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FaceTime gets 32

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With a new feature called Group FaceTime, up to 32 people will be able to chat online together, Apple said Monday at its developer conference. Now playing: Watch this: Now you can group FaceTime with multiple friends 2:04 …

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Apple’s new ARKit has multi

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is getting more serious about augmented reality. The company on Monday announced a new version of ARKit, Apple’s set of tools that let developers create augmented reality apps for iPhones and iPads. The updated version will have multi-user functions, so more than …

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Apple Watch’s Siri watch face getting smarter

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has some new features for its Siri watch face on the Apple Watch. The Siri watch face, first introduced last year, brings a handful of the voice assistant’s features right up front on your Apple Watch, providing your calendar, reminders and commute times. …

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Apple’s WWDC 2018: Forget the gadgets, it’s all about services and software

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s next pitch is to get you to put your iPhone down. Wait, what? The effort, a response to experts’ and investors’ growing fears about smartphone addiction, is likely to be one of the key themes at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June …

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Apple helps you kick iPhone addiction with iOS 12

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple wants to cure you of your iPhone addiction. Now playing: Watch this: Limit your screen time with iOS 12 3:41 On Monday, the company unveiled new features in iOS 12, the latest version of its mobile software, to help you kick the …

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Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier AI chip boasts $10,000

Nvidia just announced a chip that crams $10,000 worth of power into a tiny box.  But it’s not for your laptop. The chip, Jetson Xavier, is for robots. “This little computer is going to be the brain of future robots,” company co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced at Nvidia’s Monday press conference at Computex in Taiwan. “Robots that drive, that …

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WWDC 2018: What to expect from iOS 12, MacOS 10.14 and more

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We’re just days away from getting our next official glimpse of Apple’s future. The company kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, June 4 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. CNET will have wall-to-wall live coverage, including a live blog and a …

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iPhones may get three cameras, and Apple stirs up trouble with apps

There’s been plenty of iPhone drama this week, but none of it has to do with the big conference–WWDC–Apple’s putting on next week, or even last week’s Samsung court case. Nope. Apple is drawing praise — and much more fire — for apps. Plus, two juicy rumors about future iPhone screens and a third camera. Here’s what happened this week. …

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Google explains why searching ‘the1975..com’ shows you your texts

Google says a “language detection bug” led to that weird feature that shows Android users their recent personal texts when typing “the1975..com” in the Google app. A Reddit user discovered the glitch earlier this week after typing “the1975..com” in the search bar on the default Google Pixel launcher. Owners of other Android devices made by OnePlus, Samsung, LG and Huawei reported seeing the same thing. Some …

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12 things we want to see on Apple’s iOS 12 at WWDC

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC conference is almost here, and while we expect a focus on software and services over hardware, we can be sure of one thing: a preview of the next version of iOS. The last version of Apple’s iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS …

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