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  • Apple working on self-driving car wireless charging technologies

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    If Apple were working on a vehicle now they wisely would be avoiding ICE - but they should ignore electrics as well and should jump directly to landspeeders and spaceships with hyperdrive.
    StrangeDaysentropysapplesnoranges

  • Apple removes Zoom web server in stealth Mac update

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    So which versions of macOS received the silent fix?  How far back has Apple gone to purge this POS software?
    anantksundaramstevenozdysamoria

  • Oppo sidesteps smartphone notch with under-screen camera

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    It really surprises me that several phone manufacturers have gone the notch route. It supports the fakeout that the design made possible a truly edge to edge display - except it isn’t.

    It’s great that so much of the iPhone’s face is useable real estate but I think minimal bezels that afford space for sensors/cameras/laser canons are perfectly acceptable and avoid the downsides the notch has brought to the scene.

    i wonder if the display panel is transparent (enough) when not illuminated to allow for things like the camera and true-depth sensor to work.  I’d be all for having the screen dynamically shrink when the camera needed to be active and then expand back to the edges when the camera was disengaged. Apps written today could deal with that no problem. (being savvy for size-classes and traits)

    Would also give give users a bit more peace of mind of knowing when the camera (at least front facing) is active though I think most people are satisfied with the current level of security the iPhone offers and don’t particularly worry about it.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's new protections for kids could force PBS to pull its apps

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    It’s not terribly difficult to wire up an app that can provide insight into what is being used.  In PBS’s case, the fact that they are streaming content already gives them 100% insight on the back end to see what content is being accessed.  Very curious what wall they are seemingly up against.  Or their dev team is doing something sketchy and selling a line to upper management.
    n2itivguy

  • ARKit 3 features restricted to latest iPhones and iPads

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    douglas bailey said:
    iPad Mini 2019 has an A12 chip. But I don't know what ANE is and I don't know if it has a True Depth Camera?
    Also, you didn't mention the new iPad Touch. It surely has the A12.
    ANE is Apple Neural Engine...can’t recall if it is directly accessible to developers or another special component only Apple is privy to access or to give proxy access to developers via particular Apple frameworks.
    AppleOutsider23232watto_cobra