NEW: Security researchers have confirmed that iPhones running iOS 18 now automatically reboot if they are not unlocked for 72 hours.
The feature, called "inactivity reboot," will make life harder for thieves, law enforcement, and forensic experts trying to extract data from iPhones.
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New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm | TechCrunch
“Inactivity reboot" effectively puts iPhones in a more secure state by locking the user's encryption keys in the iPhone's secure enclave chip.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
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Metabraille
Metabraille ist eine mobile Braille-Tastatur. Mit dieser Tastatur können iOS und Android Smartphones sowie PCs über Bluetooth ferngesteuert werden. Der Zusammenbau ist für blinde und sehbehinderte Menschen ausgelegt.Oskar
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I'm available for speaking gigs in 2025, if your conference or team is interested in talks/workshops on #CSS!
I love to go in-depth on the classics –cascade, grids, alignment, etc. But I can also teach the new hits: container queries, colors, layers, :has(), et al.
Let's get scheduled!
yikes, bsky removing or labeling Palestinian accounts as spam, ostensibly because they are following too many people or posting gofundmes, but according to these threads the problem looks too widespread to just be a coincidence from e.g. automated flagging. Can't find any response from their mod team. Composable moderation is good but i am not sure how the atproto labeling model addresses the baseline problem of scaling suspensions/bans - either they take a very light touch and you get a flood of nazis, or you need to lean on automated tools or overworked mods without enough context which has (hopefully accidentally, but still really bad) impacts like this.
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Rumor Replay: ‘HomePad,’ iPhone 18 camera, Vision Pro 2, more - 9to5Mac
This week’s Rumor Replay column highlights an extensive ‘HomePad’ report, Vision Pro 2 release date, iPhone 18 camera rumor, and more.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Final Cut Pro's 'Transcribe to Captions' is only available in English
Apple on Thursday released a major update to Final Cut Pro that introduced multiple new features, including the ability to...Filipe Espósito (9to5Mac)
Turning the M4 Mac mini into a modern iMac G4 [Video] - 9to5Mac
The new M4 Mac mini features an incredibly impressive design that shows the prowess of Apple Silicon. But what if...Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
How Uncrustables Reinvented the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
https://www.mentalfloss.com/uncrustables-history?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How Uncrustables Reinvented the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
A sealed, crustless sandwich shook the patent world to its core.Jake Rossen (Mental Floss)
RFC: Upstream package sources
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Add RFC for upstream package source handling (!46) · Merge requests · Arch Linux / RFCs · GitLab
Add an RFC that proposes choosing transparent sources by default and adds guidelines for the handling of cryptographic signatures for Arch Linux package sources. See the...GitLab
#Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark 💪
We already joined a long time ago. Follow us ➡️ bsky.app/profile/tutaprivacy.b…
But we also ❤️ it here on #Mastodon; actually it's our favorite. 🤫
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ (@cryptadamist@universeodon.com)
Attached: 1 image For some reason people fleeing the sinking #Twitter / #X ship for #BlueSky don't seem to be aware of the fact that crypto bros at #BlockchainCapital bought a huge stake in the company just a few weeks ago.Universeodon Social Media
Ok, super! But why then TRUMPets for BlueSky?
Bluesky is almost an exact copy of X, a centralized dickland. We really should just stop sheering for and jumping on these same toxic boats over and over again.
I rather prefer that people stay on X than that they go to Bluesky bragging believing they did a good thing.
I understand that you want to promote your product everywhere, but keep in mind that you might loose some if you're having to much parties on certain boats...
10 Commonly Mispronounced Phrases That Make Smart People Look Uneducated
The English language is difficult, which can create confusion around certain words and phrases. Here are 10 commonly mispronounced phrases that make smart people look uneducated.Alexandra Blogier (YourTango)
I've never heard half of these said incorrectly, they sound like Americanisms.
Others are obviously homophones - baited and bated are obviously already pronounced the same.
'Mute point', 'tender hooks', 'Biting my time', 'Chock it up' and 'Pass mustard' would be grounds for divorce here.
It's okay that Bluesky will be successful and replace Twitter.
Most people like the service that a corporation gives to them. Most people are willing to trade the cons that go with that for the pros they receive.
I came to the Fediverse because I - personally - can't take those cons anymore. And the pros here work for me, again personally.
I don't need all the people in the world to use the Fediverse for me to enjoy the community here. Heck, most people didn't use Twitter. They used (and still use) Tiktok, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat more.
Let people use Bluesky. I hope they enjoy it and it enriches their lives. It doesnt for me, so I won't be going. But we already have a critical mass here and its fine.
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After sending a letter to HMRC in January, we finally got a response today (November 14). What did it say?
It said we should resend the letter, but include a declaration that its content is true. 🤦♂️
They are ridiculous, honestly.
I have never had a straightforward experience with them.
The one time I thought I had back in January came back to bight me in the ass in June and showed they'd just utterly bollucksed things up.
Of the six people I spoke to on the phone, 5 didn't even pretend to give a shit.
Shocking.
I was claiming some of my wife's tax allowance, being married. She started work in January and we informed them as you're supposed to. We all agreed she'd not earn enough by March for the claim to change, but somehow that turned into me telling them I didn't want the extra allowance anymore, so they started taking it back from April.
Nike’s new easy open backpack was designed to prioritize accessibility
Nike’s new Elite EasyOn backpack was designed for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games athletes with low dexterity or motor skills but is now available to everyone.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
The new Level Lock+ includes Matter support, with a free limited-time upgrade available for existing users - 9to5Mac
Level Lock+ with Matter support brings seamless compatibility with Apple Home Key, Google, Alexa, & SmartThings. Free firmware upgrade for existing users until 1/14/25.Bradley Chambers (9to5Mac)
Patrick H. Lauke (@patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvTyg1kJGzMMastodon
It's real. It's really real.
The Onion bought InfoWars.
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The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars with help from Sandy Hook families
Satirical news publication The Onion has bought Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. For decades, Jones has peddled in conpsiracy and misinformation.DAVE COLLINS (AP News)
Every other Ridley Scott movie to hit theaters has gay fanservice that literally everybody wants to see cut from the final version
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Denzel Washington Says He Had a Gay Kiss In 'Gladiator 2' But It Was Cut - Gayety
Hold onto your helmets—Gladiator II is heading to theaters on November 22, 2024, and it’s bringing all the intense, muscle-packed action we’ve been craving.Caitlynn McDaniel (Gayety)
A Beginner's Guide to Editing Text Files With Vi
Ever wanted to learn one of the most powerful text editors?How-To Geek
A bunch of people around here saw a nice fireball yesterday morning, and I just talked to a local radio show about it. From what I can tell, this fireball wasn't anything particularly weird, perhaps on the brighter side of "normal" fireball range, and I think a lot of people saw it because of the time of day (~7:30am local), visible from Utah to mid-latitude Sask!
Great info (and videos!) on the American Meteor Society website: fireball.amsmeteors.org/member…
American Meteor Society
We received 170 reports about a fireball seen over Alberta, British Columbia, ID, Idaho, Montana, MT, ND, NV, Saskatchewan, UT, WA and WY on Wednesday, November 13th 2024 around 13:33 UT.fireball.amsmeteors.org
In case you ever see a fireball (a *very* bright shooting star), the American Meteor Society has a great reporting tool and tutorial. Just like "did you feel it" reports for earthquakes, this is very scientifically valuable crowd-source info!
fireball.amsmeteors.org/member…
(Also, I hate hate hate that they now have Starlink in their list of "this is not a fireball, please don't report this")
American Meteor Society Report a Fireball: it's fun and easy!
You saw something bright and fast? Like a huge shooting star? Report it: it may be a fireball.fireball.amsmeteors.org
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Work on Sliding Sync – which provides a significantly faster and more scalable sync experience in Matrix clients – has moved to focus on native support, and away from the proxy.
The Sliding Sync Proxy on the Matrix.org homeserver will be decommissioned on November 21st.
More details for users as well as server and client developers in our latest blog post: matrix.org/blog/2024/11/14/mov…
Sunsetting the Sliding Sync Proxy: Moving to Native Support
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsWill Lewis (matrix.org)
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iOS 18.2’s Genmoji and Image Playground have three key guardrails you should know - 9to5Mac
iOS 18.2 brings powerful new image generation tools to Apple Intelligence, but they come with three key guardrails you should know.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Big Foot has officially been spotted … among other new emoji proposals
We’re still awaiting that wacky pack of emoji characters previewed in May. And we probably won’t actually see the shovel...Zac Hall (9to5Mac)
Train derails in Longueuil, Que., raising concerns about chemical spill
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Probably a testimonial of the safety and the track maintenance. Remember it's the same railroads that want to increase the workload and reduce safety. Because the Oligarchs love the cheap and expendable labour.
Maybe I'm thinking too hard, but I can't get the idea "all communication is inherently manipulative and absent consent" out of my head.
The idea being, that just by communicating something to someone, you are inherently influencing their mind to interpret and process your ideas.
And you can't seek someone's permission to share an idea with them without sharing an idea. And you certainly can't seek someone's informed consent to share an idea without sharing at least some details about the idea itself.
messy messy
Links to any publicly available PDF with good semantic structure, tagging, and accessibility to elements like tables and images would be very helpful
although of course you may also use this thread to dunk on the format, if you wish
pdfinfo.
GitHub - jsvine/pdfplumber: Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables.
Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables. - jsvine/pdfplumberGitHub
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