• Apple releases incredibly minor iOS & iPadOS updates

    Oddities in Apple's software updates are continuing, as now it has quietly shipped an iOS and iPadOS revision whose version number and a lack of an "over the air" update path suggests has only the most minor release. iPadOS on an iPad There was already a mystery around how Apple was announcing iPadOS 17.4.1 as coming on March 26, 2024, even though it was already out alongside iOS 17.4.1 as of March 21. That could have been just two parts of Apple not checking with each other, but now...

  • Apple sues ex employee over iOS Journal app leaks

    Apple has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, accusing the ex-iOS software engineer of breaching confidentiality agreements by leaking details of the Journal app before its launch. Gavel in a courtroom The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara on March 18, pits Apple against the defendant Andrew Aude. Apple has three complaints against Aude, all surrounding alleged actions where he shared details about Apple products, services, and policies to the...

  • No, the Apple Journal app isn’t sharing your location and name with everyone

    Apple’s Journal app debuted in December as part of iOS 17.2, with Apple touting a number of intelligent suggestions features. One of those features is now garnering attention on social media for being enabled by default: “Discoverable by Others.” While the social media posts would lead you to believe this feature is sharing your name and location with everyone around you, that’s not actually the case. Here’s what you need to know. more

  • Spotify to EU: Hey, Apple is now obstructing our iPhone app update

    Spotify claims Apple has held up Spotify's app update for 9 days for no good reason.

  • Apple sues former iOS engineer for leaking Journal app, Vision Pro details, and more

    Apple has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Aude, a former iOS Software Engineer, accusing him of leaking “information about more than a half-dozen different Apple policies and products.” The leaks included details about Apple’s then-unreleased Journal app, Apple’s “development of products within the spatial computing space,” and more. “Mr. Aude often took and saved screenshots of his communications on his Apple-issued work iPhone to preserve them for posterity,” the lawsuit alleges. more...

  • Third-party Apple TV remotes no longer working for some after tvOS 17.4 update

    The bug reports keep piling up after Apple's last batch of updates -- and the Apple TV hardware is suffering from a bug that stops third-party remotes from working. Apple TV 4K Earlier, it was learned that macOS Sonoma 14.4 had rendered some USB hubs embedded in monitors useless. A few days later, users discovered that the same update was removing drivers needed to interface with printers. Apple rolled out tvOS 17.4 in early March, and for the most part was a standard bug-fixing,...

  • Apple's Potential Partners for iOS 18 Generative AI Features Include Google, OpenAI, and Baidu

    Apple has held discussions with Baidu about using the Chinese company's generative AI model to power some of the iPhone's rumored generative AI features, according to The Wall Street Journal. As previously reported, Apple is also said to have held similar discussions with Google and OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot. If these partnerships move forward, it is likely that Baidu would power some of Apple's generative AI features in China, while other companies like Google...

  • Michael Rosenbaum Shares Update On Potential ‘Smallville’ Animated Sequel Series: “The Whole Cast Would Like To Do It”

    Michael Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor in Smallville, is opening up about the idea he has for a sequel series in an animated form. In a new interview, Rosenbaum revealed he and Tom Welling were developing an animated series with the original cast and creators of the show that originated in 2001 on the now-defunct […]

  • Apple Releases Revised Versions of iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 With Updated Build Number

    Apple on late Tuesday released revised versions of iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 with an updated build number of 21E237, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. The updates previously had a build number of 21E236. The revised updates are available for all iPhone and iPad models that are compatible with iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, but they can only be installed via the Finder app on macOS and the Apple Devices or iTunes apps on Windows at this time. Apple has not made the new builds...

  • Apple releases updates for iOS 17.4.1, iPadOS 17.4.1, visionOS 1.1.1

    Apple has released iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 to the public, at the same time as bringing visionOS up to 1.1.1 while also slipping out iOS 16.7.7. iPadOS on an iPad A granular update for all three operating systems, iOS 17.4.1, iPadOS 17.4.1, and visionOS 1.1.1 are all available to download to the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. The update arrives not long after the release of iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, which surfaced on March 5. The 17.4.1 releases also do so without any beta...

  • HBO Shares Update That There’s No Euphoria Season 3 Updates

    An HBO spokesperson shares an update that there’s no ‘Euphoria’ season 3 updates. Character arcs have been scrapped and filming delayed, according to reports.

  • 'Apple ID' Expected to Change to 'Apple Account' Starting With iOS 18

    MacRumors was first to report that Apple was planning to rebrand "Apple ID" to "Apple Account" across its software platforms and websites like iCloud.com as early as this year, and now Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has corroborated this change. A mockup of the new Apple Account branding In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the new "Apple Account" branding will start to be used later this year both online and in Apple's next major software releases, such as iOS 18 for the iPhone and...