Follow Up

Talked about this last week but didnt give a link

Pixel 9’s ‘Add Me’ feature puts you in a group photo even when you’re not there

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206969/google-pixel-9-add-me-group-photos-leak

Retro tech

Apple’s SuperDrive for reading disks seemingly discontinued with no inventory online

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/05/apple-superdrive-discontinued/

$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-ultimate-windows-3-1-laptop-sellers-behind-book-8088-are-back-with-pocket-386/

Apple saying paying games developers for games directly is a nightmare

is it?

https://isfeeling.social/@matt/112906258003333803

CrowdStrike cause revealed; small print may protect it from lawsuits

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/07/crowdstrike-cause-revealed/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218536/crowdstrike-accepts-def-con-pwnies-award-most-epic-fail-global-windows-it-outage

Now Logitech says the ‘forever mouse’ was just an idea

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214857/logitech-subscription-mouse-decoder-podcast-hanneke-faber

NowTV

https://help.nowtv.com/article/what-are-boost-and-ultra-boost?lid=gg46of3vzdxq&DCMP=EMC_GB_%09SRV_BOOST_MIGRATIONCOMMSDIRECT_CTA2_240812

News

Google is a monopolist

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25032745-045110819896

Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155520/judge-rules-on-us-doj-v-google-antitrust-search-suit

Apples $20m at threat

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/05/googles-20b-default-search-deal-with-apple-violates-antitrust-law-judge-rules/

Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/08/apple-app-store-eu-link-out-changes/

STS TLDR

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112927283808836840

Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/9/24216181/apple-eu-app-store-services-fee-external-links

Apple's Hidden AI Prompts Discovered in macOS Beta

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/06/apples-hidden-ai-prompts-discovered-in-macos-beta/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

macOS Sequoia to fix exploit that lets hackers access internal networks

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/07/macos-sequoia-to-fix-exploit-that-lets-hackers-access-internal-networks/

Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/elon-musk-declares-it-is-war-on-ad-industry-as-x-sues-over-illegal-boycott/

Kevin Beaumant

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112917534795765058

Apple and Patreon

https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

Media

Celebrity Race Across the World Season 2

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/bbc-celebrity-race-across-the-world-line-up/

Games

Viewfinder

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382070/Viewfinder/

Main Show

macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-screen-recording-privacy-prompt/

macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run apps that don’t follow Apple’s security rules

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-makes-it-harder-to-run-apps-that-dont-follow-apples-security-rules/

Ars Link

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/macos-15-sequoia-makes-you-jump-through-more-hoops-to-disable-gatekeeper-app-checks/?comments=1

Jason Snell says it very well

https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apples-permissions-features-are-out-of-balance/

Selection of related comments

Sequoia Screen Recording Prompts and the Persistent Content Capture Entitlement

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/08/08/sequoia-screen-recording-prompts-and-the-persistent-content-capture-entitlement/

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