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Joshua Morris (opens on the publisher’s site)
joshuamorris.info
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LG monitors can trigger Windows to install manufacturer software that later advertised McAfee—exposing a trust boundary between hardware identity and automatic app distribution.
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OpenAI’s Codex is becoming one persistent agent across ChatGPT, editors, and terminals—with native Linux sandboxing via seccomp and Landlock—while I wait for the heavier new ChatGPT app on Windows to settle before chasing every release.
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Why the website is often the more private version of a service than a native app—browser sandbox boundaries limit device access in ways store apps do not, while still leaving room for tracking if third-party scripts load on the open web.
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Bitchat Mesh is an open-source Bluetooth mesh messenger now free on the App Store—no accounts or cellular needed—arguing the radio-like idea is compelling wherever coverage fails, if enough nearby people are also running it.
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A Wiseday developer argued Apple would not let him show his app after App Store rejection for promotional graphics instead of screenshots—then fixed the listing, and the Hacker News consensus was that Apple was right all along.
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Slashdot reports Amazon is folding Luna cloud gaming into the Prime Video app—arguing the streaming box under the TV is quietly becoming the console, convenient in the same way streaming video is, while access lasts only as long as the service and subscription do.
Developer Musings (opens on the publisher’s site)
joshghent.com
Joshua Baker (opens on the publisher’s site)
www.joshuabaker.com
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2012 · Channel 4 · Annual Review App · Media & Publishing · UK