Apple removes Eyes Up, which simply archives videos of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, Eyes Up doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations
and it's not masked agents of ICE www.404media.co/apple-banned... Benn Jordan / @bennjordan : Your smartphone manufacturer doesn't think you deserve 1st or 4th amendment rights. — www.404media.co/ap...
Google unveils new AI features for Chrome, including a Gemini button and AI Mode for US desktop users, and plans to add agentic features in the next few months
10 new features that reinvent your browser PYMNTS.com : Google to Add Agentic Capabilities and Other AI-Powered Features to Chrome Browser Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Gemini in Chrome no longer requir...
A history of Lambda School: burning through $120M, why its income share agreements failed, how one developer-turned-journalist revealed the fraud, and more
Two days after his company's downfall, Austen Allred wrote: … Austen co-founded Lambda School, one of the largest educational startups of all time. Mastodon: @slightlyoff@toot.cafe . X: @carnage4life ...
After criticism, Apple says iOS 17.4 won't stop supporting Home Screen web apps in the EU and they will still be built on WebKit and its security architecture
https://appleinsider.com/... Bodil / @bodil@social.treehouse.systems : Sad news today that Apple have decided not to shoot themselves in the foot to spite the EU after all. I was quite looking forwar...
PWAs no longer work as standalone apps in iOS 17.4 betas, presumably as part of Apple's preparation for EU DMA which forces it to allow alt browser engines
but they aren't dead Bruce Lawson / Bruce Lawson's personal site : Is Apple breaking PWAs out of malicious compliance? Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : iOS 17.4 beta just broke iPhone web apps — but only...
Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise
an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-related App Store chan...
Gurman: Apple prepares to split its App Store in two to serve the EU, as the deadline for the DMA, which mandates sideloading support, looms on March 7
EU version to be split in two before March 7 deadline Tsveta Ermenkova / PhoneArena : Apple might split its App Store in two to comply with EU regulations Devesh Beri / MSPoweruser : Divide and conque...
Russia bans officials and state employees from using Apple devices for “work purposes”, after the FSB claimed Apple helped the NSA surveil Russian iPhone users
FSB enforces crackdown on use by state officials after claiming it uncovered an espionage operation using Apple devices Bluesky: @slightlyoff.bsky.social . Twitter: @jfporchez , @demopj , and @ilvesto...
A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself via a Twitter web app JavaScript bug, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
For anyone keeping track, this isn't even the first time they've completely broken … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Tweets Are Now Login-Walled — Like Šime Vidas, I have often linked out to Twitter … Blue...
The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children
on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security practices. https://ww...