For me, that persistence fed a habit that I barely knew had been engrained. Decades of convention have made my mind and fingers expect the comforting erasure “C” provided. Destroy that input; make it zero! And zero it became, in an instant, a placeholder for any possibility. When I saw that “C” was gone, I was hanging art in my bedroom and trying to calculate a measurement for the center of the wall. Which is to say, my hands and brain were full: I was holding pencils and measuring tape as I balanced on a ladder and clung to the edge of the art frame. This was not the time for me to readjust my calculator’s input one digit at a time. I needed to zero that thang—but I couldn’t.
In possibly a first since the release of macOS Sequoia, cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack vector that sidesteps the usual “right-click open” in favor of something rather unusual. In a recent finding shared on social media, this new method involves tricking users into dragging and dropping malicious code (via a .txt file) directly into the Terminal.
Apple has built a new tool for artists wishing to build more engagement among fans on Apple Music. The tool enables turning concert set lists into new artist-published Apple Music playlists.
Affirm payment plans have been available through Apple Pay since last month, and competing service Klarna announced that it is integrating with Apple Pay in the U.S. and the U.K. starting today, and in Canada in the coming months.
It’s a lot like most Qi2 / MagSafe chargers, capable of charging an iPhone at up to 15W, but it skips the usual wire between the outlet and magnetic pad to just plug directly into the wall.
The therapy comedy starring Jason Segel has been renewed for a third season at the streamer. The news comes on the heels of Tuesday’s season two launch.
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The renewal news was announced Thursday at New York Comic Con when Segel and Goldstein — along with castmembers Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley — took the Main Stage for a discussion around season two, which is now streaming its first two episodes.
Apple today reminded developers that the EU trader requirement in the European Union is now being enforced. Developers who distribute apps in the EU will now need to share information that includes address, phone number, and email address on the EU App Store.
Apple is set to open its first new store on the island of Ireland since 2008.
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While Apple has a network of 40 retail outlets across the UK, the Belfast store is its only official store on the island of Ireland.
On the one hand, I am inclined to agree that if the calculator app on the iPhone looks like a 'regular' calculator, it should also behave like a 'regular' calculator. Including the 'C' button.
On the other hand, the iPhone is a computer.
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