Apple Just Figured Out A Killer Use-Case For AR

Apple revealed several new accessibility features that’ll be arriving on iOS and macOS devices soon. One of these features might’ve broken the AR floodgates.

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Booster For Children 5 And Older

In its latest Emergency Use Authorization update, the U.S. FDA says children as young as 5 years old can now receive the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot.

Apple softens its stance on remote work amid return-to-office delays

Apple is once again delaying its return to the office, and this time it will be less strict about in-person work. The New York Timesunderstands that Apple has delayed the return to offices once again. The iPhone maker will no longer require staff to come to the office three times a week by May 23rd. Instead, the company will reportedly launch a pilot that has some employees return two days a week in the “weeks ahead.” Anyone who doesn’t feel comfortable can still work remotely, according to a company note.

While Apple didn’t share many other details, it promised at least two weeks’ notice before any changes. The test will require that in-person workers wear masks in common spaces and elevators.

We’ve asked Apple for comment. The delay was reportedly prompted by an increase in COVID-19 cases, and comes after multiple setbacks that included the coronavirus’ more transmissible Omicron variant. Until this latest hurdle, Apple had wanted in-person work at least once per week in April and twice per week as of May 2nd.

The company may not have had much choice regardless of the exact infection levels. Thousands of Apple workers have pushed back against the return-to-office plans as part of an “Apple Together” movement. In early May, the alliance published an open letter asking management for more flexibility in remote work. The company’s director for machine learning, Ian Goodfellow, even quit over the return-to-office policy. Apple risked further stoking tensions, and potentially losing more talent, if it continued with its earlier plans.

DeviantArt Will Detect Your Stolen Artwork on the Blockchain

DeviantArt, the online art gallery, is expanding the reach of DeviantArt Protect, which is a tool they developed to detect stolen art posted to their website. The new update will now allow artists to detect if their work has been posted as a counterfeit NFT.

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Star Wars' Future Includes an Amblin-Style Show From Spider-Man Director Jon Watts

Did you think you were going to have to wait until next week’s Star Wars Celebration to find out about the future of Star Wars? Think again. A new article has pulled the curtain back on what’s ahead in a galaxy far, far, away and there’s a lot. For example, we now know that Jon Watts, director of Spider-Man: No Way

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Why Every Company Is an Ad Company Now

This week, Marriott turned some heads when it announced it was partnering up with Yahoo in an attempt to launch a new media venture.

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Meta Donated $4 Million to a Supposedly ‘Grassroots’ Lobbying Firm to Fight Antitrust Bills on Its Behalf

Meta’s loosening its pocket books and digging trenches in preparation for a political war over antitrust legislation that, if lost, could rattle its struggling core business. Though Meta, and even CEO Mark Zuckerberg have begrudgingly advocated for small reforms in the past, the company is increasingly relying on a…

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Apple's New Accessibility Features Include On-Device Live Captions

Apple’s WWDC annual developer conference is fast approaching, so get ready for tons leaks and reveals in anticipation of what’s to come from Cupertino. This latest preview comes directly from Apple, in a tidy press release offering details on the company’s new accessibility features, coming soon to iOS.

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Time-Traveling Digital Ads Might Start Infiltrating Your Favorite TV Shows

Imagine if in Back to the Future, Marty McFly goes back in time to order a “Pepsi Free,” but instead receives a Coke Zero. Imagine if in Skyfall, Daniel Craig’s James Bond doesn’t put his tight lips to a Heineken, but instead wraps his muzzle around a Bud Light Lime, which all in all would be a bigger affront to the…

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Tatiana Maslany is She-Hulk Attorney at Law in New Trailer

Check out the trailer for She-Hulk starring Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo.

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