







The one where Apple decides consent doesn’t matter anymore.
I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did
Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational decisions. Do not…

Apple Warns Canada's Bill C-22 Could Force Encryption Backdoors
Apple and Meta have opposed a Canadian bill that the companies say could force them to create backdoor access to encrypted user data, should it pass through the country's parliament. Proposed by Canada's ruling Liberal Party, Bill C-22 contains provisions that could be similar to a UK data access provision order sent to Apple last year, depending on how they are implemented.

Apple at 50: eight technology leaps that changed our world
From Apple II to the iPhone, time and again this extraordinary company has anticipated the value of opening up computing to everyone.

A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent
Our autonomy can be compromised by limitations in our capacities, or by the power relationships within which we are embedded. If we insist that real consent requires full autonomy, then virtually no sex will turn out to be consensual. I argue that under conditions of compromised autonomy, consent must be socially and interpersonally scaffolded. To understand consent as an ethically crucial but nonideal concept, we need to think about how it is related to other requirements for ethical sex, such as the ability to exit a situation, trust, safety, broader social support, epistemic standing in the community, and more.
Clearance of the Confusion: LLM’s base and instruct version — Let’s compare them on reasoning…
When you’re strolling through the market, you’re bound to notice that the same fruit comes in two versions: the base version and the…

Introducing ONCE
Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business. We think it’s that time again.

Design and Development Videos - Apple Developer
Learn about developing for Apple platforms with video presentations by Apple experts.
I Like the Apple Ecosystem. This Is Not a Declaration of War. - Ewan’s Blog
My phone is an iPhone, my computer is a Mac, my watch is an Apple Watch and my earphones are AirPods. Somehow, this apparently requires a political theory.
FR#154 – Search and Community
Fediverse search engine Holos Discover shut down this week, showing structural issues how to distinguish between individual and community consent.

What’s up with this 'Apple Reference Image' rumor?
A new feature possibly coming in iOS 27 can make it possible to prove an iPhone photo is real, but it's probably not for everyday people.

Spotted in Prod — The very best of iOS
Spotted in Prod is a curated collection of standout iOS apps and interactions. Discover the makers behind the work—and download apps that do it right.

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