While I might not be thrilled with how the Liquid Glass design concept has been halfheartedly implemented by Apple in the macOS Tahoe Public Beta, another way to look at this cycle is that Apple has focused on what the Mac is, and what it does best: It’s a productivity platform that ought to get new productivity features. The improvements to Spotlight, Shortcuts, and Control Center all feel like good additions that will make the Mac better at what it does, what we all need it to be.
At least in this case, it feels like Apple’s priorities are in the right order.
One of this summer’s Hollywood blockbusters, 28 Years Later, was largely shot on the iPhone. Today in a new behind-the-scenes video from Apple, we get an inside look at how that happened.
Apple has released updates to all its current operating systems, advertising them as providing “important bug fixes and security updates.”
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For users in the European Union, these updates also introduce significant changes to App Store rules, adding a new interface for installing alternative app marketplaces or downloading apps directly from developers’ websites.
Though you may not feel like your data or security is at risk, Apple has packed iOS 18.6 full of fixes that help ensure things stay that way.
“The complaint’s theories, if vindicated, would reduce consumer choice and erode competition. The lawsuit could set a dangerous precedent, empowering the government to take a heavy hand in designing people’s technology,” Apple says.
Spain's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday it was expanding its investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour by Apple for allegedly imposing unequal commercial conditions on developers of mobile applications sold at its app marketplace.
Apple is running a Summer Deal of the Day promotion in its Apple TV app, offering discounts on movie bundles through the Apple TV Store.
The core reading experience is excellent, and the app’s availability across Apple devices, the web, and Android covers everything from e-ink readers to desktop systems to smartphones and iPads. That’s a great start for an app that hasn’t been around for very long. Whether Folio can find a niche for itself among its many read-it-later competitors remains to be seen, but its prospects look good so far.
Adobe today announced several new and enhanced AI tools for Photoshop, with the additions aimed at making it easier for creators to tweak and clean up their images.
The shutdown process begins on August 28 when the mobile app and browser extension will both move to view-only functionality. That means you won’t be able to add new passwords into the tool on that date, and you won't be able to edit existing credentials.
Will Smith, the Emmy-winning creator of “Slow Horses,” is exiting the Apple TV+ spy thriller after Season 5, Variety has confirmed.
Smith served as writer and executive producer on the Gary Oldman series and was the showrunner in everything but name.
A new Apple Manufacturing Academy has been announced by the company, launching in Detroit on August 19. The iPhone maker says it will offer free training in “smart manufacturing” for small and medium businesses from across the country.
JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks to take over Apple’s credit-card program, according to people familiar with the matter.
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First and foremost, is its high exposure to subprime borrowers. That is impacting the price that JPMorgan would be willing to pay Goldman to take on the balances, the people said.
Wounds are slower to heal, it seems, as I gets older. And when things continue to not feel right, my brain went haywire and went thinking of worst case scenarios.
And it sures seems it is getting rarer that I wake up without any bodily things to complain.
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