SE 0481: Currently, Swift classes with weak stored properties cannot be Sendable, because weak properties have to be mutable, and mutable properties are not allowed in Sendable classes[…][…]In fact, wrapping weak references in a single-property struct is a viable workaround to the var restriction in both properties and captures[…] The existence of this simple workaround […]

Juli Clover (Hacker News, Jay Peters, Zac Hall): In a victory for Epic Games, Apple was today found to be in violation of a 2021 injunction that required it to allow developers to direct customers to third-party purchase options on the web using in-app links. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers: Apple’s response to the Injunction strains credulity. […]

Dan Moren (Mastodon): Stay Foolish debuted ten years ago, almost to the day, but I’ve been writing regularly for Macworld for nearly twenty years. When I first started out, we were all excited about what the latest in technology—Intel-powered Macs—would mean for Apple’s long-term prospects for survival. Two decades later, nobody ever even whispers that […]

Reuters (via Ric Ford): Apple must pay a U.S. patent holder $502 million for the use of 4G patents in devices including iPhones and iPads, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday, in the latest stage of a long-running legal battle.Texas-based Optis Cellular Technology LLC sued Apple in London in 2019 over its use of […]

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber and autonomous vehicle operator May Mobility partner to deploy “thousands” of robotaxis across the US, starting in Arlington, Texas, by the end of 2025  —  The companies will kick things off in Arlington, Texas, later this year. … May Mobility is the latest autonomous vehicle operator …