Siri’s big AI upgrades may still be a long way off, but some changes to the Shortcuts app in iOS 18.4 offer the first major hints in Apple’s software of what’s to come. Shortcuts has gained new actions for Apple apps, with super fine-grained controls available for building shortcuts that change apps’ settings in various ways.
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Apple has been having fun mixing it up with recent product launches. After teasing the iPhone 16e launch on X, now Tim Cook has shared news of another product launch in the same way. The launch is happening this week, and is widely assumed to be the M4 MacBook Air. Here’s everything the new model is expected to offer.
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Apple on Monday released the second beta of visionOS 2.4 to developers. While the update is primarily focused on enabling Apple Intelligence in Vision Pro, the new software also points to Apple’s headset coming to more countries soon. That’s because visionOS 2.4 adds support for two more languages.
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iOS 18.4 beta 2 is now available for developer testers, just over a week after the first beta was released. iOS 18.4 beta 2 continues to make changes for iPhone users before the update’s public release in April. Head below for a full roundup of everything new in the latest iOS 18.4 beta.
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Apple published a new ad this weekend, and this one is quite special. To show the Audio Mix feature in action, the company recorded a music video using the latest iPhone – but that’s not all, as the clip also celebrates the Brazilian Carnival.
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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I talk with Ken Kocienda () about Infactory and the role of getting the right data in LLM tools.
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The oddest omission in the iPhone 16e is the lack of support for MagSafe. Indeed, the scale of the surprise at this led Apple to issue an explanation of sorts.
But the position becomes all the stranger, thanks to the discovery that the phone comes so close to supporting it …
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Yesterday’s TSMC announcement of a $100B investment in the US was notable for its lack of any specifics – including whether any of the money had been announced previously.
But a new investment note suggests that it could even represent a backwards step when it comes to making Apple chips in the US …
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There’s something in the air today, and it turns out it’s a new iPad Air. Apple has officially unveiled an updated iPad Air powered by the M3 chip. There’s also a new Magic Keyboard to go along with it and an updated version of the base iPad.
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