Half of Apple developers are hesitating over making Apple Vision Pro apps

Apple's visionOS menu system -- image credit: Apple In its latest annual developer survey, Setapp reports that almost 50% of developers are uncertain about whether to support the Apple Vision Pro, but 60% are adding AI features. In its 2023 survey, Setapp's report by its parent company MacPaw claimed that nearly 50% of Mac developers…

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The death of a robot designed for autistic children proves Apple’s on-device AI is the right path

The Moxie robot that used cloud processing for a large language model was designed to be a companion and education tool for autistic children, and it's being unceremoniously shut down by the owners. This absolutely insensitive and destructive move practically demonstrates that Apple's on-device approach is right. Launched in 2020, Moxie was billed as an…

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Jamf details scary iCloud flaw that was exploitable until this fall

Jamf on Tuesday revealed the details of an iCloud vulnerability that was fixed with the release of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 Sequoia. The vulnerability involved the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) subsystem, and when successfully exploited, would allow an app to access contact information, GPS locations, photos, are other sensitive data. The TCC…

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Apple Vision Pro becomes a virtual design studio with ‘Analogue’

A new app turns Apple Vision Pro into a virtual design studio where teams can collaborate across continents as if in the same room. Analogue, explicitly crafted for Apple Vision Pro, enables design teams to collaborate in real-time immersive settings. It effectively tackles issues like workflow bottlenecks and compatibility problems, allowing teams to work together…

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Apple Vision Pro named innovation of the year, beating transparent TVs and AI cheese

Popular Science has crowned Apple's Apple Vision Pro as 2024's greatest innovation, in a report that also honors everything from a transparent TV to AI-formulated vegan cheese. It's expensive to buy — and to build, too — and Apple hasn't sold very many, plus developers are cautious about supporting it. But despite all of this,…

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Box users gain Adobe Express AI image editing features with new partnership

Adobe and Box have partnered to simplify business workflows for users by providing Firefly AI image editing within the Box content management environment. Users already had the option to access Box files from Adobe Creative Cloud and similar tools, but the new partnership brings an all-in-one workflow to the storage platform. Instead of exporting documents…

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