By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has struck a deal to license millions of images from Shutterstock in order to train its AI models.Other tech companies have obtained similar deals from Shutterstock to help develop visual AI engines, including Google, Meta, and Amazon. News of Apple’s deal comes well after its signing in late 2022, and is expected to cost Apple up to $50 million.This follows on from news of previous negotiations between Apple and various publishers for similar AI large language model (LLM) training using content from news articles. Conde Nast IAC, and NBC are among the big media names that have allegedly been in talks with Apple about licensing their content.Apple is expected to make some major announcements about its efforts to add more AI technologies into its operating systems this June, at WWDC. Though often perceived as being behind its rivals in AI integration, Apple has made some innovations of its own. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has now argued before a US appeals court that the ITC’s US ban on Apple Watches with the pulse oximetry feature should be overturned.The company has been involved in a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo for over a year. The case, which doesn’t affect previous Apple Watch models, claimed that Apple copied patented Masimo technology in its implementation of the blood oxygen detection feature in Apple’s two most recent models.The US Court of Appeals has finally returned to the case between Apple and Masimo to hear Apple’s appeal of the ITC ruling as of April 5th. The company told the court that Masimo’s victory with the ITC was based on two flawed claims: the validity of Masimo’s affected patents, and that Masimo claimed it was making competing products. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) Former Apple head designer Jony Ive is looking for big money from known artificial intelligence venture capitalists to build his mysterious assistant product.A report on Friday again links Jony Ive with Open AI funding source Thrive Capital, and newly connects Laurene Powell-Jobs’ Emerson collective to the effort. According to sources, Ive is looking for $1 billion in funding to get the effort off the ground.This is not the first time that Ive has been connected to an AI peripheral of some sort. In September, Ive was linked with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to makeFriday’s report from The Information sheds no new light on what Ive is looking to accomplish. Previous reports claimed that Ive had having brainstorming sessions at his San Francisco studio with OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Thosse sessions were said to have been centered on what a new consumer product with OpenAI technology could do, and could look like. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The M3 Pro MacBook Pro 14-inch with a bump up to 36GB RAM is eligible for a promo code discount, dropping the price to $2,199. Plus, save another $50 on AppleCare.Get a coupon discount on this MacBook Pro with 36GB RAM.To activate the exclusive $200 discount*, head over to Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama.com and apply discount code APINSIDER during Step 4 of checkout. Detailed step-by-step activation instructions can be found further down this page.Use code APINSIDER Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) A change to the App Store rules reverses a very old rule that prohibited emulators on the iPhone and iPad.Classic game emulation won’t be limited to Mac for very longOne of the App Store’s longest standing rules is a prohibition on apps that run external code. This has meant a de facto ban on console and classic game emulators.A change to guideline 4.7 of the App Store changes all that. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple CEO Tim Cook has sold shares in his company worth about $33 million, and received just under half that after tax.As detailed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cook sold 196,410 shares, and did so in multiple batches. Based on stated prices received per share, Cook earned between $33.04 million and $33.23 million before taxes.The sums are a fraction of the estimated $355 million he made selling five million shares in 2021. It’s also not as much as the last time he sold shares, when he got around $41.5 million in October 2023.That 2023 sale came at time when Apple’s stock was trading lower than usual, and that’s also what is happening now. Apple’s stock has dropped sufficiently since its all-time high in December 2023 that firms such as Loop Capital have been advising against buying Apple shares lately. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Finding the perfect wallet is challenging, but Journey’s Loc8 MagSafe Finder Wallet checks nearly all the boxes by acting as an iPhone stand with Find My and MagSafe.Journey Loc8 MagSafe Finder Wallet reviewAccessory makers are usually faced with the problem of finding a balance between features without creating a toaster fridge. Journey managed to thread the needle with a wallet that offers several functions other than just holding cards.I’ve struggled with having the contradicting desires of wanting a minimalist wallet while supporting features like MagSafe and Find My. Solving this has manifested in things like the Snapback wallet with a built-in AirTag holder or Veci MagSafe wallet with AirTag. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) On this week’s episode of the AppleInsider Podcast, your hosts discuss the new Apple Robot rumors, reminisce about Apple’s founding and the 14th anniversary of the iPad, and so much more!Mockup of a future Apple robot with the original 1984 Mac’s “Hello” screenAs well as that 48th anniversary of Apple itself, this week also marks the 14th year since the unveiling of the iPad. That was the last product that Steve Jobs launched, and after all these years, no rival has managed to make a true iPad killer.Listen to the latest episode here. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) It’s less a case of popularity, and more about release cycles, but Samsung is again the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world.Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro (left) and Samsung’s Galaxy S24Apple took the global top spot for smartphone sales inSeptember 2023, and a later analysis of the whole year confirmed its position. Apple had similar success in specific regions, such as Europe.According to the Korea Times, however, the roles have now reversed. Based on figures for February 2024, the publication reports that Samsung captured a 20% share of the market. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Another two unannounced iPads have now been listed on an Indian regulator’s database, meaning the expected iPad Pro and iPad Air models are likely to be released soon.iPad ProsAll new devices such as iPads must go through regulatory testing before they are allowed to be sold in a territory. It’s only a question of which country or region will happen to be first, and on April 4, 2024, it was the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) that revealed the existence of two new iPads.However, no regulator posts very much detail at this stage, and India’s BIS listed only that they were iPads by Apple, and had the model numbers A2836 and A2837. The question remained whether these were the expected two iPad Pro models, the expected two iPad Air versions, or a combination. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
