Apple (Slashdot, MacRumors): The DMA requires Apple to make certain features work on non-Apple products and apps before we can share them with our users. Unfortunately, that requires a lot of engineering work, and it’s caused us to delay some new features in the EU: Live Translation with AirPods uses Apple Intelligence to let Apple […]

Apple: Xcode 26.1 beta requires a Mac running macOS Sequoia 15.6 or later.[…]The ‘devicectl’ command line tool now supports gathering a sysdiagnose from a connected device. To use this functionality, run ‘xcrun devicectl device sysdiagnose’[…]When enabling Hardware Memory Tagging under Enhanced Security (Capabilities editor -> Enhanced Security -> Memory Safety -> Enable Hardware Memory Tagging), […]

Apple: Xcode 26.0.1 requires a Mac running macOS Sequoia 15.6 or later. […] Fixed: Icon Composer documents that use “Lighten”, “Darken” or “Screen” blend modes incorrectly encode as “Normal” when compiled. Blend modes will look correct in Icon Composer, but not at runtime. I don’t think this was affecting my icons, but I’ve seen a […]

Bruce Schneier: Attaullah Baig, WhatsApp’s former head of security, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Facebook deliberately failed to fix a bunch of security flaws, in violation of its 2019 settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. Dan Goodin: The suit, filed in US District Court for the District of Northern California, recites a […]

I’ve recently been using Screen Time more to manage my son’s Mac and iOS usage, and it’s been really frustrating. On the Sonoma Mac where he plays Minecraft, we wanted to restrict which Web sites could be viewed. But this doesn’t just affect what you can do in Safari; it also restricts which network connections […]