Enlarge / A Mac laptop running Xcode. (credit: Apple) CUPERTINO, Calif.—Xcode Cloud, Apple’s continuous integration and delivery service (CI/CD), is exiting beta and will now be available to all developers, the company announced during its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday. Xcode Cloud was first announced during WWDC in June 2021. Since then, Apple…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Enlarge / Pay Later was announced during the WWDC keynote on June 8. (credit: Apple) Apple is making its biggest move into finance by offering loans directly to consumers for its new buy now, pay later product, taking on a role played in its other lending services by banking partners such as Goldman Sachs. Short-term…
Enlarge / An Apple-made image of the 13.6-inch MacBook Air that was revealed earlier this week. (credit: Apple) Apple is working on a 15-inch MacBook Air and a new 12-inch MacBook, according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with Apple’s plans. The sources also revealed details about the M2-family chips coming to Apple’s high-performance MacBook Pro computers….
Enlarge / Major League Soccer is coming to Apple TV. Today, Apple and Major League Soccer (MLS) announced that the Apple TV app will offer streaming video of every MLS match for the next 10 years. Apple claims that viewers “around the world” can “watch all MLS, Leagues Cup, and select MLS NEXT Pro and…
This is the 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro. [credit: Samuel Axon ] Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro is a little tough to recommend given the options in Apple’s lineup, but that doesn’t change the key takeaway: The new second-generation M2 chip doesn’t disappoint. While Apple calls the 13-inch MacBook Pro its “most portable Pro laptop,” there’s…
Enlarge / IKEA Kreativ, the retailer’s new AR app. (credit: IKEA) You might have seen augmented reality (AR) mobile apps that allow you to place 3D models of furniture in a camera view of your home, but a new app from IKEA will take that idea to a new level with the help of machine…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Westend61) Three Democratic US senators and a US representative today asked the Federal Trade Commission to “investigate Apple and Google for engaging in unfair and deceptive practices by enabling the collection and sale of hundreds of millions of mobile phone users’ personal data.” “The FTC should investigate Apple and Google’s…
Enlarge / An early augmented reality demo by Apple, using a smartphone instead of a headset. (credit: Apple) Tech industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has offered the most specific prediction about a release date for an Apple augmented reality/virtual reality headset yet: January 2023. Kuo has often made accurate, informed predictions about Apple’s plans in the…
Enlarge / Apple’s discontinued HomePod smart speaker. (credit: Jeff Dunn) After officially killing off the HomePod last year, Apple will soon release a new version of the smart speaker, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in a Sunday newsletter. The report detailed expectations without citing sources and said the speaker “is unlikely to arrive until” 2023. Gurman said the new…
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) A Texas jury last week found that Charter Communications was responsible for the death of an 83-year-old woman murdered in her home by a Spectrum cable technician who is now serving a life sentence. A…