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Apple TV will work with Xbox, PlayStation controllers: Learn the details

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV ($99 at eBay) has supported wireless gaming controllers for the past few years, but there are far better gamepads made for more robust gaming systems available. And starting with TVOS 13, you’ll have two new …

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WWDC 2019’s craziest reveal was a $1,000 monitor stand for the $5,000 Pro Display XDR

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. When Tim Cook announced the new Mac Pro at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2019) the audience broke out into cheers. The new high-end computer is aimed at creative professionals and starts out at $5,999. Apple also announced a 6K resolution reference monitor …

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After flap, Apple quietly reverses course for some parental

Apple’s continued push for privacy control went further than Monday’s WWDC announcement of the new sign-in with Apple offering. In a less publicized update, the tech giant also adjusted its App Store guidelines. Among the new updates, Apple revealed that apps designed for kids or in the “kids” category of the App Store can no longer “include third-party advertising or analytics …

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Tim Cook says he isn’t too worried about China tariffs on iPhones

Apple CEO Tim Cook says that so far the company’s products have managed to escape fallout from President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China, and he’s optimistic it will stay that way. Beijing said in May it would impose a 25% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on goods imported from China. Analysts …

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At WWDC 2019, Apple touts Sign In as convenient without privacy hit

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With its Sign In with Apple — an alternative to single sign-on services offered by rivals Facebook and Google, unveiled at the company’s WWDC keynote — Apple says it’s offering a new way to vouch for your identity with your favorite apps or services.   But …

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Apple’s new Mac Pro is a beast: Here are the specs

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. When Apple introduced the new Mac Pro at WWDC Monday, it announced the price of the entry-level configuration: $5,999.  And yes, that’s a lot of money to spend on a computer. But it’s peanuts next to what we expect the most premium configuration to …

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Apple takes the new Mac Pro back to the future in a classic tower

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. For a company with such tremendous customer loyalty, Apple attracts fans who can also zero in on a handful of features or topics they are just not down with. For some it’s the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro. For others, the butterfly …

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Apple TV gets multi

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. On stage at WWDC 2019, Apple said its Apple TV box will get support for multiple family members. Just like Netflix, Hulu and numerous other apps for watching TV shows and movies, Apple’s own TV app will allow different family members to build different …

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Apple privacy push takes on all the creepy ways you’re tracked online

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2019 on Monday, Apple upped the ante on privacy again. “We believe privacy is a fundamental human right and we engineer it into everything that we do,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, said at the annual developer’s …

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Apple’s ARKit gives AR apps motion capture, lets you step inside a digital creation

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple updated its ARKit tool set to make it easier for iPhone augmented-reality apps to capture people’s movements by pointing the camera at them and recognize when somebody steps in front of an AR digital creation, known as people occlusion.  The announcements, made at …

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