European Commission to order Apple to take interoperability measures after company refuses to comply with DMA

The European Commission has taken the next step in forcing Apple to comply with the Digital Markets Act. The EC has started two so-called specification proceedings, in which they can more or less order Apple exactly what it needs to do to comply with the DMA – in this case covering the interoperability obligation set out in Article 6(7) of the DMA. The two proceedings entail the following: The first proceeding focuses on several iOS connectivity features and functionalities, predominantly used for and by connected devices. Connected devices are a varied, large and commercially important group of products, including smartwatches, headphones and virtual reality headsets. Companies offering these products depend on effective interoperability with smartphones and their operating systems, such as iOS. The Commission intends to specify how Apple will provide effective interoperability with functionalities such as notifications, device pairing and connectivity. The second proceeding focuses on the process Apple has set up to address interoperability requests submitted by developers and third parties for iOS and IPadOS. It is crucial that the request process is transparent, timely, and fair so that all developers have an effective and predictable path to interoperability and are enabled to innovate. ↫ European Commission press release It seems the European Commission is running out of patience, and in lieu of waiting on Apple to comply with the DMA on its own, is going to tell Apple exactly what it must do to comply with the interoperability obligation. This means that, once again, Apple’s childish, whiny approach to DMA compliance is backfiring spectacularly, with the company no longer having the opportunity to influence and control its own interoperability measures – the EC is simply going to tell them what they must do. The EC will complete these proceedings within six months, and will provide Apple with its preliminary findings which will explain what is expected of Apple. These findings will also be made public to invite comments from third parties. The proceedings are unrelated to any fines for non-compliance, which are separate.

32-year-old Sydney man charged with creating ‘Ghost’ app

Police claim to have prevented dozens of planned killings and threats after arresting the man they allege created an encrypted communication app used by the global underworld. The major operation into a secret encrypted app called “ghost” resulted in the arrest of Jay-Je Yoon Jung at his family’s home at Narwee, in Sydney’s south. The 32-year-old has appeared in court this morning and didn’t apply for bail. The AFP alleges crime syndicates using the app include Italian, Korean and Middle Eastern organised crime gangs, as well as outlaw motorcycle gangs.

The impressive new townships development Prestige Evergreen is located on Whitefield Road in…

The impressive new townships development Prestige Evergreen is located on Whitefield Road in Bangalore’s affluent Varthur district. The awaited Prestige Raintree Park project, created by the esteemed Prestige Group, is now in its second phase. This futuristic metropolis is created up of 125 acres and 1600 well-built residential apartments. The development offers a wide range of apartment arrangements, including 3 BHK, 3.5 BHK, 4 BHK, and 5 BHK flats, customized to suit the needs and personal preferences of the residents.

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Horizontal Digital Blog: Why you shouldn’t upgrade from Drupal 7

Horizontal Digital Blog: Why you shouldn't upgrade from Drupal 7
Horizontal Digital Blog: Why you shouldn't upgrade from Drupal 7

Yes, that title borders on click-bait, but fundamentally it is true. While it is possible to use the Drupal upgrade tools to migrate a site off of Drupal 7, there are reasons why almost 9 years after the release of Drupal 8 there are still thousands of sites on Drupal 7.
If it was easy to upgrade your way to a newer platform, you would have done it by now.

Generate a Rails 8 app with Nextgen

Nextgen, my interactive Rails app generator, now supports Rails 8! Use Nextgen to fine-tune your rails new experience by selecting just the gems and frameworks you need. A version selector lets you choose between Rails 7.2, the 7-2-stable branch (edge), or Rails 8 alpha via the main branch. And a robust Vite option is also available for projects that need a modern Node-based frontend build system with fast hot-reloading. https://github.com/mattbrictson/nextgen/releases/tag/v0.24.0

OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.6

The
OpenBSD
7.6 release cycle is entering its final phases…

With the following
commit,
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) moved -current to version 7.6:

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org	2024/09/17 07:39:17

Modified files:
	sys/conf       : newvers.sh 

Log message:
head into release

For those unfamiliar with the process:
this is not the 7.6 release,
but is part of the standard build-up to the release.

Remember: It’s time to start using
-D snap” with
pkg_add(1)
(and
pkg_info(1)).

(Regular readers will know what comes next…)
This serves as an excellent reminder to upgrade snapshots frequently,
test both base and ports, and
report
problems [plus, of course,
donate!].