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Stolen iPhones from an Apple Store Remotely Disabled, Started Blaring Alarms
Sat 11:34am By EditorDavid via RSS
Earlier this week looters who stole iPhones "got an unexpected message from Apple," reports the Economic Times.…

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macOS Tahoe Brings a New Disk Image Format
Fri 6:10pm By BeauHD via RSS
Apple's macOS 26 "Tahoe" introduces a new disk image format called ASIF, designed to dramatically improve performance over previous formats like UDRW and sparse bundles -- achieving near-native read/write speeds for virtual machines and general disk image use.…

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The Vaporware That Apple Insists Isn't Vaporware
Fri 3:30pm By msmash via RSS
At WWDC 2024, Apple showed off a dramatically improved Siri that could handle complex contextual queries like "when is my mom's flight landing?" The demo was heavily edited due to latency issues and couldn't be shown in a single take. Multiple Apple engineers…

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Apple Previews New Import/Export Feature To Make Passkeys More Interoperable
Thu 8:10pm By BeauHD via RSS
During this week's Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled a secure import/export feature for passkeys that addresses one of their biggest limitations: lack of interoperability across platforms and credential managers. The feature, built in…

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Apple Quietly Launches Container On GitHub To Bring Linux Development To macOS
Wed 7:20pm By BeauHD via RSS
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Apple has released a new developer tool on GitHub called Container, offering a fresh approach to running Linux containers directly on macOS. Unlike Docker or Podman, this tool is designed to feel at home in the…

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Apple Executives Defend AI Strategy
Wed 10:04am By msmash via RSS
Apple executives defended the company's AI strategy this week after acknowledging that major Siri features announced at last year's Worldwide Developers Conference remain undelivered and were quietly pulled from development plans. Craig Federighi, Apple's…

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Apple's Upgraded AI Models Underwhelm On Performance
Tue 12:46pm By msmash via RSS
Apple's latest AI models continue to lag behind competitors, according to the company's own benchmark testing it disclosed this week. The tech giant's newest "Apple On-Device" model, which runs locally on iPhones and other devices, performed only "comparably"…

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Apple Will End Support For Intel Macs Next Year
Mon 7:20pm By BeauHD via RSS
Apple announced that macOS 26 "Tahoe" will be the final version to support Intel-based Macs, with future macOS releases running exclusively on Apple Silicon devices (that is, 2020 M1 models and newer). They will, however, continue to receive security updates…

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Apple Lets Developers Tap Into Its Offline AI Models
Mon 5:20pm By BeauHD via RSS
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Apple is launching what it calls the Foundation Models framework, which the company says will let developers tap into its AI models in an offline, on-device fashion. Onstage at WWDC 2025 on Monday, Apple VP…

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Apple Unveils a Dedicated Games App
Mon 4:40pm By BeauHD via RSS
At WWDC 2025, Apple announced a new dedicated Games app coming to Mac, iPhone, and iPad with features like leaderboards, matchmaking, and integration with Apple Arcade. Engadget's Jessica Conditt describes it as "a revamp of Game Center" that behaves "more…

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Apple Finally Brings Mac-like Windowing and Menu Bar To iPad
Mon 3:20pm By msmash via RSS
Apple unveiled iPadOS 26 at its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, introducing what appears to be the most significant productivity overhaul in the tablet operating system's history. The update brings dynamically resizable windows that users can drag by…

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Apple's New Design Language is Liquid Glass
Mon 1:30pm By msmash via RSS
Apple today introduced Liquid Glass, a new design language that brings transparency and glass shine effects across macOS, iPadOS, iOS, and its other software platforms. Alan Dye, Apple's VP of human interface, described the update as the company's "broadest…

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Apple Researchers Challenge AI Reasoning Claims With Controlled Puzzle Tests
Mon 10:00am By msmash via RSS
Apple researchers have found that state-of-the-art "reasoning" AI models like OpenAI's o3-mini, Gemini (with thinking mode-enabled), Claude 3.7, DeepSeek-R1 face complete performance collapse [PDF] beyond certain complexity thresholds when tested on…

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Bill Atkinson, Hypercard Creator and Original Mac Team Member, Dies at Age 74
Jun 7, 2025, 9:34 pm By EditorDavid via RSS
AppleInsider reports:…

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Apple Warns Australia Against Joining EU In Mandating iPhone App Sideloading
Jun 7, 2025, 3:00 am By BeauHD via RSS
Apple has urged Australia not to follow the European Union in mandating iPhone app sideloading, warning that such policies pose serious privacy and security risks. "This communication comes as the Australian federal government considers new rules that could…

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