mais concretamente ao Porto, para ser exibido na SOCORRO.
O evento será no dia 13 de Julho, a partir das 16H, e conta para além do Documentário, com a apresentação do Livro/Catálogo de autoria de Paulo Coimbra Martins e Carlos Paes, e que será apresentado pelo autor Paulo Coimbra Martins.
O final da tarde vai trazer-nos um concerto dos SPREADER.
Coloquem na agenda…
📅 13 de Julho | 16H | Socorro | Rua Guedes de Azevedo, nº. 44, 4000-271 Porto
The surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. What does that do?
Rachel Treisman, Staff Writer - npr
Stephan: Finally, someone in a position of authority speaks the truth about the gun violence in this country. Now we will see whether the Surgeon General is more powerful than the weapons corporations and the NRA.
_Surgeon General Dr. Vivek M … ⌘ Read more
iCloud ‘Keep Downloaded’ Option Included in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia
In iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, Apple has added a new “Keep Downloaded” option when browsing items in iCloud, allowing users to designate which files and folders should remain permanently available locally on their device.
In previous versions of iOS and macOS, users had limited control over which files and folders were … ⌘ Read more
#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyRecord Week 26
Tap to Pay on iPhone Now Available in Germany
Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Germany, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in the country to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
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macOS 15 No Longer Needs Twice the Free Space for App Store Installs
Starting with macOS Sequoia, app downloads and installations from the Mac App Store will no longer require double the amount of local storage space available. Instead, the free space requirement now matches the final install size of the app, plus a small buffer, according to Apple.
The new space requirement in macOS 15 should … ⌘ Read more
Google Chrome will have Gemini LLM built into the browser.
Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sequoia to Developers
Apple today seeded the second beta of upcoming an upcoming macOS 15 Sequoia update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after the release of the first beta after the WWDC 2024 keynote event.
Registered deve … ⌘ Read more
EU Accuses Apple’s App Store Steering Rules of Violating DMA and Opens Investigation into Developer Fees
The European Commission has formally announced its preliminary view that Apple’s App Store policies are in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), specifically in relation to anti-steering rules.
Under the DMA, developers distributing their apps via Apple’s A … ⌘ Read more
I noticed these two benches:
https://movq.de/v/19f5512396/IMG_20240623_104210.jpg
The dark area below them? It’s not a shadow, it’s dirt. O_o
#June ’s #readchristie2024 is “And Then There Were None”, one of the most exquisite Christie novels.
In the picture, a Portuguese and an English editions - in Portuguese the #book title was translated to “Convite para a Morte” (invitation to death).
I didn’t know this was a thing. Well, local home improvement store believes so.
In Just First Year of State’s Ban on Plastic Bags, 1.5 Billion Fewer Have Been Used
Andy Corbley, - Good News Nework
Stephan: Here is some good waste plastics news from Colorado. Now if all the states would adopt this approach we could achieve a serious improvement in our waste plastic problem.
Used plastic bags. Credit: velkr0
At the beginning of 2023, Color … ⌘ Read more