A federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke federal funds for transportation and housing programs under new restrictions largely aimed at eliminating “DEI” initiatives, reports Greg Kim in The Seattle Times.

“Last month, King County and dozens of other municipal agencies around the country filed a lawsuit against those agencies, arguing that the executive branch lacks authority to change federal grant conditions without approval from Congress, which created the programs and holds the power to determine spending.” The lawsuit charged that the administration was trying “to coerce grant recipients that rely on federal funds into implementing President Trump’s policy agenda.” 

The injunction signals the plaintiffs have a strong chance of winning the case and that the judge agrees the loss of funds would be “devastating and irreparable.” This follows an initial 14-day pause ordered by the same judge in May. In late March, a judge ruled that HUD had to release $30 million in frozen grants to fair housing organizations. 

King County’s homelessness services and King County Metro Transit are among the programs that stand to lose millions in federal funding if the administration succeeds in imposing its new rules. Sound Transit is counting on $15 billion in federal grants over the next two decades, while “The Regional Homelessness Authority said in April that a new requirement to check that all clients served by homelessness programs are U.S. citizens would have a chilling effect on people seeking services.” 

• Trump 2.0
• Federal Funding
• Federal policy
• Equity
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• USDOT
• HUD
• Federal Grants

• Polls: You can now create polls in group chats, allowing people to vote on topics or questions, such as which restaurant to go to. Apple Intelligence can detect when a poll might come in handy and suggest one.


• Backgrounds: You can now add a background to any conversation, and all participants will see it. You can choose from Apple's selection of backgrounds, or you can set any of your own photos as a background. You can turn off conversation backgrounds in the Settings app if desired.


• Apple Cash in group chats: You can now send and receive Apple Cash in group chats.


• Typing indicators in group chats: You can now see who is typing in group chats.


• "Add Contact" button in group chats: This button makes it easier to add people to the Contacts app in group chats.


• "Select" option: When you tap and hold on a message bubble, a new "Select" option appears. Tapping on it allows you to select a portion of text in a message, whereas you could previously only copy an entire message.


• Unknown sender screening: This new option automatically moves messages from unknown senders to the Unknown Senders folder, and hides notifications for them until you accept them. The app can also detect spam and move it to a new Spam folder, with notifications for these messages also hidden.


• Natural language search: You can now search for photos within a conversation by describing what you are looking for. Examples: "Eric skateboarding in a tie-dye shirt," or "Juli with stickers on her face."


• Photo previews: When a new "Send Photo Previews" setting is turned on, the Messages app will only send a lower-quality preview of a photo while an iPhone is in Low Data Mode. The full photo will be sent later.


• End-to-end encryption for RCS: In March, Apple announced that it planned to add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to the Messages app in a future iOS update, which is likely to be iOS 26, or a later version like iOS 26.1. This change would prevent Apple and any other third party from being able to read RCS messages and attachments while they are being sent between devices, as has always been the case with iMessage blue bubbles.

Fast food didn’t start with McDonald’s—quick, convenient meals have been a dietary staple of busy societies for millennia. Across the Roman empire, roadside shops known as popinae and tabernae often served up inexpensive, affordable dishes to hungry locals and travelers alike. But after scouring ancient garbage piles near one such popina in Mallorca, Spain, archeologists are better understanding how certain entrées transcended class divisions more often than previously thought. According to findings recently published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Roman commoners frequently enjoyed dining on thrushes—small songbirds once thought to be a luxury dish.

Birds were prominent figures in ancient Rome. Certain owls and eagles were considered powerful divinatory omens, while smaller avian species like thrushes were popular as both pets and meals. In the latter case, however, ancient texts suggest thrushes were primarily eaten by wealthier Romans.

“Classical sources frequently describe these small birds as a delicacy served in elite banquets, often prepared with elaborate culinary techniques,” the study’s authors write. They also cite recipes documented by Pliny the Elder and Apicius that described fattening songbirds with figs before roasting and serving them with complex sauces.

These assumptions were recently challenged by finds at an excavation in Mallorca, Spain. There, archeologists from the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) uncovered a large cesspit beside a roadside popina snack bar. The building also featured six amphorae (large vats) embedded in its countertop in a configuration like the one seen in Pompeii’s famous street food court, or thermopolia.

Amid the refuse were 165 thrush bones alongside  other common food remains like sea shells as well as fish and pig bones. The condition of the songbirds’ broken bones suggest that  they were flattened and cooked whole with oil in the amphorae. In addition to the thrushes, archeologists also documented remains from domesticated chickens and European rabbits. These point to a wider menu tailored to everyday customers. Taken altogether, it appears  that thrushes were served up similar to today’s sports bar chicken wings.

The food shop in Mallorca isn’t the only example of deep-fried songbirds across Rome. As Arkeonews notes, additional finds in Pompeii and Britain indicates a widespread culture of ancient Roman fast food.

“Thrushes, though a minor component of the Roman diet compared to livestock, represent an important facet of urban food consumption,” the study’s authors conclude. “Ultimately, this research highlights the need to move beyond elite-centric narratives and consider the diverse ways in which food practices shaped the lived experiences of ancient urban communities.”

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The San Jose City Council is considering a proposal by Mayor Matt Mahon that would call for arresting unhoused people if they refuse three offers of housing, reports Janie Har for the Associated Press.

Mahon says unhoused residents have “a responsibility” to move indoors when offered shelter. “I don’t want to use the criminal justice system to make vulnerable people’s lives harder. I want to use it as a last resort,” Mahan added. Under the proposal, the city would set up a “quality of life” unit within the police department that would address the issue if front-line workers and police officers decide escalation is needed.

Other local leaders say the mayor’s proposal is too punitive and that the city should focus on building more housing, shelters, and offering more services. Mahan said people would not be punished if shelter space is unavailable.

• San Jose
• Homelessness
• Unhoused
• Criminalization of Homelessness

The Phoenix-area Valley Metro launched its 5.5-mile South Central light rail extension last weekend, connecting neighborhoods in South Phoenix with downtown and the rest of the rail system.

According to an article in Mass Transit, “With the opening of the extension, the A line now travels east to west, the B line travels north to south and weekday service increased to 12 minutes before 7:00 p.m.”

The extension is expected to add 8,000 daily riders to the system’s current boardings of 32,000. “There are eight new stations, a new park-and-ride facility at Baseline Road/Central Avenue and a transit hub converging in downtown Phoenix. The extension also includes a number of community upgrades such as enhanced bike lanes, pedestrian pathways, over 550 new trees and desert-adapted landscaping.”

• Phoenix
• Valley Metro
• Public Transit
• Light Rail
• South Central Light Rail Extension

The yearslong international fight to lay claim to the suspected “world’s richest shipwreck” likely won’t end anytime soon, especially after a research team’s most recent conclusions. Experts have confirmed that dozens of gold coins scattered across the ocean floor off the coast of Colombia belonged to the San José, an ill-fated Spanish treasure galleon that sank over 300 years ago during a battle with British warships. The findings were published on June 10 in the journal Antiquity.

In June 1708, the San José and a fleet of 17 other vessels departed the capital of Colombia for Europe laden with gold, silver, and uncut gems. The 64-gun, three-masted Spanish flagship alone carried as much as 200 tons of treasure with a modern value estimated as high as $17 billion by today’s standards. On June 8, however, the galleon had the misfortune of running across a squadron of five British warships during the War of Spanish Succession.

The San José and two of its fellow ships subsequently engaged in a cannon battle with their enemies while most of the fleet retreated to Cartagena. In the end, neither side made off with the flagship’s riches—the San José’s stores of gunpowder eventually ignited, causing the vessel to sink to the bottom of the Atlantic.

It would take almost 310 years before salvagers located the legendary ship’s remains. In 2015, Colombia’s government announced the potential rediscovery of the San José in the Caribbean near Cartagena, but it would take another few years to mount expeditions to confirm the theory. Since 2021, the Colombian navy and archeological experts have overseen four noninvasive field examinations using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The results of their analysis published in Antiquity make it clear: the wreck (and all its treasure) are from the San José.

The key pieces of evidence were dozens of rough gold coins sitting on the ocean floor. The treasure had an average diameter of 1.3 inches and each weighed around one ounce. Using high-definition photography, the team initially analyzed the bounty. Further imaging showcased the designs on either side of the coinage. One side featured a variation on the Jerusalem cross (one large cross framed by four smaller crosses) and a shield detailed with lions and castles. On the other side, the coin illustrated the “Crowned Pillars of Hercules above the waves of the sea.” According to the study’s authors, those waves were a trademark sign of the Lima Mint. The images were so detailed that experts even noted the distinct engravings made by an assayer, the person responsible for testing the gold coins’ purity. Taken altogether, the coins must have been aboard the San José.

“Hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins—known as cobs in English and macuquinas in Spanish—served as the primary currency in the Americas for more than two centuries,” Daniela Vargas Ariza, a maritime archeologist and the study’s lead author said in a statement.

Along with the tons of additional currencies, gems, and historical artifacts, the San José represents one of the most lucrative shipwreck finds in modern history.

But who gets to claim it? That question is at the center of a debate that continues to rage between the governments of Colombia and Spain. For its part, Colombia hopes to recover and sell some of the treasure to finance a larger effort to salvage the ship—although Colombian law might prohibit such an act. Meanwhile, Spain asserts it is still the rightful owner of the San José and everything on it based on the Law of the Sea. This international convention maintains that all navy wrecks belong to their original country. Unfortunately for Spain, Colombia never signed that agreement and some experts argue the accord is intended for modern warships, not historical wrecks.

For now, the fate of the San José remains unclear. But thanks to forensic archeological research and expert analysis, one thing is certain: it is worth quite a bit of bullion.

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• Enhanced Spotlight with Actions – Provides suggested apps, commands, and custom shortcuts with the ability to perform actions like creating calendar events or making GIFs directly from search. Sherlocks Raycast and LaunchBar.



• Call Assist with Screening – Takes calls from unknown numbers silently, captures the caller's name and reason for calling, then lets you choose to accept or reject with typed responses. Sherlocks Robokiller and Truecaller.



• Parcel Tracking in Wallet – Uses Apple Intelligence to automatically track and summarize order status by analyzing emails from merchants and delivery services. Sherlocks various package tracking apps.



• Flight Tracking via Live Activities – Allows users to track and share flight status through Live Activities in Wallet, plus airport navigation with gate and amenity information in Maps. Sherlocks Flighty.



• AI Model Integration in Xcode – Makes ChatGPT the default assistant for Xcode 26 and allows developers to connect other AI models using API keys for coding assistance. Sherlocks Alex for Xcode.



• Local Capture for iPad – Enables creators to record videos locally using any video calling app and share recordings with others for podcast creation. Sherlocks Riverside.



• Notes App for Apple Watch – Brings the official Notes app to Apple Watch with watchOS 26, allowing users to take notes directly on their wrist. Sherlocks various note-taking apps for Apple Watch.



• Allow in the Menu Bar – In macOS Tahoe's System Settings, you can now control which third-party apps are allowed to display menu bar items. Sherlocks Bartender and Ice.



• Spotlight Clipboard Search – In macOS Tahoe, Spotlight users can search and view previously copied content in their clipboard history – including both text and images – making it easy to retrieve items copied earlier. Sherlocks Paste and Pastebot.

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• Beats Fit Pro - $169.95, down from $199.99


• Beats Studio Pro - $169.95, down from $349.99


• Powerbeats Pro 2 - $199.95, down from $249.99

At the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, an exhibit called The Home of Tomorrow laid out a vision of a futuristic living space. It included outlandish predictions including personal helicopter pads, but it also foreshadowed central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, and other innovations that have become integral parts of modern life. As we envision the home of the future, it’s easy to get caught up in sci-fi-inspired predictions of fully autonomous homes serviced by robotic butlers and disembodied virtual assistants that remove the humanity from our living spaces. Here at Popular Science, we reject that vision.

For the inaugural Home of the Future Awards, we have selected 25 products that augment life at home by making it more efficient, affordable, accessible, and—ultimately—more enjoyable. We test, preview, and evaluate hundreds of products per year and these products deserve a chance to cohabitate with you and the people who matter to you.

Traeger

A flat top grill is one of the most versatile ways to cook just about anything from pancakes to burgers, but temperature control is key. Traeger equipped its flagship griddle with a duo (or trio if you go with the Flat Rock 3) of U-shaped burners to provide consistent flame all the way to the edges of the cooking area. A barrier of HeatShield insulation between burners creates two distinct cooking zones so it’ll sear burgers on one side and gently toast buns on the other.

De’Longhi

There isn’t a drink on the local coffee shop’s menu that this automated machine can’t create with a single tap. The built-in conical grinder pulls beans from interchangeable hoppers on top of the machine. It pulls milk and water from removable reservoirs to craft everything from simple espresso shots to elaborate lattes. Custom profiles store user preferences like drink size and strength. Plus, the system offers clear guidance on how and when the machine needs a thorough cleaning. With the price of a Venti latte pushing $8 with tip, it will pay for itself in a hurry.

Bluetti

This might be the most versatile portable power station yet. On its own, it stores 2,765 kWh juice and outputs 3,840 kW of power. Chaining units together, however, expands overall capacity all the way up to 58 kWh and output to 11.52 kW. That’s enough to power a typical house for several days. When connected. to a home’s main electrical panel, it acts as an uninterruptible power source that kicks with with nearly zero latency as soon as the grid goes down. Plus, the industry-first 12 kW bypass allows it to intelligently charge a full-sized EV for improved overall efficiency.

Brisk It

Some barbecue die-hards call pellet cooking “easy mode” and we agree, but we see it as a good thing. Brisk It’s AI-powered cookers guide outdoor chefs through every step of the process, starting with recipe creation. The companion app suggests ideal ingredients and prep for specific dishes. Once the meat hits the cooking surface, the grill monitors and adjusts the temperature in real time for the ideal cook. Over time, the AI learns your specific tastes and preferences so it knows what flavors, cooking styles, and even prep times you prefer. A charcoal grill could never.

Biolite

Backup generators typically require costly professional installation, but BioLite’s solution makes DIY setup exceedingly simple. The battery panels are just 2.8 inches thick, so they’re easy to hide or mount on the wall like you would a TV. Rather than hooking into an electrical panel, Backup plugs into a standard outlet and passes electricity through to your appliances. When the grid goes out, the power banks immediately kick in to keep plugged in devices running without interruption. The internal capacity provides between 30 and 60 hours of operation on a charge, which is typically plenty since the majority of power outages last less than 12 hours.

Tushy

Until science makes the seashell system from 1993 Sly Stallone Sci-Fi classic, Demolition Man into a reality, this is the most luxurious toilet setup around. Both the lid and seat open and close automatically for touch-free operation. The seat, bidet water, and air dryer are all heated for maximum comfort. A smart controller allows users to tweak settings and monitor them with an integrated screen. You’ll know the seat is the right temperature before you even sit down. It offers all the benefits of a truly high-end luxury toilet and it’s easy to install without hiring a professional.

Skylight

This 27-inch wall-mounted touchscreen is designed to keep families on track. It integrates with all the common calendar platforms, including Apple, Google, Outlook, and even Yahoo!. The Cal Max goes beyond simple calendar reminders. The Chore Chart feature reminds each member of the family (or roommates) of their pending tasks. It even has built-in meal planning and list-making functionality to create an organizational hub. The simple benefit of never forgetting garbage day ever again is enough to earn our approval.

Ikea

You won’t find any electronics in Ikea’s accessibility-oriented furniture line. These extremely affordable products rely on sturdy construction and thoughtful design to make everyday tasks more accessible. The extra-thick towel bars and toilet paper holders screw directly into studs to provide easy-to-grip supports. The step stools have built-in rails for added stability. Even the anthracite shower chair is light enough to easily move, but strong enough to support larger bodies. These are the type of products that typically command a premium at medical supply stores.

Lovesac

Recliners and reclining sofas can’t typically sit flush against a wall because they need room to lean back. LoveSac built the Reclining Seat for its Sactional modular couches on a sliding base that allows it to recline without extending backwards. It moves up and down in a smooth motion with almost no effort. The sturdy base ensures that it won’t slide backwards during the transition so there’s no worry about getting stuck or damaging the wall behind the couch.

Samsung

The original Samsung Frame’s exceptionally glare-resistant screen, abundant frame options, and access to famous artworks have made it a perennial favorite with interior designer. But, it has never wowed cinephiles. The new Frame Pro adds MiniLED backlighting and Samsung QLED tech to provide a brighter picture with more contrast and better color accuracy. It can now compete in picture quality with much less elegant displays. Samsung’s Wireless One Connect box separates the TV’s ports from the panel for easy and clean installation just about anywhere.

Seegrills

This AI-powered grill bombards steaks, chicken, burger, vegetables, or whatever else enters the cooking chamber with infrared heat. It constantly monitors doneness and environmental variables and temperature in order to cook food as quickly as possible. Burgers and steaks take as little as 90 seconds while chicken goes from raw to perfect in roughly 2.5 minutes. A built-in ARM processor allows the grill to learn your specific preferences over time so its performance improves with use. If you want to make a change to the process, punch it in via the built-in 7-inch touchscreen control panel.

Govee

A 54-LED array broken up into six independent zones can throw customizable light up to 32 feet in every direction. It offers a huge assortment of colors, as well as a range of white-ish light from 2700K warm incandescent to 6500K sunlight. This smart lamp post can stand freely on its own or permanently install in an outdoor space. It has an IP66 ruggedness rating, so it’s fully waterproof and its F1 UV rating indicates that it won’t crumble with long-term sun exposure. Once in place, it takes commands from a companion app or any of the major virtual assistants, just like an interior smart bulb.

Grovemade

At first glance, this looks like the kind of minimalist desk that shuns fancy features and creature comforts. That’s the point. This convertible standing desk comes equipped with a remote that stores two customizable positions and shifts with a single button press. A built-in six-plug power strip stays totally hidden, but allows easy access from the front. The ventilated, wedge-shaped drawer allows your laptop to sit out of sight on a merino wool cushion while connected to an external monitor. Oak, maple, and walnut surface options will last many years longer than a pressboard desk from a big box store.

Ooni

Lots of products include the word “pro” in their title, but this stand mixer uses the same spiral mixing technology found in high-end bakeries and pizza shops. Unlike a traditional home stand mixer, the Halo Pro’s bowl spins along with the dough hook. This compound movement helps the dough develop better gluten networks for better taste and texture. It also offers unmatched control, with a total of 58 speed settings between 60 and 1,000 RPM. While it excels at dough, it can also whip, mix, beat, and just about any combination of ingredients thrown at it.

EF EcoFlow

Sometimes home is on the road. This cooler-sized device offers both heating and cooling without the grid. A built-in LFP battery array powers a total of 6,100 BTU of cooling power and 6,800 BTU of heating power allow it to quickly dial in the temperature in a space up to 180 square feet. It typically takes just 15 minutes to move the temperature up to 15 degrees in either direction depending on environmental variables. With the optional battery pack, it can provide up to eight hours of comfort. And, since the battery is rated for 4,000 cycles, it can stand up to daily use.

Blueai

Typical humidifiers disperse minerals, dust, and other undesirable particles into the air that settles around the home in the form of annoying residue. Blueair’s humidifier employs an anti-microbial wick filter under the outer grate to catch those possible pollutants before they can escape. The system works with basic tap water so it doesn’t require a costly supply of distilled H20. And despite its compact 14.6-inch x 9.4-inch stature, it can treat the air in a space up to 500 square feet.

Dreo

Air conditioning relies on condensation to cool, which means moisture issues are always a concern. Dreo created a unique system that recycles water back to the condenser to create a continuous cooling cycle without the need for draining. As a result, this 10,000 BTU air conditioner can also act as a dehumidifier as well as a fan. A companion app monitors and controls the device, which operates at less than 45 dB thanks to Dreo’s patented noise-isolated compressor. It’s easy to install and blends into just about any decor thanks to its minimalist look.

GE Profile

Combination washer dryers often add hours to each load when compared to separate machines. GE Profile designed its Airflow drying system to substantially cut that time and increase overall efficiency. Once the wash cycle is done, a turbine pumps a powerful stream of warm air into the chamber from above to pull moisture from the garments. The washing and drying process takes about two hours start to finish and can accommodate everything from bulky blankets to delicate clothing that typically requires air-drying.

Aura

Most photo frames—even the digital ones—offer a 3:2 or 5:4 aspect ratio, which made sense before the age of camera phones. Most smartphones shoot 4:3 photos natively, which means typical frames have to crop part of each image. Aura’s Aspen frame offers a 12-inch HD display with a 1600 x 1200 resolution so images shot on a phone camera will appear just as you captured them. The Aspen works in both vertical and horizontal orientations and it doesn’t require a subscription to store and display photos from the cloud.

Whirlpool

Typical refrigerators and freezers rely on polyurethane foam for insulation. It works, but it’s chunky and requires thick panels to provide optimal performance. Whirlpool’s SlimTech insulation is based on a material with a powdery structure that’s vacuum sealed into the door and sides of the appliance. The resulting panels are up to 66 percent thinner than their foam-stuffed counterparts. Once the fridge reaches its end of life, Whirlpool plans to put systems in place so the insulation material can be harvested and re-used rather than heading for the landfill.

Dyson

By now you know about Dyson’s vacuums, but this cleaner is designed for deep cleaning on hard floors. The WashG1 avoids dispersing unpleasant odors by eschewing suction altogether. Instead, it relies on a pair of counter-rotating rollers wrapped in high-density microfiber cloth to scrub tough messes. A rigid extraction edge pulls the dirty water out of the rollers and funnels it into an easy-to-empty container while a fine filter grabs solid debris. It’s about as elegant a system as you could ask for when it comes to cleaning up spilled grape juice.

Aqara

Use smart devices long enough and you’ll occasionally miss the simplicity of a basic light switch. Aqara’s H2 switches integrate with the popular Thread and Zigbee smart home solutions and don’t require a neutral wire to install. That makes them unusually easy to integrate into legacy systems. Once in place, you can set up complex automations that happen at the press of a button. Plus, the Power-Off Memory mode remembers the status of your devices when there’s a power outage and restores everything right back to the way it was as soon as the juice comes back on.

Gozney

This gas-powered pizza oven will feel at home in your backyard, but when it’s time to hit the road, the burly built-in handles make it easy to grab and go. This portable oven is basically the size and weight of a cooler, so it’s easy to chuck in a trunk or camper. But, it includes Gozney’s high-end components, including the lateral gas burner, which mimics the effect of a traditional wood-fired flame. The rugged steel and aluminum shell houses efficient insulation, which allows it to heat up in just 15 minutes and, more importantly, cool down in as little as 20 minutes. That means no sitting around waiting for it to chill before packing up the camp.

Bison

Concrete footers are a tried and tested way to support a ground-level deck. But, the process of pouring them can be finicky and time consuming. Bison’s system supports the deck with a series of independent, adjustable pedestals that disperse the weight across the surface of the ground. Each pedestal supports up to 70 pounds and adjusts to accommodate natural slopes. If the ground shifts over time, the pedestals offer flexibility for adjustments whereas rigid concrete can’t.

Vornado

Oscillating fans typically swing back and forth across the room, but Vornado’s Airwave vertical oscillation moves with purpose. It pulls cool air that sits near the floor of the room and brings it upward to bring down the overall temperature in the space. The 40-degree motorized tilt happens subtly and quietly. A pair of blowers powered by efficient DC brushless motors help keep the noise down. Plus, the flat, horizontal shape makes it easy to integrate into any space, especially compared to chunky box fans.

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Jersey City joins a growing list of cities that are banning algorithmic rent-setting software provided by RealPage that tenant advocates say artificially raises rents.

As Jared Brey explains in Governing, “Services like RealPage use data shared by property owners, including information about apartment sizes and nearby rents and vacancy rates, to recommend a lease rate. Sometimes, those recommendations result in drastic swings in rent, often much higher than what a landlord or property manager might charge in a traditional setting.” According to  Jersey City Councilmember James Solomon, “the algorithm ‘magnifies’ the harm done by landlords sharing non-public data about their properties.”

Efforts to ban the software at the state level have failed in Washington and Colorado. Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat, vetoed a law passed by the state legislature, citing existing laws against price fixing and calling for a bill that offers more clarity on “non-collusive uses of nonpublic competitor data.” However, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Berkeley have all recently passed bans on the software, and other cities are considering similar legislation.

• Jersey City
• Rent Setting
• Rent Fixing
• Algorithms
• RealPage
• Landlords
• Rent
• Housing Costs
• Tenants

We don’t have flying cars, jetpacks haven’t replaced walking, and I have not seen a single sign that we’re all pivoting to wearing matching silver jumpsuits. The future is kind of lame. But there’s one thing about living in the future that’s pretty rad: you definitely don’t need that old scanner anymore.

SwiftScan VIP is a scanner tool that basically replaces half of your old office equipment with an app that works on iOS and Android devices. It’s also a lot cheaper than some desktop scanners, and you don’t need to replace it every few years. During this limited-time sale, you can get a SwiftScan VIP Lifetime Subscription for only $41.99 (it’s usually $199.99).

If someone slapped a desktop scanner on the lid and said it would last forever, you’d ship them to the circus because that’s clown talk. With SwiftScan, the lifetime license is just part of the package, and it’s not even the best part.

SwiftScan is fast, intuitive, and designed to handle everything from simple one-page receipts to full-on PDF documents with annotations, signatures, and even redacted sections. You can scan, edit, and organize your files right on your phone, and then send them via email, fax, or upload them straight to your cloud storage of choice.

It even supports multi-page scans, so you can scan a whole stack of notes or paperwork and turn them into a single file in just a few taps. Optical character recognition (OCR) means your scanned text becomes searchable, and smart file naming helps keep everything organized.

Whether you’re dealing with work documents, receipts for taxes, or your kid’s field trip form that’s due tomorrow, SwiftScan makes it ridiculously easy to scan and send with no extra hardware.

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• Volume/brightness overlays – The traditional large overlays that appear when you adjust volume and brightness are gone, and have been replaced with smaller, oblong overlays that appear in the top-right of the screen under the menu bar, notification-style.



• Background apps – macOS now notifies you via a new popup when apps attempt to run a daemon after they have been closed. You can "Always Allow" the background process to run or you can deny it permission.



• Unified Safari URL Bar – Safari no longer offers the option to unify the tab bar and the address bar (the Compact tab layout setting), perhaps because it wasn't popular with users. Apple could always reinstate it in a later beta version.



• Spotlight Clipboard Access – Spotlight can now search clipboard history, including items from Universal Clipboard.



• Finder icon – Apple has flipped the color of the classic Finder icon in Tahoe. The blue is now on the right side of the face instead of the left, and it has been given a glassy cast in the Liquid Glass style.



• Clear Look – Apple has added a third "Clear" system appearance to go alongside the existing Dark mode and Light mode options. Clear Look adds a glassy translucent appearance to app icons and widgets. There are also colorful new light and dark tint options for icons and widgets, similar to iOS.



• Menu bar items – Users now have more granular control over which apps can add menu bar items, with toggles in settings to turn off menu bar items for individual apps.



• Games App – Apple's new Games app lists all the games installed on your Mac, even if they weren't downloaded from the App Store.



• PS5 controller options – A new Game Controllers settings menu lets you remap and customize PlayStation controllers, right down to the level of haptic feedback and even the lightbar color.



• Lock Screen Clock – In Wallpaper settings, you can now change the style of the Lock Screen clock, just like in iOS 18.



• Control Center – Like iOS, you can now customize the layout of Control Center, with the ability to add third-party app controls, including apps installed on your iPhone (which launch iPhone Mirroring when clicked). These controls can also appear in the menu bar.



• Safari – Safari now has a transparent address bar, and colors from webpages shine through the browser's main toolbar.



• Spotlight – Suggested apps listed in Spotlight include iPhone apps, which are opened with iPhone Mirroring. Spotlight can also now search through an active app's menu bar items.



• Live Activities – macOS Tahoe can display an iPhone's Live Activities directly in the menu bar.



• Game app – The new Game app comes with a Game Overlay that appears onscreen while you play. The overlay offers social features like friend invites and chat, along with quick access to system settings such as Low Power Mode.



• Image Playground – Image Playground can now use ChatGPT to create more realistic pictures based on your prompts.



• Folder icon customization – You can now customize the look of individual folders with the use of emojis and other select glyphs.



• Quick Keys – You can assign Quick Keys to individual actions, allowing you to add a reminder by typing "ar" into Spotlight, for example.

L’ebook realizzato da ASSOBIM, con il contributo di un gruppo di lavoro altamente qualificato, rappresenta un'importante risorsa per comprendere e promuovere l’integrazione tra BIM e GIS nel contesto della progettazione, gestione e digitalizzazione del costruito.

Il testo si distingue per un taglio pratico e formativo, pensato per operatori tecnici, progettisti, pubbliche amministrazioni e professionisti della digitalizzazione.
Un contributo significativo dell’ebook è aver posto la georeferenziazione al centro del discorso sull’interoperabilità tra BIM e GIS. È questo l’elemento tecnico e concettuale che permette ai modelli BIM – nati in ambito edilizio – di dialogare con i dati territoriali propri del GIS.

Il documento sottolinea con chiarezza che:
• la collaborazione tra BIM e GIS è possibile solo se entrambi operano in un sistema di coordinate comune;
• ciò che è scontato in ambiente GIS (l’uso di riferimenti spaziali precisi) è ancora carente in molti workflow BIM verticali, soprattutto in ambito architettonico e impiantistico;
• le infrastrutture, per loro natura “territoriali”, sono invece già più compatibili con il linguaggio del GIS.
La georeferenziazione diventa così la base necessaria per costruire Digital Twin, integrare rilievi, predisporre simulazioni ambientali, valutare alternative progettuali e monitorare il ciclo di vita dell’opera pubblica. Un aspetto oggi reso ancora più strategico dalle richieste normative, dai CAM e dalla crescente attenzione alla sostenibilità ambientale.
Norme e strumenti

Il documento fornisce un utile aggiornamento sulle norme UNI 11337 (in particolare le parti 6 e 12) e sul nuovo Codice dei Contratti Pubblici (D.Lgs. 36/2023), che sancisce il ruolo del GIS nella redazione del DOCFAP e del PFTE.
Fondamentale anche il richiamo al formato IFC 4.3, finalmente in grado di supportare pienamente la georeferenziazione nei modelli BIM.

Oltre agli aspetti normativi e concettuali, l’ebook presenta:
• un catalogo delle principali banche dati GIS open in Italia,
• una panoramica delle applicazioni software (ArcGIS, QGIS, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, ecc.),
• indicazioni chiare sulle procedure di interoperabilità e sui formati da adottare.

ASSOBIM riesce in un intento ambizioso: rendere la georeferenziazione non un dettaglio tecnico, ma la leva culturale e operativa per un vero dialogo tra il mondo della progettazione e quello del territorio.
Questo ebook è un riferimento essenziale per chi intende superare i silos tecnologici e abbracciare pienamente il paradigma della digitalizzazione aperta e integrata.

Può essere  scaricato dalla seguente pagina:

https://www.assobim.it/assobim-pubblica-le-book-bim-e-gis-integrazione-e-collaborazione/