September 2022

iPhone 14 is coming out soon

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/01/recap-of-latest-iphone-14-iphone-14-pro-rumors/

“Browser Privacy”
Almost all websites give you cookies to keep track of you, and many will track you across different websites:

Firefox has Private browsing mode

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/private-browsing/

Chrome calls the same thing incognito mode.

https://safety.google/intl/en_us/chrome/

Safari calls it a Private tab

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/browse-privately-ibrw1069/mac

Even if you delete all the cookies all the time, and use private browsing features, all websites know your IP address. There are two ways to change your IP address to ‘hide’ who you are:

VPN’s

https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-mac-vpn

Tunnelbear Is a popular VPN that has been around a while.
https://www.tunnelbear.com/

TOR
Tor is like a VPN, only it routes it over several hops through the TOR network. There are several browsers that use TOR
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448

The browsers that use TOR or VPN built in usually block the cookies as well.

Search engines

Of course google and bing try to keep track of who you are so they can target the ads you see better, so there is duck duck go that claims to not track it’s users:
https://duckduckgo.com/

Ad Blockers

https://www.tomsguide.com/round-up/best-adblockers-privacy-extensions

My favorite ad blocker is Ublock Origin
https://ublockorigin.com/
and for IOS is Purify
https://www.purify-app.com/

Some ad blockers let some ads through for a fee, while others track what you do and sell that information.

Original iPhone sells for $35,000

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/29/sealed-original-iphone-35000-auction/

IOS 16 is adding a whole bunch of functionality to Spotlight

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-16-spotlight/

Ashes of four Star Trek actors will be carried into deep space

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/08/28/0347202/the-ashes-of-four-star-trek-actors-will-be-carried-into-deep-space

iPhone 13 vs 14

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone-13-vs-iphone-14/

T-Mobile is about to get satellite coverage with space-x

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-coverage-above-and-beyond-with-spacex

Cost of power to mine one bitcoin across the united states

https://cdn.digg.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08194627/03_Cost-to-Mine-Cryptocurrencies_US-Map_Bitcoin.png

IPhone tricks and tips

https://www.wired.com/story/hidden-iphone-tips-tricks/

Rent your pool by the hour, an Airbnb for pools

https://swimply.com/

Extra things siri can do

https://apple.news/AZc4w8CbXSrKzA6eqyF553w

Swipe Delete messages in the mail app

https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-swipe-to-delete-messages-in-iphone-mail-app