Wyze announced the feature would ”temporarily” disappear in November of 2019…

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Apple has confirmed the successful acquisition of Seattle AI company Xnor.ai.
It means that Xnor.ai’s on-device people detection technology is no longer available on some Wyze cameras.
In 2019, Wyze had previously stated that the feature would ”temporarily” disappear this month.

Following Apple’s acquisition of Seattle AI company Xnor.ai, the company’s people detection software is no longer available on Wyze cameras.

News of Apple’s successful acquisition of Xnor.ai broke on Wednesday, January 15, in a deal reportedly worth around $200 million.

Now, The Verge is reporting that as a result of this acquisition, beta firmware to remove people detection from Wyze cameras has started to roll out. The report states:

Cameras from fellow Seattle-based company Wyze, including the Wyze Cam V2 and Wyze Cam Pan, have utilized Xnor.ai’s on-device people detection since last summer. But…

We can’t get enough of this Redditor’s idea…

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A post on Reddit about CarPlay in airplanes has caught our attention.
Reddit user bigced97 suggested that you should be able to pair your own iPhone with in-flight entertainment screens.
Just like in a car, you’d get access to all your Apple entertainment content and even Apple Maps!

A Reddit users suggestion that CarPlay should be available in airplanes has got us really excited.

User bidced97 said in a post:

Imagine if you could have the option to pair your smartphone with the in flight screen so that you can access your own content at a nice big eye level screen. The built in entertainment system doesn’t always have the best options or user experience so what if Apple partnered with select airlines to bring a version of car play, the maps can show you time to destination, altitude, speed, bearing to the nearest VOR, little in flight statistics that people like to see. And then all the typical entertainm…

Name: Blastoise (Japanese: カメックス Kamex)

Classification: Shellfish Pokémon

Type: Water

Generation: Gen Region

Gender Ratio: 87.5% Male to 12.5% Female

Height:

5′ 3″ (Blastoise and Mega Blastoise
??? (Gigantamax)

Weight:

185.5 lbs (Blastoise)
222.9 lbs (Mega Blastoise)
??? lbs (Gigantamax)

Evolution:

Evolves from Wartortle at level 36.
Evolves from Wartortle with 100 Candies in Pokémon Go.
Mega Evolves into Mega Blastoise with Blastoisinite.

Alternate Formes:

Costumed, one vairant (Pokémon Go)
Gigantamax

How to catch in Sword/Shield:

Pokémon Home
Evolve Wartortle
Trade

How to catch in Go:

Evolve Wartortle
Spawns
Nests
Eggs
Raids

Description: A tall, blue turtle with massive cannons coming from the top of its shell, Blastoise is the final evolution of the Kanto Water Starter, Squirtle. Its cannons can be withdrawn entirely into its shell, but the rest of its body cannot. Blastoise is capable of firing water from its cannons with enough force t…

Name: Wartortle (Japanese: カメール Kameil)

Classification: Turtle Pokémon

Type: Water

Generation: Gen I Kanto Region

Gender Ratio: 87.5% Male to 12.5% Female

Height: 3′ 3″

Weight: 49.6 lbs

Evolution:

Evolves from Squirtle at level 16.
Evolves into Blastoise at level 36.
Evolves from Squirtle with 25 Candies in Pokémon Go.
Evolves into Blastoise with 100 Candies in Pokémon Go.

Alternate Formes:

Costumed, one variant (Pokémon Go)

How to catch in Sword/Shield:

Pokémon Home
Evolve Squirtle
Trade

How to catch in Go:

Evolve Squirtle
Spawns
Nests
Eggs
Raids

Description: A pale blue, bipedal turtle, Wartortle is the first evolution of the Kanto Water Starter, Squirtle. Wartortle have very light blue, feather-shaped ears, and a thick, wavy tail in the same color. Their shells are lighter than both Squirtle and Blastoise and are often scarred and covered in algae as Wartortle age.

Wartortle cannot pull its tail entirely inside its shell and cannot move about o…

There are a lot of criticisms that can be leveled at Apple, but what can we do about it?

In his recent article, ’Against the Cult of Apple,’ writer and digital rights advocate Cory Doctorow laid out a case for Apple’s inclusion on ’The Evil List,’ Slate’s list of the 30 worst companies in tech. In the piece, Doctorow details Apple’s history of fighting ’right to repair’ legislation, its locking down of the iOS app ecosystem, its, to put it generously, muddled history with China, and more. These are all excellent points (though I do have a number of issues with how Doctorow chooses to characterize some of them).

But his overall point is a sound one: Apple is not your friend. This is true. But it seems that Doctorow thinks that Apple is getting a pass that other companies don’t because it has its customers enthralled, cult-like, at the altar of the latest shiny iPhone. From ’Against the Cult of Apple’:

This overall exemption from scrutiny—Slate’s Evil List, in which the company…

See how artists used the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to create these stunning posters.

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Apple has released two new videos showcasing the power of the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil.
The videos show how artists created the posters behind ”For All Mankind” and ”Dickinson”.
Apple is also hosting poster creation Today at Apple sessions in select stores.

Apple has released two new behind the scenes videos for ”For All Mankind” and ”Dickinson”, but these videos don’t focus on the show itself. Instead, both of them highlight the creative power of iPad Pro and how the artists behind the show used it to create the posters for each series.

The first video shows how poster artists Justin and Paige from Phantom City Creative created two of the posters for ”For All Mankind”, Apple’s original series about the space race.

”The designer and illustrator duo Justin and Paige detail the creation of their two new posters for the Apple TV+ original, For All Mankind. Learn the …

Catch a plane and be the first to see Apple’s new originals.

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Apple has announced three new Apple TV+ originals.
All three will premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival.
SXSW will be hosted in Austin, Texas from March 13th to the 22nd.

In a press release today, Apple has announced that it will be premiering three new Apple TV+ originals at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. The company says that all three projects – ”Beastie Boys Story”, ”Central Park”, and ”Home – have been selected for special screenings at the event and that all will premiere soon afterward on Apple TV+.

The only film to premiere at the event is ”Beastie Boys Story”, a documentary from Spike Jonze that will focus on the personal story behind the band. After its debut at SXSW and a limited IMAX release on April 3rd, the film will be available on Apple TV+ on April 24th.

”A new nonfiction film from Grammy Award-winning Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz and Academy Award-winn…

What you need to know

M. Night Shyamalan and Apple are being sued.
It’s alleged that ”Servant” borrows themes from a movie.
The 2013 movie ”The Truth About Emanuel” starred Jessica Biel.

Damages are being sought.

Apple and M. Night Shyamalan are being sued because ”Servant” is similar to a 2013 movie called ”The Truth About Emanuel,” according to The Blast.. Show creator Tony Basgallop is also named on the suit.

Francesca Gregorini, director of ”The Truth About Emanuel” claims that the Apple TV+ show has the same ”cinematic language” and a ”substantially similar feeling, mood, and theme” as the movie. Both the movie and TV show feature similar themes, although the trailer for the former doesn’t make that obvious.

While Apple and Shyalaman say that ”Servant” was being worked on before 2013, that isn’t washing with some people.

”Defendants have arrogantly dismissed Ms. Gregorini’s protests by vaguely claiming that Servant was in development long before Emanuel was made a…

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Apple TV+ has a new documentary on its way.
”Beasty Boys Story” tells the story of the rap trio.
It lands on Apple TV+ on April 24.

It’ll also appear in cinemas, too.

Apple TV+ has picked up a new documentary based on the story of the infamous rap trio. It’s produced by Spike Jonze and includes Beastie Boys Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond discussing everything from way back in the 1980s.

The documentary will air on Apple TV+ on April 24 but it will already have debuted in Imax theaters on April 3. According to Variety the documentary is ”live” and was shot at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater. It’s also a direct result of a book about the popular rap trio.

The film was a byproduct of Horvitz and Diamond’s work on the retrospective ”Beastie Boys Book,” which was released by Random House in 2018. Jonze, known for such features as 2013’s ”Her” and 1999’s ”Being John Malkovich,” has a long history with the group, having directed the music video for the Beasties’ 19…