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9to5Mac Daily: December 3, 2024 – Apple Music Replay, more

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iOS 18.2 adds three powerful image creation features to Apple Intelligence

Image Tools Apple Intelligence iOS 18.2

The first wave of Apple Intelligence features didn’t include much in the way of AI image generation. But that’s changing in a big way very soon with the release of iOS 18.2. Here’s what you should know about iOS 18.2’s Image Playground, Genmoji, and Image Wand features coming soon with Apple Intelligence.

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Another carmaker says it’s committed to supporting CarPlay, at least for ‘right now’

I’ve written countless times about GM’s shortsighted move to ditch CarPlay on all its EVs going forward. Meanwhile, other automakers like Ford have doubled down on supporting CarPlay and giving users as many options as possible.

In a new interview this week, Hyundai executive Olabisi Boyle said the automaker is still “maintaining Android Auto and CarPlay” … at least for now.

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Apple turns to Amazon chips for AI pre-training and more

As reported by CNBC, Apple’s senior director of machine learning and artificial intelligence, Benoit Dupin, made a surprise appearance at Amazon’s AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas today.

Dupin used the opportunity to explain that Apple uses custom artificial intelligence chips from Amazon Web Services for many of its cloud services. Apple is also evaluating using Amazon’s newest AI chip to pre-train its Apple Intelligence models.

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Simply Piano now lets you learn to play through Apple Vision Pro — no keyboard required

Simply Piano has long been a hit app in my household. My daughter never really showed interest in learning to play our keyboard until she came across Simply Piano on her iPad. I think it’s the first annual subscription I ever bought for her based on how much she was getting from it.

Now Simply Piano has brought the experience from the iPhone and iPad to augmented reality on Apple Vision Pro. The best part? You can play using Simply Piano with a virtual piano in your real environment without a physical keyboard for the first time.

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Review: Miko Mini is a fun and affordable AI bot for kids

Large language model AI has been a leap forward for me in how I use technology. So naturally, ChatGPT is something that my 7 and 11 year old kids are already familiar with, but there isn’t an AI that they interact with regularly. Enter Miko Mini, a fun and affordable AI bot that’s designed to create a safe and engaging environment for kids. The AI component is LLM powered so the bot is naturally conversational, and Miko has a host of content partners including Disney, Nickelodeon, and iHeartRadio. Read on for our impressions.

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Apple Deals-AirPods 4-Apple Watch-Find My

Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 $80 off, Apple Watch Ultra $429 off, AirPods 4, Find My tracking card $24, more

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have all but completely disappeared, but there are still a couple notable hangover offers joining some fresh price drops we spotted this morning. Apple Watch Series 10 is starting at the $329 all-time low with $80 in savings across the lineup while AirPods 4 remain at the best price we have tracked on Amazon. We also spotted the OG Apple Watch Ultra at $429 off the original price, some deals on Apple Watch Milanese Loops, Anker’s latest Find My card, and even some handy discounted Uber gift cards you can use to score on deal on your holiday trips and food deliveries. Everything else awaits below. 

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Apple offered Indonesia $10M then $100M, but it now expects $1B within a week

Apple offered Indonesia $10M then $100M, but it now expects $1B | View of Jakarta

Apple is known for playing hardball when it comes to negotiations, but it seems the Indonesian government is capable of giving as good as it gets.

The country banned the sale of the iPhone 16, saying the Cupertino company hadn’t invested enough in the local economy. Apple responded by offering to increase its manufacturing spend from $10M to $100M, but Indonesia now says it expects a billion dollars – and it wants the investment agreed within a week …

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Data brokers may be banned from selling your personal data without good reason

Data brokers may be banned from selling your personal data | People in an office working with data

Data brokers may be banned from selling your personal data without legitimate justification, under a new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Back in the summer it was revealed that one of these brokers was hacked, resulting in the compromise of personal data for every person in the US, UK, and Canada.

The proposed change would limit the sharing of sensitive data like your name and social security number by subjecting data brokers to the same rules as credit checking agencies …

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Developers told $1B class action lawsuit against Apple can proceed, as second objection rejected

Developers told $1B class action lawsuit against Apple can proceed | App icons imagined as physical blocks

British developers have been told that their billion dollar class action lawsuit against Apple can proceed, after the iPhone maker failed in its second bid to have the case dismissed.

Developers behind the antitrust case are seeking repayment of up to £785M ($995M) in commission on apps, in the latest move against Apple’s monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps …

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Fleet launches iOS device management

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I talk with Mike McNeil from Fleet about its recent upgrade to iPhone and iPad device management.

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Your Apple Music Replay yearly recap for 2024 is now available

The Apple Music year-in-review montage for 2024 is now available. View yours now at replay.music.apple.com for Apple Music subscribers. New for this year, in the Apple Music app on iOS 18.1 or later, users can also tap through to watch their Replay without leaving the Music app.

While Apple Music Replay continuously tracks the music you are listening to all year round with monthly playlists, at the end of the year it also debuts a yearly recap.

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