macOS 10.15's standalone Music, Podcasts & TV app details & icons revealed
A report on Wednesday reinforced evidence that the next major version of macOS will have standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, also giving a glimpse at new icons.
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Roger Fingas
Apple Music's 'Browse' tab refreshed with new look, wider playlist selections
Apple has tweaked the "Browse" tab of Apple Music on iTunes and iOS, providing users easy access to the "Daily Top 100" playlists.
Mike Wuerthele
Maxell sues Apple over navigation, camera & data tech patents
Long-time magnetic storage and electronics maker Maxell on Friday launched a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of violating 10 U.S. patents, some of them inherited from Hitachi.
Elizabeth Warren calls for tech giant breakup, with Apple in the cross-hairs
On Friday, Democratic Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren advocated for breaking up major tech companies with large services, specifically naming Amazon, Facebook, and Google — but Apple fits in the targeted category as well.
Pirated 4K 'Aquaman' rip suggests iTunes 4K movie DRM has been broken
The appearance of a pirated 4K-resolution version of the movie "Aquaman" on torrent sites is suspected to have been acquired from the iTunes store, which if true is a sign that someone has found a way around Apple's copyright protection measures.
Malcolm Owen
Apple's new podcast metadata rules ban episode numbers, threaten removal [u: episode numbers permitted]
Apple has contacted the makers of podcasts hosted on iTunes and details how they should write the metadata that details the show, episode and so on, with the biggest changes forbidding podcast show names in titles as well as banning episode numbers.
William Gallagher
iOS 11 users unable to reach App Store, Apple Music, or iTunes
Apple on Friday confirmed that some people are encountering problems reaching the App Store, Apple Music, and iTunes if they're using an iPhone or iPad with iOS 11.
New 'CookieMiner' malware aims to steal cryptocurrency logins from Mac owners
Newly-discovered Mac malware is geared toward stealing browser cookies for cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase and Bittrex, security researchers say.
Ultraviolet video streaming service shutting down on July 31
Digital movie locker service Ultraviolet has warned it will be shutting down on July 31, with the rise of the competing Movies Anywhere and other movie storage options thought to have prompted the shutdown of the service.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Mikey Campbell
