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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney took to Twitter in the wake of Apple's Child Safety announcement to criticize the company's iCloud platform. He also claimed Apple's new policy would let Apple scan emails sent by an "adversary" and report the receiver to the police.
The continued tradition of Apple SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi and VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak sitting down with John Gruber continues in 2021, with discussions about what Apple launched during WWDC 2021, privacy, on-device Siri processing, and the creation of Universal Control
Luke Smith's article on the 4 causes is great and captures an important idea about what modernism lacks. if you like melting asphalt (probably the best blog I've ever read) you'll probably also like: - Venkatesh Rao's https://ribbonfarm.com (it's very much a diamonds-in-the-rough type blog imo) - the farnam street blog https://fs.blog/ consistently puts out good content - /sometimes/ lesswrong puts out good ideas when they're not busy modelling spherical cows in a vacuum - https://www.lesswrong.com/ - if you're really into systems theory and don't mind reading strongly manag...
Apple endured controversy in 2020 over the rejection of Hey Email from its App Store. A lot of public press was generated at the time because of founder David Heinemeier Hansson's public reaction on Twitter. New internal emails from Apple claim he had a "personal penchant for drama". Evidence in the Apple vs Epic Games trial this week reveals that Apple thought the founder and CTO of Basecamp and Hey Email, David Heinemeier Hansson, had a "personal penchant for drama". Evidence included for Phil Schiller's testimony features an email thread from June 17, 2020, regarding Apple's rejection of...
April 23, 2021 The Apple AirTag. Apple A new support document reveals two tidbits about the AirTag that Apple didn't mention at the event yesterday. While the AirTag will work with an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad running iOS/iPadOS 14.5 or later, the item tracker can be read by NFC-enabled iPhones and Android devices when placed in Lost Mode. According to Apple, you can tap and hold the top of the iPhone or NFC-capable phone to the white side of the AirTag to view a Lost Mode message . The message will provide information about the AirTag including its serial number and how to contact the owner.