Piet's Daily Digest

Apple is extending free access to its satellite features for existing iPhone users for another year, the company revealed in a footnote to its iPhone 18 Pro press release. Here are the details. more……

There are two displays and multitasking options for iPhone Duo, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to play two videos at the same time.…

Following this week’s Apple event, new Apple CEO John Ternus and marketing SVP Greg Joswiak sat down for an interview to talk more about the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo. In the interview with Tom’s Guide and TechRada…

The DOJ has won a temporary pause on an order requiring it to respond to Apple’s requests for documents from 14 federal agencies, while the government appeals the ruling in its ongoing antitrust case against the company.…

Multiple social media posts from the US President suggested renaming New Mexico to "New America," and congressional representatives have preemptively asked Apple and Google not to rename the state.…

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Apple’s new iPhone Handoff feature, which lets users share a single phone number across two iPhones, will cost $5 per month on T-Mobile. Here are the details. more……

Benjamin and Chance react to the September Apple event in this bumper special episode, featuring our first impressions (and Chance’s initial hands-on from the ground at Apple Park) with iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods…

In a new interview, Apple CEO John Ternus talks about the long road to the iPhone Duo, while Joz is delighted just how secret they kept the project.…

Macworld If you’re planning on investing in the iPhone Duo, here’s a question for you: Are you putting it in a case? I mean, it’s Apple’s most expensive phone. It would seem prudent to protect your investment. And now th…

Macworld With the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, Apple is introducing some neat new audio-based AI features that seem genuinely useful and exciting. The new S11 processor includes hardware that makes it possible to c…

A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland…

Redmond's coders get the tool to help them scrub memory bugs off Windows…

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Linux 7.4 is now set to reach the elusive milestone of HDMI 2.1 support for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. After the HDMI Forum previously rejected HDMI 2.1 for the AMDGPU open-source driver implementation going back…

Microsoft has fixed a bug that prevented Teams and Outlook from launching on ARM-based Windows devices after installing updates released since the August 2026 Patch Tuesday. [...]…

Attackers have chained two flaws in JFrog Artifactory, the repository that software build pipelines pull from, to take administrator control of self-hosted servers and plant backdoors, cloud security company Wiz said in …

A China-linked hacking group exploited a flaw in Sogou Input Method, one of the most widely used tools for typing Chinese characters on Windows, to install a backdoor on victims' computers, security company Gen Digital s…

PaperCut on Thursday released a new security maintenance release that replaces all previously published emergency patches that were pushed to address two security flaws that have come under active exploitation. The softw…

Cisco has revealed that three distinct threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks have been exploiting two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities. The attacks lever…

The schedule is live, the speakers are confirmed, and I’m genuinely excited to finally show you what the day looks like. We’re gathering Saturday, July 18, 2026 at the E-Central Downtown Los Angeles Hotel, the day before…

Update: CVE assigned and patched kernels are now in production 2026-06-02 15:31 UTC: The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-46243, and the patched kernels have been released to the production repositories/mirrors. …

Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 9.8 Beta “Olive Jaguar” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Bet…

Good artists steal.…

Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together a list of some of the brightest and best young minds working across science and technology. Our 35 Innovators Under 35 are the ones to watch—people whose research and techn…

Any Nix package, live in your browser Farid Zakaria calls this his "magnum opus of Nix work", and I can see why. trynix.dev provides a qemu-wasm powered x86_64 Linux virtual machine running entirely in your browser throu…

The August edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter is out. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. This month: We got more details on OpenAl's accidental cyberattacks One-s…

A major billion-dollar bank is executing a live pilot of its proprietary dollar-backed stablecoin on a public blockchain to move funds across borders. U.S. Bank, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, says the…

Two New Jersey men are admitting their roles in a conspiracy to steal checks from the mail and engaging in check washing in order to cash out. The operation targeted USPS collection boxes in Livingston and Clifton using …

China’s central bank is extending its gold accumulation as emerging market institutions continue adding to their yellow metal reserves. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) added 20 tonnes of gold in July marking its 21st c…

The software can monitor cash, risk and forecasts and suggest financial moves, but humans still have to approve every action.…

XRP has slipped below $1.40 while a conditional $60 forecast and David Schwartz’s comments about overtaking Bitcoin attract attention.…

The first horse in the United States to be infected with New World screwworm has been detected in southern ​Texas near the Mexican border, data from the U.S. ‌Department of Agriculture showed.…

Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell to seven on Thursday from 11 the previous day, ​preliminary shiptracking data showed on Friday, well below the ‌10-day average of 15.…

Emma Bonino's life in politics began with a crime. In 1974, at a time when abortion was illegal in Italy, she travelled to a clandestine clinic in Florence to terminate an unplanned pregnancy.…

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday new tech company restrictions ​barring children under 16 from exposure to behaviorally addictive features on social media platforms and banning toys containing…

Global demand for electric vehicles rose for a sixth consecutive ​month in August, with Europe leading ‌the growth, data from UK-based research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Friday.…

Intelligence services must not dwell too much on past threats but accept that a new strategic shock along the lines of the 9/11 attacks could already ​be in preparation where they are not looking, the head of Britain's ‌…

Republican lawmakers plan to bring legislation to ​the House floor next ‌week that seeks to rein in electricity bill increases tied ​to data center ​expansion, a spokesperson for Speaker ⁠Mike Johnson said on ​Thursday.…

A global bond selloff pushed U.S. 10-year Treasury yields near the closely watched 5% level on Friday ​as inflationary fears stemming from oil prices surging well beyond $100 a barrel and rising odds of a near-term U.S. …

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees at a company meeting this week that the firm was open ​to slowing development of its AI systems, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Thursday, citing sources, amid growing concern…

A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that TikTok violated the state's consumer protection law by misleading users ​about how it filtered content for minors and ‌whether its "Restricted Mode" feature shielded children from ina…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ​Lula da Silva said ‌on Thursday he believes it is ​necessary to discuss ​term limits for Supreme ⁠Court justices.…

Fizza Rahman lives in Airport Heights and works near the Avalon Mall — a 15-minute commute on a good day. But since workers began building a roundabout at Portugal Cove Road and Major's Path, Rahman says the good days ar…

Crown and defence lawyers are seeking a period of house arrest for a 20-year-old Portugal Cove-St. Philip's man who broke into a neighbour's house in the middle of the night and beat a man in bed with a crowbar. Read Mor…

A multi-tower development that has hit its share of hiccups over the years is moving forward — again. Read More…

Michelle Joudrey remembers 9/11 like it was yesterday. Read More…

The price of diesel went down overnight but there were no changes to gas or furnace oil prices in the latest Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission adjustment. Read More…

Police are warning the public of a heat pump scam targeting home owners in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Read More…

Amongst the hundred or more history books in my collection are three dealing with the origin of place names. Read More…

The Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals enter the 2026-27 campaign with a mix of familiar and new faces. Read More…

Dec. 3, 2001 was warm with bright skies as then U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft touched down in Ottawa. Fires still burned at Ground Zero in New York City at the site of the fallen towers. Later that morning, he sign…

Cheers to the four teens who are trying to get a basketball court in Summerside renamed after their friend who died in an ATV crash last year. Recently, Emerson Dean, Cali Bridges, Colton Bridges and Kingston Gallant pre…

Some residents of Cole Harbour, N.S., are angry that a pair of beavers were removed from a nearby lake and euthanized last month because they were building a dam that municipal officials feared could cause flooding.…

The Open Home Foundation fights for privacy, choice, and sustainability. These principles are at the heart of everything we do, including how we handle website analytics. Our position is clear: we reject tools that track…

Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes: compare learning curve, scaling, networking, security, cost, and best use cases so you can choose the right orchestrator.…

Learn how Kubernetes RBAC works, why it matters, common pitfalls, and best practices for managing permissions securely at scale.…

Looking for Docker Swarm alternatives? Compare Kubernetes, Nomad, Portainer and more to find the best container orchestration platform for your needs.…

Learn what a Kubernetes deployment is, how it works, key strategies, and best practices to deploy applications safely and at scale.…