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For better or worse, here's Apple's response: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/03/addressing-spotifys-c... Frankly both sides seem immensely dodgy in their approach - manipulati…

I'd equate it more to the difference between spending an extra $100 on a solid pair of boots which last 4x longer (cheaper over time) - we're not talking diamond-encrusted phones h…

really insightful response, thanks! (aside: wow, Feynman really is the gift that keeps on giving...)

so many of the misleading headlines on this topic could be fixed by saying "confirmed" instead of "discovered", or "identified"

does the hive mind know what the commandline tool is that he used for displaying audio spectrum? (or @benjojo12 if you're watching... your setup has inspired me, and I want to play…

spot on. also there's likely to be some phase issues in some mixes aside: seems to be a smooth enough lerp between bits so as not to destroy speakers, but might cause a record need…

could be a well-meaning tech culture screw up; Most tech people know that airplane autopilots weren't end-to-end automated for the majority of their existence

may be complete coincidence, but about 8-9hrs ago my friend's iphone started acting up; emails vanishing while they were reading them, sub-routes in apps silently failing back to m…

Is it not possible there's just a security violation they need to sort out? Am unfamiliar with Puffin, but the post leaping straight to "it's a conspiracy!" without indicating what…

The first AI to really blow my mind as a kid and - between that and Conway's Game of Life - no doubt responsible for the first 5 years of obsessive my all-night hacking and sneakin…

in fairness, "Cortana" and "Siri" both sound pretty effeminate to me (and speakers of romance languages)

Thought this too as soon as the notification popped up. To the best of my knowledge I haven't updated recently, so they've basically had an auto-update feature sitting dormant for …

Sorry - but I genuinely thought this was going to be an entry about a South Indian fast food franchise. Please don't ban me.

I've uttered the same sentiment myself (admittedly as an excuse for still running a 386sx in the mid-90's) However this is only productive if you're not working with (a) compiled c…

Agree this is an annoyance - how would you propose keeping features like YouTube or Netflix autoplay/playlists in this scenario?

Recommend you look at this history of emerging technologies announced at SIGGRAPH. Tends not to be a linear progression at all; if the attention of more than a couple researchers i…

Appelbaum's response: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1soorlp Obviously this topic needs to be treated with extreme care, as assuming innocence would be just as damaging as assumi…

This was a hoax perpetrated by Joey Grether http://12xspiral.com/intro/ http://pholx.com/thenumberswebgrethersspiral/ Supposedly there's also a post of him admitting it was to gain…

Seems to have been hn'd Here's a google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...

There was a brief report of metadata being stored in the plain: https://myers.io/2015/10/22/1password-leaks-your-data/ There's a rebuttal from AgileBits: https://blog.agilebits.com…