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Reportedly facing design and development issues, "Apple Glass" may now be preceded by a separate Apple VR headset that will be an expensive rival to Oculus.

  New research shows Apple is investigating how HomePod, or other devices, can use audio to estimate the distance to a speaking user, and also to identify the sounds around it. Apples HomePod is already very good at hearing your voice, even when it is playing music loudly. Two separate new patent applications show that Apple wants to improve this, and to take the ability for devices to listen, to a new level. One of them, "Learning-Based Distance Estimation," is concerned with using audio not ...

  Apple is researching ways to eliminate lens distortion using multiple cameras in the flexible housing of a device such as an Apple Watch strap. You cant bend a lens without wrecking its optical properties. But you can have a series of camera lenses across a flexible surface, and by bending that housing, get a combined panoramic, or 3D, image. "Camera Systems for Bendable Electronic Devices," is a newly-revealed patent application, which is concerned with taking images with such a series of ...

  Linux now works on the Mac mini with M1 processor — but Apple did not make it easy for the team to port the OS with its custom firmware and unique data paths. Heres how Corellium got it done. Now that Linux is fully usable on Macs with M1 processors the team at Corellium has detailed their process for porting the OS. In Thursdays post, Corellium says that they have been studying Apples custom processors since the iPhone 6 released in 2014. The company used some exploits and the previous ...

Whether it's to say you're home safe, or that you're on your way, you can get your iPhone to tell someone exactly where you are. Here's what you have to do.

Google has released Chrome 88 as the latest stable version of their cross-platform web browser without any support for Adobe Flash Player. Flash reached its official end of life on December 31, when Adobe officially stopped supporting the software. On January 12, Adobe also began blocking content from playing inside Flash. Apple and Mozilla have also stopped supporting Flash, and Microsoft is scheduled to end support later this month, reports ZDNet. According to web technology survey site W3...

  Industry sources claim that more companies are developing devices with, or uses for, UWB (Ultra-Wideband), following the popularity of it in Apples iPhone 12 range and other devices. As Apple continues to add Ultra-Wideband processors to most — but not all — of its devices, now other firms are reportedly following suit. Following previous reports that Tile is to introduce UWB tracking to its tags, now Digitimesclaims that the technology is being increasingly widely adopted. "Apple ha...

The last two colors of wireless Beats Flex earphones — Flame Blue, and Smoke Gray — are now available through Apple, completing the four color options revealed at launch.

You can use the Quick Selection tool in Photoshop to easily select and edit specific parts of a photo. Once youve made your selection, you can delete or edit that section without affecting the rest of the photo. Anything youve selected with the Quick Selection tool will be surrounded with a black-and-white dotted line. When youre working on an image in Photoshop, there are times when youll only want to edit a specific part of the picture — maybe someones face, or just the background. If this ...

The Intercom feature in HomePod and HomePod mini turns those smart speakers into a handy way to reach people anywhere in your house. Anywhere, that is, that you have a HomePod device — and when you ask it correctly.