Future MacBook Pro devices could be fully virtual as Apple is investigating creating them in AR, and also assessing when we need a screen break.
In the future, we may never again have to wait for UPS to deliver a Mac, we may virtually conjure one up in front of us. Put on your Apple Glass, or other Apple AR device, and have the MacBook Pro of your dreams appear in front of you.
Apple already uses AR to show us what a Mac might look like on our desks, but a newly-revealed patent application goes much further. There still has to be an actual MacBook Pro somewhere, but the virtual one in front of you will respond to your key presses, and display what the real machine would.
New York repair store owner Louis Rossmann has started a crowdfunding campaign, and is trying to collect $6 million to bring a "Right to Repair" initiative direct to the voters, and skip state legislature.
According to a whistleblower, router maker Ubiquiti has dramatically downplayed the severity of the January catastrophic hack that exposed sensitive customer data.
The whistleblower is a Ubiquiti security professional who helped the company respond to the two-month hack. The anonymous employee spoke to
Krebs on Security after his concerns fell on deaf ears with Ubiquiti s whistleblower hotline and European data protection authorities.
In a public notice Ubiquiti released on January 11, the router maker had said it became aware of unauthorized access to certain of our information technology systems hosted by a third party cloud provider. It continued, We are not currently aware of evidence of access to any databases that host user data, but we cannot be certain that user data has not been exposed.
As scheduled, Twitter will officially shutter its Periscope livestreaming service on April 1, though most of the app s core functions have already transferred to Twitter Live.
Twitter announced the pending shutdown in a tweet posted to the official Periscope account on Wednesday. This is it. Our final goodbye. Today is the last day the Periscope app will be available. We leave you with our gratitude for all the creators and viewers who brighten the Periscope community. We hope to see you all live on Twitter, the tweet reads.
Twitter in December announced plans to shutter Periscope this month citing waning usage and increasing maintenance costs. At the time, the company said Periscope was quickly becoming unsustainable as its user base had declined over the past couple years.
Apple is reportedly discussing a potential partnership with South Korea-based SK Telecom to bolster distribution of Apple TV+ content in the country.
The premium Apple streaming service is not currently available in South Korea. However, it appears that Apple is looking into establishing content distribution partnerships in the region.
Local carrier SK Telecom is reportedly pursuing a partnership with Apple TV+ to provide original films and shows to its customers. According to a report from Korean language
MTN, a contract between the two may be on the horizon.
The partnership could see an Apple TV+ subscription bundled with SK Telecom carrier plans, similar to collaborations in the U.S. between Verizon and Disney+.