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Scripting on the JVM with Java, Scala, and Kotlin (mill-build.org)
US issues warning to Apple following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show (ft.com)
Apple security-focused developer event (twitter.com)
Resently – macOS menu bar app that sets your Slack status by Wi-Fi network (apps.apple.com)
YouTube Launches on Apple Vision Pro (macrumors.com)
Extracting and Analyzing Apple sysdiagnose Logs (2025) (blog.elcomsoft.com)
Ask HN: Anyone else get bricked by the macOS update?
Tried to update this morning and I’m bricked. Did anyone else run into issues with Tahoe 26.3 install?
Show HN: AI Shortcuts – Hotkeys for ChatGPT on macOS (aihotkeys.tech)
I caught myself copy-pasting into ChatGPT like 50 times a day. Too lazy for that, so I built a shortcut.<p>Select text anywhere on Mac, press a hotkey — text gets rewritten &#x2F; translated &#x2F; summarized &#x2F; whatever, right where you are. No tabs, no copy-paste dance.<p>Native Swift app, hoo...
Show HN: AI Shortcuts – System-Wide AI Hotkeys for macOS
Show HN: AI Shortcuts – System-Wide AI Hotkeys for macOS
FTC Chairman Issues Warning Letter to Apple CEO (ftc.gov)
Show HN: Devpurge – Clean hidden dev caches on macOS (github.com)
Apple Takes Full Control of 'Severance' in Surprise Deal (macrumors.com)
Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day, possibly exploited by commercial spyware (theregister.com)
Apple says 'random or anonymous chat' apps no longer welcome on the App Store (9to5mac.com)
Show HN: ShortGuard – Apple rejected my app for blocking Shorts, so here it is (testflight.apple.com)
I’ve been struggling with YouTube Shorts addiction. The issue with current iOS tools like Screen Time is that they are too blunt—they block the entire YouTube app, not just the &quot;Shorts&quot; feature. I wanted to keep using YouTube for educational content and long-form videos while completely st...
Show HN: TalkTick – Speech to (big) text, one word at a time (iPhone/iPad App) (furtiv.com)
Hi! I vibecoded this with my daughter. It uses the SpeechAnalyzer framework in iOS 26, so all speech-to-text processing happens entirely on-device. One interesting thing we noticed is that real-time transcription is noticeably faster in English than in other languages. My guess is that the English m...
MetalChat – Llama Inference for Apple Silicone (github.com)
Show HN: Instant text translation anywhere on macOS (translite.app)
Hello !<p>David from Spain here :)<p>I built TransLite because I was tired of breaking my flow every time I needed to translate something before sending it.<p>The usual workflow was: copy → open a browser tab → paste → translate → copy again → paste back.<p>I&#x27;ve created a small macOS menubar ap...
Finer – Native Jellyfin Music Player for Apple Devices (monk-studio.com)
Show HN: I built an open-source About A macOS style photo manager for Windows (github.com)
Show HN: Configmesh – E2E encrypted sync for macOS app configs and dotfiles (configmesh.app)
Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps in UK deal (theguardian.com)
Show HN: PrintStack – macOS virtual printer to queue and merge PDFs (apps.apple.com)
OpenClaw but Running on My iPhone
With all the recent discussion around AI agents, I’ve been exploring a different constraint: fully on device(iPhone). I’m building an OpenClaw style app to run entirely on an iPhone using Apple’s Foundation Models. No data leaving the device and privacy focused. Very early, but designing around loca...
Jony Ive and Ferrari car interior reveal, Apple car? (wallpaper.com)
Apple Easter egg has been hiding in plain sight (creativebloq.com)
Yifi: A macOS menu bar app that monitors your network health in real time (github.com)
Apple reportedly pushing back Gemini-powered Siri features beyond iOS 26.4 (9to5mac.com)
Apple's Creator Studio Usage Restrictions (arstechnica.com)