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19 votes
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Beeper - Moving forward
41 votes -
Apple to halt sales of latest smartwatches over patent dispute
23 votes -
Beeper Mini is back
45 votes -
How to disable Mac prompt to connect to iCloud
Long story short--I don't want to connect my mac to my iCloud account, but every time I login to my laptop, I get three popups in a row that say "This Mac Can't connect to iCloud because of a...
Long story short--I don't want to connect my mac to my iCloud account, but every time I login to my laptop, I get three popups in a row that say "This Mac Can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with [my email] ...".
I can't find a setting that allows me to disable this, and online searches have been fruitless.
9 votes -
Alexander Skarsgård stars in ‘Murderbot’ sci-fi series ordered by Apple
26 votes -
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android
64 votes -
US senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications
38 votes -
Netflix and Apple open door to bundling with streaming rivals
18 votes -
Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year
66 votes -
Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal
58 votes -
The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard
16 votes -
Claire Saffitz cooks her ideal Thanksgiving start to finish
10 votes -
Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring
27 votes -
Masters of the Air | Official teaser
7 votes -
Should I switch to Apple Music or stick with Spotify?
Spotify recently increased their price, making it the same price as Apple's service. I've had Spotify since 2016 (started with the free version), and got premium in 2018 when they had the college...
Spotify recently increased their price, making it the same price as Apple's service. I've had Spotify since 2016 (started with the free version), and got premium in 2018 when they had the college student deal where you would get that and Hulu for only five bucks a month. I've been an off and on Premium subscriber since 2019. Only re-subscribing to it when Spotify would send me offers to sign up for three months for the price of one. This is actually the first year that I've consistently had Spotify all year since I was in college.
But now that they're the same price I was wondering if I should switch over. I don't want to get into the whole quality thing and lossless (I don't even know what that is) but I haven't been happy with Spotify's algorithm for a while. Streaming services have always been how I discovered new music, going back to me using Pandora while I was in high school. But now Spotify keeps suggesting the same songs whenever it's on smart shuffle. For example, if I play a song from the late 60s or early 70s, I know the next song Spotify plays is going to be Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Whenever I play an indie pop song, like a Lana Del Rey song or something, I know that the next song is going to be Borderline by Tame Impala.
I'm kind of sick of it at this point, and I feel like it's limiting the scope of what I'm listening to. I'm not sure what Apple Music's algorithm is like, I've heard mixed things with some saying it's better than Spotify and others saying it's worse.
I'm also happy taking recommendations on other things to do or try with Spotify to correct this.
27 votes -
Can Windows make the jump to ARM like Apple did?
I'm seeing a lot of news in my feed about Qualcomm chips approaching laptop performance, such as...
I'm seeing a lot of news in my feed about Qualcomm chips approaching laptop performance, such as
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/24/qualcomm_x_elite/
Will this turn out any better than the last few times Microsoft tried to break away from Intel? Would you want such a laptop? Will it wake Intel out of its complacency?
33 votes -
Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China
65 votes -
Is there a reason the iPad pro "scans" your house every minute?
My wife has an ipad pro, and we have a baby monitor. So I was watching the baby monitor and noticed that her ipad was also in view of the camera. What I also noticed is that her ipad seems to...
My wife has an ipad pro, and we have a baby monitor. So I was watching the baby monitor and noticed that her ipad was also in view of the camera. What I also noticed is that her ipad seems to flash an infrared light every minute or so.
After some googling I think this is the lidar scanner, although I'm not 100% sure.
Anyway, does anyone know why her ipad is doing this? It feels pretty creepy that a device is scanning your house all the time. Normally you don't even notice, it's only when you view the iPad pro from a camera that also shows infrared.
Maybe I'm just a little paranoid, but it feels like a privacy violation.
10 votes -
Memories of Steve
7 votes -
Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem no one appreciates.
120 votes -
Critical 0day in WebP: Google assigns a CVE for libwebp and gives it a 10.0 base score.
28 votes -
iOS 17 could break crucial diabetic glucose monitor alerts, manufacturer warns
23 votes -
iPhone 15 Pro Max: A gateway drug for Android users
22 votes -
Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
13 votes -
iOS 17 is available for iPhone users
39 votes -
iFixit drastically and retroactively reduces ‘Repairability Score’ of the iPhone 14 because of error messages Apple sends if "nongenuine" parts are used
74 votes -
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says
39 votes -
A literary history of fake texts in Apple’s marketing materials
27 votes -
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts
39 votes -
Apple unveils iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
48 votes -
All Apple users are recommended to immediately update their devices to patch a zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild
102 votes -
EU ‘gatekeeper’ list has five American and no European companies
43 votes -
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Official teaser
6 votes -
Apple threatens to pull FaceTime and iMessage in the UK over proposed surveillance law changes
71 votes -
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro rumored to feature big boost in battery sizes
16 votes -
iPhone 14, 14 Pro owners complain about battery capacity that’s already falling off
36 votes -
Apple’s decision to kill its CSAM photo-scanning tool sparks fresh controversy
24 votes -
Apple announces the iPhone 15 launch event
23 votes -
Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it
67 votes -
“The Famous F40” vector illustration by David Rumfelt
9 votes -
Flora and Son | Official trailer
5 votes -
TikTok’s plan to take on Spotify and Apple Music
13 votes -
Unknown tracker alert on Android
I just received an Unknown Tracker alert on my Pixel 7 running Android 14 beta 5 for an Apple air tag that was on my son in laws key chain as I had borrowed his car. I heard this was coming but...
I just received an Unknown Tracker alert on my Pixel 7 running Android 14 beta 5 for an Apple air tag that was on my son in laws key chain as I had borrowed his car.
I heard this was coming but didn't expect it so soon!
Quite impressed with both the information given and the general advice and steps to take offered.
The first notification was "Tracker Travelling With You: Unknown Apple air tag detected. The owner can see your location."
Touching "more info" then shows a map of where the tracker has been with me and the option to make the tracker play a sound to help locate it, with a note that the owner won't know you've done that.
Then more advice and options:
- If you feel unsafe, get help.
- Get and save tracker info
- Disable the tracker (with a how-to guide on battery removal)
And a ”need more help" link.
As I said, I had heard about this coming but was pleasantly surprised at how good it was and the general advice and help offered up.
Nice seeing things like this done right.
34 votes -
New Apple Music player from iOS 17 coming soon to Android app
6 votes -
On attestation on the web and why this could threaten the open web
13 votes -
Apple tests ‘Apple GPT,’ develops generative AI tools to catch OpenAI
17 votes -
Apple Vision Pro headsets will require a head scan and vision prescription to customize the headset for each user
29 votes -
Mac shipments grow 10%, as all major PC brands see downturns
10 votes -
The robots are coming ― to pick Northwest apples
10 votes