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dar-mit@dar-mit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Interesting article about Apple’s potential new leasing plan, and newly discovered code in iOS 27 that’s a ‘kill switch’ if you miss a payment: 9to5mac.com/2026/07/21/i... Just like the scuzziest of used car sales.

iOS 27 code suggests Apple could restrict leased devices after missed payments - 9to5Mac

Code found in the iOS 27 beta suggests Apple has built a system that could restrict leased devices when customers fall behind on payments.

9to5mac.com

Ceinwen Langley@ceinwenlangley.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

The Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin asks his dad to come play in the snow with him. His dad initially says no, because he has to work. Then, angry at himself, his Dad goes out to build a snowman with Calvin. As the Dad works into the night to make up for it, we see Calvin’s mum lifting him up to give one of the few, if only, kisses he ever gives his dad in the Calvin and Hobbes run. His dad is content. It’s a textless comic, and it’s lovely.
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

“The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization options accessible only to adults.”

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 5mo ago

There are billions of reasons not to turn Meta’s customers into a distributed surveillance machine. This whiplash behavior proves exactly why we cannot rely on the "good will" of Big Tech to protect our digital rights. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App

Just days after a damning WIRED report exposed that Meta had quietly embedded facial recognition technology (FRT) code into millions of phones, the tech giant has quietly acquiesced in demands to

eff.org

dar-mit@dar-mit.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@anthropic.com Please keep #Claude.AI, Claude: Me: If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard, "exactly the bug this phase fixes" in the last two weeks I'd have like 10 dollars. TEN, I say...TEN DOLLARS! CAI: $10. A full Hamilton's worth of "exactly the bug this phase fixes." 😄

AndersOSU.bsky.social@andersosu.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here’s a good example of where transformers are playing a significant role in scientific advancement arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/o... The article does a good job discussing what the latest models do well (synthesis of ideas from distant fields) and what they do poorly (develop new methods)

An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years

I tried to explain OpenAI’s solution more clearly than OpenAI did.

arstechnica.com