By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple, Google, and others have spent $95 million lobbying against a bill that would prevent them favoring their own services, and between that and the schedule, a vote seems unlikely.US Capitol. Credit: Alejandro BarbaBig Tech firms have been lobbying against the American Choice and Innovation Act since 2021. It’s also been subject to delays as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) In a Tuesday update, Google’s YouTube TV app has added 5.1 audio to not just the Apple TV, but also Fire TV hardware.Apple’s 2021 Apple TV 4K with new Siri RemoteThe video streaming service announced the upgrade simply, in a Tweet. The 5.1 support extends to “compatible YouTube TV content,” adding that is is on live, DVR, and video on-demand content. …
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple Podcasts Connect has sent unusual emails out to long-running podcasts, congratulating creators for show additions, and for approval for subscriptions — despite being live for over a decade.Emails were dispatched to podcast owners via the Apple Podcasts Connect portal on Tuesday. In every case, they told podcasters of approvals on Apple’s side that already occurred.The editorial team of AppleInsider have received multiple emails from Apple Podcasts Connect about the …
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) New renders depicting the Apple Watch Pro offers what could be the closest look yet at what Apple may reveal to the world during Wednesday’s “Far Out” event.Many rumors have claimed Apple is working on some form of high-grade …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Storage manufacturer OWC has announced that it has acquired SellYourMac.com, a company that has been accepting trade-in Apple devices for over a decade.Best known for its …
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Anker has started to sell the Nano 3, a 30W GaN charger in an extremely small form factor, and with a color range that could better match a user’s …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The US Commerce Department has said how the “CHIPS for America Fund” will be spent to build up the US semiconductor industry — and has detailed some caveats, as well.SemiconductorNow that the new investment has been passed by Congress in …
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) Google released an update for its Chrome browser on September 2 — and it contains a fix for an exploit actively being used against …