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Let's try out the new SwiftUI navigation APIs introduced in beta 1 for iOS 16 and macOS 13: NavigationStack, NavigationSplitView and ways to set up programmatic navigation.

Natalia Panferova joins John to discuss some of the key new features that are coming to SwiftUI and UIKit in iOS 16, and to talk about her experience working on SwiftUI at Apple.

John gains a new “job title”, Rambo starts working on an iOS version of AirBuddy, and the two discuss how come the Apple developer community tends to be so focused on UI frameworks.

Apple Inc. is aiming to hold a launch event on Sept. 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line, according to people with knowledge of the matter, rolling out the latest version of a product that generates more than half its sales.

Downloading whole YouTube channels using the yt-dlp tool, with specifying video quality and format types. For a general run down and usage guide on yt-dlp go here. Go to the bottom for the full yt-dlp…

An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.

The latest version of Google’s mobile operating system is now available for Pixel phones.

Lists keyboard shortcuts for Xcode 4.

It's been awhile since I updated the contents of the Archive page on my journal. I stopped updating when my Blazor apps stopped working. ...

Making up for Microsoft’s missteps?

The filmmaker behind Zoey Deutch influencer satire Not Okay on cinematic tragedies, cringe comedies and great films for Jersey girls and queer folk.

Influencers in the wild.

Apple is set to expand ads to new areas of your iPhone and iPad in search of its next big revenue driver. Also: The company slows its pace of acquiring startups, and Peloton embarks on a major overhaul.

Rosemary Orchard has released the second edition of her book Take Control of Shortcuts, a guide to everything Shortcuts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

When the Share icon appears, your shortcuts are near.

Apple is giving the iPad the tools to distribute iOS apps.

I didn’t know entirely what I was getting myself into by making an app on the iPad. I went in aware of its limitations and tried to think of a little something I could make for myself that would be useful and extremely simple. Thus I settled on the love song of so many developers, the thing that

A developer just created and published one of the first apps using Swift Playgrounds 4 on iPad, and it's called "ToDon't."

Whether you want to turn off link previews or block unwanted FaceTime calls, here's what you need to know.

The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.

"Compared to online audiences, partisan TV news consumers tend not to stray too far from their narrow sets of preferred news sources."

"We do advocate against the racist function of policing, [but] we focus equally on being present in the community, doing poetry nights, basketball park takeovers, and other community-building, life-affirming activities."

Kiana Mickles speaks to the Detroit techno legend about the intricacies of live improvisation, the artistic value in making mistakes and continuing Tony Allen's legacy with his ensemble, Tomorrow Comes The Harvest.

Transsion, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, is outpacing Apple and Samsung in Africa. It sells devices that take better selfies of dark skin and have features like a keyboard in Swahili.

In this episode, Rose and David explain some of their favorite small automation tools and how they work.

A good, simple outliner for macOS and iOS.

The trio is back together to talk about this week’s mental health, tech conference hopes, music festival tragedies, and some great apps.

This week, the Live Music Archive collection at the Internet Archive reaches a milestone – 20 years since the collection was started. The roots of the Live Music Archive collection are visible right in the URL – etree. Did you ever wonder what the “etree” in the URL references? In 1998, the etree music community […]