Nominees in the Documentary, News, Public Service and Radio/Podcast categories were unveiled Tuesday for the 84th annual Peabody Awards. And Apple TV+’s “Still: A Michael J. Fox Story” made the cut. The lists, chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from more than 1,100 entries, features four of five of this year’s Oscar Feature Documentary noms, notes Deadline. A total of 41 nominees were revealed in the three categories, with noms in the Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, and Interactive & Immersive sections set to be announced Thursday by the Peabodys, which aim to honor the year’s ..read more

According to a post by the Weibo user known as “Phone Chip Expert” — as noted by MacRumors — Apple is developing its own artificial intelligence (AI) server processor using TSMC’s 3nm process, targeting mass production by the second half of 2025. Speaking of AI servers, an August 2023 report from the South China Morning Post said that Apple partner Foxconn will “exclusively” supply Apple with made-in-Vietnam servers for training and testing AI services. The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer and Apple’s primary assembler of iPhones, is also the US technology giant’s biggest supp ..read more

Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of Telegram, said Apple’s move last week to remove the chat app from its China app store had not caused any decrease in downloads from China and criticized Apple instead for its “walled garden” app policies, reports Reuters. Telegram is a cloud-based, cross-platform, encrypted instant messaging service. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls as well as public livestreams. Telegram is available for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux platforms, as well as web browsers.  Durov ..read more

Apple has announced that it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. (Pacific) with a live stream to be available on Apple.com and on YouTube as usual. It’s dubbed “Let Loose” and shows an illustrated Apple Pencil. Based on previous speculation and rumors, you can count on seeing new iPad Pros, new iPad Airs, a third generation Apple Pencil, and more. For example, a bigger Air is expected, and the Pro models are almost certain to get OLED displays. Analyst Ross Young says the upcoming 12.9-inch iPad Air will sport a mini-LED display akin to that of the current 12.9-inch iPad ..read more

The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission has sent letters to Apple and Google requesting the removal of Binance apps from their respective app stores, according to CNBC. Binance is a global company that operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies. It was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, a developer who had previously created high-frequency trading software.  The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Binance of offering unregistered securities to Filipinos and operating as an unregistered broker. The regul ..read more

in military buildings due to increasing concerns about possible leaks of sensitive information through voice recordings, reports The Korea Herald. Quoting unnamed “multiple military sources,” says the Air Force headquarters released an internal announcement on the military’s intranet server on April 11, instructing a complete prohibition on any device capable of voice recording and which do not permit third-party apps to control inherent functions, effective June 1, with “iPhones” cited as items subject to the ban. From the document: It’s inevitable to block any kind of voice recording, not ju ..read more

Apple’s iPhone sales in China dropped 19.1% year-over-year in quarter one of 2024, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. Overall, the country’s smartphone sales were up 1.5% year-over-year and 4.6% quarter-to-quarter in the first quarter, adds the research group. Counterpoint says China’s smartphone market is expected to see single digit growth this year. “vivo gained the top spot this quarter with 17.4% share driven by strong sales of the Y35 Plus and Y36 models in the low-end segment and the S18 in the mid-end segment. HONOR ranked second with a 16.1% share, followed by Apple wit ..read more

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles you should check out: ° From The Wrap: Apple TV+ has the heaviest concentration of new shows, but nostalgia fuels Peacock and Paramount+. ° From AppleInsider: Investment bank Morgan Stanley says there are signs of increased iPhone, Mac, and Services revenue for Apple, but it has cut its target price by $10. ° From 9to5Mac: At this year’s annual hacking conference, Black Hat Asia, a team of security researchers revealed how cybercriminals are sneakily using stolen credit cards and Apple Store Online’s “Someone else will pic ..read more

Meta has announced its “next step toward our vision for a more open computing platform for the metaverse.” The company is opening up the operating system powering its Meta Quest devices to third-party hardware makers. This new hardware ecosystem will run on Meta Horizon OS, the mixed reality operating system that powers our Meta Quest headsets. From Meta’s announcement: Meta Horizon OS is the result of a decade of work by Meta to build a next-generation computing platform. To pioneer standalone headsets, we developed technologies like inside-out tracking, and for more natural interaction syste ..read more

The European Central Bank is opposed to Apple’s proposed changes to the iPhone’s near-field communication (NFC) at the core of Apple Pay, and has complained about it to the European Commission, reports AppleInsider. Pietro Cipollone, a member of the executive board of the ECB, expressed the bank’s concerns over Apple’s proposal, the article adds. Cipollone explained that Apple’s proposed changes would be insufficient in several ways: The letter argues that by not providing third parties with full access to the Secure Element of its NFC technology, Apple Pay maintains an unfair advantage agains ..read more