Apple released macOS Mojave 10.14.5 to fix a Boot Camp Fusion Drive bug. This update is for the iMac and Mac mini.
Logic Pro 10.4.5 Update Supports the 2019 Mac Pro
Logic Pro 10.4.5 comes with performance improvements and optimizations to let it take full advantage of the 2019 Mac Pro.
Pre-order Dead Cells on iOS Now
Dead Cells is now available to pre-order for iOS, Cult of Mac reported. The popular console game costs $9.99, or $7.99 if you order now.
Dead Cells is a roguelike-metroidvania game that has been incredibly well received by fans and critics. It boats a “very positive” rating on Steam after more than 23,500 reviews, and has sold 1 million copies on the Switch alone. If you haven’t already had a chance to play it, you’ll soon have no excuse. Having Dead Cells in your pocket means you can play it anywhere, at almost any time.
App Only Bank Monzo to Launch in U.S.
Monzo plans to launch in the U.S. Yahoo Finance reported. It will be the first time the app-only bank has ventured outside of the UK. It could potentially be a challenger to the forthcoming Apple Card as it offers some similar facilities.
“We’ve just crossed 2m customers, our TV ad is going great, we should have a quarter of a million new customers this month, and we’re contribution margin positive here in the UK, so it feels like the UK business is on track to be really successful,” Tom Blomfield, the CEO and founder of Monzo told Yahoo Finance UK. “Now feels like the right time to start thinking about our next market.” Blomfield said sign-up events will be held in LA, San Fransisco, New York, and other major US cities before rolling out online applications.
Morrisons and Amazon Expand UK Grocery Delivery Service
Amazon and supermarket Morrisons announced they are extending their same-day grocery delivery service to more cities in the UK.
RIP: After 14 Years, Apple is Removing Dashboard in macOS Catalina
After 14 years Apple is removing Dashboard. macOS Catalina will no longer support it, and Apple removed Dashboard support from WebKit.
Google Exec Wants You to Use Sign In With Apple Instead of a Password
The Google exec behind its SSO product didn’t like the privacy jibes from Apple, but would prefer you use Sign In with Apple than a password.
Apple Store Xinyi A13 in Taipei to Open Saturday
A new Apple Store in Taipei will open Saturday, located in the Xinyi district of the city and featuring artist-led Today at Apple sessions.
Most Privacy Policies Exceed Reading Standards With Low Readability
Journalists at The New York Times read 150 privacy policies, finding most of them to be incomprehensible with low readability scores.
To be successful in college, people need to understand texts with a score of 1300. People in the professions, like doctors and lawyers, should be able to understand materials with scores of 1440, while ninth graders should understand texts that score above 1050 to be on track for college or a career by the time they graduate. Many privacy policies exceed these standards.
I wish there was a standard for privacy policies so companies can’t hide their sins behind jargon. In the mean time, I use this website.
Telegram Says China Behind Cyber Attack
Telegram said China was behind a massive cyber attack on it during recent protests in Hong Kong. The firm’s founder Pavel Durov tweeted the accusations, Bloomberg News reported.
The encrypted messaging app said it experienced a powerful distributed denial of service attack after “garbage requests” flooded its servers and disrupted legitimate communications. Most of those queries came from Chinese internet protocol addresses, founder Pavel Durov said in a subsequent Twitter post. This case was not an exception,” he tweeted without elaborating. Hong Kong is in the throes of political unrest as the Beijing-backed government attempts to force through controversial legislation that would for the first time allow extraditions to China, which protesters fear could be used to squelch government opposition.
