Aamir Siddiqui writing for Android Authority:
While all of this sounds great for businesses, it eventually does mean more ads for users, now delivered to their messaging app, irrespective of their OS. In the screenshot above, you can’t even spot an easy way to unsubscribe or opt out of the messages, which is a horrible user experience.
What do you mean the messaging protocol developed by an advertising company is good for advertising? I’m shocked!
Emma Roth writing for The Verge:
Cue added that searches in Safari fell for the first time last month, something that has “never happened in 22 years.” Under Google’s deal with Apple, the search giant pays Apple a chunk of ad revenue from searches on Safari. Fewer searches mean less revenue for Apple, something he has said he’s “lost a lot of sleep thinking about.”
I’ve pretty much shifted all of my internet searching to Perplexity, I’d love to see it as a search engine option in Safari.
A commenter on the MeidasTouch YouTube channel has a suggestion
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-05-06T15:09:09.387Z
So I guess the #Google Play store is now technically more restrictive than the #Apple #AppStore (at least in the US).
This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
— Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social) 2025-05-02T04:40:24.772Z
Reece Rogers writing for WIRED:
The new user experience of buying stuff inside of ChatGPT shares many similarities to Google Shopping. In the interfaces of both, when you click on the image of a budget office chair that tickles your fancy, multiple retailers, like Amazon and Walmart, are listed on the right side of the screen, with buttons for completing the purchase. There is one major difference between shopping through ChatGPT versus Google, for now: The results you see in OpenAI searches are not paid placements, but organic results. “They are not ads,” says Fry. “They are not sponsored.”
#Marathon is looking really fun, still hoping to receive an alpha code 🤞🏼
sjvn @sjvn@mastodon.social Whenever I hear someone saying they're a vibe programmer.
4:52 PM • April 24, 2025 (UTC)
Zac Hall writing for 9to5Mac:
The newest version of the app can interact with Reminders, search and play Apple Music and Podcasts, and even compose and send emails and calendar events. There’s also ride hailing, making reservations, and searching Apple Maps.
This is pretty cool, I’ve only played with it a little bit so far, but very impressive!
Unpopular opinion, I like the categorization Apple’s Mail is doing. I’ve been using it for a week now and I find it really useful. I think the digest view is what’s really doing it for me.
I deleted over 200 mail rules, I’m going to give Apple’s categorization a shot. Now that the feature is on iPad and Mac, I’m going all in!
From Kotaku:
The company has confirmed in a statement that the delay was done to “align with the timing” of pre-orders in the United States, which were delayed last week due to President Trump’s tariffs.
Such bullshit. Don’t punish Canadians because of America’s stupidity.
I deleted over 200 mail rules, I’m going to give Apple’s categorization a shot. Now that the feature is on iPad and Mac, I’m going all in!
Jason Evangelho writing for Forbes:
At its core, Thundermail will primarily be a mail service provider, eventually expanding to offer a familiar browser-based experience similar to Gmail. Users can send and receive email using new Thundermail accounts they sign up for. The service will also allow using your own custom domain (e.g. your.name@yourdomain.com).
👍🏼 More competition is always good.
Joe Groff @joe@f.duriansoftware.com “The sky was the color of television tuned to a dead channel”
80s meaning: grey 90s meaning: blue Today: full of ads from the smart tv vendor
2:23 AM • March 30, 2025 (UTC)
I changed ISPs recently and had to change some of my network gear which meant moving to a new subnet. I’ve always used DHCP, there isn’t anything too unconventional about my setup. Everything, laptops, phones, smart home devices, etc. has moved over to the new subnet fine. My kids’ Chromebooks (from school), however, continue to be attached to the old subnet. I’ve tried “forgetting” the network, rebooting, flushing caches, nothing works. I continue to believe Chromebooks are shit!
Jeffrey Goldberg writing for The Atlantic:
Information about an active operation would presumably fit the law’s definition of “national defense” information. The Signal app is not approved by the government for sharing classified information. The government has its own systems for that purpose. If officials want to discuss military activity, they should go into a specially designed space known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF—most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home—or communicate only on approved government equipment, the lawyers said.
My family owns Disney Vacation Club (think timeshare for Disney) and we’ve decided we won’t be going to the States this year. Previous to this, we went to #DisneyWorld every year for the past 6 years. At this point, I don’t know when we’ll go back.
This story from The Guardian about the woman from BC who was detained by ICE is enraging!
There was no explanation, no warning. He led me to a room, took my belongings from my hands and ordered me to put my hands against the wall. A woman immediately began patting me down. The commands came rapid-fire, one after another, too fast to process.
They took my shoes and pulled out my shoelaces.
South African car salesman tells U.S. Senator, American astronaut and U.S. Navy captain: "You are a traitor"
— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T19:09:00.334Z
Kim Scheinberg @kims@mas.to Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press
6:58 AM • March 1, 2025 (UTC)
Joseph Cox writing for 404 Media:
Linton also pointed to Australia’s recently enacted surveillance laws, and said “we felt Session was sufficiently secured because it is open source, decentralised, and we were just building privacy-focussed technology in good faith.” That changed after the country laid out plans to have service providers collect and store a certain amount of data on users.
I wonder how long encryption will be legal. With the recent leaked news about the UK telling Apple to install a back door into iCloud, governments are increasingly looking to get access to everyone’s personal communications and data.
MostlyHarmless @MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social I hope America is as lucky as the upside down Delta jet. Everyone survives but the right wing explodes.
1:56 AM • February 20, 2025 (UTC)
Scharon Harding writing for Ars Technica:
After launching its AI Pin in April 2024 and reportedly seeking a buyout by May 2024, Humane is shutting down. Most of the people who bought an AI Pin will not get refunds for the devices, which debuted at $700, dropped to $500, and will be bricked on February 28 at noon PT.
Shocked!
I think this summed it up pretty well:
Jaunty Art @JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch Saw this on LinkedIn and I think it perfectly sums up LinkedIn
11:07 PM • February 12, 2025 (UTC)
