Crime blotter: ‘Meatball’ pleads guilty in Apple Store looting case, and more!

Apple Store on Walnut Street in Philadelphia In the latest from the Apple crime blotter, thieves steal an iPhone and then threatened the owner, an iPad theft led to hit-and-run, still no reports of Apple Vision Pro crime, and AirTags are still popular with carjackers and thieves. The social media influencer known as "Meatball," who…

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Epic moves forward with iPhone ‘Fortnite’ return plans via EU alternative App Store

Pending approvals, the Epic Games Store will open in the near future. Good news for European Union "Fortnite" fans — Epic Games is planning to relaunch the game on its own iPhone app store. The company has posted a status update on X.com updating its followers. Epic has now submitted both the Epic Games Store…

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New AirPods with IR camera coming to enhance Spatial Audio in Apple Vision Pro

Future AirPods Pro will work better with Spatial Audio in the Apple Vision Pro headset Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is planning to release AirPods with infra-red camera modules that detect when a user turns their head, and so automatically adjust Apple Vision Pro audio output to match. In his full blog post, Kuo says…

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Apple eyes alternate OLEDoS suppliers for possible future headset

Inside of Apple Vision Pro A new rumor suggests that Apple has reached out to more manufacturers of small OLED-on-Silicon panels to gear up for another mixed reality headset alongside the Apple Vision Pro. Currently, Sony supplies the OLED-on-Silicon (OLEDoS) panels used in the current Apple Vision Pro. The Elec, which covers Chinese industrial trends,…

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EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission European Union chief Margrethe Vestager says that Apple refusing to launch Apple Intelligence or iPhone screen mirroring in the EU is a "stunning declaration" of how anti-competitive the company is. On June 21, 2024, Apple announced that it will not be releasing either Apple Intelligence or iPhone…

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Apple Weather briefly and mistakenly predicts heatwaves

Apple's Weather app on an iPhone Apple Weather for iOS has come under fire again for a record-breaking temperature prediction that the service maintained for a few hours that seemed unlikely. Here's where the data comes from. Many iPhone users depend on Apple's Weather app on the iPhone to determine the weather for the day…

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SK hynix Wraps up Dev Work on High-End PCB01 PCIe 5.0 SSD for OEMs, Launching Later This Year

SK hynix early in Friday announced that the company has finished the development of it's PCB01 PCIe Gen5 SSD, the company's forthcoming high-end SSD for OEMs. Based on the company's new Alistar platform, the PCB01 is designed to deliver chart-topping performance for client machines. And, as a sign of the times, SK hynix is positioning…

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