PrivacyLens uses thermal imaging to turn people into stick figures
Enlarge / The round lens of PrivacyLens captures standard digital video while the square lens senses heat. The heat sensor...
Month: August 2024
FTX to pay $12.7B to victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s massive scheme
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange formerly helmed by fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, has agreed...
Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates
Enlarge (credit: Sonos) Addressing blowback from Sonos' wildly unpopular app redesign will cost the company $20 to $30 million "in...
Epic Games claims Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan is ‘illegal’ and ‘malicious’
Perpetual whiner Epic Games is, predictably, not happy with Apple’s newly revised App Store plan to comply with the European...
In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury
Enlarge / Amina Abakarova allegedly spreading mercury on her rival's chess board. Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State...
iOS 18’s Home app will enable Adaptive Lighting for Matter lights
iOS 18 will bring a huge variety of new features when it arrives this fall, including for pre-installed system apps....
Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) An advertising industry initiative targeted by an Elon Musk lawsuit is "discontinuing" its...
Instagram Now Allows Up to 20 Photos and Videos for Carousel Posts
Instagram today expanded the number of photos and videos that can be added to a single carousel post, reports The...
Twelve Apple TV visual effects workers unanimously vote to join IATSE union
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) appears to have succeeded in unionizing twelve workers on several Apple Studios...
Apple TV+ can’t seem to solve its movie problem
Apple TV+ launched almost five years ago. In that time, the service has debuted a lot of great TV shows....
There are now more than 2,500 native apps for Apple Vision Pro
Apple today announced that the Apple Vision Pro ecosystem has crossed a new milestone, with the visionOS App Store now...
Apple reportedly plans updated M4 Mac mini that’s actually mini
Enlarge / Apple's M2 Pro Mac mini. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple hasn't updated its Mac mini desktop lineup since the...
