[Deal du jour] La puce M3 débarque sur le fameux laptop d'Apple. La version mise à jour de l'ultra-portable délivre d'excellentes performances, et se trouve déjà à un très bon prix, grâce à une promotion et une offre de reprise.

À Cupertino, l'Apple Design Studio, un grand espace collaboratif anciennement dirigé par Jonathan Ive, imagine et fabrique les produits Apple de demain. Molly Anderson et Scott Brodrick, deux des inventeurs du dernier iPad Pro, racontent à Numerama les coulisses du projet.

Apple once designed a Tetris clone that has been found on a prototype version of the third-generation iPod, indicating the company was experimenting with releasing the game on the music player. From a report: It's called Stacker and, obviously, is controlled via the iPod's scroll wheel. The software was spotted by X user AppleDemoYT, who is known for finding rare prototype devices. The prototype iPod is a "DVT" device, meaning it was a mid-stage device that was still in "Design Validation Testing." It has a model number of A1023, which is not a known model number of any iPod version. The device runs a prototype version of iPodOS 2.0, which is where Stacker comes from. The pieces are moved from left to right using the scroll wheel and they fall when the middle button is pressed. The goal is to clear lines and score points. You know the deal. It's Tetris. It's not the only game found on the prototype iPod. There's something called Block0, which is likely an early version of Brick. The device also features a game called Klondike, which is likely an early version of Solitaire. The music player did eventually get some games, including the aforementioned Solitaire and Brick. AppleDemoYT asked former Apple VP Tony Fadell why Stacker was never released and he said it was because games didn't show up until a "later software release."

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Apple has shed more light on the bizarre iOS 17.5 bug that caused long-deleted photos to mysteriously reappear on users' devices. In a statement to 9to5Mac, the iPhone maker clarified that the issue stemmed from a corrupted database on the device itself, not iCloud Photos. This means the photos were never fully erased from the device, but they also weren't synced to iCloud. Interestingly, these files could have hitched a ride to new devices through backups or direct transfers.

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Apple executive Phil Schiller admitted in court on Wednesday that the company's court-mandated changes to its iPhone app store payment system have not significantly increased competition. The ongoing hearings in Oakland, California, are determining whether Apple is properly complying with an antitrust order to allow developers to display links to alternative payment options. Despite Apple's implementation of the changes in January, only a small number of apps have sought approval for external payment links. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has expressed frustration with Apple executives, questioning whether they understand the order's intent to increase competition. Schiller defended Apple's response as well-intentioned but acknowledged the need for further action to encourage more apps to utilize external payment options.

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Où on apprend qu'Apple a fait comme Google : Dès qu'un iPhone est passé près de votre box, il a enregistré l'adresse unique MAC et la position GPS et a tout envoyé à Apple.
Apple et Google sont donc capables de dire où se trouvent géographiquement toutes les box et routeurs Wifi du monde.
J'ai un fort doute sur le fait que ça soit conforme au RPGD, ça.
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Double écran OLED d'une luminosité incroyable, finesse de tous les records, processeur Apple M4 surpuissant, Magic Keyboard presque aussi bon que le clavier d'un MacBook… Sur le papier, l'iPad Pro de 2024 est le produit le plus avancé d'Apple. Mais son système d'exploitation et ses applications manquent encore de maturité.

L’article Réseau électrique : le Vietnam demande aux industriels de réduire leur consommation est apparu en premier sur L'EnerGeek.

[Deal du Jour] Malgré son prix élevé, l’Apple TV 4K est tout simplement l’une des meilleures box multimédia sur le marché pour regarder vos films et séries en streaming. Rarement en promotion, le modèle Wi‑Fi bénéficie d’une petite réduction.

From "Tout ce que vous faites sur votre iPhone reste sur votre iPhone" to "Tout ce que vous faites sur votre iPhone reste chez Apple" very quick.

EDIT: La suite : https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-wasnt-storing-deleted-ios-photos-in-icloud-after-all/
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[Deal du jour] Cdiscount propose une importante réduction sur le MacBook Air M1, le laptop d’Apple de 2020. L’ultraportable reste encore aujourd'hui un modèle à la bonne autonomie. Il tombe en ce moment sous les 800 €.

Samsung has released a response to Apple's recently criticized "Crush" ad, which featured the destruction of instruments, arcade games, and sculptures to promote the new iPad Pro. Apple subsequently apologized, with an executive admitting they "missed the mark." In a video titled "UnCrush," created by BBH USA and directed by Zen Pace, Samsung depicts a woman navigating debris reminiscent of Apple's ad, using a Galaxy Tab S9 and Galaxy AI to play guitar, in contrast to Apple's destructive message. "We would never crush creativity," the caption of Samsung's video reads.

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This week, in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Apple is introducing several new accessibility features. Noteworthy additions include eye-tracking support for recent iPhone and iPad models, customizable vocal shortcuts, music haptics, and vehicle motion cues. Engadget reports: The most intriguing feature of the set is the ability to use the front-facing camera on iPhones or iPads (at least those with the A12 chip or later) to navigate the software without additional hardware or accessories. With this enabled, people can look at their screen to move through elements like apps and menus, then linger on an item to select it. That pause to select is something Apple calls Dwell Control, which has already been available elsewhere in the company's ecosystem like in Mac's accessibility settings. The setup and calibration process should only take a few seconds, and on-device AI is at work to understand your gaze. It'll also work with third-party apps from launch, since it's a layer in the OS like Assistive Touch. Since Apple already supported eye-tracking in iOS and iPadOS with eye-detection devices connected, the news today is the ability to do so without extra hardware. [...] There are plenty more features coming to the company's suite of products, including Live Captions in VisionOS, a new Reader mode in Magnifier, support for multi-line braille and a virtual trackpad for those who use Assistive Touch. It's not yet clear when all of these announced updates will roll out, though Apple has historically made these features available in upcoming versions of iOS. With its developer conference WWDC just a few weeks away, it's likely many of today's tools get officially released with the next iOS. Apple detailed all the new features in a press release.

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[Deal du jour] L’iPhone 13 est encore aujourd’hui un très bon modèle d'iPhone, qui conviendra parfaitement à celles et ceux qui veulent un smartphone Apple sans se ruiner. Et, il est encore plus intéressant en promotion.

Pour la première fois en trois mois, j'ai osé sortir mon Apple Vision Pro pendant un long voyage. La peur de la honte a prédominé les premières heures, avant d'être rattrapée par le plaisir de regarder un film sur un écran géant. L'acceptation de la réalité virtuelle prendra du temps.

Selon Bloomberg, Apple aurait trouvé un accord avec OpenAI pour utiliser ChatGPT sous licence dans le prochain iOS 18. La cohabitation entre Siri, ChatGPT et éventuellement Google Gemini reste à définir.

Pour annoncer le nouvel iPad Pro, qui se distingue par sa finesse et son écran OLED, Apple a diffusé une publicité intitulée Crush!. Problème ? Celle-ci est sujette à controverse, ce qui pousse aujourd'hui l'entreprise à s'excuser.

Apple has apologized for its tone-deaf "Crush!" ad that sparked a furious backlash with artists, musicians and other creators. AdAge reports that Apple said the video "missed the mark" and has scrapped plans to run the cutesy-turned-cringey commercial on TV. From a report: It's clear that Apple intended for the ad to serve as a metaphor for all the myriad creative tools one has when they throw down $1,000 or more for a new iPad Pro. Run during Tuesday's event, the video shows a series of musical instruments and other tools for human expression, including a guitar, drums, trumpet, amplifiers, record player, TV and much more. "All I Ever Need Is You" by Sonny & Cher soundtracks the clip. Soon, it's revealed that the objects are all sitting on an industrial crusher, which descends upon the scattered creative instruments, exploding in plumes of satisfyingly colorful smoke. But when the crusher pulls back up, we see that everything was transformed into a shiny new iPad Pro.

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Citing a memo distributed to Apple Store employees, 9to5Mac reports that the new iPad Pro and iPad Air lineups will not include Apple stickers in the box -- "a key piece of memorabilia" that dates back as far as 1977's Apple II, notes Ars Technica. While the company says that this is part of its environmental goals to completely remove plastic from its packaging, it begs the question: is the era of stickers in Apple boxes coming to an end? 9to5Mac reports: The M3 MacBook Air that launched in March includes stickers in the box, but Apple Vision Pro (which launched in February) does not. Will the iPhone 16 include stickers in the box? Only time will tell. Ars' Andrew Cunningham writes about the origins of the Apple stickers: Apple has included stickers with its products at least as far back as the Apple II in 1977 when the stickers still said "Apple Computer" on them in the company's then-favored Motter Tektura typeface (I couldn't track down a vintage Apple II unboxing, but I did find some fun photos of Apple enthusiast Dan Budiac opening a sealed-in-box mid-'80s-era Apple IIc, complete with rainbow pack-in stickers). I myself became familiar with them during the height of the iPod in the early to mid-2000s when Apple was still firmly a tech underdog, and people would stick white Apple logo stickers to their cars to show off their non-conformist cred and/or Apple brand loyalty. As Apple's products became more colorful in the 2010s, the Apple logo stickers would sometimes be color-matched to the device you had just bought, a cute bit of attention to detail that has carried over into present-day MagSafe cables and color-matched iMac keyboards and trackpads. The report notes that you can still request an Apple sticker at Apple Stores at the time of your purchase; however, Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers don't appear to have them available.

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