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The Extra-Guidance Edition Friday, July 5, 2024

Do Navigation Apps Think We’re Stupid?, by Ian Bogost, The Atlantic

Simply put, the maps don’t see the world the way the people who use them do. In the data that underlie a digital map, a road network is represented as a bunch of lines. Those lines have a beginning and an end. Seth Spielman, a geographer who worked for a time as a data scientist on Apple Maps, explained to me that a driver often gets instructions from the app at transition points between those segments. When I turn onto the ramp, then merge onto the freeway, I’ve driven through a pair of segments—and from the map’s perspective, I am thus in need of extra guidance. But I don’t feel that need at all. From my perspective, just a single phrase—Get on the freeway—would suffice.

Outlanders 2 Brings Hot And Cold New Town-building Environments To Apple Arcade, by Ed Hardy, Cult of Mac

Outlanders 2: Second Nature, a town-building strategy game, offers new players new tropical and wintery environments to build in, much more resources to work with, and more challenges.

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Uncovered Apple Chip Identifiers Reveal Surprising Slate Of Unreleased iPads, by Michael Simon, Macworld

According to the identifiers, the 11th-gen iPad will sport an A16 processor—a decent upgrade from the A14 Bionic in the 10th-gen model—while the mini will get a newer A17 chip, also a two-generation bump.

Leak Confirms Apple's Work On 'Home Accessory', by Aaron Perris, MacRumors

Code discovered on Apple's backend by MacRumors confirms Apple is indeed working on a long-rumored home accessory in addition to the HomePod and Apple TV.

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The code also indicates that this "home accessory" will be running a software variant of tvOS, much like the HomePod.

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I wonder if Apple will continue to roll out new iPhones and iPads that doesn't do Apple Intelligence.

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