Category: Apple

Apple unveils animated musical series from the creator of ‘Bob’s Burgers’

[ad_1] The company has only narrowed the release down to “summer,” but you can already expect a star-studded cast. On top of Gad, you can also expect voice-overs from Hamilton alumni Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom Jr. as well as Kristen Bell, Tituss Burgess, Kathryn Hahn and Stanley Tucci. There are more shows on deck […]

Apple TV+ documentary series will profile Oprah, Lin-Manuel and Big Bird

[ad_1] The series is executive produced by veteran R.J. Cutler, who’s also working on a Billie Eilish documentary for the service. You can expect Dear… to reach Apple TV+ sometime in the spring. It’s not certain if this will be as big a draw as The Morning Show or Little America, but it’s clear that […]

Apple tests UWB switch to keep the iPhone 11 from tracking your location

[ad_1] While Apple emphasized that the company isn’t collecting location data and that the UWB checks take place “entirely on the device,” it promised to roll out a dedicated toggle for the chip to assuage people’s fears. YouTube creator Brandon Butch has just spotted that feature in the latest iOS 13.3.1 beta. So iOS 13.3.1 […]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus signs multi-year deal with Apple TV+

[ad_1] In contrast to the former Veep star signing an exclusive agreement with a streaming service, the show’s creator, Armando Iannucci, has been critical of the industry. Iannucchi claims that studios are creating too much content and that the bubble will eventually burst when execs realize viewers are overwhelmed with choice. The ink is still […]

Apple Music partnered with the NBA for its latest curated playlist

[ad_1] As part of a new agreement with the NBA and a startup called UnitedMasters, Apple is curating a weekly playlist called BASE:LINE. It will feature songs from up-and-coming independent hip-hop artists picked by Apple Music director Ebro Darden. The NBA will soundtrack highlights its shares online with songs directly from BASE:LINE. This week, you’ll […]

Search warrant suggests FBI pulled data from a locked iPhone 11 Pro Max

[ad_1] The phone belonged to Baris Ali Koch, who helped his brother convicted of hate crime escape the country. Koch’s lawyer confirmed to Forbes that the phone was locked and that authorities didn’t have access to the passcode. They also didn’t force Koch to use FaceID. Under “inventory” in the warrant, a handwritten note says […]

Apple just bought a low-power AI startup

[ad_1] Apple is giving its standard response: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” But one Xnor.ai illustration, shared by GeekWire, shows a computer vision tool identifying objects in a photo using software on an iPhone. That might be the kind of capability […]

Director sues Apple for allegedly copying her movie with ‘Servant’

[ad_1] Gregorini further claimed that Shyamalan simply took her premise and put it through the “male lens,” with men looking down on a woman’s mental health issues and discussing the sex appeal of the nanny. Shyamalan, series creator Tony Basgallop and Apple ‘negated’ the experiences of Gregorini and other women involved in Emanuel (which had […]

Apple TV+ snags Spike Jonze’s documentary on the Beastie Boys

[ad_1] The documentary is a modest coup for Apple. Rivals have plenty of music docs, such as Beyoncé’s Homecoming on Netflix — Apple has a long way to go if TV+ is going to compete in terms of sheer numbers. An official Beastie Boys documentary is a big deal, though, and shows that Apple is […]