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 Ahead of the launch of macOS 14 at WWDC next month, Apple has released the latest macOS Ventura 13.4 update to all users. Like the previous releases, it has few new features and is mostly bug fixes and security updates. macOS Ventura 13.4: New features There are just two new features in macOS 13.4, both having to do with sports. In the Apple News app, there is a a new Sports tab in the sidebar that shows a feed of stories, scores, and standings related to your favorite teams. And the My Sports score and schedule cards not take you directly to the corresponding box scores and game results. macOS Ventura 13.4: Release notes This update includes the following…

The Proscenic L40 is a versatile smart lock that gives many options to the security-conscious, but arguably too many for the average homeowner.The L40 has a whopping five different ways to unlock it, bringing with it a lot of utility but also a lot of potential weaknesses. With fingerprint unlock, remote unlocking via phone, keycard, passcode, and key unlock, family members, roommates, and guests have plenty of ways to access your home.With IP54-rated dust and waterproof protection and BHMA certified to endure 1350 pounds of force, the L40 can survive long-term use as an outdoor or indoor lock. Lock data is stored locally, and users receive a notification when more than five incorrect inputs are placed. Read more...

Macworld Apple has started the countdown to the next version of macOS Ventura with the release of the third macOS Ventura 13.4 release candidate. We had expected the full release to arrive Monday or Tuesday of this week, but it appears to have been delayed for additional fixes. macOS Ventura 13.4: Release notes The macOS Ventura 13.4 release will include the usual bug fixes and security updates, as well as the following features and tweaks: Sports feed in the sidebar of Apple News gives easy access to stories, scores, standings, and more, for the teams and leagues you followMy Sports score and schedule cards in Apple News take you directly to game pages where you can find additional details about…

Visionary Steve Jobs created breakthrough versions of the personal computer, portable media player, music store, smartphone, and tablet that people actually wanted to use — sending Apple on its way to becoming the $2.7 trillion juggernaut it is today. Now, just as everyone seems to be tiring of the metaverse, Steve Jobs’ successor comes up with the company’s first mixed-reality headset. Designer Marcus Kane’s conception Apple’s mixed reality headset (via Yanko Design) Dave Lee for Bloomberg Opinion: [Tim Cook] is yet to come up with a bold new idea of his own. Tim Cook, the steady-handed supply chain expert, has instead built on top those existing successes. Even the Apple Watch, which came out almost four years after Jobs’ death,…

Visionary Steve Jobs created breakthrough versions of the personal computer, portable media player, music store, smartphone, and tablet that people actually wanted to use — sending Apple on its way to becoming the $2.7 trillion juggernaut it is today. Now, just as everyone seems to be tiring of the metaverse, Steve Jobs’ successor comes up with the company’s first mixed-reality headset. Designer Marcus Kane’s conception Apple’s mixed reality headset (via Yanko Design) Dave Lee for Bloomberg Opinion: [Tim Cook] is yet to come up with a bold new idea of his own. Tim Cook, the steady-handed supply chain expert, has instead built on top those existing successes. Even the Apple Watch, which came out almost four years after Jobs’ death,…