This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon discuss TV technology and the pivot from OLED to mini LED, round up Apple-related announcements from this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Show, ask if season two of The Big Door Prize can fulfill its potential, and r … | Continue reading
If you have really basic questions about your new AirPods, this guide will help you with everything from connecting them to cleaning them. It also includes some tips for improving sound and customizing controls—that will make the most out of your new Apple earbuds. Read more... | Continue reading
openelm/README-pretraining.md Apple released something big three hours ago, and I'm still trying to get my head around exactly what it is. The parent project is called CoreNet, described as "A library for training deep neural networks". Part of the release is a new LLM called Ope … | Continue reading
Adam Demasi: In iOS 17.4, Apple introduced a new system called eligibilityd. This works with countryd (which you might have heard about when it first appeared in iOS 16.2) and the Apple ID system to decide where you physically are. The idea is that multiple sources need to agree … | Continue reading
Many of us have moved on from the Vision Pro less than three months after its buzzy launch, but Apple can not. The company slashed its 2024 and 2025 sales expectations for the Vision Pro to nearly half what the market expected for this year, according to a new report from analyst … | Continue reading
Apple has just released updates to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version 131, […] | Continue reading
Apple has set the date of May 7 for its next hardware reveal event. This show will focus on the iPad, particularly the new tablet with an OLED screen. Read more... | Continue reading
Today, Apple announced that it will be holding a video event on May 7, 2024 at 7 AM Pacific. The announcement, which was sent to members of the press, doesn’t specify what it is about, but based on the illustration in the invitation, which clearly depicts an Apple Pencil, and bas … | Continue reading
I think it’s finally iPad time: The event is scheduled for 7 AM Pacific. | Continue reading
This article was written by Scott Jenson and Michael DiTullo A few recent tech writers have leaked that the new AirPods case will likely have a touch screen. Other earbud makers have tried this as well but it's Apple, so people will naturally have strong opinions, and we're no di … | Continue reading
If you were hoping that all your cultish rituals and stuck voodoo dolls would make the iPhone FineWoven cases meet an untimely end, then you don’t know Apple. After one Apple tipster asserted that the maligned iPhone cases would soon be as dead as the Dodo, we may instead be look … | Continue reading
I just got word this morning that Charles Edge, who helped jumpstart the Apple in the Enterprise Report Card and who actively participated in this year’s edition that I posted just last week, has passed away.… | Continue reading
Rivalry with Apple now mirrors the Android/iOS competition more than ever. | Continue reading
Apple’s Vision Pro debuted just two months ago, drawing crowds of people to sign up for demos and almost immediately selling out. Since then, interest in Apple’s premiere mixed reality headset has plummeted and sales are grinding to a halt at some retail stores, Bloomberg reports … | Continue reading
But this would be a faster turnaround time than we saw for the M3 or the M2. | Continue reading
1. Are Indian women stronger relative supporters of Modi? 2. Apple to build on-device AI? 3. The remarkable economic recovery of Sri Lanka?. 4. “UK alcohol-related deaths up one-third on pre-pandemic levels…” (FT) 5. New Cass Sunstein book on campus free speech. 6. The Straussian … | Continue reading
Amazon is the largest company that offers unlimited service, where, for a low monthly fee, you can access more than 4 million digital books, as well as thousands of audiobooks, comics, and magazines. Once you activate your subscription, you can download titles from the Kindle Unl … | Continue reading
This week on MPU: On this feedback episode, the guys catch up on listener feedback, share some unique uses for Freeform, discuss some good Apple Watch apps, and talk about the Mac’s startup sound. | Continue reading
Hartley Charlton, writing at MacRumors: Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessories, according to the Apple leaker and prototype collector known as “Kosutami.” In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kosutami explained that Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessori … | Continue reading
Aaron Tilley, Liza Lin, and Jeff Horwitz, Wall Street Journal: Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Threads as well as messaging platforms Signal and Telegram were taken off the Chinese App Store Friday. Apple said it was told to remove certain apps because of national security concerns, … | Continue reading
If you reported to Apple Support a failed attempt to remediate malware, would you expect to be told never to look in the log, and that the report must be false because macOS didn't show a dialog? | Continue reading
Are you watching For All Mankind? I hope so, because our regular reminders that you absolutely should be culminated this week with the news that Apple doesn’t just want more, but a whole extra show on top of what some of you already aren’t watching. But that’s not all this week—w … | Continue reading
To no one’s shock, Samsung reclaims the top spot in global phone sales over Apple in this quarter. We also got a first look at the new line of Sony Bravia TVs featuring Mini-LED, which makes a really strong case against OLED. And finally, Ikea revealed its Gaming Furniture Collec … | Continue reading
WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal removed from Apple App Store in China. | Continue reading
Apple removed several U.S.-based messaging apps from its App Store in China, including WhatsApp, Signal, and Threads, according to the Washington Post Friday. Officially, the apps were already banned in China but could still be accessed by users with a VPN. Read more... | Continue reading
Game emulation has been a tried and true pastime on PCs and Macs for a while now, but it’s a whole new frontier for folks who are only used to their regular, unmodified iPhone. Apple updated its rules earlier this month, and now there’s a building wave of old console emulators st … | Continue reading
It is a big week for women's basketball as college star Caitlin Clark went No. 1 in the WNBA draft. As incredible as her college career was, some fans are outraged at her salary. Dave and I dig into how much she's getting paid and why. My iPhone doesn't connect to my new truck us … | Continue reading
Sam Reid teases a big twist for Interview With the Vampire’s second season. Rashida Jones in on the case in a new look at Apple TV+’s sci-fi drama Sunny. Plus, Netflix gives us a first look at the Platform sequel. Spoilers now! Read more... | Continue reading
Apple has, on orders from China’s government, removed the social networking apps WhatsApp and Threads from the App Store serving… Continue reading Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from China’s app store The post Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from China’s app store appeared fir … | Continue reading
Apple recently changed the App Store rules to allow emulators, which means we’re now seeing emulators for classic video game consoles available for download! This is great news for a retro gamer like myself. Delta is one such emulator that currently focuses on Nintendo platforms: … | Continue reading
No more sideloading needed for your iOS retro game fix. | Continue reading
Less than two weeks after Apple changed its rules on emulators, Riley Testut’s Delta game emulator climbed to the number one spot in the U.S. App Store within twelve hours of its launch.… | Continue reading
Despite their ever-present controversy, trackers, particularly Apple’s AirTags, have proved helpful over the past three years since their first release. We now see Google entering the fray with its own Find My Device network, and it seems only a matter of time before it makes its … | Continue reading
The first third-party Apple iOS app store is now live in the European Union, following the introduction of the Digital… Continue reading iPhone App Store competitor launches with a Nintendo 64 emulator The post iPhone App Store competitor launches with a Nintendo 64 emulator appe … | Continue reading
Stitch is an embroidery puzzle game that came to the Nintendo Switch as part of yesterday’s Indie World presentation. It’s just the right amount of challenging and chill, which is precisely what I need this week. In Stitch, previously available on Apple Arcade, you solve spatial … | Continue reading
Why you can’t build another Apple with VC bucks. The post Don’t bring venture capital to a knife fight appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
New "Splitscreen" app works around the limitations, but it's not perfect. | Continue reading
In 2021, device-management startup Kandji approached Six Colors to commission a new entry in our Report Card series focusing on how Apple’s doing in large organizations, including businesses, education, and government.… | Continue reading
This week on Magic Rays of Light, Devon is joined by MacStories Community Manager Jonathan Reed to highlight Argylle, discuss Jonathan’s approach to tracking TV and films, and look ahead to an exciting summer of Apple Originals. Show Notes Guest Cohost: Jonathan Reed Mastodon Thr … | Continue reading
There's a lot of features hidden in the Apple TV hardware and software that make it a lot more interesting to use. | Continue reading
I recently said goodbye to my dog, Al Pacino. His death was unexpected and far too soon. Al was a Chihuahua mutt with a heart of gold. All he needed in life were belly rubs and chunks of apple. Al was beloved by the children who came to my branch, too, ever since he starred in … … | Continue reading
Perhaps the most interesting feature is that this new version reduces the number of external dependencies by almost 15%. More specifically the number of deps went from 7 to 6. This is due to Apple Clang finally shipping with std::format support so fmt::format could be removed. Th … | Continue reading
Mediana, Benediktus Krisna Yogatama, Mawar Kusuma Wulan, Kompas (as translated by Safari): Indonesia is a destination country visited by the boss of the technology giant company Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. The second visit has been announced by th … | Continue reading
Apple advises that SwiftUI apps for macOS avoid using AppDelegate. How can you substitute initial app setup, and cleaning up before an app quits using just SwiftUI? | Continue reading
The latest charts from analysts at IDC show Samsung has reclaimed the top spot on the global smartphone charts for the first quarter of the year, knocking Apple down to number two. Apple was dominating the charts for a brief second. But now, Samsung has the lead with 20.8% of the … | Continue reading
Apple Watch 10 is all but confirmed, even if the company has kept mum. The rumor mill has churned regardless… Continue reading Apple Watch X — release date, news and everything we know so far The post Apple Watch X — release date, news and everything we know so far appeared first … | Continue reading
following complex instructions it must be beneficial to have that info in your field of vision The post Apple Watch Heads Up Display – Navigr8 and ActiveLook – TBT Directions, Compass and Varia H.U.D. appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at … | Continue reading
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: Apple Further Explains Why Game Boy Emulator iGBA Was Removed From App Store While it did not explicitly name GBA4iOS, Apple told us it removed iGBA from the App Store after learning that it was a knockoff app that copied another developer's work and | Continue reading