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Apple releases macOS Catalina with new apps Find My and Screen Time, as well as Music, TV, and Podcast apps to replace iTunes, Sidecar for companion iPads, more — Apple today released the newest version of its operating system for Macs, macOS Catalina, to the public. macOS Catalina comes …
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Apple recommends that users such as DJs avoid Catalina until developers update their apps, as the option to export music libraries as XML files has been removed — Apple recommends users avoid Catalina until developers update their apps — Apple's latest desktop operating system update …
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
In-depth Catalina review: iTunes breakup is a success and Catalyst disappoints but it is the first step to integrate macOS into an unbroken computing continuum — Ironically, Apple chose to name this year's update to macOS after an island. Since the iPhone and iOS took off … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Catalina review: Sidecar is great, Arcade is solid but has fewer games than on iOS, iPad apps via Catalyst are lacking, and security prompts are overbearing — iTunes is gone, but what comes next? — It's been a messy fall for Apple software releases. iOS and iPadOS have already …
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| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Instagram is removing the Activity feed's Following tab, which showed users what their friends were liking, saying that few people used it — Instagram is ditching the “Following” tab in the Activity feed. — A Catholic priest notices a fellow priest liking gay porn star pics on Instagram.
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| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Google to require new devices launching with Android 9 or later to come with a wellness app and parental controls, either Google's own apps or third-party ones — One of the biggest themes of Google I/O 2018 was improving digital wellness. As consumers realized they're spending way too much time online …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
The latest Google Mobile Services agreement states that OEMs' custom gesture navigation controls for Android must be enabled only via settings moving forward — Android 10's new gesture navigation system is a bit of a mixed bag, but it's what Google wants to be a standard across every Android device.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple has recently approached big music labels about bundling together Apple Music and Apple TV+ for one flat monthly fee — Apple's hopes of creating a super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee have run into early opposition, with some record labels nervous …
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| Bloomberg: |
Trump admin blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, including video surveillance camera giants, implicated in human rights violations against Muslim minorities — - Move comes as U.S.-China high-level trade talks set to resume — Action targets Chinese surveillance companies, public entities
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Hulu launches support for offline viewing, letting users download up to 25 titles across 5 devices, initially available only to iOS users on its “No Ads” plan — Hulu is finally adding downloads to its streaming service, years after Netflix and Amazon Prime Video did the same.
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| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
In iOS 13.1.2, Hong Kong users' emoji keyboard does not include the Taiwanese flag, a year after a more complete ban on the flag for iOS in mainland China — iPhone users in Hong Kong have noticed a change in the latest version of iOS: the 🇹🇼 Flag for Taiwan emoji is missing.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roku to sell low-cost versions of its Smart Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer under Walmart's onn brand for $129 — Roku will produce lower-cost versions of its new Smart Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer for Walmart under the retailer's own onn brand, the company announced this morning.| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
SCOTUS declines to reinstate a Univ. of Wisconsin patent win against Apple in 2015, which was overturned by a lower court in 2018 and included $506M in damages — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by the University of Wisconsin's patent licensing arm …
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