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Apple will try to talk its way out of a $40 billion fine on Tuesday
I’m an iOS developer working for the government in the EU. Because of my job I often meet Apple that asks us about possible way to improve our use of iPhones. Last meeting I had with a woman that came especially from Apple London, the question of NFC came up. For us obviously we are not interested in using NFC for a payment solution but for writing NFC Desfire cards to replace keycards. That person told me it was not possible as it’s interfering with Apple Pay… and now they say they do not?
And please, keep away your comments “we hate Americans” because it is not true. I do not want to use Android phones but because of the way Apple has closed NFC we still have to use droid phones as well for some use cases (which sucks).
The solution is actually really easy as I mentioned to her: create a programme where companies get granted a special entitlement (like critical notifications) that can easily be revoked if a company is not following Apple’s guidelines. I’m still waiting for the response from Apple on this one. In the meantime I didn’t know they were going to trial because of that. I would say it’s a pity, Apple should listen more to its premium users and government agencies requests (as long as it’s reasonable like in my case, I’m not asking for backdoors in their iPhones 😉) -
Apple gives the Mac a giant visual overhaul with macOS Big Sur
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Apple's study proves that LLM-based AI models are flawed because they cannot reason
The article lacks fact checking and details like when were the tests conducted either OpenAIs models and which model was used. When I perform the request I get the following answer from chatGPT 4o:Question: ” Oliver picks 44 kiwis on Friday. Then he picks 58 kiwis on Saturday. On Sunday, he picks double the number of kiwis he did on Friday. Of the kiwis picked on Sunday, five of them were a bit smaller than average. How many kiwis does Oliver have?”
Answer: “ Let’s break this down:• On Friday, Oliver picks 44 kiwis.• On Saturday, he picks 58 kiwis.• On Sunday, he picks double the number of kiwis he did on Friday, so he picks 44 \times 2 = 88 kiwis.The total number of kiwis he picks is:44 \text{ (Friday)} + 58 \text{ (Saturday)} + 88 \text{ (Sunday)} = 190 \text{ kiwis.}So, Oliver has 190 kiwis in total. The fact that five of the kiwis picked on Sunday are smaller doesn’t affect the total number.”
Perfect answer! -
Apple Watch Ultra has exposed screws, but still a difficult repair
Please AppleInsider, check your maths! If the battery on the Series 8 is 1.19Wh and the Ultra has 2.1Wh it is an increase of (2.1-1.19)/1.19 hence 76%! Not 60% 😉 However, the Series 8 is 60% smaller than the Ultra (because then you do (2.1-1.19)/2.1. Basic maths.
If you are not convinced, imagine a Series 9 that is 1.5Wh and a new Ultra that is 3Wh, then without calculating you know the new Ultra is 100% bigger than the Series 9, and you calculate it that way: (3-1.5)/1.5=100% whereas the Series 9 is (3-1.5)/3=50% smaller than the new Ultra.
Hope that was clear ☺️ -
Apple TV+ secures deal for 'Murderbot' sci-fi series starring Alexander Skarsgard and helm...
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iPad Pro with OLED may be more expensive because of dry etching
JP234 said:This stuff is way, way, way beyond my limited ability to comprehend. And it's obvious that no one posting on this forum can understand the tech either.
Well I doI’ve been a DRIE (Deep Reactive Ion Etching) process engineer for more than 10 years before changing completely my career and become an iOS developer. So I can tell you how amazed I was about reading about my field in this article where most of it is actually correct. An error is the sentence “While dry etching isn't strictly new, it's not used in much at present.” You would not have accelerometers or gyroscopes or sensitive pressure sensors without MEMS produced with DRIE (a sort of dry etching). Hence no Nintendo Switch, no funny games on the iPhone or IPad and so on. So what a mistake to say that dry etching is not used so much these days. The patent at the origin of it is called the Bosch process and it is from the 90’s! Airbags in cars have existed for decades thanks to dry etching!
And if you play again one of the keynotes where Apple was presenting Deep Trench Isolation (DTI) in order to avoid having pixels bleed into another it is using dry etching. So all of you are using components made with dry etching in the gadget you are currently holding 😃.
If you have questions about dry etching or working in a clean room making MEMS, just ask me, I’d be happy to explain.
More articles like this! Thanks 🙏
PS: I’ve worked for Applied Materials Inc and have several patents on the design of DRIE chambers for MEMS. -
Apple ignored reports of three big security problems in iOS 15, researcher says
lkrupp said:iOSDevSWE said:wood1208 said:No biggy. It's software bug so will be fixed in dot release.
I’m not only an iOS developer, I’m also a mobile pentester with GIAC certification from my SEC575 sans.org course: I tried to use exploit to show info about the IMSI info (xpc service mmcs.plist) but did not manage it.
So no, I’m not alarmist, I just tried the code myself instead of just reading the info. -
Apple rolls out security update for iOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 18.3.1, macOS Sequoia 15.3.1
Please Apple Insider, try to use the correct vocabulary: it’s not a “point” release but a ”patch“ release. Apple, like most of the software developers, use the SemVer standard (semantic versioning) where a version number is called MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. That way you understand clearly what this release is for: to patch something that has been wrong, either a minor bug that is fixed or a security hole that is filled.
Link: https://semver.org/ -
How to use Xcode String catalogs to localize your app
That’s one way of doing it, but in real life apps we use remote configurations and strings usually come from a Content Management System (like Episerver). That way strings may be modified after the app has been shipped.
However for apps that do not require a backend, you are right, that’s the way to go.
It’s good you mentioned the case of strings plural as Apple has done a good job localising strings for the plural form. Particularly good that you get in English “0 cars” while in French “0 voiture” and in Swedish “0 bilar”. For some languages 0 brings a plural form which is quite counter intuitive. -
Fewer iPhone owners are upgrading to iOS 17 than for the iOS 16 update
kmarei said:i've learnt that lesson a long time ago
i don't jump versions on my devices, if i get it with 15, i will update to the latest 15 and not go to 16
already ruined 2 devices when i upgraded iOS to the next number up and the devices became unusable
had to basically throw an ipad away that worked great the night before on the older iOS
even browsing to a website would take like 2-3 minutes on the new one
plus i have rarely noticed the difference between iOS versions
ok i get a few more emojies, big whoopie
1. What used to work “a long time ago” does not work anymore. The hardware in the newer phones doesn’t behave like the one in an iPhone 6, 8 or X.
2. You can’t throw away a device the day after its update to a newer iOS version because it’s getting slower: it takes maybe a week depending on your usage, to optimise the OS after an upgrade. This is why the battery is getting worse after each upgrade and although it is a known fact, you can hear each year people complaining about it 😔. Just plug your device to a socket and leave it there, it will get fixed faster.
3. even if YOU can’t see what’s new with a new iOS version, we, the developers, see a huge difference: Apple does a fantastic work each year in improving the SDK so that things get more performant and/or takes much less code to perform an action. This has a huge impact on both security within apps and code quality leading to fewer bugs. Basically having to take care of several iOS versions for an app can be extremely time consuming and requires having devices on all those versions too. It is often not justified economically to support old iOS version just because some few % of the user base doesn’t care upgrading there device to the latest version. This is why I force my users to upgrade through information about deprecation of support of there old iOS version quickly: they have time to update so they don’t lose functionality. Furthermore with newer iOS versions, the improvements lead to better battery management hence it is not smart to stay on an old iOS version.
But of course, if you don’t use apps on your iPhone and just use it to ring, you can go on doing what you do. The majority of us are doing the opposite: we mostly use apps and don’t call hence security and latest SDK features are the greatest concern. (And also newer emojis 😂)