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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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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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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Apple Developer Academy adds new AI training curriculum for Apple Intelligence
Today, Apple announced a new core curriculum for Apple Developer Academy worldwide. Starting this fall, students and alumni in Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the United States will take advantage of AI training classes. According to the company, the curriculum will be provided to thousands of students and alumni across 18 Developer...
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Apple releases macOS 14.6 beta
Image: Foundry Apple on Monday released the beta 1 of macOS 14.6 to developers. The 14.6 beta comes after Apple released the macOS 15 Sequoia beta last week at WWDC24. The 14.6 public beta should arrive later this week. Whether the 14.6 beta has any new features is not clear. According to the developer release notes, the...
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Apple claims its M4 chip’s AI will obliterate PCs. Nah,
Image: Apple Apple unveiled its latest Arm chip, the Apple M4, claiming that it will offer more AI performance than any AI PC on the market today. And that’s true — at least for a month or so. Weirdly, Apple launched the new M4 chip inside the Apple iPad Pro, which will cost anywhere from
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Apple releases macOS 14.5 beta 3 to developers
Apple has just released macOS 14.5 beta 3 to developers. At this moment, it’s unclear what features this software update might bring, as we haven’t found anything so far. As we approach the macOS 15 announcement, it’s more likely that Apple is focusing on bug fixes and security patches as it works on new features for...
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Apple researchers explore dropping “Siri” phrase & listening with AI
Researchers from Apple are probing whether it’s possible to use artificial intelligence to detect when a user is speaking to a device like an iPhone, thereby eliminating the technical need for a trigger phrase like “Siri,” according to a paper published on Friday. In a study, which was uploaded to Arxiv and has not been
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Apple, Google team up to make Speedometer 3.0 benchmark faster and fairer
Image: Foundry A collaboration of developers announced on Monday that Speedometer 3.0, a new version of the online tool used to gauge the speed of web browsers. Developed by Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, Speedometer 3.0 claims to be “a better way of measuring performance and a more representative set of tests that reflect the modern Web.”...
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Apple terminates Epic’s iOS developer account, dashing Fortnite fans’ hopes
Image: Epic Games Updated March 7: Apple sent us a statement explaining why it terminated the account. After the DMA forced Apple to open up its app ecosystem in the EU, Epic Games announced that it would bring its own game store to iOS in Europe and bring Fortnite back to the platform there. Though...