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Apple says 74% of iPhones launched in the last four years and 66% of all iPhones are running iOS 26; 68% of iPhones were running iOS 18 as of Jan. 21, 2025 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/13/apple-shares-ios-26-adoption-stats/

Apple Reveals How Many iPhones Are Running iOS 26
Apple has shared updated iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 adoption figures, revealing how many iPhones and iPads are running those software versions. These...

iOS 26.3: Diese neuen Features hat Apple in der Pipeline
Die verbesserte Siri muss womöglich noch warten, dafür gibt es bessere Android-Transfers und andere Goodies. Ein Überblick zu iOS 26.3.
https://www.

Opera says in the 12 months ending with October, it saw a 88% surge in daily active iOS users across Europe, partly due to the changes mandated by the DMA (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/13/opera-ios-growth-europe-dma/

Opera says DMA contributed to 5x growth of iOS users in Europe - 9to5Mac
Operas iOS user base in Europe has grown by as much as five times since the Digital Markets Act took effect in 2024.

I shrank down SwiftGodot for those that just want to expose APIs to Godot, but do not need to control Godot, and added a template that you can use to make your own:
This leverages the new "barebones" SwiftGodot work:
https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftGodotAppleT…

GitHub - migueldeicaza/SwiftGodotAppleTemplate: Template project for creating Godot iOS extensions using SwiftGodot
Template project for creating Godot iOS extensions using SwiftGodot - migueldeicaza/SwiftGodotAppleTemplate

The first and only serious alternative to the #iOS App Store #Setapp is already pulling out of Apple's mobile platforms again. This seems exactly what #Apple was aiming for wi…

Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung mit RCS: Hinweise auf baldige iOS-Umsetzung
Aktuell können Botschaften über die Rich Communication Services auf iPhones potenziell belauscht werden. Apple arbeitet aber an einer Verbesserung.
<…

Of course it does
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.ht…

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.

Back in April, District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers delivered a scathing judgment
finding that Apple was in “willful violation” of her 2021 injunction
intended to open up iOS App Store payments.
That contempt of court finding has now been almost entirely upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
a development that Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney tells Ars he hopes will
“do a lot of good for developers and start to really change the App Store situation worldwi…

Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.

Zed’s dead.
#pulpfiction #movies
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/us/peter-greene-actor-death?cid=ios_app

Google und Apple wollen Datenumzug zwischen Android und iOS nahtloser gestalten
Google und Apple wollen den Datenumzug zwischen Android und iOS gemeinsam nahtloser gestalten.
https://www.

NOTHING is forever...
Here are tips for how to stop the latest MacOS upgrade now, and if you want, until the end of support comes years later.
Apple is good at supporting old stuff, but they're bound to get worse at it. Everything's changing faster and faster, and nefarious bad guys make security harder and harder.
#Security

Cult of Mac (@cultofmac@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Secret trick will stop your iPhone from updating to iOS 26 — forever! https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/stop-ios-update?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/ice-videos-minnesota-trump-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.3Sdf.V3aHyaiR_pqf&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p149#a260113p149

iOS 26: Liquid Glass bremst scheinbar Annahme aus
Apple-Nutzer wechseln oft schnell auf neue iPhone-Betriebssysteme. Bei iOS 26 war das nur eingeschränkt so.
https://www.heise.de/news/iOS-26-L…

Of course @… is mentioned in iOS dev weekly 😍😍

So what's a good alternative to Firefox (I'm using it when I'm not on my Mac). I don't want their new "AI Window" stuff and I don't want to support it.
It has to work on Windows and an iOS version as well, and can sync passwords between those.
Please only suggest things you personally use and like.
I'm ruling out Chrome (spyware) and Brave (homophobic owner).
(Wish Apple would still make Safari for Windows.)

Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Latest Effort to Stop Offshore Wind
The ruling means that construction can continue on Orsted's Revolution Wind, a 704-MW, $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.
https://www.

Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Stop Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project
The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.

Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-feature-can-answer-questions-about-yo…

„Innerhalb von vier Jahren stellt das Land mit Unterstützung des Bundes mehr als 1,6 Milliarden Euro für die Wohnraumschaffung bereit.“
Gleichzeitig kümmern sich die Kreise nicht um Zweckentfremdung und illegaler Umnutzung zu Ferienwohnungen. Am Ende sind das 1,6 mrd € Subventionen für Ferienwohnungen, einfach in dem Wohnungen gefördert und dann als Ferienwohnungen missbraucht werden.

Werden illegale Ferienwohnungen an der Ostsee seit Jahren geduldet?
Mit Wissen der Behörden werden Dauerwohnungen an der Lübecker Bucht ohne Genehmigung in lukrative Ferienappartements umgebaut. Der Mieterbund befürchtet eine hohe Dunkelziffer. Warum greift der Kreis nicht konsequenter durch?

Flighty told me about my flight delay way before Delta told me. One of my top iOS apps.

To Outbuild China, America Needs Friends (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/opinion/editorials/trump-us-military-alliances-spending.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.QEl0.3t9ETDA0WpdT&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p19#a251213p19

Anybody else getting an error 429 (rate limit) on the #Bandcamp app for iOS 26?

@… @… I've been using it for several years, on Windows, Linux, and iOS. I think it's the best browser.

A reminder to the peeps updating to iOS 26 this week:
Settings ➼ Display & Brightness ➼ Liquid Glass ➼ Tinted
Really takes it from almost unusable to just bad.

Awesome. ForScore kept crashing on launch on my 5yr old iPad Air, so I took the plunge and updated to iOS 26, hoping to make everything more stable. Now it turns out that Loopy Pro, the app I use as a midi control surface doesn't support iOS26's windowing, so now I am screwed.
The old split-screening from previous versions of iPadOS doesn't work anymore?
Edit: nvm, the windowing system is obtuse af

RE: https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/116057512961221596
Time to update your iOS devices! Not because of this security vulnerability because you will likely never be targeted but because

We ended up building an “expo”, but for Godot:
https://zirk.us/@Eyelit/115547519055762618

Wondering how many folks here are also on #Bluesky but experiencing the birthdate bug so can't use the app: https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/7077

I think, ultimately, providers of "critical" software are going to have to allow government inspection in some form.
I'd suggest that the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre in Banbury would be a good model, but it's been around for over a decade and - beyond one publicised security bug - it's not clear how effective it actually is.

Apple Opposes India's Plan to Access iOS Source Code
Apple and other smartphone manufacturers are resisting an Indian government proposal that would require them to hand over source code for security...

Bitchat enables p2p mesh messaging over Bluetooth - working without Internet OR additional LoRa radio dongles (Android and iOS)
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/bitchat-for-gaza-messaging-without-internet/

iOS 26.3 und Co.: Viele Sicherheitslücken gefixt – auch für ältere Versionen
Apple hat Details zu den in den neuen Betriebssystemen enthaltenen Fehlerbehebungen kommuniziert. Die Liste ist wieder lang.

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft
💥 painted to look like a civilian plane
in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September,
according to officials briefed on the matter.
The aircraft also
💥carried its munitions inside the fuselage,
rather than visibly under its wings, they said.
⭐️The nonmilitary appearance is significant,
according to legal specialists,
👉because the …

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”

Sources: Apple's Siri upgrade has run into snags recently, possibly pushing some personalized Siri and other features from iOS 26.4 to iOS 26.5, due in May (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

iOS 27: Vor allem Fehlerbehebungen, aber Siri-Chatbot
Apple bereitet sich auf iOS 27 vor und testet das neue System bereits intern. Offenbar ist geplant, Nutzern weniger Umbauten zu gönnen – mit einer Ausnahme.
https://…

nobody wants that liquid ass stuff
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ios-26-adoption-struggles-with-iphone-users

A fairly handy new app just released: #Aivi. It allows you to create iOS live activities that can be controlled via REST, for example via #HomeAssistant. Downsides: proprietary and another subscription, but at least it’s from some guy in Sweden, not a big company or shady startup. Will probably…

Aivi • iOS Live Activities over API | Smart Home Integration
Turn any device into a Live Activity on iPhone with Aivi's simple HTTP API. Perfect for Home Assistant, smart home devices, 3D printers, EV charging & IoT.

Performance-wise, Safari on iOS apparently doesn’t seem to like the over-engineered CSS custom property calculations for fluid type and all the other stuff in my little style mixer. 🙈
But hey, my personal site is my playground, right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

iOS 26.2 just dropped

iOS 26.3 veröffentlicht: Leichterer Android-Switch, mehr EU-Funktionen
Version 26.3 liefert primär Bugfixes für iPhones, Macs und iPads. Aber Apple bereitet auch weitere Öffnungsschritte für iOS vor – nicht nur in der EU.

On Oct. 4, Marimar Martinez, a teacher’s assistant at a Montessori school, was driving in Chicago when she observed federal immigration agents on patrol.
She had begun to honk her horn to warn her neighbors about their presence when she collided with a Border Patrol vehicle.
Moments later, the agent in the vehicle, Charles Exum, fired multiple shots into Martinez’s car, hitting her again and again.
(Later, Exum bragged to colleagues that he had “fired 5 rounds and she had 7…

Opinion | We Have to Face What ICE Has Done to Us
Any serious push to account for the actions of this government must include recompense and repair for its victims.

No surprises here, "Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/05/business/venezuela-trump-oil-chevron?cid=ios_app

Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again
President Donald Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuela’s oil.

Statcounter: four months after its release, iOS 26 is in use by only about 15% of iPhone users; in January 2025, about 63% of users were on iOS 18 (Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac)
https://www.cultofmac.com/news/ios-26-adoption-struggles-with-iphone-users

iOS 26 still struggles to gain traction with iPhone users
iOS 26 is turning out to be a dud — adoption among iPhone users trails way behind what's typical months after an Apple OS release. Here's why.

eHealth: iOS‑App zeigt Störungen in der Telematikinfrastruktur
Wenn E‑Rezept oder ePA streiken: Eine iOS‑App informiert über Störungen der Telematikinfrastruktur, aber auch, wenn sie oder einzelne Anwendungen wieder laufen.

Bericht: Neue Siri doch nicht in iOS 26.4?
Seit Sommer 2024 warten Nutzer darauf, dass Apple seine Sprachassistenz endlich smarter macht. Nun könnte es erneut zu Verzögerungen kommen, heißt es.
https://www.

Eyewitnesses say Iranian government forces have begun opening fire,
apparently with automatic weapons and at times seemingly indiscriminately,
on unarmed protesters.
Hospital workers say protesters had been coming in with pellet injuries but now arrive with gunshot wounds and skull fractures.
One doctor called it a “mass-casualty situation.”
Despite the communications blockade, a recurring image has made its way out of Iran:
rows and rows of body bags.

As Iran’s Government Tries to Quell Protests, Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge
As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters.

Samsungs SmartThings bekommen mehr Siri
Die iOS-App für Samsungs Home-Steuerung kann nun besser mit Apples Siri kooperieren. Das geht aber über Umwege.
https://www.heise.de/news/Samsungs-SmartTh…

Affordability and the 'Epstein Class' Will Define American Politics (David Wallace-Wells/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/opinion/billionaires-wealth-tax.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.VLay.cGuu5fqWcVd1&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p1#a260212p1

Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-feature-can-answer-questions-about-yo…

AutoMix-Funktion: Warum Apple Music jetzt teils merkwürdig überblendet
Mit iOS 26 führt Apple eine neue Möglichkeit ein, Musik zu mischen. Das gefällt allerdings nicht allen Nutzern.
https://www.

YouTube rolls out an AI-powered playlist generator that lets Premium and Music Premium users on iOS and Android use text prompts to create playlists (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/youtube-rolls-out-an-ai-playlist-gene…

YouTube rolls out an AI playlist generator for Premium users | TechCrunch
YouTube Music is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist-generation feature that allows Premium users on iOS and Android to use text prompts to create playlists.

I love Pi, and I wanted to embed it into my iOS apps, so I had it vibe ported to Swift:
https://github.com/xibbon/PiSwift
To learn more about Pi itself, check:

GitHub - xibbon/PiSwift
Contribute to xibbon/PiSwift development by creating an account on GitHub.

The Trump administration is providing the names of all air travelers to immigration officials,
substantially expanding its use of data sharing to expel people under deportation orders.
Under the previously undisclosed program, the Transportation Security Administration provides a list multiple times a week to Immigration and Customs Enforcement of travelers who will be coming through airports.
ICE can then match the list against its own database of people subject to deporta…

T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort
The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.

iOS 26.2 & Co zum Download bereit: Updates für alle Apple-Betriebssysteme
Funktionsneuerungen, Bugfixes und teils versteckte Änderungen im Unterbau auf Anordnung der EU-Kommission: Das liefern die jüngsten Apple-Updates.

Sources: recently the DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas, which do not need a judge's approval, to tech firms to identify people critical of ICE (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/techn…

A federal appellate court ruled that
the Trump administration must remove California National Guard troops from Los Angeles by Monday.
The decision upheld a lower court order that halted the mobilization that had roiled the nation’s second-largest city for six months.
The ruling late Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit substantially upheld a district court decision from earlier this week
that found the federal government had illegally prolonged t…

Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.

Maybe Rutte should talk to his daddy.
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us-national-security-strategy?r=1tgexa&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA

Memo: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses in 2026, saying the political tumult in the US would distract critics from the feature's release (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…

What would you do if the federal government wanted you in jail and Jamie Dimon was paying your legal bills?
Here’s what Charlie Javice did:
She spent money on luxury hotel upgrades, extravagant meals and cellulite butter, a personal care product that some people use to treat their skin, as a lawyer for the bank said in a hearing on Friday.
Then, she sent the receipts to the bank.
All told, Ms. Javice has spent more than $60 million — and counting — on her defense, acco…

JPMorgan Had to Pay for Charlie Javice’s Legal Fees — and Her Restaurant Bills
When prosecutors accused Charlie Javice of fraud, JPMorgan was forced to pay for her defense. The bank is not happy about her “shocking” spending.

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/politics/trump-iran-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlA._NPt.KvXa5apKwwty&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260110/p52#a260110p52

iOS 26.2: Apple veröffentlicht zweiten Release Candidate
Apple veröffentlicht zweiten Release Candidate für iOS 26.2. Dies deutet auf die Behebung kritischer Bugs hin. Finale Version könnte diese Woche erscheinen.
…

The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/09/iphone-android-switching-ios-26/

EU says easier iPhone-Android switching is proof the DMA is working - 9to5Mac
The EU says Apple and Google’s new iPhone-Android switching tools show the DMA is working, delivering easier, faster data transfers for users.

Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/arts/smithsonian-trump-impeachment-portrait-gallery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlA.zhv3.6c-hdyFC1ci-&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260110/p58#a260110p58

Trump's 'Superstar' Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/politics/trumps-appeals-court-judges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlA.ZpCA.Qc2mEhZZ9gf7&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p4#a260111p4

Always on His Mind:
Trump’s Enduring Focus on Biden
After nearly 11 months in office,
the felon-president’s tendency to talk about Joe Biden is more pronounced than ever.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/tru…

Always on My Mind: Trump’s Enduring Focus on Joe Biden
After nearly 11 months in office, the president’s tendency to talk about his predecessor is more pronounced than ever.

iOS 27 und 28: Leaks verraten erste neue Funktionen
Neben diversen Hardwareinfos enthalten von Apple entfleuchte Dateien auch erste Pläne für iOS 27 und gar 28.
https://www.heise.de/news/iOS…

As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/world/middleeast/iran-president-protests-economy-response.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlA.2h9d.ZON2zpvcgeRP&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p69#a260111p69

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removed wall text that referred to Trump’s two impeachments
— language that had upset the White House
— when the museum recently replaced a portrait of him in its “America’s Presidents” exhibition.
https://www.

Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments
When the National Portrait Gallery replaced a portrait of President Trump this week, it took down a biography of his first term.

Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS' Emergency SOS Live Video, letting US users on Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/841503/android-emergency-live-video
<…

Android users can now share a live video on 911 calls
Android phones are getting a new Emergency Live Video feature that allows them to share a video feed with 911 responders, mirroring a similar feature on iOS.

Anxiety over North America Trade Deal:
The prospect of a U.S. withdrawal from the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact
has worried those in industries,
including automobiles, farm goods and textiles,
that depend on the trade agreement and have shaped their businesses around its rules

Groups Express Anixety as Trump Threatens to Derail U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact
Hearings that began Wednesday in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.

YouTube rolls out an AI-powered playlist generator that lets Premium and Music Premium users on iOS and Android use text prompts to create playlists (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/youtube-rolls-out-an-ai-playlist-gene…

YouTube rolls out an AI playlist generator for Premium users | TechCrunch
YouTube Music is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist-generation feature that allows Premium users on iOS and Android to use text prompts to create playlists.

iOS 26.2.1: Problemberichte zu Abstürzen und schneller Akkuleerung
Mit Apples jüngstem iOS-Update kommt unter anderem Support für die AirTags 2 auf die Geräte. Je nach iPhone ist das aber nicht problemfrei.

iOS: Apps können Mitteilungen geräuschlos ausliefern – ohne User-Kontrolle
Eigentlich sollten Nutzer die Möglichkeit haben, selbst zu entscheiden, ob sie über Notifications informiert werden. Doch das steuern App-Entwickler.

The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info (Christine Chung/New York Times)
https://www.nyti…

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would have to share five years’ worth of social media.

Under Donald Trump, the E.P.A.
plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants,
fine particulate matter and ozone,
when regulating industry, according to internal agency emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times.
It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the E.P.A.’s mission statement,
which says the agency’s core responsibility is to protect human health and the environment, env…

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-child-care-funding-freeze.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DVA.Gj-Z.TMeU5aDGxdPm&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p133#a260109p133

Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which is said to center on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington,
is an escalation of Trump’s long-running pressure campaign on Jerome H. Powell
Powell commented
“This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions
— or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or…

Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which is said to center on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington, is an escalation of the president’s long-running pressure campaign on Jerome H. Powell.

Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be 'a Luxury' (Michael Paulson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/theater/mamdani-under-radar-theater.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DVA.2dKW.u3dAVYhjjIN_&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p146#a260109p146

Fed Changes Course
and Takes On Trump’s Political Fight
The Justice Department’s decision to open up a criminal investigation of Jerome H. Powell,
the chair of the Federal Reserve,
is a major escalation in the pressure campaign against the central bank to cut interest rates.
“Trump is now exercising the nuclear option,
so there is no longer a reason for Powell not to speak his mind,”
said Maurice Obstfeld,
a senior fellow at the Peterson Instit…

Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump’s Political Fight
The Justice Department’s decision to open up a criminal investigation of Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is a major escalation in the pressure campaign against the central bank to cut interest rates.

AirTags 2: Keine Kompatibilität zu macOS 15 und iOS 18
Wer die „Wo ist?“-App auf Sequoia-Macs nutzt, bekommt die AirTags 2 nicht angezeigt. Gleiches gilt für iPhones mit iOS 18.
https://www.

Apple confirmed that Google Gemini will power the next-generation version of Siri that is slated to launch later this year.
The next-generation version of Siri is expected to be introduced with iOS 26.4,
which will likely be released to the general public in March or April.
The new capabilities will include better understanding of a user's personal context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls.
For example, Apple showed an iPhone user asking Siri abou…

Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power Next-Generation Siri This Year
In a statement shared with CNBC today, Apple confirmed that Google Gemini will power the next-generation version of Siri that is slated to launch...

Wikimedia data puts iOS 26 adoption at ~50% in January vs. iOS 18's 72% in 2025 as Apple slows auto-updates; Statcounter showed 15% after missing Safari changes (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/ios_26_adoption_rate_is_not_bizar…

The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous Years
A change to how Safari reports the OS it is running on led many in the media to lose their minds.

iOS-26-Zwang für neuere iPhones: Apple streicht iOS-18-Update-Möglichkeit
Zwar steht iOS 18.7.3 mit wichtigen Sicherheitsverbesserungen bereit, doch erhalten das nur ältere iPhones. Besitzer neuerer Geräte müssen auf iOS 26.2.

Trump Insisted that Tariffs Would Buoy the Economy. (They just raised prices angered our trading partners)
Now, He’s on Damage Control.
Mr TACO rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon. (In two weeks?)
https://www.

Trump Defends Tariffs Amid Growing Concerns Over Affordability
The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.

Pro & Contra: Sollte iOS so offen wie der Mac sein?
Apple ist in der EU und weiteren Regionen gezwungen, das iPhone zunehmend zu öffnen. Wäre es nicht besser, wenn iOS gleich die Freiheiten von macOS bekäme?
https://…

iOS 26.2: Diese Features kommen wohl im Dezember
Fehlerbehebungen, neue Funktionen, weniger Designnerv: Apple hat für das zweite große iOS-26-Update einiges vor.
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Trump lied
at the National Prayer Breakfast
to take credit for a prisoner freed
who was actually freed during the Obama administration.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/politics/mariam-ibrahim-release-trump-fact-check?cid=ios_app…

‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. Ibrahim was unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to death in Sudan in 2014, in a case centered on her Christian faith, until she was released that same year following a global outcry.

Viele Fixes, wenige Neuerungen: Wird iOS 27 ein neues Snow Leopard?
Nach Liquid Glass in iOS 26 steht für iOS 27 nun mehr Ruhe an – Apple will vor allem intern verbessern. Das gilt allerdings nicht für alle Bereiche.

Pam Bondi has accused the Democrats of “theatrics.”
-- But the attorney general has been, by far, the loudest voice in the hearing room.
She has insulted several Democrats and has been repeatedly, if gently,
blocked by Jim Jordan, a Republican and the chairman of the judiciary committee, from shouting over her questioners.
Under pressure from Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat,
Bondi refuses to apologize over her actions in the case to victims of Jeffrey Ep…

Trump Live Updates: Bondi Faces Questions Over Epstein Files

iOS 26: Warum Anrufidentifizierung und Warteschleifenassistenz versagen
Apple hat zwei nützliche neue Telefoniefunktionen in iOS 26 implementiert. Unter Umständen tauchen diese aber nicht auf.
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Trump has been briefed in recent days on new options for
military strikes in Iran
as he considers following through on his threat to attack the country for cracking down on protesters,
according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Trump has not made a final decision,
but the officials said he was seriously considering authorizing a strike
in response to the Iranian regime’s efforts to suppress demonstrations
set off by widespread eco…

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

Für Vertikalspieler: Neues Gamepad fürs iPhone
Gaming-Spezialist 8Bitdo hat einen neuen Kompaktcontroller für iOS-Geräte gezeigt, der sich am unteren Geräterand montieren lässt.
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Trump has been briefed in recent days on new 🔥options for #military #strikes in #Iran
as he considers following through on his threat to attack the country for cracking down on protesters, according to multiple U.S. officials famil…

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

When Trump criticized a ruling from a so-called “Obama judge” in 2018,
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. responded that “we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”
But the data suggests that in the 13 appellate courts, there is increasingly such a thing as a Trump judge.
The president’s appointees voted to allow his policies to take effect 133 times and voted against them only 12 times.
Ninety-two percent of their total votes were i…

Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.

For Saint Augustine of Hippo, writing in North Africa in the fourth century,
authentic attention placed us in relation with the divine.
For Saint Ignatius of Loyola, holed up in his cave in Catalonia in the 1520s,
what he called “attentive contemplation” was both a daily practice and a moral imperative.
During the Enlightenment, close attention emerged as a virtue essential to knowledge and disciplined investigation,
-- as demonstrated in 1740, when the natural…

Opinion | The ‘Attention Economy’ Is a Lie
It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.

Update für iOS und watchOS macht Geräte für neue AirTags fit
Apple hat am Montag iOS 26.2.1 und watchOS 26.2.1 zum Download bereitgestellt. Das Update beinhaltet vor allem eine Änderung.
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Just how run-down must a raging narcissist be
to snooze through tributes to his own greatness?
At a cabinet meeting last Tuesday,
President Trump didn’t merely close his eyes and achieve a droopy stillness universally recognized as a vertical nap.
He did so during a gathering convened at least in part so he could bathe in his acolytes’ flattery.
They batted their eyes at him;
his eyelids fluttered shut.
He might want to think twice about letting the …

Opinion | Trump’s Approval Ratings Have Declined. So Has His Vigor.
Trump’s travails look more and more like Biden’s.

The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
announced on Tuesday that she had made donations in the past year
totaling nearly $7.2 billion,
vaulting the total value of her gifts to over $26 billion.
Since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,
Ms. Scott has come to embody a new brand of philanthropy.
She has made large gifts to nonprofits that were distinguished
not just by their dollar value
but by the fact that she gave without dictating how the money s…

Mackenzie Scott Announces $7 Billion of Giving This Year
The philanthropist known for donating to historically Black colleges and nonprofits working on climate change offered the news by updating an October blog post.

The Trump administration began what could be a contentious process
to rework the trade deal that governs North American business this week,
as it began hearings about the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump signed into law in 2020 during his first term.
Farmers, academics, trade groups and others assembled in a government building south of the National Mall on Wednesday
for the first of three days of hearings
to share their assessment of the deal.

Groups Express Anixety as Trump Threatens to Derail U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact
Hearings that began Wednesday in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.

Signal Secure Backups jetzt auch für iOS-Nutzer verfügbar
Signal-Nutzer verlieren bei Smartphone-Verlust ihren Chatverlauf. Mit den Secure Backups ist dieser Makel jetzt aus der Welt – nun auch für iOS.
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