Sunday, June 5, 2022

What to expect at WWDC: overhauled iOS 16 lock screen with widgets, more laptop-like iPadOS 16 multitasking, redesigned MacBook Air, and more, but no headset (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
What to expect at WWDC: overhauled iOS 16 lock screen with widgets, more laptop-like iPadOS 16 multitasking, redesigned MacBook Air, and more, but no headset  —  Apple's 33rd annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to kick off on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. Like the 2020 and 2021 events …



Apple is working on VR versions of FaceTime and Maps, SwiftUI for AR and VR apps, and a way for its headset to extend a Mac's display, bringing it into 3D (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple is working on VR versions of FaceTime and Maps, SwiftUI for AR and VR apps, and a way for its headset to extend a Mac's display, bringing it into 3D  —  Apple is set to hold its WWDC event on Monday, ushering in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, tvOS 16, watchOS 9 and macOS 13.



In an email chain mistakenly forwarded to Politico, an Amazon spokesperson asked a consultant to push a narrative that the AICO Act would harm people of color (Emily Birnbaum/Politico)

Emily Birnbaum / Politico:
In an email chain mistakenly forwarded to Politico, an Amazon spokesperson asked a consultant to push a narrative that the AICO Act would harm people of color  —  It's the latest instance of a tech company arguing that regulation would harm communities of color.



Saturday, June 4, 2022

Google stops businesses from using RCS for promotions in India, following reports that top banks and other companies are abusing the feature to send spam (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch:
Google stops businesses from using RCS for promotions in India, following reports that top banks and other companies are abusing the feature to send spam  —  Google has disabled businesses ability to use RCS for promotion in India, the company's biggest market by users …



Meituan reports Q1 revenue of $6.9B, up 25% YoY, and a net loss of ~$855M, propelled by a 47% YoY increase in revenue from new businesses such as ride-hailing (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

Coco Liu / Bloomberg:
Meituan reports Q1 revenue of $6.9B, up 25% YoY, and a net loss of ~$855M, propelled by a 47% YoY increase in revenue from new businesses such as ride-hailing  —  Meituan's quarterly revenue grew 25%, after the Chinese food delivery titan withstood the economic fallout from coronavirus-related lockdowns in cities such as Shanghai.



Sources: Apple enlisted Hollywood directors like Jon Favreau to develop video content for its MR headset that resembles ski goggles and may ship in 2023 (New York Times)

New York Times:
Sources: Apple enlisted Hollywood directors like Jon Favreau to develop video content for its MR headset that resembles ski goggles and may ship in 2023  —  The company has enlisted Hollywood directors like Jon Favreau to help its effort to create products that blend the physical and virtual worlds.



UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)

Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times : UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published...