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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.

  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.

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.

  Watch the Inauguration of the 46th US President live across Apple TV, online, and across almost all Apple devices. The Inauguration of President Biden, and the swearing-in of Vice President Kamala Harris, will be at 12:00 noon Eastern Time. Most coverage begins earlier than that, however, and there are multiple ways to watch the event across all Apple devices. A live stream will start on YouTube shortly before the ceremony. You can sign up to be notified when it begins, too. The same live st...

  Apple on Monday partnered with The King Center to launch a second installment of "Challenge for Change," an educational series that urges youth to participate in community service programs. Announced through an Apple Education livestream, the latest challenge coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and focuses on social issues including racial equity and tolerance. In developing the initiative, Apple connected with Rev. Dr. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center for Nonviolent Social Chang...