Did I miss something or the NowPlaying API mostly a replacement for the old MediaCenter API or is are there new functionality exposed through it?
#iosdev

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/nowplaying

Looks like Microsoft will Layoff 3.2k people in the Xbox division. I think its good that they don't close the studios and transit them into independent studios back.
#gaming #microsoft

https://xcancel.com/asha_shar/status/2074124008795369482#m

They really want to forbid you to repair your own car.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/04/trump-says-ford-gm-want-bill-to-restrict-owners-from-fixing-their-own-vehicles/90410359007/

Wow. Netflix can't figure out while so many people drop out of their shows after the first season?!

Its usually like this: Season 1 is pretty good (might get cancelled anyway). Season 2 is coming after 5 years. At this point everyone forgot all about it. Season 2 ends with a cliffhanger and gets cancelled. Repeat
#netflix

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-05/netflix-viewers-are-abandoning-shows-after-one-season?embedded-checkout=true

Kann es immer noch nicht glauben, dass ein BVG Ticket mittlerweile 4€ kostet.

@todd Got a lot of crashes with Ivory on iOS27 when I start to write in the composer (hopefully not something you added to keep me from shitposting)

I recently wrote an article summarizing my thoughts on the current state of agentic coding and (what the general audience currently calls) AI.

https://flyt.consulting/blog/my-thoughts-on-agentic-software-development/

With this political leadership and other raw models, I start to doubt why I should play fair. Its a toxic path for society.

Gotten very quiet around the Apple Vision Pro. Looks dead to me.

Looks like the physical game disc backlash is bigger than expected for Sony.
I believe this might be a real problem for them since they priced out the casual gamers, and hardcore gamers are enraged and say they want to move to PC (just after the Steam Machine got launched).
#videogames #entshittification

I agree. The way how Taylor Swift married says a lot about Taylor Swift.

@343max Loupe war für mich recht augenöffnend. Das zeigt dir an, was Apps sehen können - auch ohne vorherige Zustimmung. Z.B. die Abfrage „Wie oft wurde die Zwischenablage benutzt?“

https://github.com/mysk-research/loupe

This is it but for another version, since I'm not sure if I keep it.

The interessting thing is that I trained a small CoreML model with a sample size of 900 logos to determine if they should be displayed or not.
#indiedev #iosdev #buildinpublic #liquidglass

App is ready. Now Marketing stuff.

Some fun things on the side. Lets figure out if this makes sense.
#indiedev #iosdev #buildinpublic

Masi Oka is probably the king of nerds.

After working at Industrial Light & Magic on Star Wars, he became the Japanese time travel guy in Heroes (he continued working part time at ILM and wrote code) and then founded Mobius Digital to make Outer Wilds.

I'm already pressing F to pay respect. 🫡
#videogames #nerd #heroes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masi_Oka

I was looking for that AppleTV remote for 4 days. Suddenly my 1 year old son turned up with it 😂

An interesting German article about tracking apps, but I agree. Tracking things makes everything into a hustle and sucks out the joy of everything.

Self-optimize your sleep, your steps, your book-reading stats, or nutrition.

It's okay not to finish a tv show that you don't like or stop playing a video game that you don't enjoy.

https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/hobby-tracking-apps-100.html

It's a milestone in parenting when your kids start to play alone. But never forget the golden rule:

No eye contact.
#parenting

Nexus Jupiter Incident is free on Gog. I played it some Decades ago and its one of the best Sci Fi games I played.
#videogames #scifi

https://www.gog.com/de/game/nexus_the_jupiter_incident

Anyone knows what Cable I do need to connect a Steam Machine to an Apple Studio Display?

I got a Thunderbolt 4 Cable that works with the Steam Deck but I guess I need a HDMI Cable to Thunderbolt or something?