Hacker News with Generative AI: Apple

Apple enables RCS messaging for Google Fi subscribers at last (arstechnica.com)
Apple only supported RCS on the big three carriers in the first iOS18 releases.

Apple, Google, Messaging, Mobile Carriers, Technology

4 points by bentobean 10 hours ago | 0 comments

Apple Hit with $5B Class Action Lawsuit over EBooks Availability (macrumors.com)
A lawsuit filed against Apple in California this week accuses the company of violating the state's false advertising law and other consumer laws, by intentionally misleading customers into thinking that they are purchasing digital e-books from the Apple Books app in perpetuity, when instead they are only purchasing revokable licenses to the books.

Lawsuits, Apple, Ebooks, Consumer Law

5 points by tosh 10 hours ago | 0 comments

US labour watchdog halts Apple cases after US picks group's lawyer for top job (ft.com)

Labor Law, Apple, US Politics

5 points by belter 14 hours ago | 1 comments

Apple's App Store used to host free VPN apps with ties to China military (appleinsider.com)
The App Store hosted a number of VPN apps with ties to a Chinese military-affiliated company sanctioned by the US, with millions of downloads between them all.

Security, Apple, China, VPN, App Store

8 points by vinni2 1 day ago | 0 comments

Apple Patches Older iPhones Against 'Sophisticated' Hacker Attacks (bitdefender.com)
Apple is offering a batch of updates across its product lineup this week to address dozens of important security flaws, including some that criminals are already exploiting.

Security, Apple, iPhones, Hacking, Software Updates

7 points by walterbell 1 day ago | 0 comments

Apple Intelligence denies rewriting a sentence that contain "protests in Turkey" (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Apple, Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Protests

7 points by utku1337 2 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Software Update dark pattern (lapcatsoftware.com)
I just installed today's macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates. Incidentally, before updating my Mac mini, I got an "Upgrade to macOS Sequoia" notification even though the Mac was already running Sequoia (15.3.2).

Apple, macOS, Software Updates, Dark Patterns

11 points by ingve 2 days ago | 1 comments

France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking (arstechnica.com)
France's competition regulator fined Apple €150 million, saying the iPhone maker went overboard in its implementation of pop-up messages that let users consent to or reject tracking that third-party applications use for targeted advertising.

Privacy, Regulations, Apple, Mobile Advertising, France

249 points by sebastian_z 2 days ago | 205 comments

Apple's Cubify Anything: Scaling Indoor 3D Object Detection (github.com/apple)
This repository includes the public implementation of Cubify Transformer and the associated CA-1M dataset.

Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Apple

54 points by Tycho87 3 days ago | 5 comments

Apple's AI isn't a letdown. AI is the letdown (cnn.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Technology, Opinion

143 points by ndr42 4 days ago | 167 comments

Swapping Apple's M4 SSD – Faster, Bigger, Cheaper [video] (youtube.com)

Hardware, Apple, SSD, Video

10 points by jbverschoor 4 days ago | 2 comments

Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop software (tedium.co)
Whether it was trying to or not, Apple exposed a huge flaw with its pitch to professional video editors with a new Severance promotional video.

Apple, Video Editing, Technology, Marketing

563 points by shortformblog 4 days ago | 341 comments

Apple's AI isn't a letdown. AI is the letdown (cnn.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Opinion

16 points by Tomte 5 days ago | 4 comments

Lumon Terminal Pro (apple.com)
Spoilers ahead! See how the Apple Original series Severance was edited on Mac.

Mac, Apple, Editing, TV Shows, Video Editing

7 points by slavomirvojacek 5 days ago | 0 comments

Adam Savage Tests the Apple AirPods Pro Hearing Aid [video] (youtube.com)

Apple, AirPods Pro, Hearing Aids, Technology, Video

8 points by NavinF 6 days ago | 0 comments

Apple needs a Snow Sequoia (reviews.ofb.biz)
The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a massive upgrade to Mac OS X known as Leopard, sporting “300 New Features.” Two years later, it did something almost unheard of: it released Snow Leopard, an upgrade all about how little it added and how much it took away. Apple needs to make it snow again.

Apple, Operating Systems, Software Updates, Technology History

989 points by trbutler 6 days ago | 778 comments

The Website Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss (daringfireball.net)
Back in 2017, the iPhone X was announced alongside the iPhones 8 and 8 Plus in mid-September. The iPhones 8 shipped that month, and I published a review of the iPhones 8 on September 19. The iPhone X, though, wasn’t available to order until October 27, and didn’t start shipping to customers until November 3. It was an unusual iPhone release cycle that year, to say the least.

iPhone, Apple, Technology, Reviews, Release Cycles

479 points by jgruber 7 days ago | 274 comments

Lumon Terminal Pro (apple.com)
Spoilers ahead! See how the Apple Original series Severance was edited on Mac.

Editing, Apple, TV Shows, Mac

131 points by jervant 7 days ago | 27 comments

Apple's $22B Loss Risk as Google Might Cease to Be Default Search Engine (gizmodo.com)
We’ve all overslept an alarm or missed a deadline, but has it ever cost you $20 billion? According to Ars Technica, it may have just happened to Apple, which apparently suffered from some decision paralysis that pissed off a federal judge and might cost the company its lucrative agreement with Google to make the company’s search engine the default on Apple devices.

Apple, Google, Search Engines, Lawsuits, Business

8 points by bentobean 7 days ago | 4 comments

A practical guide to writing on the iPad (2023) (billbennett.co.nz)
Apple didn't design the original iPad for writing. It was a device for reading or viewing media, not creating it. Over the years it has become a great portable writing tool. Many writers find it is better than a laptop.

Writing, iPad, Apple, Technology, Productivity

7 points by billybuckwheat 8 days ago | 0 comments

Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20B search deal on the line (arstechnica.com)
Apple has suffered a blow in its efforts to salvage its lucrative search placement deal with Google. A new ruling from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirms that Apple cannot participate in Google's upcoming antitrust hearing, which could leave a multibillion-dollar hole in Apple's balance sheet. The judges in the case say Apple simply waited too long to get involved.

Antitrust, Google, Apple, Lawsuits, Business

7 points by brycewray 8 days ago | 0 comments

Tim, don't kill my vibe (irace.me)
Recent criticism of Apple’s AI efforts has been juicy to say the least, but this shouldn’t distract us from continuing to criticize one of Apple’s most deserving targets: App Review. Especially now that there’s a perfectly good AI lens through which to do so.

Apple, App Review, Artificial Intelligence, Criticism

32 points by retskrad 9 days ago | 52 comments

Tim Cook Praises China's DeepSeek (macrumors.com)
Apple CEO Tim Cook has praised the artificial intelligence models developed by Chinese start-up DeepSeek, as the company moves closer to launching Apple Intelligence on the Chinese mainland pending regulatory approval, the South China Morning Post reports.

Artificial Intelligence, China, Apple, Business

6 points by tosh 9 days ago | 0 comments

Don't Buy into Apple's Hype About AirPods Max Gaining Lossless Audio (macrumors.com)
Apple today announced that AirPods Max with a USB-C port will be gaining support for lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio with a firmware update next month, alongside the release of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4.

Apple, Audio, Firmware Updates, Software Updates

48 points by ksec 9 days ago | 66 comments

Apple Now Selling USB-C to 3.5mm Audio Cable (macrumors.com)
Following today's announcement of Lossless audio and Personalized Spatial Audio for the AirPods Max, Apple today released a USB-C to 3.5mm audio cable.

Apple, Audio, Hardware, Accessories

8 points by walterbell 9 days ago | 2 comments

Apple Now Selling USB-C to 3.5mm Audio Cable (macrumors.com)
Following today's announcement of Lossless audio and Personalized Spatial Audio for the AirPods Max, Apple today released a USB-C to 3.5mm audio cable.

Apple, Hardware, Audio, Cables

5 points by tosh 9 days ago | 0 comments

Thinking Different, Thinking Slowly: LLMs on a PowerPC Mac (theresistornetwork.com)
There is something incredibly satisfying about breathing new life into old hardware.

Hardware, Retrocomputing, Apple

17 points by tambourine_man 9 days ago | 2 comments

Apple does AI as Microsoft did mobile (world.hey.com)
When the iPhone first appeared in 2007, Microsoft was sitting pretty with their mobile strategy.

Apple, Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Devices, Competition

5 points by skadamat 9 days ago | 1 comments

Apple Intelligence: The Emperor's New Automation Clothes (taoofmac.com)
I know I’m late to this party, but I’ve been reading John Gruber’s piece “Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino”, and finally found time to share my thoughts.