Image: Apple Sometimes you wonder what you’re supposed to do with all the technology in your trouser pocket. The answer? Well, some developers have given it some very special thought. Here’s a selection of the most bizarre apps that turn your iPhone into a veritable marvel of uselessness. Is It Dark Outside? App Store App...
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iOS 18: Beta 6 is available now
Skip to content Image: Apple Apple unveiled iOS 18 at WWDC on June 10, and it’s coming to all our iPhones later this year (typically in September). But you don’t have to wait to try it now if you don’t mind some bugs. Apple always runs an iOS beta-testing program throughout the summer in order...
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Apple updates terms and fees for EU apps that link to external payments
Image: Petter Ahrnstedt Earlier this year, Apple complied with Europe’s new Digital Markets Act and its requirement to allow for app distribution outside the App Store, along with letting developers use outside payment methods by enacting a complex web of fees, rules, and policies. We’ve written in the past about how the new structure feels...
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NASA Seeks Student Missions to Send to Space in 2026, Beyond
NASA announced a new round of opportunities for CubeSat, developers to build spacecrafts on that will fly on upcoming launches through the agency’s CSLI (CubeSat Launch Initiative). CubeSats are a class of small spacecraft called nanosatellites. The initiative provides space access to U.S. educational institutions, certain non-profit organizations, and informal educational institutions such as museums and science centers, as well as...
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iOS 18.1 beta features: Apple Intelligence and everything new coming to your iPhone
Published Jul 30th, 2024 8:56AM EDT Image: José Adorno for BGR iOS 18 is still in the middle of its beta cycle. However, Apple decided to seed iOS 18.1 beta so developers could start testing the upcoming Apple Intelligence platform. Even so, there are a few requirements for developers to try iOS 18.1, such as...
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Scientists pinpoint new drug target for RSV
Irish scientists led by a group from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how the dangerous Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) defuses our immune response and, in doing so, they have pinpointed an exciting new target for drug developers. RSV causes a significant disease burden in the global population, with an estimated 33.1 million cases each year,...
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Apple’s next-gen HomePod could change everything we know about Siri
Skip to content Image: Foundry At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple gave a little bit of time to its major platforms: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS—even tvOS got some love. But one device was conspicuously absent: the HomePod. Given that Apple spent a lot of time during its keynote talking about the future of Siri,...
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Should you install the iOS 18 beta?
Skip to content Image: Foundry The iOS 18 beta is out now! It’s tempting to rush out and download it. Now that you don’t even need a paid developer account to grab the Developer Beta, there’s nothing but a couple minutes of filling out forms standing between you and an early look at the big...
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RCS on iPhone with iOS 18: Every question answered
Skip to content Image: Foundry Ever since Apple shocked the tech community with its announcement that it would support RCS in an upcoming iOS release, we’ve wondered exactly how it would work. Now that the feature is available in the second developer beta of iOS 18, we have a good idea of how it’s going...
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When will Apple release the first iOS 18 public beta?
Published Jul 4th, 2024 12:20PM EDT Image: José Adorno for BGR It’s been almost a month since Apple started beta testing iOS 18 with developers. This upcoming operating system update will bring several new features, including big changes to the foundation of the iPhone OS with redesigns to the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Control Center,...