Users have to confirm screen recording permission every week in macOS Sequoia

Any app that has screen capture or screen recording features will cause this prompt to appear Even if a user has turned on permissions in Settings for an app to screen record their Mac, the forthcoming macOS Sequoia is going to make them confirm that choice weekly. As well as removing the Control-click option to…

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Monthly subscription mouse was just speculation, backtracks Logitech

No one's mentioned a Forever Keyboard yet. A suggestion from Logitech that it could someday sell a mouse that required a subscription to keep working has gone down so badly that the firm is backtracking. As originally reported, it was Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber who said the company was considering this idea. At first, what…

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Apple ponders launching iPhone 16 earlier than usual in South Korea

Queues for the opening of the Apple Hongdae store. For the first time since the iPhone 3GS, South Korea may get the iPhone 16 in September, at the same time as the US. Apple's smartphone launches tend to consist of day-one sales in a few key territories, with others arriving in the weeks that follow.…

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Stripe stops $100k in payments to NotchNook maker Io.Cafe

Stripe is withholding $100k from NotchNook developer Io.Cafe The developer of the NotchNook app for the MacBook Pro isn't getting paid, with Stripe allegedly closing an account and preparing to refund approximately $100,000 in sales. IO.Cafe developed and released NotchNook, a macOS app that adds Dynamic Island-style behavior to the MacBook Pro's notch.The app was…

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Intel Publishes First Microcode Update for Raptor Lake Stability Issue, BIOSes Going Out Now

Following Intel’s run of financial woes and Raptor Lake chip stability issues, the company could use some good news on a Friday. And this week they’re delivering just that, with the first version of the eagerly awaited microcode fix for desktop Raptor Lake processors – as well as the first detailed explanation of the underlying…

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Exclusive $250 discount hits this best-selling MacBook Pro 14-inch

Article Hero Image B&H is shaving $250 off the price of a top-selling M3 MacBook Pro 14-inch configuration, with the 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD spec dropping to $1,549 with an exclusive discount. The Space Gray 14-inch MacBook Pro has a bump up in memory to 16GB, while still ringing in for less than the…

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