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Apple’s February 2023 in review: Apple Watch ban threat, layoffs, and Jony Ive’s red nose

Despite not launching any devices, Apple had a surprisingly packed month fighting for the Apple Watch, while Jony Ive helped out with charity, and Rihanna played the Super Bowl for Apple Music.Honestly, you’re lucky to still be wearing an Apple Watch. Wild claims in February 2023 did not quite reach the stage of saying you had 24 hours to turn in your Watch to the authorities, but there was serious talk of a ban on Apple selling new ones.It was serious in that the ban was always described very seriously, and it was based on word from the White House. Or rather, it was based on how the White House pointedly did not say a word.Following a long International Trade Commission (ITC) legal case brought against Apple by medical firm AliveCor, the Biden Administration had the option to weigh in. The ITC says Apple is guilty of infringing on AliveCor’s patents regarding heart rate monitoring. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple appeals Apple Watch ban, citing ‘irreparable harm’ to its business

Apple has filed an “emergency motion” for an appeal against the US import ban on the Apple Watch, and pressed for an interim stay on the ruling.Apple Watch UltraFollowing the White House’s decision not to veto the United States International Trade Commission’s (USITC) ban on importing Apple Watch to the US, Apple has now filed an appeal that claims the ban will cause it to “suffer irreparable harm if the Orders are left in place.” It wants the ban lifted, and separately also asks that it be dropped while the appeal is being considered.It’s an “emergency motion for an immediate interim stay,” because the USITC “has stated it will require over two weeks to respond.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

AI starts a music-making revolution and plenty of noise about ethics and royalties

Artificial intelligence has seismic implications for music-making and record labels, posing existential questions about the meaning of creativity and whether machines are enhancing human inspiration or replacing it.

On Doctor Who, Christmas (and Friendship) Is Magic

When you’ve been around for 60 long years like Doctor Who has, growth and evolution is the name of the game. Not just in new places each week, new heroes and friends and villains along the way, but the show has adapted and built its own riff on genre after genre of storytelling thanks to its remit. But as Doctor Who…Read more…