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The Without-An-Apple-Watch Edition Friday, October 21, 2022

Apple Fitness+ Expands To non-Apple Watch Users On Monday, Now Free Through UnitedHealthcare, Target, More, by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac

Apple Fitness+ is set for a big update. Starting with iOS 16.1 on October 24, users in the 21 countries the service is available will be able to use it without an Apple Watch. Along with that, SilverSneakers, Target, UnitedHealthcare, and Mobile Health will be offering Fitness+ at no cost, and all-new content including an Artist Spotlight series featuring Taylor Swift is on the way.

Location Data Could Be Exposed In WhatsApp, Signal, And Threema, by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac

In other words, I send you a message and then time how long it takes until I see the indicator that you have received (not read) the message. The timing will indicate the distance traveled by the message.

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The attack is limited in its application, so can only really be used against specific targets about whom you have knowledge.

The Apps That Are Changing The Design Process, by Elia Essen, Nuvo

For interior designer Tammy Cody, the tools at her disposal play a key role in the work she can create. Designers balance creativity with the ability to execute ideas on a large scale, whether with a team of 50 or on a solo project. Specializing in design documentation and 3D visualization, Cody has spent the last eight years teaching interior designers how to use SketchUp, a 3D modelling program originally launched in the early aughts, and runs SketchUp for Interior Designers.

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iOS 15.7.1 Release Candidate Breaking Face ID For Some iPhone Users, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

The iOS 15.7.1 Release Candidate made available earlier this week appears to be prevent Face ID from working on at least some iPhones, according to user reports across Reddit and Twitter. Affected devices include iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro models at a minimum, but it is quite possible that other models are impacted too.

iPhone App For Browsing Over 600 Apple Watch Bands Receives Major Update, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

Bandbreite is an app that provides comprehensive information about every official Apple Watch band ever released, including details such as color, release date, model number, and price. The app also lets you keep track of bands that you already own, complete with stats and insights about your collection, such as which colors you prefer most.

Moft Launches Versatile Snap Float Folio For iPad Pro, Air, And Mini With Magnetic Origami Design, by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac

Moft is out with its newest Apple accessory, a clever origami-style folio plus stand that offers handy versatility for iPad while keeping a minimalist design. The Snap Float Folio features vegan leather with four ways to lift your iPad Pro, Air, or mini with secure magnets.

Pok Pok Playroom iOS App For Kids Gets In The Halloween Spirit, by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac

Many of the app’s toys have new Halloween content that offers fun open-ended play while encouraging growth with imagination, curiosity, storytelling, fine motor skills, cause and effect, and more.

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We Used To Get Excited About Technology. What Happened?, by Shannon Vallor, MIT Technology Review

When it stays true to its deepest roots, technology is still driven by a moral impulse: the impulse to construct places, tools, and techniques that can help humans not only survive but flourish together. Of course, that impulse is easily joined to, or pushed aside by, others: the impulses to dominate, exterminate, immiserate, surveil, and control.

But those darker motivations aren’t at the heart of our technological capacity as a species. And we can’t let them define the modern technological order. Because if technology loses its association with shared joy and comfort, we risk becoming alienated from one of the most fundamental ways we care for the world and one another.

Bungie Set To Revive The Marathon Series In A New Way, by Insider Gaming

According to sources, Bungie is set to bring back the Marathon series with a new game that will be a 3-man squad extraction-based shooter.

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Does Bungie still know how do a good Mac game?

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