Comparing Messaging Apps

Featured articles from around the web. Michah Lee has a nice comparison among Signal, WhatsApp, and Allo. In this article, I’m going to compare WhatsApp, Signal, and Allo from a privacy perspective. While all three apps use the same secure-messaging protocol, they differ on exactly what information is encrypted, what metadata is collected, and what, … Read more

∞ Links to macOS Sierra reviews

Featured articles from around the web. Here are some posts worth reading, each with an individual take after spending some quality time with the macOS Sierra beta. Read more at The Loop

What to do when your iPhone or iPad is stolen

Featured articles from around the web. Mikah Sargent, writing for iMore, with a heart-sickening tale: On the night of Monday, June 13, someone stole my 12.9-inch iPad Pro from my bag during the annual Beard Bash event. I won’t go into the gritty details, but suffice it to say my valuables (as well as those … Read more

8 hidden features of macOS Sierra (Macworld)

Featured articles from around the web. It’s been a week since macOS Sierra was announced by Apple, and I’ve gotten a chance to spend a few days using it. If you’ve only seen the highlights from Apple’s keynote, though, you may have missed a bunch of cool features that have flown beneath the radar. Here’s … Read more

Apple is Taking a Different Stand on Artificial Intelligence Agents

Featured articles from around the web. In the science fiction of yesteryear, artificial agents were presented as helpful, local companions. The scope of the internet and its ability to drill into our private lives wasn’t a pervasive theme. Nowadays, we have AI agents built by giant technology companies that want to build AI agents to … Read more