Follow Up
News
The cops think iOS 17’s NameDrop is dangerous
iOS 17.2 Adds NameDrop-Like Feature for Sharing Boarding Passes, Movie Tickets, and More
iOS 17.2 / macOS 14.2 are out
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/ios-17-2-journal-spatial-video/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/macos-sonoma-14-2-with-enhanced-autofill-pdf-features-now-available/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/apple-releases-watchos-10-2-for-apple-watch-heres-everything-new/
23andMe admits hackers accessed 6.9 million users’ DNA Relatives data
Pornography websites will have to check users’ ages, under draft guidelines
IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI
Buggy app for insulin-delivery device risks users' safety
Here’s what intentionally crashing a plane for YouTube clicks gets you
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988937/youtuber-sponsored-plane-crash-six-month-prison-sentence
Excellent Overview Mentour Pilot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD40gfWAQLs
Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them
Benjamin Geer (@benjamingeer@zirk.us)
Google’s best Gemini AI demo video was fabricated
Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework
Apple Podcasts app launching on Tesla vehicles next week
Games
The first GTA VI trailer is here
Main Show
3 Topics : Apple Award Winners
Apple reveals 2023 App Store Award winners; names generative AI the 'trend of the year'
Apple Spying on Push Notifications..
Apple reveals 'push notification spying' by foreign governments
Quinn Nelson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24TDRxEna4
Federal government is using data from push notifications to track contacts
Messaging nonsense
Apple took steps to protect users
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23995150/beeper-imessage-android-apple-statement
BEEPER
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23987817/beeper-mini-imessage-android-reverse-engineer?utm_content=buffer81b1a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Apple appears to have blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage app in less than a week
App of the Week
Apple Keynote
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/keynote/id361285480
Thing of the Week
Variable Value Timings by Chris Harris
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Variable-Valve-Timings-Audiobook/B0CBVRQV7F?qid=1702319018&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=CBMJ17WA5DWM0XNEKP6T&pageLoadId=YUxCPuhzrxfZ3TSs&ref_plink=not_applicable&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d
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