Following a report that Apple’s infinitely-rumored car is further in the distance than it may have appeared, Mark Gurman says that Apple hardware exec DJ Novotney is departing for Rivian.
Among iOS 12.4’s DMA-mandated changes, there’s a prompt to pick a default web browser the first time people in EU markets open Safari after they upgrade.
9to5Mac reports that, according to Apple, options will include the top 12 browsers for that country, presented in random order.1 It also has the lists for each country, so Luxembourg users, for example, should see Aloha, Brave, Chrome, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Edge, Firefox, Web@Work, Onion Browser, Opera, Safari, and You.com AI Search Assistant.
Developer Finn Voorhees tested the Castaway: Spatial HDMI Monitor beta by playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder within visionOS using a USB capture card hooked up to an iPad. However, the developers of Halide/Orion have said the APIs necessary to connect their app to Vision Pro aren’t available yet.
Voorhees writes, “Going back and forth with app store review” in hopes of having it in the App Store in time for the Vision Pro launch February 2nd.
The Ingenuity helicopter mission achieved powered flight on another world, brought Zigbee and Linux to Mars, and survived close calls, lasting 33 times longer than originally planned.
But on Thursday, NASA officials said that after a loss of communication and rough landing last week its rotor blades are too damaged to fly again. The Perseverance rover that brought it to Mars is too far away to get a picture, but this picture shows the shadow of a broken blade on the Mars terrain.
This Instagram feature was spotted late last year, but now some people say it’s live on their accounts.
Going a step further than “Close Friends” posts that are only visible to a select few, it enables another version of a person’s profile with a different name, details, and profile picture, with photos, reels, and stories that only approved accounts can see.
MacRumors points out that today’s beta release of iOS 17.4 with EU-required sideloading also includes several new emoji characters. A head shaking horizontally, a head shaking vertically, a phoenix, a lime, a brown mushroom, and a broken chain were approved by the Unicode Consortium last fall and published as part of Emoji 15.1.
FuboTV users on Android TV or FireTV will see “select” 24 news channels in their guide shown with text in the thumbnails that use an unspecified AI to write a live-updated summary.
Unmoderated AI headlines created on the fly? Fortunately, there aren’t any examples of how that could possibly be a problem. Fubo’s increasingly pricey streaming replacement for cable TV has always had an eye on interactivity, so maybe this will go over better than its gambling features did.
Palworld, the survival game described by some as “Pokémon with guns” because of its familiar-looking designs, has sold millions of copies in under a week, with more simultaneous players on Steam than any other game outside of peak PUBG.
And now, after one modder already received a takedown notice, we have The Pokémon Company’s first official response:
Inquiries Regarding Other Companies’ Games
We have received many inquiries regarding another company’s game released in January 2024. We have not granted any permission for the use of Pokémon intellectual property or assets in that game. We intend to investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokémon. We will continue to cherish and nurture each and every Pokémon and its world, and work to bring the world together through Pokémon in the future.
The Pokémon Company
[株式会社ポケモン｜The Pokémon Company]
Microsoft 365 office suite users on TikTok are picking up on the switch to Aptos that was announced and started rolling out last fall:
This new look specifies an updated standard color palette and type font that are applied throughout Microsoft Office. The new theme will affect only your document, not the look and feel of Microsoft 365.
If it’s bugging you, this support page can explain how to change the default font or theme across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Or, more specifically, Visa Cash App RB, which is the new name of the team formerly known as Alpha Tauri. The rebranding is apparently part of an attempt to move the team, now called V-CARB internally, according to ESPN, up within the sport’s midfield runners.
