This week, Federico and John attempt to clear up confusion about MacStories’ position on AI web crawlers before rethinking email apps in light of the update to Apple’s Mail app coming this fall.
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AI Follow-Up
- [How We’re Trying to Protect MacStories from AI Bots and Web Crawlers – And How You Can, Too](https://staging.macstories.net/stories/ways-you-can-protect-your-website-from-ai-web-crawlers/)
- [Wired Confirms Perplexity Is Bypassing Efforts by Websites to Block Its Web Crawler](https://staging.macstories.net/stories/wired-confirms-perplexity-is-bypassing-efforts-by-websites-to-block-its-web-crawler/)
Rethinking Email
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This week, Federico and John recap WWDC week with more on their early testing of the iOS and iPadOS 18 betas and an in-depth conversation about why they are disappointed with Apple’s decision to train its large language models on the Open Web.
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WWDC Recap
Apple’s Large Language Models
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Today, for a special episode of AppStories recorded at Apple Park, Federico and John interview ADA winners Devin Davies, the maker of Crouton, Katarina Lotrič and Jasna Krmelj from Gentler Streak, and James Cuda and Michael Shaw of Procreate, plus Adelaide Humez and Dezmond Blair, Distinguished Winners of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge.
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2024 Apple Design Award Winner Winner Interviews
2024 Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners
- Dezmond Blair
- Dezmond is a student at the Apple Developer Academy in Detroit. His app marries his passion for biking and the outdoors with technology, which creates an immersive experience.
- Adelaide Humez
- Adelaide is a high school student from Lille, France. Her winning app allows users to create a journal of their dreams, based on emotions.
- Adelaide’s app: Egretta
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For the latest WWDC episode of AppStories, Federico is joined by Myke Hurley to talk about the Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence before John pops up with some AI tidbits and a WWDC vibe check from in and around Apple Park.
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visionOS 2 and Apple Intelligence
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The Latest WWDC Coverage on MacStories
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For this special episode of AppStories, Federico is joined by Jonathan and Niléane live in the Club MacStories+ Discord community to share their first impressions of the WWDC 2024 Keynote.
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MacStories’ Coverage So Far
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Recorded live in the Club MacStories Discord, Federico share their final preparations and plans for WWDC 2024 along with some last-minute predictions.
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Preparations for WWDC
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[[John]] Sebastiaan de With, the designer at Lux behind Halide, Spectre, and Kino has begun blogging again at sdw.space with a story about Siri and Apple Intelligence. (Link) Bloomberg has an in-depth profile on Sam Altman that looks back at his career in the tech industry and his fondness for bending rules. (Link) TechCrunch takes...
Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which originally launched on consoles and the PC, rolled out this week to iPhone and iPad users. In addition to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, Mirage is compatible with iPads that have an M1 chip or later. As explained on the App Store: In Assassin’s Creed® Mirage, you are Basim,...
This week, Federico and John introduce Comfort Zone and NPC: Next Portable Console, two new MacStories podcasts and share their wishes for watchOS and tvOS updates.
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Two New MacStories Podcasts
watchOS Wishes
tvOS Wishes
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