PSA: Holding the up-volume and the power button on an iPhone for a few seconds puts the phone into lock mode, with biometrics disabled until the pin/password is entered.

Related to this, as in something they can go deep on to investigate or validate? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_(...

My guess - nothing, they’re just doing it to spite the EU over recent rulings around App Stores, etc…

A good way of checking: awsapichanges.info/archive/serv...

Recent sysadmin wisdom: if an AWS service hasn’t had any updates in the last 3+ years, make sure you have a plan B

TikTok click through screen to view a video

No TikTok installed, no account, and I can see the video after this click through (from Bluesky app on iOS)

Twitter sues Elon Musk, says he can’t “trash the company… and walk away” Lawsuit: Musk’s contractual breaches “cast a pall over Twitter and its business.”…

Strange how the history of the world has changed so dramatically, and perhaps the downward slope started with a seemingly humorous (at the time) lawsuit forcing Musk to buy Twitter… I wonder what state the world would be in now if this hadn’t have happened? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

It seems like the chime SDK is staying (which I believe is what powers slack comms), just the standalone Chime app that’s going.

Great report, but how do you pronounce it? WhoAmy? Who-Ah-Em-Ai? @quinnypig.com will have thoughts… :)

When I first started reading this I though,t “is this really news, this issue has been around for years…” but then it gets interesting - kudos to the researchers on this one!

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social loving the podcast, but for balance, think you should invite @edzitron.com to be interviewed, to give an alternative view of AI :)

iOS 18.2.1 seems to fix the really annoying bug where the iPhone torch doesn’t turn on (either immediately or sometimes at all)… likewise for the camera button from the Lock Screen! 🎉

The “best” attempt I’ve seen to try and get real-time billing data involved a complex setup where CloudTrail events were fed into the AWS pricing API to calculate the potential costs of newly deployed infrastructure.

Hate to think how difficult to support that would be…

PSA: shop around for insurance at *every* renewal!

Car insurance renewal received: up 50% from the best price I got last year. Spent about 30 mins looking, found a new provider that comes in at 10% less than last year's price (almost half of the renewal price from the current provider).

Book cover: How to argue with a racist, by Adam Rutherford

Final one - Happy Xmas!

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📚💙 Day 20

Book cover: The Hobbit, by J R R Tolkien

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📚💙 Day 19

Screenshot of an iOS shortcut that receives content from the share sheet, passes it into ChatGPT with a prompt, and copies the output to the clipboard

One of the most underrated apps for the iPhone is Shortcuts - it can create some really powerful outcomes, in just a few steps. For example, this 3-step Shortcut allows you to use the share screen to summarise a whole variety of content (web pages straight from Safari, files, etc) with ChatGPT

Sort of breaking the rules by adding a comment, but the version I read when I was a kid only had three parts.

If you’ve not read it in the last 10 years or so, there is a new “ending” that’s pretty thought-provoking…

Book cover: Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach

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📚💙 Day 18

Likewise!

Book cover: Danny, Champion of the World, by Roald Dahl

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📚💙 Day 17

Book cover: Bad Science, by Ben Goldacre

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📚💙 Day 16

Book cover: Football, by Danny Blanchflower

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📚💙 Day 15

Book cover: Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

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📚💙 Day 14

GiveDirectly: Send money to people living in poverty GiveDirectly allows donors to send money directly to people in poverty with no strings attached. Our approach is guided by rigorous evidence of impact and our values of efficiency, transparency, and r...

This suggestion is more around charity than giving than a loan, but have you seen Give Directly? Even though you don’t get your money back at the end, given your ~50% return rate from the loans, it’s probably going to be more impactful for your donation: www.givedirectly.org

Cloud Computing Concepts Hub | AWS The Cloud Computing Concepts Hub is the centralized place where you can browse or search for informative articles about cloud computing. You'll find easy-to-understand info about broad topics as "What...

Love the simplicity and usefulness of this: aws.amazon.com/what-is/

After more than 8 years of using on premises versions of Microsoft Office, it’s a breath of fresh air to be using a fully modern, cloud-enabled toolset!

Book cover: Provo, by Gordon Stevens

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📚💙 Day 13

Seek a better way. Cloud, data and AI specialists that believe there is a better way to do business. We collaborate with our customers to find a better way to realise the…

We'll also be looking at how Rayo can help customers address key concerns around strategic resilience in a world of emerging threats and challenges.

Looking forward to getting stuck-in! 3/3

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It means that I get to work for a company that has a clear mission to help public sector organisations innovate and make the best use of cloud to deliver public good across the UK. 2/3