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Verzuz is a popular online webcast featuring live music battles between some of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest names. Verzuz was founded by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland and was originally available only on Instagram Live. After making a deal with Apple Music, the first episode streamed on Apple Music was the July 22nd showdown between Snoop … Read more
After almost a year later, Apple has again increased the number of drivers for its fleet of autonomous test vehicles. We have been closely monitoring the numbers. Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars, are vehicles that can sense the environment and “drive” themselves without (or with little) help from a human driver. In our last report … Read more
macReports submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We submitted our request in 2017. After more than three years, the FDA finally responded and made every document available. Our FOIA request asked the FDA to release everything about Apple. The document includes a lot of sensitive, … Read more
Apple just released iOS 13.7 with a new feature to help public health authorities with Covid-19 contact tracing. Exposure Notification Express is built into iOS 13.7 so that users no longer need a separate app to participate. If you live in an area that has adopted the contact tracing system, you can opt in to … Read more
Apple has slightly increased the number of test drivers, although the total number of vehicles remains the same. According to new data from the California DMV, Apple now has a total of 66 self-driving cars and 149 certified drivers on the road. This is an increase in drivers since our last report in September, when … Read more
So Huawei wants to trademark “Honor Flypods”. Huawei applied for a European trademark on the word “Honor Flypods”. Huawei submitted its application with European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Huawei submitted this electronically. Huawei is the parent company of the Honor brand which carbon copies of Apple’s AirPods. Honor’s copy product is called Flypods. Huawei … Read more
This week, Apple has added three more safety drivers, according to records from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The team in California has gone from having 143 members last week to 146 members now. Currently, Apple has 66 cars driving around the streets of California, this number has not changed since the last time we … Read more
Apple is currently operating 66 vehicles on California roads, down from 69 cars, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Apple’s cars reached a peak of 72 cars in November 2018. A few days ago, we reported that Apple had increased the number of test drivers for its self-driving car project. It seems Apple keeps increase … Read more
Apple is, currently, testing a total of 69 cars on public roads of California, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The company also has 143 registered safety drivers in the State. This is an increase in drivers since April 24, when Apple had 69 test vehicles and 110 registered drivers. This means that Apple … Read more
Apple kept continuing to increase the number of autonomous vehicles in California until November, 2018. In November, Apple had 72 autonomous vehicles (and 144 drivers) permitted to test on public roads, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Apple kept this numbers until last week. And we learned from the California Department of Motor Vehicles … Read more