Are Apple devices spying? What your iPhone tracks

May 26th, 2026 05:30 PM

It starts with a small moment that feels a little too coincidental. You say something out loud, then an ad shows up that feels way too specific.Bill recently reached out to us asking if the Apple devices in his home are actually spying on him.It is a fair concern. The short answer is no, your Apple devices are not secretly recording everything you say. But they are listening in specific ways and collecting some data. Once you understand how it works, you can decide what to change.  If...

'Disney Dreamlight Valley' Reveals Next Week's Hercules Inspired A Hero's Journey Update

May 26th, 2026 04:04 PM

'Disney Dreamlight Valley' Reveals Next Week's Hercules Inspired A Hero's Journey Update

Safer to_i coercion, custom to_fs formats, and more!

May 23rd, 2026 06:57 PM

Hi, I’m Emmanuel Hayford. Rails had a busy week, so grab a tea and let’s get into it.The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey is open Open through July 3rd. Anonymous, and takes about 10 to 12 minutes, results published free. This year goes deeper on tools, deployment, team shape, and how AI is (or isn’t) showing up in your workflow.Limit the size of strings we call to_i on in ActiveRecord Calling to_i on a very long string can be a DoS vector. Active Model now caps...

Microsoft Reverses Floating Copilot Button in Word and Excel, Restoring Ribbon Placement Option

May 26th, 2026 08:09 AM

Microsoft has acknowledged that the floating Copilot button introduced across Word and Excel disrupted user workflows. The company is now rolling out a fix that will allow users to move the Copilot button back to the ribbon, where AI integrations previously appeared in Office apps. This rollback is expected to take effect in the last week of May 2026, according to Windows Latest.The floating Copilot button recently became the default in Office apps, leading to user criticism. Many users found...

The Feds and Law Enforcement Are Worried AI Backlash Could Turn Into ‘Anti-Tech Violent Extremism’

May 26th, 2026 05:15 PM

The threat of domestic terrorism could give Trump’s AI-friendly administration a convenient reason to keep tabs on anti-AI movements and data center protests.

CVE-2026-46727: Use-after-free in pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler

May 20th, 2026 12:00 AM

A use-after-free vulnerability has been discovered in the pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler of Ruby. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-46727. This issue has been fixed in Ruby 4.0.5. We recommend upgrading Ruby. Details A race condition exists in the timeout cancellation path of rb_getaddrinfo used by Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(..., timeout:) and Socket.tcp(..., resolv_timeout:). A remote attacker who can delay DNS responses near the specified timeout may...

Monster Taming Co-Op RPG Endless Blue Launches on Kickstarter

May 26th, 2026 03:44 PM

We don't cover a ton of Kickstarter efforts unless we think they're something special. This is one of those. Tomo: Endless Blue has launched their Kickstarter effort, and they're already off to a great start. This co-op ARPG is being built by industry veterans from GTA, Dofus, Assassin’s Creed, Fortnite, League of Legends, Fall Guys, World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate, Warhammer, Asphalt, and many more, and you've got a lot of that DNA already obvious in the trailer below: But what kind of game...

Raspberry Pi 6 won’t arrive before 2028 – and is skipping an NPU

May 26th, 2026 04:24 PM

The Raspberry Pi 6 won’t be released before 2028 and won’t feature an onboard NPU to handle AI compute when it does. Insight into their plans for the Pi 6 and when it’ll arrive were shared by three of the company’s key engineers and leaders in an AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit on 21 May, 2026. Based on past launches the gap between major Pi models (Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 4 and 5) is around 3-4 years. The Raspberry Pi 5 launched in 2023. That should put the Pi 6 on course for launch in...

Apple releases first iOS 26.6 beta for iPhone

May 26th, 2026 05:06 PM

Apple has released the first iOS 26.6 beta for developers. iOS 26.6 beta 1 arrives shortly after the official release of iOS 26.5 for iPhone. Apple highlighted 3 enhancements in iOS 26.5, including new wallpapers for your iPhone. more…

Content We Liked: 24th May, 2026

May 24th, 2026 07:31 PM

Summer vibes on Content We Liked, with Colourful Clowns and Giant Freakin' Bugs.