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The Smarter-Than-Ever Edition Thursday, November 28, 2024

iOS 18.1 And Beyond: Siri's Apple Intelligence Features, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

With Apple Intelligence, Apple is aiming to make Siri smarter than ever before. The personal assistant is going to be able to learn more about you, do more in apps, and hand over the reins to a smarter virtual assistant when needed.

Some new Siri features are available now, while some won't be coming until 2025. This guide highlights everything that's new with Siri thanks to Apple Intelligence.

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LumaFusion's Renamed 'Creator Pass' Subscription Adds Four Major Features, by Jeremy Gray, PetaPixel

Four key new features are being added to Creator Pass, formerly known as Storyblocks. Multicam Studio, an iOS-exclusive feature, enables pro-level syncing, switching, and editing clips from numerous video and audio sources within the app.

Another iOS-only feature is FCPXML Export, which allows customers to export a LumaFusion timeline to Final Cut Pro to continue editing on the desktop.

This App Can Download Any Version Of macOS, by Justin Pot, Lifehacker

Mist isn't for all Mac users, but it's the sort of thing anyone who repairs Macs regularly should probably have around, and it's also great if you are the sort of person who uses virtual machines a lot.

FoneLab Review: A Solid iPhone Data Recovery Option, by Lloyd Coombes, Macworld

A solid recovery option lacking in bells and whistles you’ll find elsewhere, FoneLab is a relatively affordable option that feels ideal for families with multiple devices.

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Apple’s Live Captions Are Often Worse Than Nothing, by Quinn Keast

If I ever try to rely on Live Captions and it stops working, I have zero information and there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s difficult to describe how viscerally frustrating and helpless this imposed lack of agency feels.

Apple In Talks To Upgrade A Sports Stadium For Live Vision Pro Immersive Video, by Ryan Christoffel, 9to5Mac

The problem, as of now, is that there is very little sports content available in immersive video. And what’s there is never live, only short highlight reels released months after the fact.

Apparently Apple has a solution for that: building advanced tech into a popular stadium’s ongoing upgrades.

As reported by Marca, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez shed light on the ongoing negotiations the club is having with Apple.

Spotify Cuts Developer Access To Several Of Its Recommendation Features, by Maxwell Zeff, TechCrunch

Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music streaming platform, such as song and artist recommendations, the company announced in a developer blog post on Wednesday. The company appears to be limiting third-party developers from building AI apps using data from Spotify listeners.

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