Month: July 2020

Apple to remove, replace non-inclusive language in Xcode’s code base

CompuScoop Staff July 17, 2020 0

[AppleInsider.com]: Apple is working to deprecate non-inclusive language in its developer ecosystem, forwarding an initiative that began at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

The company announced the change in an update to its developer portal on Thursday, saying coding terminology will be modified to remove or replace language that could be perceived as racist from Xcode, platform APIs, documentation, and open source projects.

Changes first rolled out with initial iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14 beta software and accompanying documentation in June.

Instead of references to "blacklist," "whitelist," "master branch," "master/slave" and other potentially insensitive terminology, Apple will implement more neutral language like "allow list" and "deny list." "Main" will take the place of "master" in the default SCM branch in Xcode 12, the company said. The term "Black" is now capitalized when referring to people.

Developers are urged to study the API changes and incorporate the new language in their respective projects.

IOS 14: iPhone may tell you when a call could be a scam

Dan Uff July 17, 2020 0

IOS 14 may come with an added benefit for those who get scam calls during the day.

Apple seems to have built in a way for the iPhone to know (or guess) when an incoming call could be a telemarketing call.

When a call comes in, the phone checks the phone number and shows a message that says “SCAM LIKELY” in place of showing the incoming telephone number.

If this feature will make it to the finial version remains to be seen. But I hope so.