Enlarge / An early augmented reality demo by Apple, using a smartphone instead of a headset. (credit: Apple) Apple’s mixed-reality headset is still on track for an unveiling sometime next year, and its future operating system has a new name, according to a report published Thursday. Bloomberg claims the name of the operating system has…
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Enlarge / Waze for Android Automotive. (credit: Waze) Google’s other big navigation app, Waze, is coming to Android Automotive. Today the company announced the move on the Waze blog, saying, “The new dedicated Waze app for cars brings the best of Waze real-time navigation, routing and alerts feature[s] right in the car’s display. When you drive,…
Enlarge / Some of the tools and parts offered in Apple’s Self Service Repair program appear in this photo. (credit: Apple) As of Tuesday, Apple’s Self Service Repair program is now available in eight European countries. It launched in the United States in April, with promises from the company to expand to other countries by…
The backs of the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. [credit: Samuel Axon ] Apple, on Tuesday, unveiled the most sweeping change yet to the App Store pricing model it applies to all apps submitted to its app stores. In the new system, app developers will have substantially more control over…
Enlarge / The very first of the butterfly-switch keyboard designs, as introduced in the 12-inch MacBook from 2015. Update, 5:20pm ET: Girard Sharp partner Simon Grille, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, contacted Ars to clarify that the payouts would cover affected MacBook buyers in any US state, not just the seven…
Enlarge (credit: picture alliance / Contributor | picture alliance) Elon Musk said he had a “good conversation” with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and “resolved the misunderstanding” about his claim that Twitter could be removed from the App Store, just days after the world’s richest man unleashed a tirade against the most valuable tech company….
Enlarge (credit: VERONIQUE DUPONT / Contributor | AFP) Yesterday, Elon Musk appeared at his first Tesla unveiling since he took the helm at Twitter. At a Tesla plant in Nevada, the billionaire announced that after five long years, Tesla’s first heavy-duty Semi had been delivered to PepsiCo. The Semi, Tesla announced, would go into production…
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) After five people were killed and dozens more were injured in November during a shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado, Apple made what many would consider a very ordinary business decision to pause ads on Twitter temporarily. Two former Twitter employees told The New York Times…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) In January, Colorado police officers confined a 77-year-old grandmother named Ruby Johnson for hours in a squad car without even offering a glass of water during a time when she was due to take her daily medications—why? Nobody told Johnson what was going on when she opened her front door to…
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes (C), founder and former CEO of blood-testing and life sciences company Theranos, walks with her mother Noel Holmes and partner Billy Evans into the federal courthouse for her sentencing hearing on November 18, 2022, in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty | AMY OSBORNE) Disgraced biotech founder Elizabeth Holmes has appealed her…