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The New-Intelligence Edition Friday, December 6, 2024

iOS 18.2 RC Now Available To Developers And Public Beta Users, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

In addition to the new Apple Intelligence features, iOS 18.2 also includes changes to the iPhone 16’s Camera control, a redesign for the Mail app, new features for the Find My app, and more.

macOS Sequoia 15.2 RC Now Available, Wide Release Soon, by Ryan Christoffel, 9to5Mac

macOS Sequoia 15.2 has been in beta since October, even before 15.1 was publicly released. That’s because it’s a sizeable update that includes a variety of powerful new Apple Intelligence features.

iOS 18.2 Expands AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Test Feature To Nine Countries, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

The upcoming iOS 18.2 update expands the hearing test feature on the AirPods Pro 2 to nine additional countries, including Cyprus, Czechia, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, according to Apple. The feature first launched in the U.S. and select other countries in late October.

visionOS 2.2 Adds Support For Watching Five Sports Games At Once With Multiview, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

With the visionOS 2.2 update that's set to come out next week, Apple is introducing the promised Multiview feature that will let sports fans watch up to five games at once.

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How To Watch 2024 MLS Cup Live, by Zac Hall, 9to5Mac

In addition to streaming on Apple TV+ in over 100 countries at no cost, Apple Stores in select countries will also run the game on the big screen. Apple Stores in these four countries will stream the match for visitors:

iPhone Driver's License Support In Wallet Expands To New Mexico, by Juli Clover, 9to5Mac

iPhone users from New Mexico are now able to add their driver's licenses and IDs to the Apple Wallet app on iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a digital version of the license that can be used in lieu of a physical card in some locations.

Apple TV+ Rolling Out On Prime Video In UK, Australia & Canada Following U.S. Deal, by Max Goldbart, Deadline

The aggregation drive continues apace around the world with Apple TV+ launching on Prime Video in the UK, Australia and Canada today.

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MLS Commissioner Don Garber Talks Apple Subscribers, Messi And Growth Of Soccer, by Jessica Golden, Alex Sherman, CNBC

"We have more subscribers than we and Apple thought we would have. We have more people watching our games," Garber said.

Apple has not released any subscriber numbers, leading some to speculate that the numbers might not be very strong.

"At some point there'll be more transparency," Garber said.

Brazilian Court Overturns Injunction Imposed On Apple's App Store, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

According to a new Valor Econômico report, a Brazilian Federal Court judge has ruled that the decision by Cade, the Brazilian regulator, is “disproportionate and unnecessary.” The judge understood that the measures imposed by the regulator “change, in a sensitive and structural way” Apple’s business operation.

A Linkless Internet, by Collin Jennings, Aeon

While the future of the web may seem dark, we might take a cue from Pope’s response to the rise of print. For Pope, the proliferation of print genres and conventions entailed what McLuhan described as ‘the increasing separation of the visual faculty from the interplay with other senses’. Yet despite the uniformity and regularity that print seemed to demand, Pope found a way to capture the interplay of opposing voices in print in a manner that represented the cacophony of 18th-century London’s urban environment. The web may still change in ways that surprise us.

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It's almost here, all the new AI stuff, and I am probably mostly excited getting back the volume bar on the lock screen.

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