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Twitter locking TweetDeck behind a paywall, forcing users to switch to the new design

Twitter has officially announced a change that many of us saw coming. Starting next month, the company is putting TweetDeck behind a paywall, requiring that users subscribe to Twitter Blue to access the more advanced, multi-column version of Twitter.

Twitter has also started migrating all Twitter users to the new version of TweetDeck and is cutting off access to the classic version.

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Apple asks US Supreme Court to reconsider latest ruling in Epic Games case

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After a prolonged court battle between Epic Games and Apple following Fortnite’s removal from the App Store, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple could no longer prohibit iOS developers from selling content in their apps using third-party payment platforms. The company tried to appeal the ruling with the judge but was denied. Now Apple is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the decision.

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iPhone 15 Pro again said to come in new ‘crimson’ color; new green color planned for iPhone 15

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Back in February, 9to5Mac reported that Apple is planning a new dark red color option as this year’s “exclusive” iPhone 15 Pro color. Now, a second source corroborates these plans in a new post on Weibo. The source also adds that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be available in a new green color option.

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15-inch M2 MacBook Air

15-inch M2 MacBook Air now $100 off in Monday’s best deals, AirPods 3 hit $110, more

All of Monday’s best discounts are now live and kicking off the new work week. Courtesy of 9to5Toys, we have a fresh collection of the best Apple July 4th deals that come headlined by an all-time low on Apple’s 15-inch M2 MacBook Air at $100 off. That’s joined by a rare chance to save on AirPods 3 from $110, alongside upwards of $649 in savings on 24-inch M1 iMac at new all-time lows. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Apple Vision Diary: After a top-end headset, what can a Quest 2 tell me?

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From one extreme to the other! I recently got the chance to try a $6,500 enterprise mixed-reality headset, and I’ve also been experimenting with the $300 Meta Quest 2, to see whether there’s a place in my life for this type of tech as I wait for a more affordable Apple Vision Product.

I mentioned before that I’d previously bought what was then the Oculus Go, and the novelty had rather quickly worn off, but one commenter did make a fair point about that: that the Go was more about 360-degree viewing (of both video and VR worlds), and that a Quest would be a better taster for truly interactive virtual reality …

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Twitter rate limits even dumber than we thought; Reddit winning continues

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When your business model is selling eyeballs to advertisers, it’s hard to imagine anything dumber than blocking access to your own site and telling users to go outside instead, yet somehow Twitter rate limits are a real thing.

But analysis suggests that this may be even dumber than we thought, as it appears to be a Twitter bug that created the “emergency” that saw the rate limits introduced in the first place …

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Apple reportedly slashes Vision Pro headset shipment targets

The Financial Times is reporting this morning that Apple has significantly cut its targets for Apple Vision Pro unit shipments. Down from an expected million units per year, Apple will now only make around 400,000 Vision Pro headsets in 2024.

This is due to manufacturing issues arising from the headset’s complex design. Plans for a more affordable second-generation headset have also been delayed, according to the report.

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Virtualization in the age of Apple Silicon

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I talk with Kamal Srinivasan from Parallels about the state of virtualization in the age of Apple Silicon.

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Apple tested ‘finger-worn device’ for Vision Pro gaming, but is currently not planning any VR controller support

When Apple unveiled Vision Pro at WWDC, there was one thing the keynote and subsequent demos didn’t focus on: gaming. There are a multitude of reasons why the first version of Vision Pro might not be an ideal gaming headset, but one of the biggest is Apple’s lack of support for VR game controllers.

Bloomberg now reports that Apple “isn’t planning its own Vision Pro game controller, nor is it actively planning support for third-party VR accessories.”

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USB-C AirPods Pro coming alongside iPhone 15, hearing test feature in development

AirPods Pro 2: The perfect replacement for AirPods Max that I didn’t know I needed

As reported by Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter, Apple is preparing to launch a USB-C case for the AirPods Pro, presumably alongside the launch of the iPhone 15 lineup lineup this fall which will switch from the Lightning port to the USB-C port.

Gurman says Apple is also testing a new hearing test feature, in addition to the other iOS 17 AirPods features Apple announced at WWDC.

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