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,...
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AI tool to generate app designs pulled after it copies Apple’s work
Image: Apple Generative AI seems like the wonder tool that will change the creative process, but as we’ve witnessed, these early stages of the technology have lots of bumps on its road. The latest company to ram into an unforeseen AI speed bump is Figma, a design company for software developers. Figma thought their new...
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Proton Docs brings end-to-end encryption to online document editing
If you’ve been dreaming about an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft 365, your wish has just been granted. Swiss software developer Proton on Wednesday announced Docs in Proton Drive, which will offer an extra privacy feature no other collaborative online document editing product can match. Proton Docs is the latest addition to...
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No evidence that England’s new ‘biodiversity boost’ planning policy will help birds or butterflies
Researchers trialed the UK’s new statutory biodiversity metric by using it to calculate the biodiversity value of 24 sites across England. These sites have all been monitored over the long-term, allowing the team to compare biodiversity species data with results from the metric. Credit: Jill Marshall A new legal requirement for developers to demonstrate a...
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Here’s how your conversations with Android users will look in iOS 18
Image: Apple The release of the second iOS 18 developer beta this week brought the first look at one of the most anticipated new features: RCS messages. And now that carriers have begun flipping the switches on the service, users are eagerly testing out the feature with their Android friends—and everyone is loving it. While...
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iPadOS 18 takes Apple Pencil to the next level with these apps and features
iPadOS 18 is already available for developers to try it out. While we expected this iPad operating system update to finally unlock the M4 iPad Pro’s full potential, it seems Apple has a different view of what its tablets are capable of. Nonetheless, iPadOS 18 brings important changes to how some apps behave with Apple...