Developers who want to show off apps, or anyone whose iPhone is currently out of reach, will appreciate a new Continuity feature arriving on the new version of macOS Sequoia.
The new OS, announced at WWDC 2024, will allow users to mirror their iPhone screen directly on their Mac and even control it, like swiping through pages on the Home Screen and launching apps via the Mac’s trackpad.
In addition, as Apple showed, it would make it easier to use Mac apps and iPhone apps alongside each other.
When using the feature, users will be able to use the Mac keyboard to enter text and other input into iPhone apps.
Plus, iPhone notifications will appear alongside Mac notifications when it’s mirrored, and users will also be able to interact with them and take action.
Read More“Experience Seamless iPhone Accessibility with macOS Sequoia for Mirroring on Your Mac”
One way to know for sure that you’re at a developer conference: The crowd gets really excited when you announce a new Calculator app.
The addition of the app got (by far) the biggest applause pop at WWDC 2024 so far.
The biggest arrival here is the addition of Math Notes.
The addition feature effect does the math for you.
At once, the feature makes iPad an even more interesting option is the academic segment, though plenty of teachers will no doubt balk at an app that does all of the work for users.
Read MoreiPad Calculator: Simplify Your Math with Ease
Apple announced at WWDC on Monday that iPadOS 18 will include a new “Smart Script” feature that will clean up your handwriting when using an Apple Pencil to write in Notes.
With Smart Script, Apple says it’s making handwriting your notes even smoother and straighter.
The feature improves the appearance of your writing as you write by using on-device machine learning to recreate your handwriting from your notes.
If you need to add to something you have already written, you can tap and hold with your Apple Pencil to create more space.
Apple says Smart Script makes your handwritten notes more effective, fluid and easer to read.
Read More“Enhance Your Handwriting on iPadOS 18 with the Intelligent Script Feature for the Apple Pencil”
Passwords were available from the Settings app on your Mac or iPhone.
Now, the company is introducing the Passwords app at WWDC 2024.
It will be available with the next major releases of iOS, macOS and visionOS, that is iOS 18, macOS Sequoia and visionOS 2.
As a reminder, iCloud Passwords already support shared passwords, verification codes and a note field for every password entry.
This new app will make it easier to get started and think about using iCloud Passwords to store your sensitive information.
Read More“Introducing the All-New Password Manager App by Apple”
Apple Tuesday unveiled Apple Intelligence, its long awaited, ecosystem-wide push into generative AI.
As earlier rumors suggested, the new feature is called Apple Intelligent (A.I., get it?).
The company promised the feature will be built with safety at its core, along with highly personalized experiences.
it’s personal intelligence.
and it’s the next big step for Apple.”
Read MoreIntroducing Apple’s Revolutionary AI Solution: The Next Generation of Intelligence
Today at its annual WorldWide Developer Conference in Cupertino, Apple announced updates to VisionOS, the operating system running on the Vision Pro.
The upgraded VisionOS — VisionOS 2 — brings with it productivity enhancements and “new immersive experiences.” One lets you “spatialize” photos from regular photos, leveraging AI tech.
Another is a new navigation option: VisionOS 2 lets you switch to the home screen by just tapping, or flip your hand over to bring up the control center with notifications, shortcuts and more.
Read MoreVisionOS 2 Unveiled by Apple
Privacy watchdogs in the U.K. and Canada have launched a joint investigation into the data breach at 23andMe last year.
In its data breach notices, the company said it didn’t detect the hackers’ activities for around five months, from April until September 2023.
23andMe said it only became aware of the account breaches in October 2023, when hackers advertised the stolen data on the unofficial 23andMe subreddit and a well-known hacking forum.
Hackers broke into around 14,000 accounts of 23andMe customers by reusing their passwords from previous breaches, a technique known as password spraying.
That’s how the hackers were able to scrape information on 6.9 million users by only hacking 14,000 accounts.
Read MorePrivacy Violations Uncovered: 23andMe Under Scrutiny by UK and Canada Watchdogs
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When you’re looking for a startup idea that could slow climate change, you might become an expert at home energy assessments.
Instead, the startup has put together a small team of engineers to create its own AI model specialized in home energy assessments using machine learning.
The company uses open data, such as satellite images, as well as its own training data set with millions of photos and energy assessments.
In the company’s first tests, its home energy assessments have been accurate within 5% of old-fashioned assessments.
The startup has now raised €4.7 million ($5.1 million at today’s exchange rate) with Racine² leading the round and a non-dilutive investment from Bpifrance.
Read More“Revolutionizing Home Energy Audits: How AI Can Aid Kelvin in His Quest to Save the Planet”
It’s the first time that the number of affected Snowflake customers has been disclosed since the account hacks began in April.
So far, only Ticketmaster and LendingTree have confirmed data thefts where their stolen data was hosted on Snowflake.
Several other Snowflake customers say they are currently investigating possible data thefts from their Snowflake environments.
Mandiant said the threat campaign is “ongoing,” suggesting the number of Snowflake corporate customers reporting data thefts may rise.
Last week, TechCrunch found circulating online hundreds of Snowflake customer credentials stolen by malware that infected the computers of staffers who have access to their employer’s Snowflake environment.
Read More“Snowflake Customers’ Data Reportedly Breached by Hackers, According to Mandiant”
