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Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi today joined Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber on an episode of The Talk Show, where he likened uncertainties over Face ID to the concerns that customers expressed when Touch ID first launched in 2013 in the iPhone 5s. Honestly, we’re just all counting the days that customers can finally get their hands on these. Because I think just like with Touch ID, initially people thought oh, ‘Apple’s…

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Six trade and marketing organizations this morning published an open letter to Apple asking the company to “rethink” plans to launch new versions of Safari in iOS and macOS that block cross-site tracking, and this afternoon, Apple offered up a response, which was shared by The Loop. According to Apple, ad tracking companies are essentially able to recreate a person’s web browsing history using cross site tracking techniques sans permission, something it’s…

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Customers who want to purchase an LTE Apple Watch Series 3 model will need a postpaid plan to enable LTE connectivity, meaning it won’t be available to those who use prepaid cellular plans. Prepaid plans are often more affordable, but don’t support the number sharing features the Apple Watch Series 3 requires. On AT&T’s website, for example, the company says Apple Watch Series 3 connectivity requires the NumberSync feature. NumberSync, which allows…

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Apple has taken its online storefront down in order to prepare for the launch of the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus, the Apple TV 4K, and the new Apple Watch Series 3 models. Pre-orders are expected to begin at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time or 3:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 15 in the United States. In other countries, pre-order times will vary. Pre-orders kick off at 5:01 p.m. in Sydney,…

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Ahead of next week’s launch of the new Apple TV 4K with HDR support, Apple has begun releasing 4K HDR content on iTunes in the United States and other countries. 4K movies are denoted by a new “4K” and “Dolby Vision” tags visible in the iTunes Store and in the TV app on iOS devices, Macs, and the Apple TV. 4K content is not universally displaying across all devices just yet, but…

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Each week, Apple chooses an “App of the Week” to highlight in the App Store, making it free to download for seven days. This week’s pick is pinball app INKS, which is normally priced at $2.99. INKS was first released in May of 2016 and has never been available for free before. INKS was also a 2016 Apple Design Award winner. INKS is a modern interpretation of pinball, combining the fun of…

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Given the iPhone X‘s design was leaked months before it was unveiled, many people wondered how Apple would choose to approach the notch housing the device’s new TrueDepth front camera and facial recognition system. Now that the iPhone X is official, we know the answer. Apple’s new human interface guidelines for the device advise developers to embrace the notch by ensuring the layout of their apps fill the entire screen. Don’t mask…

During an iPhone X demo conducted by Craig Federighi in yesterday’s keynote, Face ID appeared to fail to recognize his face, leading to doubts about the feature’s reliability and accuracy. There was a lot of speculation about just what went wrong on stage, ranging from a Face ID failure to a passcode lock, and according to Apple, it was the latter issue that caused the device not to work properly on stage….

Conan O’Brien, host of late night talk show Conan, last night did a skit covering Apple’s keynote and the new Face ID feature designed to unlock the iPhone X with a facial scan. A fake Craig Federighi takes the stage to answer inane Face ID questions from the audience. “Does it work with the butt?” asks one person. “What’s the maximum number of faces that the phone can recognize?” asks another man….

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Just a day after Apple unveiled its new flagship iPhone X equipped with a facial recognition system, United States Senator Al Franken (D-MN), who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, sent a letter [PDF] to Apple CEO Tim Cook with some questions on the privacy and the security of the Face ID feature. Face ID is designed to take a 3D face scan that…