Hacker News with Generative AI: Safari

Safari 18.1 Release Notes (apple.com)
An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers (rejh.nl)
TL;DR: iOS Safari is more than an inconvenience for developers, it's the fundamental reason interoperability has been stymied in mobile ecosystems; frequent showstopping bugs, a large patch gap, and lack of competing engines ensures the web is not a credible competitor to native. Here are the receipts to prove it.
WebXR ships now in Safari for Apple Vision Pro enabled by default for all users (twitter.com)
&udm=14 for Safari (iOS/iPadOS) (apple.com)
Apple to Address '0.0.0.0' Security Vulnerability in Safari 18 (macrumors.com)
Safari can block distracting ads and other website clutter with latest beta (engadget.com)
Apple's new Safari feature removes distracting items from websites (techcrunch.com)
CVE-2024-40798 – an app may be able to read Safari's browsing history (nist.gov)
Dear Safari, Things I Hate About You (magiclasso.co)
Safari 18 can automatically transition users to passkeys [video] (apple.com)
Creating a Safari webarchive from the command line (alexwlchan.net)
Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari is not so private in Europe (theregister.com)
Apple to unveil AI-enabled Safari alongside new operating systems (appleinsider.com)
All web browsers on iOS are just Safari with different design (brave.com)