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How to Forget a WiFi Network on an iPhone

Like Android, your iPhone also saves all WiFi networks you connect with. This feature is actually very helpful since it provides easier access to those networks in the future. The only problem with the iPhone saving the WiFi networks is that it may attempt to connect to the network you once connected to, even when

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Apple gets a hefty fine for App Store’s abusive ‘anti-steering’ provisions

Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The European Commission has fined Apple over €1.8 billion (~$1.95 billion) for the App Store’s ‘anti-steering’ provisions. Apple had restricted app developers like Spotify from informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside of the app. Apple has said that it will appeal the decision.

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The open source problem

Folks, we have an open source problem. And, no, it’s not the problem some think. You’ll hear people rail against corporations that falsely describing their code as open source. Sometimes they’re correct. You’ll hear others bemoan the influx of venture-backed companies diluting the meaning of open source to fuel corporate gains. Sometimes they’re correct. But the problem

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10 ways science fiction got high tech wrong

Science fiction writers and directors love creating high-tech visions of the future. Over the years, their collective imagination has dreamed up possible futures that are awesome, amazing, terrifying, and often totally wrong. Such imaginative speculation isn’t necessarily a crime or even a mistake. After all, it’s just fiction: a bit of fun exploring what might

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Why SQL still rules

SQL, the Structured Query Language, remains one of the most widely used programming languages, coming in fourth in Stack Overflow’s research for 2023. Just over half (51.52%) of professional developers use SQL in their work, but only around a third (35.29%) of those learning to code use SQL. For a language that has remained in

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