Enlarge / Apple bragged about the thinness of the M4 iPad Pro; it’s apparently a template for the company’s designs going forward. Apple Though Apple has a reputation for prioritizing thinness in…
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iOS 18 adds Apple Intelligence, customizations, and makes Android SMS nicer
Apple The biggest feature in iOS 18, the one that affects the most people, was a single item in a comma-stuffed sentence by Apple software boss Craig Federighi: “Support for RCS.” As…
Apple announces macOS 15 Sequoia with window tiling, iPhone mirroring, and more
Enlarge / Using macOS S15 Sequoia to stream an iPhone’s screen to a Mac while the iPhone stays locked. Apple Apple has formally announced macOS 15 at its Worldwide Developers Conference. Codenamed…
iPadOS 18 adds machine-learning wizardry with handwriting, math features
The Calculator app is finally coming to iPad. Samuel Axon You’ll be able to write out expressions with the Apple Pencil and see them solved in real time. Samuel Axon CUPERTINO, Calif.—After…
Apple punishes women for same behaviors that get men promoted, lawsuit says
Apple has spent years “intentionally, knowingly, and deliberately paying women less than men for substantially similar work,” a proposed class action lawsuit filed in California on Thursday alleged. A victory for women…
My favorite macOS Sequoia feature so far might be the old-timey Mac wallpaper
Enlarge / The classic Mac OS wallpaper in macOS 15 Sequoia mimics the monochrome user interfaces used in System 1 through 6. Apple I’m still in the very early stages of poking…
Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes
OpenAI / Apple / Benj Edwards On Monday, Apple announced it would be integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant into upcoming versions of its iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems. It paves the…
Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”
Enlarge / Apple Senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi announces “Private Cloud Compute” at WWDC 2024. Apple With most large language models being run on remote, cloud-based server farms, some users…
Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in tech
Enlarge / He isn’t using an iPhone, but some people talk to Siri like this. On Monday, Apple premiered “Apple Intelligence” during a wide-ranging presentation at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in…
Apple quietly improves Mac virtualization in macOS 15 Sequoia
Enlarge / Macs running a preview build of macOS 15 Sequoia. Apple We’ve written before about Apple’s handy virtualization framework in recent versions of macOS, which allows users of Apple Silicon Macs…