Daily Tech News 15 June 2021

• Apple: You can't run any sort of dynamic code on iOS.
  Also Apple: If you don't like it, use a web app.
  Also also Apple: You can't bring your own browser to iOS. They're all just skins over Safari.
  Also also also Apple: Safari is broken.
  
  
  

  Ran into a spectacularly awful Safari bug in the latest Safari (14.1.1 on macOS and iOS 14.6).
  
  Opening an IndexedDB database fails 100% of the time on the first try. 😩
  
  If you refresh, it starts working.
  
  Bug report: https://t.co/I61x27obtv
  
  cc @webkit @chris_dumez @Apple

  — Feross (@feross) June 14, 2021

  
  
  You're holding it wrong.

• Razer has a new 4-port USB charger that delivers 130W from a device not much larger than the typical 20W models you get for $20 or less. (AnandTech)
  
  This one has two major differences: It uses GaN - gallium nitride - semiconductors rather than regular silicon, and the USB ports are green.
  
  Oh, and it costs $180.
  
  
  
• They also have a new 14" AMD-based laptop. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  All models have an 8 core 5900HX, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD; the choice is between a 1920x1080 or 2560x1440 screen, and Nvidia RTX 3060, 3070, or 3080 graphics.
  
  They don't have the four essential keys, though, so they're crap.
  
  
  
• US nuclear weapons contractor Sol Oriens got hit by ransomware. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  
  
• So did Fujifilm. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  
  
• So did the Teamsters, though they had the culprits whacked refused to pay. (NBC News)
  
  
  
• The G7 quote-leaders-unquote asked that nice Mister Putin if he could please have a word with the criminal gangs that seem to operate out of his house without his permission. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  Also, guys, your new National Security Advisor is a complete fucking wanker.
  
  

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