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  • Everything we know about the redesigned MacBook Air with M2 processor

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    cameronbosch said:
    …Sorry, but a white notch looks like crap...
    You seriously need to change your diet. Or are you a bird?
    williamlondonspock1234

  • Fraudsters target Apple Pay in credit card scams

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    rivertrip said:
    lkrupp said:
    As always the weakest link in security is between the ears of the idiots who gladly hand over their credentials to anyone who calls them with an offer too good to be true. And there’s no patch for stupid.
    These automated scams are getting really sophisticated though. Here is one that ALMOST got me.

    Caller ID displayed the name and phone number of my actual bank (which I googled).

    Automated message in perfect English:
    "We recently got a purchase request which we blocked the transaction. If you made this purchase, please press 1. If you didn't make this purchase press 2."

    Then when you hit a number (which I selected #2):
    "Thank you, please enter you ATM card number for verification"

    It keep repeating the message to enter the card number. This is where I was like wait a minute and hung up. The automated call kept calling back every minute for the next hour.

     I called my bank to make sure there weren't any transactions attempts and they said no, so I notified them of the scam.

    A week later, I get another call from a different bank (which I don't have) called me and had the same message (I let it go to voice mail).
    I hope "perfect English" was sarcastic.
    Agree about the ”perfect” English. Also, was it a message or a phone call? The story seems to go in two directions here.
    viclauyycwatto_cobra

  • Apple updates Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for the first time in six months

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    jony0 said:
    Somewhat disappointing for a full digit revision, seems to be merely small tweaks. I still miss searching and replacing special characters to cleanup files with extraneous tabs, paragraphs, etc, like the Pages of old. I have to resort to Word for that, recordable macros too would be nice for the whole suite. I mostly use and really like Numbers and Pages but finally gave in and picked up the 50 $ Lifetime Microsoft Office for those occasional specialty features, after years of getting by with LibreOffice. For my usage MS Office isn't worth their original sticker price but that special scratched an itch.
    But the replace function of the iWork apps does support those special characters (and more). You can for ex search for \t or \n or \p. You can also use them in the replace field.

    Actually, you can search and replace most special characters (or invisible) by just copy-and-pasting them into the search- or replace field.

    Sure, it doesn’t implement a full regexp support but it covers most usecases of the kind you listed.
    fastasleepwatto_cobrajony0

  • Clarus the dogcow has been reborn in an iPhone keyboard easter egg

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    I spent half a week vectorizing Clarus (in 1988, I think). First thing people did was complain that she was too smooth. Her every pixel is sacred.
     :D 
    ravnorodomwatto_cobra

  • EU will force Apple & Google to allow third-party app stores, payment services

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    avon b7 said:
    avon b7 said: If there were no 'market based' aspect involved, Apple wouldn't be considered a gatekeeper. 
    Apple will still be viewed as a "gatekeeper" by the EU even if side loading is forced within iOS, so side loading itself is irrelevant to the market both in terms of how the EU views Apple and how pricing/quality/selection/satisfaction works. That's what is so bizarre about the EU wanting to force side loading...entirely arbitrary with no benefit.
    Surely having an alternative source for software can have potential benefits in terms of pricing, security and what is available. 

    Why write things off before seeing how things go? 

    It would be interesting to see how iOS users see any new options. 

    The end users don’t even have a clue of what’s best for them. End users alone only make choices based on their own individual short-term advantages.

    They don’t understand anything on a system level or long-term consequences. Therefore their choices nearly always result in suboptimization. And even when the negative consequences are a fact they fail to see the connections.

    End users are paying to get served good products. Not to design them themselves. They have other important things to do in their lives.

    This is why we need to have business managements and governments; to lay out long-term holistic strategies. In this case, the strategy of the EU Commission is sadly enough to acquire business power from American successful companies …even if it costs its own citizens both security and service quality.
    radarthekattmay