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Tahoe’s Mac App Store

Mario Guzmán: All throughout the beta of #macOSTahoe, the Mac App Store app doesn’t show me updates. I have to use Latest.app to update my Mac App Store purchases. I was hope it would only be a beta issue but it seems to affect the RC as well. Anyone else seeing this?And no, Command + […]

Apple’s Thoughts on the DMA

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 […]

Xcode 26.1 Beta 1

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), […]

Xcode 26.0.1

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 […]

Lawsuit About WhatsApp Security

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 […]