Browsers are supposed to be a window to the web, getting out of the way and making sure websites are displayed correctly without needing adjustments for each individual one.| victorwynne.com
Apple explains how the Digital Markets Act is forcing the company to make some concerning changes to how it designs and delivers Apple products to its users in Europe. This covers a lot of salient points, but several have already been met with skepticism and disregard by the European Commission. This is what happens when a governing body knows absolutely nothing about software development cycles. Source: apple.com| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Filipe Esposito, writing for Macworld: The latest iOS beta code includes an unreleased feature called Notification Forwarding. As the name suggests, it will let users choose to show notifications from their iPhone on another non-Apple device or accessory. Once available, the feature can be enabled in Settings. One of the strings found in the code suggests that notifications can only be forwarded to “one accessory at a time,” and that enabling this option disables notifications on the Appl...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
If you happen to buy a Hermès model, this watch face animation with Clarus is beyond cute.| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Ellen Dash (@duckinator): I consider Ruby Central’s behavior a threat to the Ruby community as a whole. The forceful removal of those who maintained RubyGems and Bundler for over a decade is inherently a hostile action. Ruby Central crossed a line by doing this. When called out, these changes were mostly reverted. Then, it was done again. By crossing that line a second time after being called out for it, Ruby Central has made it extremely clear to me that they are not engaging in good faith...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
I had expected to see some Trump related protestors at the launch event for iPhone 17 and Air, but instead an important focus on the harmful nature of phone addiction as it concerns children. The full resolution HDR image is available here.| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Dave Grochocki, on the Microsoft Windows blog: In this update, we’re excited to introduce two powerful enhancements that bring more flexibility to your creative workflow. First, we’re introducing project files, you can now save your creation as an editable Paint project file and seamlessly pick up where you left off. Once you’re ready to save your artwork, go to the File menu and select Save as project. The File Explorer will open, allowing you to choose a location and save your work as...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Andrew Lapin, writing for Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Jerry Greenfield, one of two founders of the iconic progressive ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, has stepped down citing political pressure from the brand’s parent company, Unilever. The Ben & Jerry’s brand has clashed with Unilever over Israel in recent years, and Greenfield’s co-founder Ben Cohen has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. But Greenfield’s resignation letter, which Cohen posted to social media, does not men...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Barbara Russo-Lennon, writing for amNewYork: The MTA set a new post-pandemic subway ridership record with a seven-day high of 26.8 million riders between Monday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 14, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. … Delving into the stats, the agency’s NYC Transit recorded 4.1 million riders on the subway on Monday; 4.44 million on Tuesday; 4.48 million on Wednesday; 4.51 million on Thursday; and 4.2 million riders on Friday. I felt like the subway system had been busier lately,...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Apple has released Swift 6.2, and after reading through the changes, this feels like a meaningful step forward rather than another incremental update. The release addresses several persistent pain points that have shaped how we approach Swift development, particularly around concurrency and performance. The rest of this essay summarizes what is new, while adding some color commentary. If you just need the quick bullet points, you could read the announcement post instead. The most practical im...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Apple developer documentation: The Safari web extension packager enables you to package and distribute your Safari extensions using App Store Connect from any web browser, without requiring a Mac or access to Xcode. After packaging your extension, you can use TestFlight to test your extension or submit it to the App Store for distribution. Source: developer.apple.com| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Alex Chan: One of my favourite features added to web browsers in the last few years is text fragments. Text fragments allow you to link directly to specific text on a web page, and some browsers will highlight the linked text – for example, by scrolling to it, or adding a coloured highlight. This is useful if I’m linking to a long page that doesn’t have linkable headings – I want it to be easy for readers to find the part of the page I was looking for. … To help me out, I’ve writt...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
I wanted to let you know about a shift I’m making with my writing here. Going forward, I’ll be stepping back from linking to most political news stories and sharing my opinions on them. The constant cycle of Trump updates, New York City mayoral coverage, and the general state of the world has started to weigh heavily on me. I’ve realized I need to limit how much news I consume, and it’s not like there is a lack of people writing about these subjects. This doesn’t mean politics will ...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Something deeply disturbing is happening in the aftermath of this person’s death. Pundits are tripping over themselves to paint a man who built his career on hatred as some kind of champion of civil discourse. Charlie Kirk died the way he lived, making headlines and stirring controversy, and there’s a bitter irony in the fact that a man who championed gun rights and argued that some gun deaths were an acceptable cost for the Second Amendment died by gunshot himself. The sanitized version ...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
The fallout from Charlie Kirk’s shooting reveals everything wrong with how conservative media treats transgender people. The Wall Street Journal, a publication that surely knows better, rushed to publish inflammatory claims about transgender ideology being connected to the violence. The problem is that none of it was true. The publication reported that ammunition found at the scene contained messages about transgender and antifascist ideology, citing law enforcement sources. This false info...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Barbara Moens: Since the initial complaint, Microsoft has unbundled Teams from Office 365 in the EU, but critics said the changes were too narrow. In May, the $3.7 trillion software giant promised concessions, such as continuing the Teams and Office separation for seven years. After a market test, Microsoft has since made additional commitments, such as publishing more information on so-called “interoperability” or the ability to use its products with others made by rivals. These new pled...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Velveteen, writing for her self-authored blog: Today’s photo log is the first time I’ve left the house with the Vita for the express purpose of using it to take photos. I knew that the Vita had a crappy pair of camera but I didn’t realise it shot in 640x480. I managed to get a couple of decent photos out of it, I think? We have seen this sort of throwback styling with the Game Boy camera, but in recent memory this is the first time the PS Vita has been used to capture retro photographs....| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Don’t ignore the very intentional timing of this report landing hours before Apple’s September event. Aside from those shenanigans, Apple’s adjustment to its AI training guidelines highlights a principle that often gets overlooked in discussions about artificial intelligence. When companies build these systems, the goal should be creating tools that can help people regardless of their political views or background. The challenge comes when well-intentioned attempts to prevent harmful co...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Apple announced Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) today as part of their September event, and it feels like one of those moments when a technology company quietly drops a new feature that will end up radically changing computing. Built into Apple hardware and software in all models of iPhone 17 and iPhone Air, this new feature offers always-on memory safety protection that works behind the scenes to stop some of the nastiest digital attacks before they can impact the device. Memory corruptio...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
Basic Apple Guy: With iOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. I’ve already been chronicling the evolution of macOS icons, and now I’m expanding that project to include iOS. This collection will continue to grow and evolve with new additions throughout the autumn. Enjoy! I am glad iOS will accompany his macOS project that was announced a few days ago. I would love to see a print...| Victor Wynne • All Posts
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Today’s Apple event introduced Memory Integrity Enforcement on iPhone 17, the most significant memory safety upgrade in consumer OS history.| victorwynne.com
After years on hiatus the headline news website has been relaunched in beta by a new owner and long term fan.| victorwynne.com
Perplexity’s response to Cloudflare’s crawling report completely misses the point about digital consent. When websites say no through robots.txt, that should mean no.| victorwynne.com
Tech criticism has become overly moralistic, treating business pragmatism as virtue decline. Apple’s success comes from mastering commerce, not ignoring it.| victorwynne.com
The assertions that Apple’s AirPods need more success are misguided. The fact that the company pushes out free software updates for existing models prove their strategic strength and commitment to user satisfaction over the long-term.| victorwynne.com
Apple is defying the EU’s Digital Markets Act by blocking rival browser engines on iOS, protecting Safari’s immense profits. The result is the company ruining the open web.| victorwynne.com
Exploring the recent Trump and Epstein controversies, from a suggestive letter to White House efforts to control information, raising further questions about a potential cover-up.| victorwynne.com