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Apple TV deserves better than tvOS

Macworld Year after year, one Apple operating system ends up getting short shrift when the company announces its annual updates at WWDC. While iOS, macOS, and iPadOS all show off their shiny new features, an overlooked sibling is left sitting sadly on the bench, waiting for its chance to shine–a chance that never seems to

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How to build a developer-first company

At my company, Descope, we are building a customer authentication and identity management product, meaning the end user and the developer are two sides of the same coin. Providing a great developer experience—by enabling our customers to easily add auth flows and user management to their apps—leads to a great end-user experience as the customer’s

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Macworld Podcast: The U.S. versus Apple

Macworld Apple has filed a civil lawsuit against Apple, and it’s a big one. On this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about the case–what it’s about, why was it filed, what this means to Apple, what it means for users, and more. This is episode 879 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman

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A NanoVNA as a Dip Meter

A staple of the radio amateur’s arsenal of test equipment in previous decades was the dip meter. This was a variable frequency oscillator whose coil would be placed near the circuit to be tested, and which would show an abrupt current dip on a moving coil meter when its frequency matched the resonant frequency of

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