Follow Up

macOS Sequoia will now prompt you monthly (not weekly) for screen recording permissions

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/macos-sequoia-screen-recording-prompt-monthly/

Matt Birchler : Random Privacy thought

https://isfeeling.social/@matt/112965811587504680

Google Monopoly

Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220491/epic-google-android-app-store-monopoly-remedies-hearing

Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/google_monopoly_fix/

In major u-turn, Apple allows Spotify to display pricing and direct users to its website

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/apple-allows-spotify-to-display-pricing/

News

Almost a third of X users in UK considering leaving, finds Savanta

https://www.research-live.com/article/news/almost-a-third-of-x-users-in-uk-considering-leaving-finds-savanta/id/5129343

AT&T and Verizon have a beef with T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite service

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221677/att-verizon-fcc-complaint-tmobile-spacex-starlink-satellite-service

Apple and Kim Kardashian team up for exclusive Beats Studio Pro line

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/15/apple-and-kim-kardashian-team-up-for-exclusive-beats-studio-pro-line/

Here’s what developers can do with the new NFC API for iPhone in iOS 18.1

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/developers-nfc-api-iphone-ios-18-1/

Apple will let other digital wallets into Apple Pay, and even be the default

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/apple-will-let-other-digital-wallets-into-apple-pay-and-even-be-the-default/

X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220173/xai-grok-image-generator-misinformation-offensive-imges

Massive data leak may include the personal data of every person in the US, UK, and Canada

https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/13/massive-data-leak-national-public-data/

Games

Deadlock

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219016/valve-deadlock-hands-on-secret-new-game

Main Show

Patreon Fall out

STS

https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112950244395044750

Gruber

https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/112956773688361140

AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220623/altstore-pal-third-party-app-store-drops-subscription-epic-grant

Fortnite is back on the iPhone — with a whole app store in tow

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221361/fortnite-iphone-epic-games-app-store

Everything Google announced at the Pixel 9 launch event

https://www.theverge.com/24218825/google-pixel-9-event-announcements-products

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/made-by-google-2024-all-of-googles-reveals-from-the-pixel-9-iineup-to-gemini-ais-addition-to-everything/

App of the Week

Portainer

https://www.portainer.io/

Thing of the Week

Speed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_(1994_film)

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