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Apple Arcade: Beyond a Steel Sky is finally available to play

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. The much-anticipated Beyond a Steel Sky from Revolution Software has at long last joined Apple …

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Safari gets new encryption option for network privacy on iPhones, Macs

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Safari will take advantage later this year of new encryption technology that protects an important type of network communication called DNS. It’s part of a broader movement to build privacy into internet technology like email and the web that initially sent sensitive …

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iOS 14 drives TikTok to stop grabbing info from users’ clipboards, report says

TikTok will reportedly stop reading content on users’ clipboards, after a new feature in Apple’s iOS 14 revealed just how often the social video app does so. The feature informs users when apps are accessing text from their clipboards, and TikTok appeared to be a major offender, The Telegraph reported on Thursday.  “Hey @tiktok_us, why do you paste from my …

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Google’s new AR update adds depth without needing lidar like Apple’s iPad

This week’s AR news has been focused on Apple’s augmented reality updates to iOS 14, many of which lean on the depth-scanning hardware only on the recent iPad Pro. Google announced its own AR news this week, too, and you won’t need specialized hardware to use its depth-sensing tools. A Depth API update to ARCore, announced and available today, will be …

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Apple packs iOS 14 with new accessibility features, like AirPods Pro audio tweaks

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With iOS 14, Apple brings tons of new accessibility features to its devices, including some that people without disabilities could also find helpful. The list ranges from the ability to customize Transparency mode in AirPods Pro to capturing multiple frames with the iPhone …

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Safari 14 will let you log in to websites with your face or finger

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With Safari on iOS 14, MacOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14, you’ll be able to log in to websites using Apple’s Face ID and Touch ID biometric authentication. That’s a powerful endorsement for technology called FIDO — Fast Identity Online — that’s paving the …

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How to sell your used iPad

If you own an iPad ($170 at Amazon) that’s more than three or four years old, you might find it getting a little sluggish. Maybe you’ve run out of storage space, or the processor won’t support the latest versions of Apple’s operating system. Whatever the case, you’re thinking it’s time to sell. (Another option: repurpose that old iPad.) Whatever money …

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Apple’s WWDC keynote was like no other. Why that’s a good thing

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. If you’ve ever wondered how quickly 5,000 seats in a convention center auditorium can fill up, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is a good gauge. I can say from personal experience that the running crowd of enthusiastic Apple fans, some of whom have literally …

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I’m starting to think the ultimate iPad may be a Mac

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. What’s Apple’s computer of the future? I’ve wondered about this for a while. MacBooks have bored me, and I use them less and less. I mean, I’m writing this article on a MacBook. I’ll publish it on a MacBook. But I’d rather use …

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Apple shares new App Store rules changes as regulators eye policies

While new versions of iOS, iPadOS, MacOS and the upcoming switch from Intel to Arm processors dominated the opening of Apple’s WWDC virtual developers conference, the iPhone-maker has more subtly revealed some changes it is making as its App Store comes under fire from developers and regulators.  Included inside a press release on new developer tools, Apple details how it …

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