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Apple shifts WWDC 2020 to online-only format in wake of coronavirus pandemic

Look on the bright side: You won’t have to travel. Apple has announced that while it won’t be canceling this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, it will be shifting to an online-only format in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a recent statement, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller offered the following comments: “…new WWDC 2020 […]

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Warby Parker’s Glasses app for iOS uses iPhone X camera to map your face, recommend glasses for you

Ok, this is pretty neat. Even if the iPhone X has been out for less than a week, a few apps are already taking advantage of the handset’s face mapping technology. In the case of glasses retailer Warby Parker, the company is combining its app with the iPhone X’s camera to take maps of people’s […]

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TSMC enters mass production of 10-nanometer A11 processors

Processor manufacturer TSMC has reportedly entered the mass production stage of its 10-nanometer “A11” processors for Apple’s next-gen iPhone. While the new iPhone’s ship date has yet to be announced, TSMC is said to be applying the same 10-nanometer FinFET manufacturing technique being used to make A10X chips for this year’s 10.5- and 12.9-inch iPad […]

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Leaked HomePod firmware hints at resizable virtual Home button for iPhone 8

It’s the leaked firmware that keeps on giving. In a recent discovery, developer Steve Troughton-Smith found code strings within the HomePod firmware that indicated a virtual Home button for the iPhone 8. The Home button can apparently be hidden and resized as needed. There apparently isn’t a way to change the Home button’s color, and […]

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Rumor: Apple acquires SensoMotoric Instruments

It’s not confirmed yet, but Apple may have acquired an eye tracking technology company called SensoMotoric Instruments. The report is based on legal activity discovered through a shell company and Apple attorney Gene Levoff. SensoMotoric Instruments was technically acquired by Venture Capital Corporation, which is purported to be connected to Apple. The current acquisition papers […]