蘋果已經發布了下一代大蘋果手錶和Mac軟體更新的公開beta。在Mac上，Big-Sur（作業系統的名稱）有很多視覺上的差異，我認為這些差異會在你身上增長——它們讓macOS看起來更像iOS。它還用連結做了一件奇怪的新事情——這也讓Mac感覺更像iOS。

昨天Twitter上突然出現了這樣的連結行為：如果你是Apple News Plus的訂閱者，點選訂閱包中的出版物連結，你將進入Apple News應用程式，而不是瀏覽器。iOS 14也會這麼做。

如果你為Apple News Plus付費，這可能正是你想要的。開啟一個有付費牆的頁面，你只需要點選一篇文章。是的，蘋果新聞應用程式本身的功能和IE 3差不多，而你的瀏覽器只有標籤之類的功能，但至少你不必經歷複製和貼上的過程。

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我確實覺得這種行為有點奇怪。如果你在Safari中點選一個連結，就會開啟Apple新聞。如果你在Chrome中單擊一個連結，它將保持在Chrome中。如果你在其他應用程式（如Slack）中單擊一個連結，它就會在Apple News中開啟——即使你的預設瀏覽器是Chrome。這很奇怪，因為尚不清楚大蘇爾知道它應該重定向一些網站，而不是其他網站。它是否使用預先批准的參與釋出者網站列表進行登記（如果是，至少它是離線的）？這個列表是本地儲存的還是蘋果的？不管答案是什麼，關鍵是當你點選一個連結時會發生什麼是不一致的。也許它打開了一個瀏覽器，也許它打開了蘋果新聞。

至少，蘋果允許你在蘋果新聞應用程式的首選項中取消選中這個選項。蘋果也給我發了這樣一份宣告：

Apple is committed to creating the best experience for Apple News+ subscribers. This change offers subscribers seamless access to the content that is part of their News+ subscription right in the News app or publisher app, as well as providing publishers with increased engagement and revenue opportunities on Apple News. News+ subscribers can set their link preference in their News settings.

我跟進了蘋果公司，詢問大蘇爾公司知道哪些連結應該放在哪裡，蘋果公司拒絕置評。

託尼·海爾（tonyhaile）是在Twitter上提出這一切的人，他進一步指出，這意味著那些提供直接訂閱選擇的出版商將失去這個機會，因為人們直接去看蘋果新聞，而蘋果新聞的報酬要低得多。

你應該知道，海爾是一家名為Scroll的公司的執行長，該公司與蘋果新聞（Apple News）競爭，與出版商建立合作關係。（我以前在這裡寫過）所以他不是一個公正的觀察者。只要我透露，Vox媒體與蘋果新聞和Scroll都有合作關係。這就是網路衰落的原因：突然間，當你點選一個連結時，忽略那些發生的事務就變得困難多了。

不管怎樣，你可以把這個奇怪的新連結行為**到更大的故事情節中。人們擔心蘋果公司正開始以服務收入的名義損害使用者體驗。有這樣一個故事情節：蘋果積極地不信任網路，希望更多的活動發生在應用程式內部，而不是瀏覽器內部。如果瀏覽器使用較少，那就意味著更少的侵入性廣告（win），更少的跟蹤（win），以及像Google這樣的競爭對手更少的錢（三倍獎金！）。

不過，我不是在找陰謀。有時公司的激勵措施與其價值觀是一致的。我認為，將其解讀為蘋果發現其使用者在不需要付費的時候卻在打付費牆也是公平的，因為他們已經在為Apple News Plus付費了。

現在對我來說，點選前面帶有“http”的連結應該會把你帶到一個網路瀏覽器，但這正是我習慣的。沒有人說連結是網路的專有領域。我在大蘇爾看到這種行為的整體感覺是一個很大的…當然，不管怎樣。

但要想讓它一路迴歸：比起正常的連結行為，蘋果更喜歡蘋果新聞，這使得Mac的工作方式更像iPhone，在iOS14之前，蘋果嚴格控制所有的預設應用程式。即使在iOS 14中，也只能更改電子郵件和瀏覽器應用程式。

iOS 14上的應用內廣告也出現了同樣的“價值觀和激勵”。第三方應用程式需要向用戶申請許可，才能逐個應用程式進行跟蹤——但蘋果自己的廣告網路顯然有預設的“個性化廣告”選項。蘋果合法地比其他應用程式廣告生態系統少了1000%的令人毛骨悚然，但這並不意味著蘋果本身就不會受益。兩者都有。

當我們談論iOS的時候，它已經成為另一個爭議的焦點。蘋果重申，xCloud和Stadia等雲遊戲服務違反了App Store的規定。它重複了去年3月給馬克·古爾曼（Mark Gurman）的一份宣告，稱“遊戲服務完全可以在App Store上推出，只要它們遵循適用於所有開發者的同一套指導原則，包括單獨提交遊戲供審查，以及出現在圖表和搜尋中。”

微軟和Facebook發表了激烈的反駁宣告，但我預計蘋果會立場堅定。它過於看重審查應用程式的內容和安全性，而蘋果街機的激勵措施恰好符合這些價值觀。當然，我可能錯了：這一切可能只是一堆談判姿態，就像亞馬遜那樣。

一句話：蘋果短期內不會允許在iPhone或iPad上安裝Stadia或xCloud。

我已經做到了這一點，沒有使用明顯的陳詞濫調：“有圍牆的花園。”儘管如此。陳詞濫調的一點是它們來自某個地方。這是一個很好的提醒，即使是陳詞濫調仍然可以解釋的力量。牆之所以存在是因為人們建造了它們——我只是希望他們也能在建造一些門上投入更多的精力。

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回顧和第一眼

┏Acer Chromebook Spin 713：購買Chromebook。如果我今天買的是Chromebook，我會聽從Monica Chin的建議買這本。巨集碁繼續主導Chromebooks。

If you’re deciding between the Spin 713 and the $1,000 Galaxy Chromebook or the $849 i5 model of the Pixelbook Go, I would say you need a pretty good reason not to choose the Spin.

┏三星Galaxy Buds直播點評：酷豆。克里斯·韋爾奇：

To be very clear, these earbuds let in a significant amount of outside noise at all times. That’s intentional and where I think the “Live” part of the name comes from. These aren’t going to drown out your co-workers when we get back to the office someday, nor are they going to be your preferred airplane compani***. Samsung says it designed the Buds Live to eliminate very low frequencies — think the persistent hum of an air conditioner or the rumbling of an Amtrak — and you can hear some of that ambient sound get sliced off when you turn on active noise cancellation.

┏索尼WH-1000XM4評論：最好的降噪耳機變得更好。克里斯·韋爾奇在耳機評論上有兩個特點：

But to fend off its rivals, Sony has returned with the new $349.99 1000XM4 headphones, available for preorder today and shipping later this month. They address the two main downsides of the previous product: you can now pair to two devices simultaneously, and updated mics should make for clearer calls.

┏三星Galaxy Tab S7 Plus最棒的部分就是它的螢幕。Dan Seifert談到這款平板電腦的優點（當然，最糟糕的是Android在平板電腦上並不好）：

Unsurprisingly, the absolute best thing by far about the Tab S7 Plus is its display. This 12.4-inch OLED panel is bright, vibrant, and pixel-dense. Colors practically jump off the screen, and the blacks are as inky and deep as they are on the LG OLED TV hanging in my living room. Topping it off is the 120Hz refresh rate, which makes every interaction buttery **ooth. Yes, the iPad Pro has had this feature for three years, but it’s just as much of a delight here as it is on Apple’s tablet. In fact, given that this is an OLED panel, I might even argue that this is the nicest screen I’ve ever seen on a mobile device.

┏新款27英寸iMac網路攝像頭不僅更好，而且更智慧。下面是我對新的2020 iMac的看法。

科技新聞

┏東芝正式退出膝上型電腦業務。裂開。

┏微軟新推出的Xbox s系列遊戲機在洩露的控制器包裝中得到證實。

┏E Ink演示了一款摺疊電子閱讀器，它還可以記筆記。我見過很多來自E-Ink的原型，E-Ink是一家官方生產螢幕的公司，這些螢幕都是合適的E-Ink，而不僅僅是“E-paper”之類的。還有一個棒球內幕：如果你是一個科技部落格，把上面的任何一個都搞砸了，eink肯定會讓你知道的。這家公司的整個袋子畢竟是為了推廣電子墨水。不管怎樣！我希望看到這樣的東西在一個較小的形式因素。我喜歡從一個角度開啟一本書；這是一個普通電子閱讀器不會感到癢的地方。

┏谷歌地圖最終與CarPlay出色的儀表盤模式配合使用。

┏谷歌已經停止使用Pixel 4和4 XL。

┏谷歌的Pixel 5和Pixel 4A 5G將於10月8日預購。

┏微軟最近進行了改組，表明人們對Windows重新產生了興趣。湯姆·沃倫：

Now, Microsoft is moving parts of Windows development back under Panos Panay’s control. Specifically, that means the Windows fundamentals and developer experience teams have been returned to what we traditionally call the Windows team. It’s an admission that the big Windows split didn’t work quite as planned. We’ve seen plenty of evidence of that with a messy development experience for Windows 10, delayed Windows updates, a lack of major new features, and lots of Windows update issues recently.

蒂克托克與中國

┏美國對蒂克托克宣戰是因為它無法處理真相。Sarah Jeong從前後的新聞故事中縮小，談論更大的背景。必須閱讀：

I call this ideology information-nationali**. Here’s how I would describe its assumpti***: 1. When your country acknowledges human rights abuses, you are made weak 2. You can weaken rival nation-states by exposing their human rights abuses

┏特朗普TikTok和微信禁令背後的重大法律問題。艾迪·羅伯遜：

There’s at least one major wrinkle in both cases: while sancti*** are nothing new, the ByteDance and Tencent orders ban Americans from accessing a piece of software and (at least in theory) the content on its network. This is unusual and could raise First Amendment questi*** that don’t apply in other IEEPA cases — including arguments that apps like TikTok are protected speech, or that banning them would infringe on users’ ability to engage in it.

┏比爾·蓋茨稱微軟的TikTok交易是一個有毒的聖盃。

┏特朗普的微信禁令將如何摧毀蘋果的中國業務。Chaim Gartenberg公司：

An iPhone without WeChat is effectively not a phone at all for the hundreds of milli*** of Chinese users that rely on the service — customers on which Apple’s entire iPhone business model relies. If Apple can’t offer WeChat on the iPhone due to Trump’s ban, then much of its Chinese business will almost certainly evaporate overnight.

┏華為表示，由於美國的制裁，它的智慧**晶片已經用完。金·萊昂斯：

[Trump’s order] prevented foreign manufacturers of semiconductors who use American software and technology in their operati*** from shipping their products to Huawei unless they first obtained a license from the US. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, reportedly halted orders for Huawei’s HiSilicon unit in May following the new US rule.

更多來自邊緣

┏科學家重新命名人類基因，以防止微軟Excel將其誤讀為日期。詹姆斯·文森特的難以置信的故事：

There are tens of thousands of genes in the human genome: minuscule twists of DNA and RNA that combine to express all of the traits and characteristics that make each of us unique. Each gene is given a name and alphanumeric code, known as a symbol, which scientists use to coordinate research. But over the past year or so, some 27 human genes have been renamed, all because Microsoft Excel kept misreading their symbols as dates.

┏電腦科學家弗朗西斯·艾倫（Frances Allen）因從事編譯工作而聞名，享年88歲。金·萊昂斯：

Allen helped build an experimental compiler for IBM’s Advanced Computing system, and from 1980 to the mid-1990s, she headed a research team at IBM working on the new concept of parallel computing, which became widely used in personal computers. She also helped develop software for IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer project.

┏Galaxy Z Fold 2是三星的一大承諾，它可以修復其可摺疊的未來。Chaim Gartenberg公司：

It’s a message focused on selling customers a phone based on the things that it isn’t — too **all, too awkward, too prone to breaking — rather than the things that it is. It also puts a lot of pressure on the upcoming Z Fold 2.

┏微軟和三星現在比以往任何時候都更需要對方。喬恩·波特：

It’s not a new partnership, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella even personally appeared at Samsung’s Note 10 event last year. But it’s more important than ever before, as the industry hurtles toward the next big ecosystem battle between iOS and Android. It’s no longer just about the phones themselves but about how these phones interact with the other computers in your life, whether they’re laptops, desktops, or even game c***oles. And Samsung’s deepening partnership with Microsoft is essential to its approach.

更新，美國東部時間8月11日下午12:10：補充說明大蘇爾檢查蘋果新聞加重定向似乎沒有ping蘋果的伺服器，根據傑夫約翰遜。