Benjamin and Chance give their feedback on the new features unveiled in iOS 18 beta 5, including Distraction Control and significant Photos app design changes. Apple oversteps the mark with screen recording permission dialogs in macOS Sequoia, the DOJ wins their antitrust case against Google, game developers report frustrations with Apple Arcade, and more.
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1Password has shared that its software for Mac has a vulnerability that exposes users to a potentially serious threat. Along with attackers being able to compromise credentials, the flaw can give bad actors access to your account unlock key.
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Apple today announced that the Apple Vision Pro ecosystem has crossed a new milestone, with the visionOS App Store now featuring more than 2,500 native spatial apps.
This is up from the 2,000 visionOS apps figure Apple previously reported in June. The 2,500 native apps join 1.5 million compatible iPhone and iPad apps, which also can run in their own floating windows on the device.
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Apple TV+ launched almost five years ago. In that time, the service has debuted a lot of great TV shows. Some have even become mainstream hits. But Apple’s relationship with movies has been more…complicated. The company has moved from one film strategy to another, with mixed success. And most recently, critical and box office failures have plagued Apple.
Here’s why the Apple TV+ movie strategy is more confusing than ever.
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iOS 18 will bring a huge variety of new features when it arrives this fall, including for pre-installed system apps. One such feature that was never formally announced: the Home app will enable Adaptive Lighting for Matter lights.
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Subjects is a class manager available for Apple devices, and we’ve written about it a few times before. With its latest update, Subjects is getting new class icons, as well as a feature that automatically suggests the best icon to users.
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We have seen more and more regulators around the world asking tech companies to implement features or change some aspects of how their hardware and software work. This time, a Brazilian regulator has asked Apple to add the option to lock the Mail app with Face ID or Touch ID. While the request has a good reason, iOS 18 already solves this problem.
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Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in the newest Apple original film The Instigators, streaming now on Apple TV+.
The duo are reluctant partners in a heist to steal back the ill-gotten gains of a corrupt politician. Things get worse when the robbery disastrously goes wrong and they found themselves on the run from both the police and the city’s crime bosses.
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The controversy over Apple’s fees for apps which are sold outside the App Store continues, with both Epic Games and Spotify objecting to the company’s latest attempt to comply with EU antitrust laws.
Spotify has described Apple’s latest fee structure as “confusing and unacceptable,” while Epic Games has called the fees “illegal” …
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ChatGPT was originally limited to text interactions, but paid subscribers last year gained the ability to use the chatbot to generate images with DALL-E 3.
That feature is now coming to free ChatGPT users too, though you’ll be limited to just two images per day …
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