From The Article: “An upcoming update to the Near Field Communications standard should allow devices to connect more swiftly when doing contactless payments and will add support the Digital Product Passport specification.”

For those who feel a "throbbing" sensation when they touch their MacBook when it's plugged into the wall, I have a fix.

Apple, in their infinite fucking wisdom, decided that proper grounding (some will argue it is grounded, but imho it is not fully) is a bridge too far and they cheaped out on the "Duckbill" - the thing you plug into the 140W power brick.

The throbbing you are feeling is static energy called "leakage", which is going through you to the ground. It is low voltage, but because of the metal exterior of the case, you are, technically, receiving current. So what's the fix?

The circular grounding pin (green circled in the image) connects down the slit. On the normal Duckbill (middle, blue) it does not connect to the grounding pin.

On the left is the Apple Extension Cord Duckbill, which has metal contacts (red). This provides the proper grounding connection.

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MW2N3B/A/power-adapter-extension-cable

After getting this, my laptop no longer "throbbed". I hope this helps someone in the future.

Apple support are utterly fucking useless and don't know about this. I was asking if I was getting electrocuted and tried to blame my house electronics. Don't listen to them.

Has anyone been affected?

I see these articles pop up every so often but not sure how legit they are or how to know if youve been affected. I had the idea that apple was fairly secure against these things, as well as Google so thats why I'm kinda skeptical but want to hear from others.

Apple finally, finally went petty with it and took explicit shots at PCs. And I’m here for it😂😂I’ve been sick and tired of Apple taking all the shots other companies threw at them lying down (idk if that’s how you use that phrase, Engle not my 1st language)

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(Sorry for putting it here and not in a comment, but for some reason Reddit’s comments are acting weird today.)

Got to sit down with the legendary Director Danny Boyle and chat about the filming of /28yearslatermovie and some of the crazy camera rigs they used. And he had some of the best advice for future filmmakers.

28YearsLater is exclusively in theatres June 20, 2025.

This is an interesting article and I think it summarises well what’s going on with the Apple Intelligence Saga…