Apple has attacked proposals for the UK government to pre-approve new security features introduced by global tech firms.
Under the proposed amendments to existing laws, if the UK Home Office declined an update, it then could not be released in any other country, and the public would not be informed.
Right now, the streamer is the only one offering a big slate of exciting shows for your whole family. There’s beloved properties, funny writing, and A-list actors enjoying their work. It’s so good that Gary Oldman has suggested that Slow Horses may be his last gig ever. Way to go out with a bang, Gary. I’ll be watching.
And here’s the thing: developers don’t come up with these ideas unless they have a place to experiment. Seeing multiple windows that contained code, debugging, and other tools led some folks to start thinking about integrating this environment using the new interaction mechanisms.
Those same kind of folks may find inspiration in spatial computing, but will ultimately get thwarted by the restrictions of a single process. An architecture developed for mobile devices with only one app on the screen is now being used for apps on an infinitely large screen.
The 2024 Major League Soccer season is underway and all the soccer matches will be streaming on MLS Season Pass, a service available on the Apple TV app. The MLS Season Pass offers all matches, but traditional cable channels — such as Fox, FS1 and Fox Deportes — will also broadcast select matches throughout the season.
Developer Finn Voorhees has released a really great new video upscaling app that works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Unsqueeze is designed to increase the resolution of your videos “while preserving sharpness and details.”
On the Vision Pro, CARROT Weather has added an interactive 3D globe that shows temperatures, wind speeds, and precipitation intensity around the world. The app's developer Brian Mueller described the globe as the "marquee feature" of the app, and said that "it's just really cool being able to look at a globe floating in your living room."
Zoom’s Vision Pro app will launch alongside Apple’s new headset on February 2nd and let wearers use its “persona” (a digital avatar based on their face scans) during video calls. Whoever they’re calling will see their facial expressions and hand movements as if they’re not wearing a headset, much like Apple’s FaceTime app for the Vision Pro.
The assistant treasurer and minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, said the government was in the process of finalising a consultation paper “for a potential competition regime and will have more to say shortly”.
In the December, the government said it was “closely monitoring international developments” and would ensure the developed framework was consistent and cohesive with overseas approaches.
With the addition of Spotify, the audiobook sector grew by 28 percent in that period, the company said. Using figures provided by Spotify, Bookstat estimated that Spotify had a market share of 11 percent, putting it ahead of Apple and behind Audible, which has long been the dominant player in the medium.
“It suggests that they grew the market rather than cannibalizing existing Audible and Apple customers,” said Paul Abbassi, the founder of Bookstat, of the data.
It will be so cool if virtual things inside visionOS are reflected in mirrors in my room.
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