Apple will soon offer a new tool to protect children from sexual predators. The Messages application will be able to detect if an iPhone or iPad user gets or sends sexually explicit photos.
The process will use on-device machine learning so that Apple does not have access to the images.
Electronics powerhouse JVC jumps on the MagSafe bandwagon this week with an interesting new charger, the Wireless Power Bank. Its design and array of power outputs make it stand out.
Reports today indicate Apple plans to scan photos stored on peoples’ iPhones and iCloud accounts for imagery suggesting child abuse. The effort may aid in law-enforcement investigations, but it could also invite controversial access to user data by government agencies.
Apple’s update to its web page “Expanded Protections for Children” — see under the “CSAM Detection” subheading — appears to make the scanning plan official. CSAM stands for “child sexual abuse material.”
Baldo: The Guardian Owls is a Zelda-like puzzle adventure that’ll soon be on Apple Arcade. Players explore an open world meeting quirky characters but also fighting ferocious foes.
And this is just one of nine games launching on Apple’s gaming service in the near future, like Super Leap Day.
Ikea has launched the Starvkind smart air purifier, which can stand alone or double as a side table. And it supports Apple’s HomeKit smart home system, with one small caveat. You must connect it through Ikea’s Tradfri gateway system.
Remember AirPower? How could any of us forget it? Apple’s all-in-one charging solution may be long dead and buried, but the dream is alive. And we can’t help be fascinated by the product that was announced and never delivered.
If you share similar feelings, you might want to take a look at this short video that shows off a working AirPower prototype for the first time.
Many folks are working from home a lot, but setting up a proper computer workstation frustrates them. C2G wants to help make it easy with a bunch of new docking kits ready-made to solve connectivity woes, especially if you want your laptop to be more like a desktop computer.
Kanye West’s Countdown to Donda event is now live and taking over Apple Music. The stream is being promoted prominently inside the Music app on iPhone, iPad and Mac ahead of Donda’s official debut on August 6.
App Store users and developers are unhappy with Apple’s decision to promote a number of scam ASMR apps this week.
Some, which are clearly designed to try to fool unwitting children into handing over their parents’ cash, come with incredibly expensive weekly subscriptions that end up costing as much as AU$676 a year.
There’s only one thing worse than seeing the dreaded ‘iPhone Storage Full’ notification on your device: seeing the dreaded ‘iCloud Storage Full’ notification.
