Macworld Until March 2022 Apple sold two sizes of its iMac desktop computer. The smaller model was more suited to home users due to its less powerful processor, while the larger 27-inch model, with more speed and higher-end features, was meant to be powerful enough for more demanding users. When Apple introduced the 24-inch iMac in 2021 with a colorful redesign and M1 chip, it was the beginning of the end for the high-end version. First Apple discontinued the iMac Pro, and a year later introduced the Mac Studio with the 27-inch Studio Display in March 2022 and discontinued the 27-inch iMac at the same time. But the story doesn’t end there. Ever since it was retired, there have been…

The founder of Hello Games, the makers of popular action-adventure survival game "No Man's Sky," yesterday tweeted two apple emojis, sparking speculation that the studio is teasing an announcement for Apple platforms at WWDC. Hello Games founder Sean Murray has been known to tease upcoming announcements via cryptic emojis in the past. At WWDC last year, Apple announced that No Man's Sky would be available for the iPad and Mac would by the end of 2022. Hello Games missed that deadline and the game has yet to release for Apple devices, meaning that the two emoji teasers could indicate that the launch of No Man's Sky for the ‌iPad‌ and Mac is now imminent. Given widespread anticipation about Apple's expected…

Hello Games’ founder Sean Murray yesterday tweeted two cryptic apple emojis, suggesting an announcement aimed at Apple users is imminent. The tease comes almost a year after WWDC 2022, in which Apple announced on stage that Hello Game’s flagship title No Man’s Sky would launch on Mac and iPad by the end of 2022. That deadline came and went, but perhaps now the game is ready to release on Apple’s platforms. Naturally, speculation is also rife that Hello Games is working on a VR title for Apple’s upcoming headset. more… The post No Man’s Sky teases Apple announcement amid VR rumors and almost a year after Mac version was announced during WWDC 2022 appeared first on 9to5Mac.

ChatGPT launched on iOS this week. | Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has restricted employees from using AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT over fears confidential information entered into these systems will be leaked or collected. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple employees have also been warned against using GitHub’s AI programming assistant Copilot. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman tweeted that ChatGPT had been on Apple’s list of restricted software “for months.” Apple has good reason to be wary. By default, OpenAI stores all interactions between users and ChatGPT. These conversations are collected to train OpenAI’s systems and can be inspected by moderators for breaking the company’s terms and services. In April, OpenAI launched a feature…

ChatGPT launched on iOS this week. | Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has restricted employees from using AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT over fears confidential information entered into these systems will be leaked or collected. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple employees have also been warned against using GitHub’s AI programming assistant Copilot. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman tweeted that ChatGPT had been on Apple’s list of restricted software “for months.” Apple has good reason to be wary. By default, OpenAI stores all interactions between users and ChatGPT. These conversations are collected to train OpenAI’s systems and can be inspected by moderators for breaking the company’s terms and services. In April, OpenAI launched a feature…

Macworld We may not know much about what it is or what it’s good for, but it is apparently going to have you wishing you hadn’t wasted that $3,000 on your kids’ college fund. The Macalope is, of course, talking about Apple’s headset, the device that will have its grand unveiling at next month’s World Wide Developers Conference, if literally everyone is to be believed. “Oculus founder cryptically says Apple headset is ‘so good’ ahead of expected WWDC unveil” In a cryptic post on Twitter on Sunday night, [Palmer] Luckey simply tweeted: “The Apple headset is so good.” Did he… eat one? No, no, it seems he’s talking about the device’s user experience. And if you can’t trust the kind…