Apple Music has responded to the tragic events at Travis Scott’s Astroworld performance on Friday, saying they were “devastated.”
A Summit of Geeks – Mac Geek Gab 899
MacMost’s Gary Rosenzweig joins John and Dave today to share Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found and, yes, to help answer all of your Apple-related tech questions. Topics include dealing with Monterey’s “Load Content Directly” issues in Mail, Network Utility Replacements, Monterey image tricks, portable Apple Watch chargers, and much more! Press play and learn at least five new things with your three favorite geeks!
Digging into Arduino, Getting Started with Smarthome Tech, with Jeff Butts - ACM 559
Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Butts get geeky with a deep dive into Arduino and a look at how to get started with all this smarthome stuff, especially Apple’s HomeKit.
Companies Totally Miss the Point of App Tracking Transparency
Peloton is the latest to blame Apple’s App Tracking Transparency for lost revenues. Instead of pointing fingers, change they should adapt.
A Drone Tried to Attack a Pennsylvania Power Station in 2020
Wired published a fascinating story of a unknown person who used a drone to attempt to short circuit a power substation last year.
The operator of the Pennsylvania drone appears to have attempted a less brute-force approach. But efforts to hide the operator’s identity may have contributed to their failure to connect with the intended target. By removing the camera, the joint bulletin says, they had to rely on line-of-sight navigation, rather than being able to take a drone’s eye view.
Peloton Latest to Complain That Apple Privacy Hurts Ability to Target Users
Peloton recently held an earnings call and mentioned that Apple’s privacy features with iOS have negatively affected its ad revenue.
A Collection of Concept Art From Apple TV+ Show 'Foundation'
Kotaku has put together a collection of concept art from the science fiction show Foundation on Apple TV+.
That comes across pretty quickly watching the show, but it’ll be even clearer here as we take a look at a variety of artists’ contributions to the series, from Paul Chadeisson’s trademark ship designs, to the costume design of WETA’s Adam Middleton.
This isn’t a collection of everything from everyone who worked on the show, but it does give us a cross-section of pieces, covering characters, environments, and weapon and ship designs, all of which I think look cool as hell.
Heads Up: The News About Kroger Accepting Bitcoin Cash Was Fake
A press release on Friday claimed that Kroger would begin accepting payments in Bitcoin Cash, but the grocer says the news was false.
Security Friday: Good News and Gift Ideas – TMO Daily Observations 2021-11-05
Andrew Orr joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss some good Security Friday news, an update on previous news, and a gift idea for everyone.
Apple Offers Fix For macOS Monterey Bug Bricking Some T2 Macs
When macOS Monterey was rolled out, an issue arose whereby some Macs with T2 chips were bricking. 9to5Mac reports that this has now been resolved.
Now, Apple says it has identified an issue affecting the T2 security chip that caused this problem and is rolling out a fix to prevent it from happening in the future. In a statement, Apple explained (via Rene Ritchie): We have identified and fixed an issue with the firmware on the Apple T2 security chip that prevented a very small number of users from booting up their Mac after updating macOS. The updated firmware is now included with the existing macOS updates. Any users impacted by this issue can contact Apple Support for assistance. To prevent this problem from occurring to additional users, Apple has rolled out an updated version of the bridgeOS firmware that runs on the T2 security chip. Users already impacted by the problem are instructed to contact Apple Support for assistance.
