Google yesterday held its annual hardware event, announcing new Pixel smartphones, Pixel Watch, and Pixel Buds.
The company took a few jabs at Apple along the way, attacking it on both hardware and AI fronts, including one claim which should win a prize for sheer ridiculousness …
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The English Premier League is ditching its current system of video assist for referees in favor of a new one which uses dozens of iPhones to capture high frame-rate video from lots of different angles.
The system, pioneered by a US company known for its work in NBA baseball, will be used to detect breaches of soccer’s most controversial rule, known as the offside rule …
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Apple has changed its screen recording privacy prompt in the latest beta of macOS Sequoia. As we reported last week, Apple’s initial plan was to prompt users to grant screen recording permissions weekly.
In macOS Sequoia beta 6, however, Apple has adjusted this policy and will now prompt users on a monthly basis instead. macOS Sequoia will also no longer prompt you to approve screen recording permissions every time you reboot your Mac.
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A new Apple film entitled The Relay features athletes with and without disabilities competing against each other in a range of events.
The film was released ahead of next week’s 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, and of course includes Apple tech which helps the athletes train and prepare …
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One of the new features announced in yesterday’s Google hardware event was Loss of Pulse Detection, found in the new Pixel Watch 3.
This would seem a great feature to pair with the Apple Watch’s own proactive monitoring and emergency alert feature Fall Detection …
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Apple is pushing Tencent and ByteDance to “close loopholes” that currently allow their apps to skirt the App Store’s in-app purchase system, according to a new report from Bloomberg. In new quotes this week, Tencent acknowledged its talks with Apple for the first time, saying it wants terms that it thinks are “economically sustainable” and “fair.”
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Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone’s NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. This feature will debut in a future release of iOS 18.1 and will be available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the U.K., and the United States.
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Your mid-week selection of Apple gear price drops and accessories is now ready and waiting below. Alongside the best deals yet on just about every MacBook Air model, we are now tracking a $200 price drop on the Space Black 13-inch M4 iPad Pro with the 1TB internal storage capacity with Wi-Fi + Cell action. From there, we also have up to $200 in savings on Sonos soundbars and subwoofers alongside a rare deal on Belkin’s 15W auto-face tracking MagSafe Stand with Apple DockKit, chargers, speakers, and more. Head below to check it all out.
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Apple Intelligence isn’t officially supported on the Apple Watch. But one of the key AI features in iOS 18.1 is available—and at its best—when used on the Watch. Here’s how notification summaries bring Apple Intelligence to your wrist.
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