Following the row over TikTok, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that more Chinese apps may be removed from Apple's App Store and other platforms. “With parent companies based in China, apps like TikTok and WeChat and others, are si…
Lees meerTudor Brown, the former president of UK chip-designer Arm, has warned against the sale of the company. There has been speculation current owner Softbank will sell it to Nvidia. Mr. Brown voiced his opposition to such a move in an interview with BBC …
Lees meerAppian Way, the film and production firm Leonardo DiCaprio runs alongside Jennifer Davisson, signed a first-look deal with Apple TV+ earlier this week (via Deadline). The deal means that the firm will produce documentaries and films for the streamin…
Lees meerJohn Giannandrea, Apple's Senior Vice President for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, and Bob Borchers, VP of Product Marketing, spoke with Ars Technica about Apple’s AI strategy and beliefs. When I joined Apple, I was already an iPad user, and I lo…
Lees meerOn August 4, Apple announced a new iMac (27- and 21.5-inch) and a minor update to the iMac Pro. Of the two upgrades, only the new iMac is fabulous. In the past, Apple has incrementally upgraded the iMac, on an irregular basis, with a newer CPU, GPU…
Lees meerApple has given a straight-to-series order for a drama from Adam Perlman and Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey production company (via Variety). The Sting Mr. Perlman will serve as writer and executive producer with Mr. Downey Jr. a…
Lees meerWe have a deal on the Tivoo-Max pixel art speaker from Divoom. It features a 2.1 speaker setup with an active sub-woofer, and the front of the device is a pixel art display you can control with the Divoom Smart app on your iPhone (or Android device)…
Lees meerThe Dutch authorities have arrested a second man in connection with a major Apple Watch theft, AppleInsider reported. The haul was estimated to be worth close to $629,000. The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, a branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces,…
Lees meerThe iPad continues to dominate the tablet market. According to the latest data from Strategy Analytics, it now had a 33% market share in Q2 2020, up from 29% in the same quarter the year before. In total, the company preliminary results said that Ap…
Lees meerCybersecurity is a hot buzz word these days, even more so as more people work from home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The problem is, how does the non-techy understand what they need and how protected they are? So many of the cybersecurity suit…
Lees meerStarting Friday, August 7, at 2PM ET, Lady Gaga will host GAGA RADIO on Apple Music and every Friday thereafter. GAGA RADIO The artist will speak with DJs, producers, and other artists who inspired her and helped bring her album “Chromatica” to th…
Lees meerDark Sky, the weather app purchased by Apple in March, is no longer available on Android or Wear OS. Subscribers on those platforms have started to receive refunds (via 9to5 Google). Dark Sky No Longer on Android, Remains on Web Dark Sky was origi…
Lees meerBryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s latest company acquisition, and Phil Schiller’s new role.
Lees meerInstagram Reels, the photo-sharing service's TikTok rival, began rolling out to users on Wednesday. It allows users to both create and discover short videos on the Facebook-owned platform. Reels can be made up of multiple clips either recorded one a…
Lees meerPDF Expert for Mac by Readdle is on sale for US$40 (normal price is US$80) until August 12. PDF Expert PDF Expert, as the name suggests, is a tool that lets you do virtually anything with PDFs, like opening, editing, merging, and more. Here are so…
Lees meerIt was originally scheduled for March 27 but, with cinemas still mostly closed, the live-action remake of Mulan is going to launch on Disney+. However, subscribers will have to pay an additional $30 to get the film, The Verge reported. So far, Apple…
Lees meerOn Tuesday, Apple announced that Phil Schiller will leave his role as senior vice president of worldwide marketing and become an Apple Fellow. Many people, myself included, have been wondering exactly what such a role might entail. Cult of Mac has a…
Lees meerJennifer Van Elk wrote a review of the iPhone 11 Pro as a professional camera, using it to shoot a wedding, and the results are stunning. The best part by far though was that during downtime at the wedding and after the wedding during the ride home …
Lees meerLogMeIn announced on Wednesday the arrival of LastPass dark web monitoring, as well as a security dashboard for the password manager. The new LastPass dark web monitoring feature proactively checks email addresses against a 3rd party database of bre…
Lees meerApple is partnering with the University of California, Los Angeles on a three-year depression study (via CNBC). UCLA Depression Study The study will examine how factors like sleep, physical activity, heart rate, and daily routines impact symptoms …
Lees meerIf you've ever wanted to turn your Amazon Echo Dot into Baby Yoda (haven't we all?), Otterbox has your back. Tuesday, Otterbox launched a Baby Yoda stand for the 3rd-generation Echo Dot on Amazon. It features green pointy ears, the outline of Baby Y…
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