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Highlights of Apple’s September 10th Special Event in Pictures

As always, Rocket Yard will be diving deeper into today's special event, picking apart the tasty bits, so stay tuned! But for now, here is a brief photographic overview of what we saw at Apple's September 10th Special Event in Cupertino. Hello Hello. Apple Arcade Apple Arcade launches Sep 19th for $4.99/month Apple Arcade sample games Apple TV+ Apple TV+,...

Apple’s New Provider Program is a Win for Right-To-Repair

More independent repair businesses will have access to the same genuine parts, tools and other resources as Apple Authorized Service Providers. Right-to-repair advocates have something to be happy about. Apple has announced that it will begin supplying genuine iPhone parts,...

Apple Announces Changes to Siri’s Privacy Policy

Undoubtedly in the wake of privacy concerns and all the negative press surrounding smart devices listening in on conversations—ergo flesh and bone employees as well—Apple has announced changes to Siri's Privacy Policy. Apple states, "Siri has been engineered to protect...

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Apple Card Now Available to iPhone Owners in the U.S.

After a short and probably very successful trial run, Apple has opened applications for the Apple Card credit card to anyone In the U.S. with an iPhone running iOS 12.4 or later. The Rocket Yard detailed the application process earlier...

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Adoption of Apple Metal API Increasing

An Application Programming Interface (or API) is a collection of resources (sometimes source code, sometimes a specification, or both) used by developers to achieve specific kinds of functionality in their apps. OpenGL is a long-standing open-source API, designed to augment an app's ability to display and accelerate 2D and 3D graphics. OpenCL is a lesser-known open-source API, often used to offload specific kinds of computational tasks from the CPU — the Intel processor(s) in your Mac — to the GPU.

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