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Inside PDF Annotations

Howard Oakley: Preview has had more than its fair share of bugs in handling PDF annotations. During my research for this article, Preview 11.0 (1069.7.1) in macOS 15.6 was generally well behaved, but did mangle comments added to a test document by PDF Expert and Adobe Acrobat. Preview has two behaviours that can appear disconcerting: […]

Provenance in App Review Limbo

Taylor M. Reyes: On July 31st, 2025, the Provenance X (formerly Twitter) account posted a direct plea to the community:“I’ve been on the phone with App Store review support 5 times now about my TestFlights not being reviewed. The longest of which was over 42 days!”Despite repeated calls and assurances that the request would be […]

★ MSNBC, Spinning Out of NBCUniversal, Rebrands as ‘MS NOW’ With a Godawful Backronym and Even Worse Logo

The oddest part about the whole situation is that CNBC is being spun out into Versant, too, but while they’re losing the NBC peacock logo, they’re just keeping their name, unchanged.

Base 3.0

Menial: The app has had a major overhaul to all areas while keeping a familiar UI. […] Highlights of this version include: Working with multiple attached databases Support for more SQLite features like: WITHOUT ROWID & STRICT tables Partial indexes (with WHERE clauses) Named table constraints Generated columns Better syntax highlighting & autocomplete in the […]

AI Deployment and Job Displacement

Sheryl Estrada (Reddit): The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat.Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue […]