This week’s Do You Use It? poll asks owners of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max if they use the Action button, and if so, for what.

On the Chit Chat Across the Pond podcast, Adam Engst explains why the macOS 15 Sequoia beta’s monthly check-ins on screen recording permissions are not only unnecessary but actively harmful.

Technology publication AnandTech has announced that it is ceasing publication, though its corporate parent has committed to keeping the website’s archives and discussion forum available indefinitely.

Matthew Ball shares nine takeaways about the Apple Vision Pro after living with and thinking about it for six months. 

Although Apple makes it sound like Californians will be able to ditch their physical driver’s licenses and state IDs in favor of digital versions in the Wallet app, California and the other states supporting digital IDs in Wallet require that you continue to carry your physical ID.

When iOS 18.1 ships later this year, iPhone developers will be able to offer NFC contactless transactions within their apps, enabling in-store payments, car keys, closed-loop transit, corporate badges, student IDs, home keys, hotel keys, merchant loyalty and rewards cards, and event tickets, with government IDs promised for the future.

This week’s Do You Use It? poll asks owners of Apple silicon Macs how often they use iPhone or iPad apps on their Macs.

In which Adam Engst and Allison Sheridan talk through Adam’s solar inverter connectivity problem as an example of how small assumptions can prevent successful troubleshooting.

Seemingly as a result of Google’s deal to license Reddit content, Reddit is now blocking crawlers from other search engines, ensuring that new Reddit content can be found only through Google or other search engines that pay Google.

Apple has updated a support document with helpful advice about how to identify and report social engineering attacks such as phishing messages, phony support calls, and more. Share it widely!

Curious about what the Internet was like 30 years ago, in 1994? Fast Company has published an article looking at 15 websites from that year, but for a much more comprehensive (and amusing) view, check out the “Internet Explorer’s Kit for Macintosh” book by Adam Engst and Bill Dickson, now available online.

If you published a two-factor authentication app, wouldn’t you require authenticated requests to all endpoints?

Although much of the white paper addresses issues surrounding repairability, Apple points out that the larger goal of longevity requires a more all-encompassing approach.

Apple has said the Digital Markets Act’s interoperability requirements will prevent it from shipping Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and SharePlay Screen Sharing for EU users in 2024. 

Slack will be reducing its data storage needs and trying to incentivize free teams to upgrade by deleting data older than a year from free workspaces. Only the last 90 days of data is visible anyway; the change affects only those who upgrade to a paid plan and would previously have recovered all old data.