TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 17 October 2016

Notable software releases this week include Microsoft Office 2016 15.27 and Office 2011 14.6.9, OmniFocus 2.7.2, Typinator 6.11, and TextExpander 6.1. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the …

ExtraBITS for 17 October 2016

In ExtraBITS this week, Apple’s automotive plans hit bumps in the road, the iPhone 7 offers a backup Home button, Tim Cook praises augmented reality, and Amazon gives free Kindle books to Amazon Prime members. Read the full article at TidBITS, the o…

External Link: Behind Apple’s Scaled-back Car Plans

Mark Gurman and Alex Webb at Bloomberg Technology report on how Apple has scaled back its automotive ambitions from becoming an outright competitor to Tesla Motors to developing an underlying self-driving car platform for now. The Project Titan team…

Apple Has Plans for Better AI, Cashless Society

Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to weave artificial intelligence deeply into our lives, and he’s ready for a cashless society. The iPhone and Mac maker’s planned research center in Japan will play a role in those plans, and the country could be at the fore…

Apple confirms iPhone 7 launching in 7 more countries later this month

Apple has confirmed iPhone 7 launch dates for more countries today on its website including Egypt on October 20, Korea and Colombia on October 21, and a handful more planned for a week later on October 28. Korea and Colombia will also get access t…

The Placebo Effect Works Even When People Know the Pills Are Fake

Deception is necessary for placebo pills to work, or at least that’s the conventional wisdom. A surprising new study on patients with chronic back pain shows that we still experience the placebo effect, even when we know we’re being tricked.Read mor…

If You Want to Dig Up Apple's Secrets, Go to Jamaica

When it comes to Apple, Jamaica knows all. Quartz has an interesting report out today about Apple’s habit of filing trademark applications for new products, including macOS and the Apple Watch, in the Caribbean country. The reason? Secrecy, of cours…

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The lengths Apple goes to in order to keep trademark filings undetected for six months

iPhone display units are preloaded with a software kill switch to discourage theft

Apple Watch Nike+ 28 oktober te koop

Hardlopers opgelet. Vanaf 28 oktober is er een nieuw loopmaatje voor je pols te koop, namelijk de Apple Watch Nike+. Deze speciale uitvoering van de Apple Watch is in samenwerking met Nike gemaakt en heeft een speciaal bandje en exclusieve software.…

Apple sets iPhone 7 launch dates for Egypt, Colombia & several other countries

Apple on Monday updated a collection of its international websites with more iPhone 7 launch dates, filling in gaps across multiple continents.

Apple hires Carnegie Mellon AI researcher to work on its own AI tech

A well-known AI researcher, Russ Salakhutdinov of Carnegie Melon University, is joining Apple to direct some of the company's own efforts in the field.

Apple employee labor law violation class action suit starts Tuesday in CA

A class action suit filed by current and former Apple employees over nine years -- numbering over 20,000 class members -- starts on Tuesday.

ZTE's Axon 7 Mini smartphone is yours for $300

As promised, ZTE is launching the Axon 7 Mini in the US... and it might just hit the sweet spot if you're more interested in price than raw performance. The 5.2-inch Android phone ("mini" is clearly a relative term) is now available for pr…

NASA unveils a new testbed for electric aircraft

In order to hit its ambitious goal of transitioning aircraft to electric propulsion in the next ten years, NASA has announced a new research wing at the NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Ohio. Meet NASA's Electric Aircraft …

iPhone 7 update fixes your Verizon connection problems

If you recently snagged an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus and depend on Verizon for service, you'll want to check for a software update. Apple has released an iOS 10.0.3 upgrade that that fixes a weeks-long problem where some iPhone 7 and 7 Plus users …

This mysterious chip in the iPhone 7 could be the key to Apple’s AI efforts

It’s been more than a month since teardown shops like iFixit and Chipworks took apart...

Ireland to get significant financial boost as Apple shifts assets to Irish shores

Apple have plans to move $9 billion worth of assets to Cork in a move which will have significant benefit...

Tim Cook's Japan visit could result in superior Apple AI

Apple is looking to Japan to help improve Siri. On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Japan could play a vital role in his company’s artificial intelligence initiatives. Cook is in the country on a work trip, as Apple prepares to open up a R&D…

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