Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more. Sponsored by: Nuts.com: The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Trade Coffee: The best coffee is made at home. Enjoy a free bag of roasted-to-order coffee and $15 off select plans...

Now, don’t get offended, but — you aren’t as good at clocking deepfakes as you think you are. And it’s not just you — nobody’s that good at it. Not your mom, or your boss, or anyone in your IT department. To make matters worse, you probably think you can spot a fake. After all, you see weird AI-generated videos of celebrities on social...

Google Security Blog: In 2023, we prevented 2.28 million policy-violating apps frombeing published on Google Play in part thanks to our investment innew and improved security features, policy updates, and advancedmachine learning and app review processes. We have alsostrengthened our developer onboarding and review processes,requiring more identity...

European Commission press release (italics added): On 5 September 2023, the Commission designated Apple as a gatekeeper for its operating system iOS, its browser Safari and its App Store. On the same day, the Commission opened a market investigation to assess whether Apple’s iPadOS, despite not meeting the quantitative thresholds laid down...

My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. WorkOS is a modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, supporting SSO, SCIM, user management, and RBAC. Recently, WorkOS acquired Warrant, the Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) service for developers. Warrant’s product is based on Zanzibar, the open source authorization system originally...

Mark Gurman, in his Power On column for Bloomberg: Earlier this month, I broke the news that Apple is accelerating its computer processor upgrades and plans to release the M4 chip later this year alongside new iMacs, MacBook Pros and Mac minis. The big change with the M4: A new neural engine will pave the way for fresh AI capabilities. Now...