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Apple Disables Watch Walkie Talkie App Due to Security Flaw That Let You Eavesdrop on iPhones
Due to an unspecified security vulnerability, Apple has decided to disable the Walkie Talkie app as it could potentially allow a person to eavesdrop on another’s iPhone. The Walkie Talkie app was introduced in WatchOS 5 and lets you voice chat directly with other Apple Watch users via your wrist. News of the bug was … Continued
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We’ve Got All Your Summertime Apple Rumors Right Here
It’s hot, all the fireworks have been lit, and we’re still two months out from when Apple traditionally announces a new batch of iPhones. But that hasn’t stopped rumors and leaks from swirling including speculation about the next AirPods, the death of a once highly touted feature, what Apple has planned for 2020, and more. … Continued
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Apple Just Gutted Its Laptop Lineup
A new round of laptops appeared in the Apple Store this morning, which is bad news if you ask me. Yesterday, there were four distinct models of MacBooks. Now, there are two. Neither of them is particularly impressive. Let’s start with the faithful departed. Apple just killed the only MacBook Pro with physical function keys … Continued
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Apple’s iOS 13 Lets Us Fake Intimacy in FaceTime by Correcting Our Gaze to Look Into the Camera
It appears Apple is testing out a feature that will help users fake some intimacy during video calls. There’s a new feature in the third developer version of iOS 13 beta, called FaceTime Attention Correction, which corrects your gaze to make it look like you’re staring into the camera. App designer Mike Rundle was among … Continued
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Apple TV+ Just Might Fuck After All
Well, well, well. It appears Apple has finally addressed those pesky rumors that the company’s executives are meddling in the script writing of its streaming platform offerings. And listen up gang, some of this stuff is (at least by the company’s standards) not for the little ones. Here’s how this fun rumor started: Back in … Continued
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Apple’s Project Titan Dreamed Up a Car With Retractable Bumpers
Apple’s Project Titan car has long been shrouded in mystery—most of what we know about it comes in the form of patents that trickle out into the public every few months. The latest patent, released this morning and originally filed in November 2016, shows Apple at one point imagined an extendable, somewhat inflatable, bumper. Here’s … Continued
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Sent From My iPhone
Apple design wunderkind Sir Jony Ive is leaving the company after 27 years and Apple is scrambling to ensure the public that this is fine, everything is fine. After Apple announced the chief design officer’s imminent departure to start his own design firm Apple’s market value took a dive before recovering big on Monday. Then, … Continued
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Maybe Apple Will Be Better Off Without Jony Ive
Gossipy new accounts about Jony Ive’s final months at Apple have been rolling in since news of his departure broke last week, and boy does it seem like he was sick of working at Apple. As the company struggles to invent new products and slow-motion train wrecks its way towards a new services business, you … Continued
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Apple TV+ Swears It Won’t Be as Shitty as Netflix
Apple’s foray in the ever-crowded streaming space raises some big questions about the kinds of content an otherwise clean-cut company plans to create. If Eddy Cue is to be believed, Apple plans to tackle content with a markedly different approach from streaming rival Netflix, which has a reputation for churning out heaps of charitably mediocre … Continued
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Apple Discovers ‘Power’ Issue With Logic Boards in Some 2018 MacBook Airs, Will Offer Free Repairs
Apple has identified a serious issue with a “very small number” of 2018 MacBook Air laptops that requires the replacement of the main logic board, 9to5Mac reported on Sunday, citing internal documents from the company. According to 9to5Mac, the issue has been tracked down to “Retina, 13-inch, 2018 MacBook Air models with certain serial numbers,” … Continued
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Apple Risks Infuriating the White House as It Reportedly Moves Assembly of Mac Pro to China
Back in 2012, it was a Big Deal when Apple decided to assemble the Mac Pro in Austin, Texas. Fast forward seven years, and now it seems Apple will manufacture the new Mac Pro will be built in China, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing sources close to the matter, the Journal reports Apple … Continued
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Following News That Jony Ive Is Leaving, Apple Stock Loses Billions
It’s been about an hour since Apple announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s design guru, is leaving to form his own design company. And the money men aren’t happy. In after-hours trading, Apple saw around $9 billion wiped from its market cap. Now in the world of fickle stocks, Apple’s considered a relatively stable and … Continued
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Apple Buys Self-Driving Car Startup Drive.ai in Sign It’s Not Through With Autonomous Vehicles
Apple appeared to be pulling back from the autonomous car business when it dismissed some 200 employees from its Project Titan initiative in January 2019. But it would appear that it’s shifting gears in a big way with news on Tuesday that it has acquired startup Drive.ai “in what appears to be part of a … Continued
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Check Out Apple’s Ridiculous Patent for Adding a Camera to the Apple Watch
Since its launch back in 2015, Apple has been steadily adding new sensors and features to the Apple Watch. The first model had a built-in heart rate sensor, the Apple Watch Series 2 tacked on GPS, while the Series 3 was the first version to feature true cellular connectivity. Most recently, Apple added an ECG … Continued
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Apple Launches Recall Program Because Some MacBook Pros ‘May Pose A Fire Safety Risk’
Facing overheating batteries that “may pose a fire safety risk,” Apple launched a voluntary recall and replacement program on Thursday for the 15-inch 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display. “If your MacBook Pro is eligible, please stop using it and follow the instructions below to have your battery replaced,” the company wrote. To figure out … Continued
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You Can Now Get Your Busted Apple Products Repaired at Best Buy
Apple’s notorious for putting strict rules on who can and can’t repair their products—a sore point for Apple haters and lovers alike. But in a blog today, Apple announced that it’s expanded its authorized service network to include every Best Buy in America. That’s about 1,000 stores nationwide, and roughly 7,600 new Geek Squad techs … Continued
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Apple Contemplates Moving 15 to 30 Percent of Production Capacity Outside of China Over Trade War: Report
Apple is exploring a shift of anywhere from 15 percent to 30 percent of its production capacity outside of China to somewhere in Southeast Asia, according to a new report from the Nikkei Asia Review. The potential move is getting billed as a “fundamental restructuring” of Apple’s supply chain. The report cites several unnamed sources … Continued
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iOS 13 Will Finally Support NFC ID Scanning in a Few Countries
iPhones have had NFC chips since the iPhone 6, but previously, Apple only allowed NFC to be used for making purchases with Apple Pay. But in iOS 13, Apple is expanding the use of NFC to other apps, and even though iOS won’t officially be available until later this fall, countries including Japan and Germany … Continued
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Apple Man Has Words For Non-Apple Men and Women
Apple and CEO Tim Cook have always branded the company as fundamentally different from its competitors on privacy. iOS devices collect and use less data on their users than companies like Google and are generally considered more secure than their Android equivalents, and the company has been loudly tooting its own horn on the matter … Continued
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