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Apple Seeds watchOS 9.5 Release Candidate to Developers
To install the watchOS 9.5 update, developers will need to download the configuration profile from the Apple Developer Center.
Once installed, watchOS 9.5 can be downloaded through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General > Software update. To update to new software, an Apple Watch needs to have 50 percent battery life, it has to be placed on the charger, and it will need to be in range of the iPhone it is paired with.
watchOS 9.5 adds the simplified beta installation method that was first introduced in iOS 16.4. With the update, developers and public beta testers enrolled in Apple’s respective programs can toggle on beta updates from the Software Update section of the Watch app on iPhone. An Apple ID associated with either a public beta account or a developer account is required to turn on beta updates.
The update also include bug fixes and the new Pride Celebration watch face that was announced earlier today.
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Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of tvOS 16.5 to Developers
Registered developers are able to download the tvOS 16.5 update by downloading a profile on the Apple TV using Xcode.
tvOS updates are usually minor, focusing on internal bug fixes and improvements rather than notable outward-facing changes. There is no word as of yet what’s included in the tvOS 16.5 update, but we’ll update this article if we find anything new.
Apple shares some information on tvOS releases in its tvOS support document, which is updated after each tvOS launch.
Though we don’t often know what’s new in tvOS during the beta testing process, we let MacRumors readers know when new updates are available so those who are developers can download it upon release.
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Apple Weather App Again Experiencing Issues [Update: Fixed]
Apple says that the Weather app may be slow or unavailable for some users, and that the outage has been ongoing since 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
There have been reports of issues with the Weather app all day, though not all users are impacted. There was previously a major Weather outage in April that prevented the app from displaying data.
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Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of macOS Ventura 13.4 to Developers
Registered developers can download the beta through the Apple Developer Center and after the appropriate profile is installed, with the betas available through the Software Update mechanism in System Settings.
According to Apple’s release notes, the update adds a Sports feed in the sidebar of Apple News and it addresses several bugs, including one that would prevent the Mac Auto Unlock feature from working with the Apple Watch.
macOS Ventura 13.4 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
– Sports feed in the sidebar of Apple News gives easy access to stories, scores, standings, and more, for the teams and leagues you follow
– My Sports score and schedule cards in Apple News take you directly to game pages where you can find additional details about specific games
– Resolves an issue where Auto Unlock with Apple Watch does not log you into your Mac
– Fixes a Bluetooth issue where keyboards connect slowly to Mac after restarting
– Addresses a VoiceOver issue with navigating to landmarks on webpages
– Fixes an issue where Screen Time settings may reset or not sync across all devicesSome features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.
For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
macOS 13.4 also adds the simplified beta installation method that was first introduced in iOS 16.4. With the update, developers and public beta testers enrolled in Apple’s respective programs can toggle on beta updates from System Settings on the Mac, without the need to install a profile.
An Apple ID associated with either a public beta account or a developer account is required to turn on beta updates, which means that it is no longer possible to use a developer profile not associated with a developer account to install the developer betas.
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Nintendo Switch sales are slowing, but there’s still plenty of fuel left in the tank
Nintendo’s handheld launched on March 3, 2017, at a time when home consoles from Microsoft and Sony were all about power and smartphones were dominating mobile gaming. The gamble paid off as Nintendo has sold 125.62 million systems (as of March 31). The Switch is Nintendo’s best-selling console to date…
The best Mother’s Day deals that will get there by Sunday
UPDATE: May. 9, 2023, 12:00 p.m. EDT This post has been updated with the best live Mother’s Day sales ahead of May 14.
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Moms deserve a daily shoutout for being the backbone of the world. But an official day dedicated to them — complete with gifts on sale — is nice, too.
You still have tons of gift deals to choose from that can arrive in time for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 14, whether that’s a physical item with express shipping or a digital gift that will arrive immediately in their inbox. Mother’s Day deals season happens to overlap with Memorial Day deals season, adding several extra options if you’re looking to treat mom to something specific.
Note that all of the Mother’s Day-specific sales have guaranteed delivery by Sunday, but when purchasing from the included Memorial Day sales, be sure to check shipping options to your delivery location to make sure your gift will get there in time.
Here are the Mother’s Day 2023 deals we think will make you the favorite child:
Digital deals
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MasterClass — up to 35% off
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Rosetta Stone — 40% off Unlimited Languages
Delivery deals
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1-800-Flowers — up to 50% off Mother’s Day gifts including bouquets, edible gift baskets, candles, and more
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The Bouqs Co. — 30% off sitewide with code BOUQSDAY
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DoorDash — 15% off an order of flowers (up to $10 off) with code FLOWERS15 or 15% off one retail purchase (up to $10 off) with code MOMDAY15
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Edible Arrangements — save up to 20% on select Mother’s Day gifts
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Urban Stems — 15% off sitewide with code MDAY15 or up to 30% off double bouquets
Home deals
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Aerogarden — up to 50% off grow lights
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Amerisleep — $450 off any mattress with code AS450
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Bear — 35% off sitewide plus $400 in free sleep accessories
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Birch — 20% off sitewide plus two free pillows
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Casper — 20% off mattresses, pillows & sheets, 50% off adjustables, and 10% off everything else
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Helix — 20% off mattresses plus two free pillows
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Keurig — 25% off brewers with code LOVEMOM25
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Layla Sleep — up to $200 off a mattress plus two free pillows
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Nectar — 33% off sitewide
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Nespresso — 25% off select machines
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Purple — $300 off hybrid mattresses
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Roborock — up to 38% off the Q5, Q7, S7, S8 series robot vacuums
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Tempur-Pedic — up to $500 off adjustable mattress sets plus $300 in free gifts
Beauty, accessories, and candle deals
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Ana Luisa — buy one get one 60% off all jewelry
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Aurate — up to 30% off all jewelry
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Birthdate — 15% off birthdate candles and personalized astrological birth cart book bundles, up to 25% off sitewide with code LOVEMOM
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Fitbit — up to $50 off plus free overnight shipping on orders over $50
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Kitsch — 25% off shampoo bars, silk pillowcases, and more sitewide with code 25OFF
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Therabody — up to $50 off the TheraFace Pro and up to $170 off massage guns
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Warby Parker — 15% off two or more prescription glasses
Raspberry Pi OS now runs on Linux kernel 6.1 LTS
TechCrunch+ roundup: Unicorn origins, red flags for investors, generative AI meets copyright law
Every startup isn’t ready to hire a full-time marketer, but that’s no excuse to toss money out the window on paid acquisition.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Unicorn origins, red flags for investors, generative AI meets copyright law by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
A robot puppet rolled through San Francisco singing Vanessa Carlton hits
With an instantly recognizable hook and effervescent melody, Vanessa Carlton’s debut single A Thousand Miles hit the 2002 Billboard Charts like a neutron bomb, earning nominations for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Billboard Music Award for Top 40 Track of the Year. Featured prominently in 2004’s White Chicks, Terry Crews credits the undeniable smash with helping launch his acting career.
The accompanying music video saw Carlton and her piano rolling through Newbury Park, California, and portions of downtown Los Angeles. Twenty-one years later, a team of hobbyist roboticists have brought Carlton’s music back to the public ear — this time, to the streets of San Francisco with an animatronic performer and remotely deployable disco ball.
The robot, which currently doesn’t have much of a moniker from the team beyond “The Robot,” is the brainchild of San Francisco-based aerospace engineer Ben Howard, electrical engineer Noah Klugman, lawyer Lane Powell (with additional assistance from local puppeteer, Adam Kreutinger). “This is just a thing that we’ve done together, the three of us, to try to create some joy,” Klugman told Engadget during a recent video call.
The trio first collaborated during the pandemic. “Kids couldn’t really trick or treat properly,” Howard explained. “So we put together a kind of spooky Halloween candy dispensing robot that could drive around the streets and any kids who were brave enough could walk up, have a conversation with it and get some candy.” That project inspired them to look into developing a robot with year-round appeal. A “piano playing Muppet seemed like a good thing to do,” he continued, and from that the Thousand-Mile Machine was born.
The team started with an outdated food delivery drone model, obtained from “a friend of a friend,” as the mobile platform on which to build out the rest of the construct. “When companies get rid of these things, if they’re cool pieces of hardware, there are plenty of engineers around the city who like to modify them and turn them into fun projects,” Howard explained. “There’s a big community of people who are sharing cool hardware around.”
“I came to acquire [the wheeled base] and we wanted to do this music playing robot.” he added. “Then, when you think about piano player that roams around the city, immediately that [Vanessa Carlton] video comes to mind. It’s so iconic.”
The nearly 400-pound robot measures roughly five feet long on a side and about four feet tall, narrow enough to fit on a sidewalk and into the TEU container workshop in which it was built at San Francisco’s Box Shop. The wheeled base is controlled remotely and manually, while the puppet’s performance — from the hand and head movements to the big disco ball reveal — are all part of a prerecorded act, akin to Chuck E Cheese’s animatronic Pizza Players band. A single button press is all that’s needed to start the performance.
Vanessa Carlton herself reportedly met the robot during a recent event in Petaluma. “It seemed like she enjoyed it,” Klugman noted. “Everyone we’ve met in San Francisco has seemed to really love it. I think the response has been overwhelmingly positive.”
“That was very much [the case with] everyone we encountered when we were out filming,” Lane added. “Just really happy to watch it and excited to talk to us about it and just 100 percent positive from all ages and all walks of life all over the city. It was a really cool experience.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/a-robot-puppet-rolled-through-san-francisco-singing-vanessa-carlton-hits-170020897.html?src=rss