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Apple begins notifying WWDC 2025 Swift Student Challenge winners, invites 50 Distinguished Winners to Apple Park event

Apple on Thursday began notifying students who had won slots in the WWDC 2025 Swift Student Challenge, which took place from February 3 to February 23 of this year. Students who entered can sign in to Apple’s Swift Student Challenge website to see their status. 350 winners have been selected, with the winners being eligible […]

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Apple purchases DarwinAI, adds company’s resources to own development efforts

Every so often, Apple goes shopping for businesses or technologies it believes will be useful down the road. The company acquired Canada-based DarwinAI earlier this year as part of an effort to build out its AI team. DarwinAI created AI technology for inspecting components during the manufacturing process, and it also had a focus on […]

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Lowe’s incorporates Apple Pay into its payment options for U.S. retail locations

You can now use Apple Pay at various Lowe’s retail locations throughout the United States. While the payment option has been available in the Lowe’s app and the Lowe’s website for some time, the company has been a longtime ‌Apple Pay‌ holdout for its retail store locations. As noted over on Reddit, Lowe’s employees said […]

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Apple to hold internal AI development conference, seems to be returning to in-person events

As Apple begins to ease its COVID-19 policies, the company will be holding its annual internal Artificial Intelligence (AI) summit as an in-person event, a sign that Apple may be bringing back traditional media events. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the AI summit is similar to Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, except it caters only to […]

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Apple drops COVID-19 testing requirement, changes overall policy

While the COVID-19 pandemic may not be over, Apple is apparently making changes to its COVID-19 policy. Zoë Schiffer has offered the following about the situation in a recent tweet: Apple is making changes to its Covid-19 policy, and will stop mandating employees test before coming into the office. It’s also rolling back its special […]