Hacker News with Generative AI: Apple

Apple’s closed-source approach is losing out to AI app builders (telkins.dev)
As a long-time iOS developer, it's frustrating — to say the least — as I watch the entire development landscape change while we are stuck in place.
Apple, iOS Development, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source
93 points by trevor-e 23 hours ago | 69 comments
Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A powerful new member of the iPhone 16 family (apple.com)
Apple today announced iPhone 16e, a new addition to the iPhone 16 lineup that offers powerful capabilities at a more affordable price.
Apple, Smartphones, Technology, Mobile Devices, Pricing
14 points by subsHack 1 day ago | 1 comments
Apple iPhone 16e (apple.com)
Pre-order starting at 5:00 a.m. PST on 2.21.
Apple, Smartphones, Technology, Pre-orders
10 points by ciccionamente 1 day ago | 3 comments
Apple Debuts iPhone 16e (apple.com)
Apple today announced iPhone 16e, a new addition to the iPhone 16 lineup that offers powerful capabilities at a more affordable price.
Apple, Smartphones, Technology, New Releases
464 points by dm 1 day ago | 776 comments
Apps That Didn't Add 'Trader' Contact Info in the EU Removed from App Store (macrumors.com)
Apps that have not complied with the trader requirement in the European Union have been removed from the App Store, Apple informed developers today.
App Stores, EU Regulations, Privacy, Apple
13 points by tosh 2 days ago | 6 comments
Biases in Apple's Image Playground (giete.ma)
Although Image Playground is heavily restricted, and we do not have direct access to the underlying model, can we still use the prompting interface with the above image input to influence the skin tone of the resulting image? Turns out we can, and in precisely the biased way most image models behave 🤦‍♂️.
AI, Image Generation, Bias, Apple, Computer Vision
43 points by orf 3 days ago | 19 comments
Apple Private Relay causing mail delivery issues (vowe.net)
A few months ago, a customer reached out to me and reported that their users running iOS 18 on their iPhones and iPads were seeing an issue where they would not get push notifications for new mails.
Apple, iOS, Privacy, Email, Mobile Devices
7 points by musha68k 4 days ago | 0 comments
Apple Maps Might Start Showing Ads (macrumors.com)
Apple is "exploring" the idea of showing search ads in the Apple Maps app, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Apple, Mapping, Advertising, Mobile
57 points by ksec 4 days ago | 70 comments
Ollama-Swift (nshipster.com)
Apple introduced Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024. After waiting almost a year for Apple to, in Craig Federighi’s words, “get it right”, its promise of “AI for the rest of us” feels just as distant as ever.
Apple, Artificial Intelligence, WWDC, Software
66 points by sgreenlay 5 days ago | 16 comments
The NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has a 3D tabletop view (uploadvr.com)
The official NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has Tabletop, a diorama-scale virtual representation of the live game you're watching.
Sports, Augmented Reality, Apple, Virtual Reality
133 points by matheussampaio 6 days ago | 108 comments
MacBook Yubikey Induced Insomnia (recyclebin.zip)
Nothing beats realizing your MacBook is out of battery on a Monday morning at the airport when you take it out of the bag. Free adrenaline!
Security, Apple, Hardware
3 points by gepeto42 6 days ago | 0 comments
Zuckerberg's rightward policy shift puts Meta staffers on edge, targets Apple (cnbc.com)
Meta, Social Media, Business, Apple, Politics
65 points by johnshades 6 days ago | 61 comments
Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself (theregister.com)
Apple is feeling the heat over its acclaimed iPhone privacy policy after a German regulator's review of iOS tracking consent alleged that the tech giant exempted itself from the rules it enforces on third-party developers.
Apple, Privacy, Regulations, Technology, Germany
161 points by Logans_Run 6 days ago | 68 comments
TikTok is back in the App Store (theverge.com)
Nearly a month after it was banned in the US, TikTok has returned to the App Store for iPhones and other Apple devices as well as the Google Play store for Android phones and tablets.
App Stores, Social Media, TikTok, Apple, Google
130 points by scarface_74 7 days ago | 220 comments
Apple Resumes Advertising on X (daringfireball.net)
Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year.
Advertising, Social Media, Apple, Twitter
133 points by brcmthrowaway 7 days ago | 109 comments
Apple to Restore TikTok to US App Store Following Justice Department Letter (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are restoring ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok to their app stores on Thursday following assurances in a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced.
Apple, TikTok, App Stores, US Government, Law
7 points by mfiguiere 7 days ago | 1 comments
Apple has started advertising on X again (theverge.com)
Apple has resumed advertising on X for the first time since pausing ads more than a year ago.
Apple, Advertising, Social Media
22 points by Timothee 7 days ago | 1 comments
Do M4 chips have a new security processor? (eclecticlight.co)
There was a stir of excitement last year when some claimed that Apple’s M4 and the A18 chip inside iPhone 16 models had a new security processor, the Secure Exclave Processor, a sister to the Secure Enclave Processor in all modern Macs. This article considers whether there’s evidence to support that.
Security, Apple, Processors, Hardware
8 points by ingve 7 days ago | 0 comments
Apple Resumes Advertising on X (macrumors.com)
Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.
Apple, Social Media, Advertising, Elon Musk
48 points by greyadept 8 days ago | 50 comments
Apple is once again advertising on X, more than a year after stopping all ads (appleinsider.com)
Apple has seemingly resumed advertising on X.
Advertising, Social Media, Apple
85 points by ksec 8 days ago | 38 comments
Migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another (apple.com)
If an Apple Account is only used for making purchases, those purchases can be migrated to a primary Apple Account to consolidate them.
Apple, Accounts, Purchases
108 points by james_pm 9 days ago | 59 comments
Apple Is Renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps App (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its Maps app, following an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on his first day in office.
Apple, Maps, Geopolitics, Politics, United States
19 points by nickthegreek 9 days ago | 17 comments
Apple software update “bug” enables Apple Intelligence (lapcatsoftware.com)
Some people who had previously disabled Apple Intelligence in macOS 15.3 and iOS 18.3 saw it re-enabled after updating to macOS 15.3.1 and iOS 18.3.1 today.
Software Updates, Apple, Privacy, Operating Systems
124 points by walterbell 10 days ago | 133 comments
The Tragedy of Safari (2021) (magiclasso.co)
Over twenty years ago, in 2001, a small team inside Apple started an effort to develop a new web browser.
Web Browsers, Apple, History, Technology
13 points by bentocorp 10 days ago | 7 comments
Apple fixes zero-day exploited in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)
Apple has released emergency security updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability that the company says was exploited in targeted and "extremely sophisticated" attacks.
Security, Apple, Zero-Day Exploits, Cyberattacks
6 points by akyuu 10 days ago | 1 comments
iOS 18.3.1 patches USB Restricted Mode disabling exploit (apple.com)
This document describes the security content of iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1.
Security, iOS, Apple, Software Updates, Operating Systems
13 points by nateb2022 10 days ago | 1 comments
Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple Silicon (2024) (xstore.co.za)
Kaspersky has found a hardware/silicon-based backdoor in 5 generations of Apple mobile silicon, starting with the A12 CPU (iPhone X) and continuing to the A16 CPU (iPhone 14/15). These CPUs have been used in other Apple products like the iPad, Watch and TV, so the iPhone is not the only affected product.
Cybersecurity, Apple, Hardware, Backdoor, Security
153 points by airhangerf15 10 days ago | 35 comments
Apple's Best Option: Decentralize iCloud (mnot.net)
As has been widely reported, the government of the United Kingdom has secretly ordered Apple to build a back door into iCloud to allow ‘blanket capability to view fully encrypted material.’
Privacy, Apple, iCloud, Government Surveillance
109 points by ingve 11 days ago | 127 comments
Dear Mr. Vice President, Please Take Off Your Apple Watch (watchesofespionage.com)
Politics, Apple, Wearable Technology, Privacy
112 points by Krasnol 11 days ago | 59 comments
Defending Software Freedom against Apple at the EU's highest court [video] (fosdem.org)
Apple is one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. Its unbalanced power spans over software and devices, trapping end-users and developers in tight lock-ins. This approach has prevented Free Software to flourish in environments controlled by Apple.
Software Freedom, Apple, EU Law, Legal Cases
9 points by todsacerdoti 11 days ago | 1 comments