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Juli is the Managing Editor at MacRumors, and has been covering Apple news and rumors since 2010. She oversees MacRumors' guides, roundups, how tos, reviews, and giveaways in addition to covering daily news. Her work is regularly highlighted on Techmeme and cited by tech publications and news sites.

She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.

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Apple's Special Projects Group Gains Former Google Machine Learning Expert

Thursday April 4, 2019 2:19 pm PDT by
Apple in March hired Ian Goodfellow as its director of machine learning in the Special Projects Group, according to Goodfellow's LinkedIn profile that was shared by CNBC. Prior to joining Apple, Goodfellow worked at Google as a senior staff research scientist, and before that, he was an Open AI research scientist. As outlined by CNBC, Goodfellow is known for creating GANs, or Generative...
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Amazon Working on Alexa-Enabled Wireless Earbuds to Rival AirPods

Thursday April 4, 2019 1:21 pm PDT by
Amazon is developing a set of Alexa-enabled wireless earbuds that will compete with Apple's AirPods, reports Bloomberg. The earbuds will "look and act" similar to Apple's AirPods, but will offer built-in Alexa voice support. Alexa is Amazon's Siri rival, built into the Amazon Echo line of products and many other third-party devices. Amazon is aiming to offer better audio quality than the...
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Apple's Plans to Release 5G iPhone in 2020 Could Be Stymied by Intel Delays

Wednesday April 3, 2019 5:18 pm PDT by
Intel is having trouble meeting deadlines for the XMM 8160 5G modem that Apple is counting on to add 5G connectivity to its 2020 iPhone lineup, reports Fast Company. Citing a source with knowledge of Intel and Apple's relationship, Fast Company says that Intel has been missing developmental deadlines on the 5G chip, leading Apple to lose confidence in Intel. For a September 2020 launch,...
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Plex Releases Beta Version of Redesigned Apple TV App

Wednesday April 3, 2019 4:49 pm PDT by
Plex today announced the launch of an updated Apple TV app that's available right now in a beta capacity. The updated user interface has been designed for the larger screen of a TV with a side bar rather than a top menu bar, which is meant to be a better use of screen space. The side bar is customizable so you can pin your favorite media sources, put them in the order that you want, and...
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Adrian Perica Named Apple's VP of Corporate Development

Wednesday April 3, 2019 3:57 pm PDT by
Apple this afternoon updated its Apple Leadership page to add Adrian Perica, who has been named the company's vice president of Corporate Development. In his role as VP of Corporate Development, Perica will be responsible for Apple's mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investing efforts. Perica, who has been with Apple since 2009, will be reporting directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Prior...
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Vizio Launches Beta for Testing AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Functionality on SmartCast-Enabled TVs

Wednesday April 3, 2019 3:22 pm PDT by
Vizio's SmartCast-compatible TVs are gaining AirPlay 2 and HomeKit integration later this year, and ahead of the official release, Vizio has launched a new beta that will allow Vizio customers to test the functionality with compatible Vizio television sets. Vizio earlier this week updated its SmartCast app to add ‌AirPlay‌ 2 beta support, and today, the company began emailing customers who...
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Powerbeats Pro vs. AirPods 2 Buyer's Guide

Wednesday April 3, 2019 2:50 pm PDT by
Apple's Beats brand in April 2019 announced upgraded wire-free Powerbeats Pro earbuds that are quite similar to Apple's second-generation AirPods, but with a focus on fitness and working out rather than everyday use. The two sets of earbuds have a lot in common, but there are some notable differences that are worth pointing out. Read on for a complete comparison of the second-generation...
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Apple Stores Now Carrying Anker's USB-C PowerCore Fusion Battery and Charger

Wednesday April 3, 2019 1:05 pm PDT by
Apple recently started offering Anker's PowerCore Fusion Power Delivery Battery and Charger, marking the first time that Apple retail stores have sold Anker products. The new $99.95 battery and charger from Anker is available from the online Apple Store and will be in Apple retail locations at the end of the week. The PowerCore Fusion is designed to serve as both a power adapter and a...
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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 79 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Wednesday April 3, 2019 12:43 pm PDT by
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced three years ago in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 79 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Authentication, Accessibility,...
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Apple Offers City of Cupertino $9.7M for Transportation Projects to Avoid Business Tax

Wednesday April 3, 2019 12:21 pm PDT by
Apple has offered to spend $9.7 million on new bike and pedestrian-oriented transportation projects in the city of Cupertino, where it has two campuses, reports The Mercury News. Apple made the offer to city officials last year after hearing of a proposed change to the city's business license tax that would require Apple and other businesses in Cupertino to pay taxes based on the number of...
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Millions of Facebook Records Exposed on Amazon Cloud Servers

Wednesday April 3, 2019 12:10 pm PDT by
Millions of Facebook records were found on publicly accessible Amazon's cloud servers by researchers at UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm, reports Bloomberg. The data was uploaded by third-party companies that work with Facebook. Mexico City-based media company Cultura Colectiva, for example, was storing 540 million records on Facebook users on Amazon's servers, offering up information that...
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Powerbeats Pro: Apple's Sporty AirPods Alternative

Wednesday April 3, 2019 11:34 am PDT by
Apple's Beats brand in April 2019 unveiled the Powerbeats Pro, a redesigned wire-free version of its popular fitness-oriented Powerbeats earbuds. Like the AirPods, Powerbeats Pro come with a dedicated charging case that offers 24 hour battery life and an H1 chip for fast connectivity to your devices and Hey Siri support. Our Powerbeats Pro guide has all of the details you need to know about...
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Apple Announces Powerbeats Pro, Launching Soon for $250

Wednesday April 3, 2019 10:09 am PDT by
Apple's Beats brand today officially announced the new Powerbeats Pro Wireless Earphones, which, like the AirPods, are wire-free and come with a charging case, but feature up to nine hours of listening time. The ‌Powerbeats Pro‌ are going to cost $250, and Apple says they are coming in May. According to Apple, the ‌Powerbeats Pro‌ deliver "powerful, balanced sound with dynamic range and noise...
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Adobe Announces Updates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Character Animator

Wednesday April 3, 2019 6:00 am PDT by
Ahead of the annual NAB media show, which kicks off on April 6, Adobe is launching its traditional spring update with new updates for Creative Cloud apps including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Character Animator. As always, Adobe's updates bring performance improvements, new features, and improved efficiency for its video and audio tools. In After Effects, there's a new...
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Apple Shares New 'The Underdogs' Video Focusing on Apple Products at Work

Tuesday April 2, 2019 3:24 pm PDT by
Apple this afternoon shared a humorous new video on its YouTube channel focusing on using Apple products at work. The spot kicks off with a design team that has just a few days to come up with a round pizza box prototype for an important meeting, which they manage to pull off using Apple's iPhones, iPads, and laptops. The round pizza box in the video is the actual pizza box patented by Apple...
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Over 200,000 People Subscribed to Apple News+ in First 48 Hours After Launch

Tuesday April 2, 2019 2:41 pm PDT by
Upwards of 200,000 iPhone, iPad, and Mac users signed up for an Apple News+ subscription following the service's March 25 launch, reports The New York Times. The number comes from two unnamed sources who provided the figures to The New York Times and asked not to be named. That's more than Texture, the service ‌Apple News‌+ was based on, had during its peak. Apple purchased Texture in 2018...
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Hands-On With Apple's New 27-Inch 5K 8-Core iMac

Tuesday April 2, 2019 2:18 pm PDT by
Apple in March introduced a refresh for its 21.5 and 27-inch 4K and 5K iMac models, which did not receive an update in 2018. The new ‌iMac‌ models feature the same design as the previous models, but have upgraded internals, including 8th and 9th-generation Coffee Lake processors from Intel. In our latest video, we checked out the 27-inch 5K ‌iMac‌ with 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 48...
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Growing Number of iPad Pro Owners Complain of Screen Stuttering Issues

Tuesday April 2, 2019 11:09 am PDT by
Some iPad Pro owners who have 2017 and 2018 models have increasingly been running into issues with screen stuttering, based on a slew of threads on the Apple Support communities and the MacRumors forums. Affected users have ‌iPad Pro‌ models that sometimes refuse to register touch gestures, stutter when scrolling, miss keystrokes, and have other similar issues. We here at MacRumors have not been ...
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Apple's Clips App Updated With New Posters, Camcorder Filter, Live Titles and More

Tuesday April 2, 2019 10:27 am PDT by
Apple today updated its Clips app for the iPhone and the iPad to introduce new posters, new title and caption options, updated stickers, a camcorder filter, and more. The Clips app, for those unfamiliar with it, is a video editing app that's designed to let users combine video clips, images, and photos with voice-based titles, music, filters, and graphics to create unique videos that can be...
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Logitech Debuts New Slim Folio Pro Keyboard Case for 2018 iPad Pro Models

Tuesday April 2, 2019 12:01 am PDT by
Logitech today announced the launch of the Slim Folio Pro, a new keyboard case that's designed for the 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models. The Slim Folio Pro is a folio-style case for the ‌iPad Pro‌ with a built-in backlit keyboard that's an alternative to the Smart Keyboard offered by Apple. Logitech's Slim Folio Pro connects to the new ‌iPad Pro‌ models using a Bluetooth connection rather...