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A privacy concern is making the rounds in the networking community today. Users running Tailscale alongside Mullvad, a combination many choose specifically for stronger anonymity, are finding their DNS queries leaking outside the encrypted tunnel. For a setup built around privacy, that's a significant gap between expectation and reality, and the GitHub issue is drawing attention fast.
Shifting gears, a deep dive into Apple's Calculator app has surfaced something genuinely fascinating. The app apparently runs on its own small purpose-built language, quietly powering the logic beneath a deceptively simple interface. It's a reminder that even the most mundane tools on our devices can hide layers of thoughtful, sometimes surprising engineering decisions made years ago by people we'll never know.
And finally, Samsung is feeling the squeeze from two directions at once. Its mobile division has posted its first-ever loss, while memory chip prices continue to climb, putting pressure on the very hardware its phones depend on. It's a rare moment where success in one part of the company is actively complicating survival in another.
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