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Apple updates TV app so people can watch original shows and host of other channels on iPhones and Macs
Apple has announced a complete update for its TV app โ as well as changes that will bring it to other company's smart TVs. The update brings the company's new streaming service, known as Apple TV, to all of the supported devices. But it also allows for new ways of watching content from other companies, too, allowing people to watch video from companies such as HBO or Amazon Prime. Unveiling that Apple TV service, it said it had worked with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston among others. We'll tell you what's true.
Apple Arcade: New game subscription service for iPhones, iPads and Mac to 'redefine games'
Apple has unveiled its widely-rumoured game subscription service, hailed as the "Netflix of games". Designed for mobile devices, desktop computers and "living room" devices, Apple Arcade, will "redefine games", the tech giant claimed, adding that will be curated on originality, quality and creativity. However, the price and release date still remain a mystery. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.
Apple streaming event sees launch of TV, news and games subscriptions โ but few details about how they will work
Apple has launched a whole host of new services, intended to make more money from the people who have already bought its products. In what was hailed as one of the most significant Apple events in years, the company did not reveal new products or software but instead a range of premium services, intended to counter a drop in iPhone sales by bringing in revenues after people buy their products. There are news subscriptions, TV and games โ as well as a new way to pay for anything, with a titanium credit card. The highlight of the announcement was Apple TV, a streaming service built to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Apple invited many of the world's biggest stars and directors on stage to talk about its TV shows, on which the company is thought to have spent billions of dollars.
EU passes 'meme ban' copyright rules that could change the way the internet works
The suite of reforms include rules that could force internet companies to ban memes and to stop them showing links in the way they do today. Supporters claim the rules are required to ensure that music companies and news outlets are properly paid for the content that technology companies distribute. But opponents, who assembled in force, allied with those tech firms to argue that it could change the way the internet works and destroy some of its fundamental principles. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.
Apple's new News app crashing on iPhones and Macs as soon as it is released
Apple's brand new News subscription service appears to have run into problems as soon as it was released. News is a subscription service within Apple News that allows people to sign up for $9.99 and get unlimited access to 300 magazines and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal. But the new app โ which arrived in an update yesterday, after the launch event โ appears to have caused some of the devices that run it to crash. Numerous users reported problems, specifically with the versions of the app on iPhone XS Max and on Mac. Opening the app would see it break almost straight away, and then shut down again, affected users said.
AI app transforms black and white photos into colour
An online tool has been unveiled which is capable of bringing black and white photographs to life instantaneously by adding colour to them using artificial intelligence. Colourisation of old images is a normally time consuming process which requires specialist training and expensive software. The tool, ColouriseSG, is able to do it for free from only a single digital image and works on iconic historical photographs and old family portraits. Try it for yourself here or via the interactive tool below. The artificial intelligence is able to colourise images for free from only a single digital image and works on iconic historical photographs and old family portraits.
Apple event live stream shows creepy footage from inside headquarters that could hint at new products
Apple appears to be broadcasting eerie footage from inside of its own headquarters, hours before one of its biggest events in years. Tim Cook and other senior Apple staff are set to take to the stage in Apple's own Steve Jobs Theater later today, announcing the company's new products. Unlike previous events, it will not be releasing hardware or software, but instead showing off new subscription services that allow people access to films, TV and news. That event is set to be livestreamed through Apple's own website. And that video appears to have already begun: with strange footage from inside the theatre itself.
Apple to unveil 'Netflix for games' to take on Google Stadia
Many rumours have been circulating for Apple's'Show Time' event on 25 March, chief among them a new TV service and a premium news subscription. But a new report now suggests there may also be a gaming subscription service, allowing people to pay one flat fee and get access to a variety of games on their iPhones and iPads. The service could rival Google's recently announced Stadia platform as well as being part of Apple's broader plan to make more money from streaming service subscriptions. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.
Apple streaming event: Why the products announced today could be more important than any new iPhone
Apple is about to take to the stage in California and unveil its latest product. But there will be no moment where a laptop is pulled from an envelope or a phone from a pocket. Because its latest product in one sense doesn't exist physically at all. Instead, its newest announcements will be a series of services: subscription platforms that allow people to sign up to watch TV and films, read the news, and play games. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.
The Morning After: Tesla's Autopilot might be generous letting cars into your lane
Yes, Apple's new video-streaming service is set to be unveiled later today -- we'll be reporting from the frontlines in San Francisco at 10am PT/1pm ET. Meanwhile, you might have missed Honda's plans for EV cycles, Overwatch changes are actually having an effect on toxic players and we put NVIDIA's RTX ray tracing to the test. Honda is having fun with electric cars, but what about the motorcycle? Don't worry, you'll get your fix soon. The automaker has unveiled prototypes for both the CR Electric dirt bike (above) and the Benly Electric delivery scooter, offering a peek at how it will approach emissions-free transportation on two wheels.