Follow the headline link, watch the video.
The implication is that Siri thinks it’s speaking on a HomePod with a display. Is this fake? An accidental beta leak? A Siri misspeak?
Either way, interesting. According to the post, this is iOS 14.5 B1, audioOS 15.3.
From the FAQ (click the headline link):
Q: Why is your website so popular? Are you one of those famous people that no one knows why they’re famous?
A: No, I’m not famous. It seems likely that most visitors simply mistype gmail.com and end up visiting gail.com by mistake.
And:
Q: How did you manage to get gail.com?
A: My husband registered it as a birthday gift back in 1996.
Gmail launched in 2004. So this domain is OG.
And, finally:
Q: How many times a day is this page visited?
A: In 2020 this page received a total of 5,950,012 hits, which is an average of 16,257 per day. Looking at just unique hits, we received a total of 1,295,284, for an average of 3,539 unique hits per day. Occasionally, we get Twitter-bombed and may get several tens of thousands of visitors a day. As an example, on July 21st 2020 we received 109,316 hits.
That’s amazing traffic, all accidental. Fascinating.
Statista:
When Apple introduced AirPods alongside the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in September 2016, the reactions were mixed at best. While many were impressed with the technology behind Apple’s first true wireless headphones, their design drew a lot of criticism and the internet was having a field day cracking jokes about the headphones’ looks, price and overall appeal.
That was then. This is now. Follow the headline link and check out the numbers.
Taken together, that’s 49.7% of the market. Astonishing.
Reed Albergotti, Washington Post:
Inside Apple, your job classification can mean a lot. The difference between a “level 4″ engineer and a “level 5,” for instance, could mean a difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation. And those titles help determine how much Apple employees can make when they leave the company for another job.
And:
In widely used databases that companies refer to for verification of job information, Apple changes the job title for every employee, whether they’re a PhD in computer science or a product manager, to “associate,” the company confirms.
And:
The practice recently came to light when Cher Scarlett, a former Apple software engineer who raised concerns about alleged discrimination and misconduct at the company, filed a complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that when Apple changed her job title to “associate,” it delayed the hiring process at a prospective employer by nearly a week, during which time the company rescinded the offer.
This is a long-standing practice for Apple, but it seems obvious that this can be an issue for folks who leave Apple and list a specific job title on their resume. What’s the harm to Apple if they change someone’s title to, say, “Former Level 4 Engineer” or some such? And what’s the benefit to Apple in changing someone’s title to “Associate”?
From OS X Daily. Follow the headline link for a detailed walkthrough.
In a nutshell, go to Terminal and enter:
defaults write com.apple.dock static-only -bool true; killall Dock
To return to normal:
defaults write com.apple.dock static-only -bool false; killall Dock
This has been around a long time, but I’ve never encountered anyone using it. Would love an option to put all running apps in its own section of the dock, as is done with recently used applications. There a setting for that?