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- 1How to reclaim iPhone storage from bloated iOS system files▼How to reclaim iPhone storage when iOS takes up tons of space
Apple iPhone users are being shown how to free up storage space when iOS system data balloons and eats a large share of their device. The advice covers checking storage settings, clearing caches, offloading unused apps and, as a last resort, backing up and restoring the phone to reset bloated system files.
- 2Last Resort: the overlooked 2012 thriller from The Shield creator▼The Shield creator’s 2012 action series Last Resort is one of the best thrillers you never watched
Shawn Ryan's 2012 ABC action series Last Resort is being revisited as one of the best overlooked thrillers of its era. The show, about a nuclear submarine crew defying orders and taking over an island, lasted only one season despite critical praise. Writers argue it deserves rediscovery, pointing to Ryan's pedigree as creator of The Shield and the series' ambitious premise.
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A technical writer has described building a 'last resort' archive using M-Disc Blu-ray media, inorganic discs rated to survive decades longer than ordinary DVDs or hard drives. The walkthrough covers writing, verifying and storing the discs as a final cold-storage copy. Hacker News readers are debating whether optical media still makes sense for long-term backups in the age of cloud storage.
- 4Communities hit by agroindustry push for binding UN treaty▼All doors closed? Communities affected by agroindustry turn to a binding treaty in struggle for justice
Communities affected by agroindustrial operations are turning to a proposed binding treaty on business and human rights after finding domestic legal avenues closed to them, according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. The item frames the treaty as a last resort for justice, arguing that voluntary corporate commitments have failed to provide remedy for land, labour and environmental harms linked to large-scale agriculture.