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It was only a matter of time until the veil of secrecy surrounding James Wan’s Aquaman movie began to lift. With Jason Momoa locked in to bring the aquatic superhero to life, Amber Heard set as his leading lady, and pre-production on the Justice League follow-up under way, we now have a rough idea of the film’s overall story - or its villain, at least. It’s now been reported that Patrick Wilson - long time collaborator with director Wan on both The Conjuring and Insidious franchises - has been attached to star as Aquaman’s villainous half-brother, Orm - a....

Apple’s tiny speaker is getting a big spotlight at Apple Stores, with new displays that turn it up to 11 — or in this case, 17. A wall of 17 HomePods fills the latest Avenue in select stores. You can experience it for yourself today at home. A circular display with graphics detailing the intelligent features of HomePod mini animates at the center of a matrix of black and white HomePod mini models....

Here’s everything you need to know about the new Studio Display, including its specs and key features. At the top of the Studio Display sits a 12MP Ultra Wide camera, capable of Center Stage. That’s Apple’s smart camera feature that continuously pans, zooms, and focuses on you as you move around. There’s also a three-mic array for greater voice detection and noise cancellation. Flanking the sides of the monitor are six high-fidelity speakers, four of which are force-cancelling woofers....

One of the most anticipated features of iOS 15 was SharePlay, which gives users the ability to listen to songs, watch TV shows, play games, and more while on a FaceTime call with friends or family members. Now, a few weeks after the function was released alongside iOS 15.1, Apple is now touting the growing number of third-party apps compatible with SharePlay. In a press release, Apple states: Apple says that SharePlay sessions offer shared playback controls, so anyone on the FaceTime call can play, pause, or jump ahead while enjoying synced media....

Apple has been steadily improving the tvOS App Store experience for customers and developers on the new Apple TV, and today it’s continuing by turning on support for app previews. Developers can create app previews, which are videos showing the app in action beyond just screenshots, to show customers how their apps work before they download or purchase the app. Apple introduced app previews on the iOS App Store for iPhone and iPad as part of the iOS 8 update in 2014....

New Apple TV in manufacturing this December, CDMA model iPhones will have a metal, not a glass back and the future of the iPad sees a 7-inch model and new, faster processor debut in December, that’s this morning’s big rumor round-up… We’ve been looking at the latest reports from Digitimes (so usual warnings etc.) that Apple intends introducing an upgraded iPad equipped with a Cortex A9 processor next year. The new 9....

With a new teaser for Dickinson, Apple TV+ continues to roll out previews of its upcoming original programming as the presumed launch date of the service draws near. The series is the fourth of Apple’s slate of new shows set to premiere this fall, coming on the heels of Ron D. Moore’s alt-history space race drama For All Mankind, the star-studded earnestness of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s The Morning Show, and, wait for it… Snoopy in Space....

Apple’s vice president of worldwide iPod, iPhone, and iOS product marketing, Greg Joswiak, took the stage at the ‘Silicon Valley comes to the UK’ 2011 event where he discussed the four keys of success he’s developed through his 20+ years at Apple. What he said seemed to come from the Steve Jobs school of business: (via WSJ): Focus—”It means saying no, not saying yes. We do very few things at Apple....

Popular grill manufacturer Traeger is out with what it says is an industry first – an Apple Watch app to not just view your grill’s temperature but actually control it. The latest Traeger app for its WiFIRE connected grills also lets you set/change the probe temp, see your pellet level, timer, turn on “Keep Warm Mode,” and more right from your wrist. Traeger shared the news today on full Apple Watch control arriving for its WiFIRE grills that brings almost all the same functionality of the iPhone app to Apple’s wearable....

Despite its splash and water resistance rating, meaning Apple doesn’t recommend going for a swim with Apple Watch, it does recommend running water over it to clean certain components. One problem it’s anticipating is the Watch’s Digital Crown getting stuck or not running smoothly due to trapped debris, like dust or lotions, between the crown and the Watch’s casing. Apple’s fix: hold your Apple Watch’s digital crown under your sink faucet....

This year officially marks the end of an era: as announced in 2017, Adobe will stop supporting the once-ubiquitous Flash by the end of 2020. With the newest release of its Safari Technology Preview browser today, Apple has taken the next step as part of its efforts to end all usage of Flash in Safari. Safari Technology Preview is essentially the beta version of Safari. It’s an experimental version of Safari that allows developers and other users to report bugs and performance improvements before the changes are released to everyone....

Hyundai made a bold statement last week, confirming that it was in talks with Apple about a potential partnership for Apple Car. Shortly thereafter, the company backtracked and published a new statement without a mention of Apple. This is yet another example of Apple’s strict approach to secrecy, and a new report from CNBC offers some more detail on Apple’s strategy. For reference, here is Hyundai’s first statement on Apple Car:...

Back in May of last year, a long list of readers in countries around the world reported having access to Apple’s two-step verification security feature for their Apple ID. Shortly after the news broke, the feature disappeared in many countries signaling it had been launched prematurely. The only officially supported countries listed on Apple’s website included the “U.S., UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.” However, today the feature has appeared in several new countries including Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, & Spain....

Authorities in Tokyo are asking Apple to pay $98 million in back taxes after incorrectly exempting foreign tourists and resellers from a consumption tax. Nikkei reports that Apple stopped tax-free shopping in June after incorrectly exempting bulk orders of iPhones and other hardware. The $98 million tax bill comes off $26 billion in sales during fiscal year 2022 for Apple Japan, and Apple has reportedly filed to amend its tax return....

Apple on Monday stopped signing iOS 15.4.1, just a week after iOS 15.5 was released to the public. As a result, iPhone and iPad users can no longer downgrade from iOS 15.5 to iOS 15.4.1, which impacts users who jailbreak their devices. iOS 15.4.1 was released on March 31 with fixes in general, including fixing a bug that made the battery drain faster. On May 16, Apple released iOS 15.5 – which comes with enhancements to Apple Cash and new features in the Podcasts app....

It seems hardly a day passes without fresh news on Apple’s supply chain problems. Recent ones focus on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in China, but the global chip shortage continues to bite. Apple had hoped that Chinese display manufacturer BOE would be able to make as many as 40M iPhone displays this year. A shortage of display driver chips saw the goal reduced to 30M, but even that is now in doubt …...

Update (Aug. 8th): Following our report, Apple has gone ahead and released it!. Interestingly, no Thunderbolt and RAM not upgradable?! Apple is gearing up to launch a new addition to the iMac lineup later this month that appears to be geared towards education/volume customers. The new iMac has less power than the current line of all-in-one Apple desktop computers and also has less storage space. The computer packs a last generation 3....

Apple TV+ today announced a release date for its next major international project, ‘Pachinko’. The show is an adaptation of a New York Times best-selling novel. The series will debut on March 25. Apple will release the first three episodes of Pachinko on March 25, with the remainder of the eight-episode season airing weekly through 29 April. The series notably stars the famous South Korean actor Lee Min-ho in a leading role....

Apple TV+’s first British series production, the comedy series Trying, returns for season three on July 22, the company announced today. ‘Trying’ centers on the couple Nikki and Jason as they work their way through the adoption process. Esther Smith and Rafe Spall star. The show is written and produced by Andy Wolton, through BBC Studios. The eight episode third season will run July 22 through September 9. The storyline of the third season follows the pair as they experience the trials and tribulations of being new parents....