matthewfromteneriffe (Reddit): Since updating to WatchOS 26 I no longer receive any alerts (i.e. pace, heart rate zone and splits) - only beeps, no voice alerts. I do not use headphones/iphone while running. Xiruzero: What I realized is that the alerts don’t work if the watch is offline, but will work if the watch is […]

Juli Clover (Hacker News, Slashdot): The Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB2420) requires Apple and other app marketplaces to confirm user age when a person creates an Apple Account. Apple Accounts for users under 18 would need to join a Family Sharing group, with new controls available for parents and restrictions for minors. In a […]

Monica J. White (via Mac Power Users): SSDs rely on stored electrical charge in NAND flash cells to represent data. When an SSD is powered and in regular use, it can correct many small errors with ECC, remap weak blocks, and generally keep data reliable. Leave your SSD in a drawer, though, and it can’t […]

Hartley Charlton: Apple and Amazon are facing a new UK opt-out class action seeking more than £900 million ($1.2 billion) over claims that the companies struck an unlawful deal that pushed independent Apple and Beats sellers off Amazon and kept prices higher for consumers. The claim centers on an agreement from October 2018, from which […]

Terrific interaction design from The New York Times. Not so terrific interior design from the president.