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Apple will plough $1B annually into AI after being ‘caught off guard’

Ryan Daws — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:49:19 +0000

In response to rapid AI advancements, Apple is set to plough $1 billion annually into the development of competing solutions. Executives at Apple have reportedly expressed concerns about falling behind competitors, particularly in the wake of innovations driven by AI models like GPT. CEO Tim Cook confirmed Apple’s commitment to generative AI in a recent... Read more »

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Apple releases Xcode 14.3 with all the latest SDKs

Ryan Daws — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:29:11 +0000

Apple has released Xcode 14.3 to developers, which includes the latest SDKs for iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS Ventura 13.3. Xcode enables developers to create apps for Apple platforms such as iOS, macOS, and watchOS. This update allows developers to create apps that are fully compatible with the latest operating... Read more »

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Developers can now submit iOS apps with Live Activities

Ryan Daws — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:22:33 +0000

iOS 16.1 will release to the public next week and so Apple is now inviting developers to submit apps supporting the new Live Activities feature. Live Activities are a key feature of iOS 16 and enable applications to display real-time information on the Lock Screen (or the ‘Dynamic Island’ for the new iPhone Pro devices).... Read more »

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‘Massive’ Swift 5.5 release fixes ‘pyramid of doom’ and more

Ryan Daws — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:13:20 +0000

Apple has debuted Swift 5.5, a “massive” release that fixes its “pyramid of doom” issue among introducing other major changes. An issue with how Swift previously handled concurrency meant that a “pyramid of doom” of difficult-to-follow nested calls would occur when a developer wrote several asynchronous operations. Swift language inventor Chris Lattner had previously acknowledged... Read more »

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Hackers are using shared Xcode projects to infect Apple developers

Ryan Daws — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:26:06 +0000

Developers for Apple’s platforms are being hacked through importing shared Xcode projects infected with malware. Researchers from SentinelOne detailed the growing trend after discovering a macOS malware dubbed XcodeSpy. “Threat actors are abusing the Run Script feature in Apple’s Xcode IDE to infect unsuspecting Apple Developers via shared Xcode Projects,” the researchers explained. “XcodeSpy is... Read more »

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Developers aren’t happy with Apple’s surprise release of iOS 14

Ryan Daws — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:09:37 +0000

Turns out developers want more of a heads up before a major OS update is pushed to over one and a half billion users. Apple’s event yesterday was focused on launching shiny new watches and tablets. The only major announcement for developers was the bombshell that iOS 14 is launching today: Ok, so granted there’ve... Read more »

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iOS 14 will reportedly support on-device Xcode development

Ryan Daws — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:59:18 +0000

Apple’s developers look set to be able to use Xcode on iDevices following the release of iOS 14 later this year. Xcode has only ever been officially supported on Mac. However, according to Jon Prosser, founder of YouTube channel Front Page Tech, that’s about to change. On Monday, Prosser tweeted: “XCode is present on iOS... Read more »

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