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Vergecast: This week in operating systems

The Verge

This week, The Vergecast dedicates the show to operating systems — updates, releases, and rumors from this past week. Nilay and Dieter talk with Verge senior editor Tom Warren and managing editor Alex Cranz about what to expect at Apple’s developer conference next week (HomeOS?) Apple TV app comes to Nvidia Shield.

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Everything Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC 2021

Gizmodo

For as many original innovations Apple introduces to its various software platforms, there are just as many “new” features that appear to have been inspired by other tools, apps, and even operating systems, leaving loyal developers to wonder what’s going to happen to their own products now that they’re no longer… Read more.

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Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year

The Verge

Apple is officially moving to its own silicon chips for some of its Mac hardware. Calling it a “historic day for the Mac,” Apple CEO Tim Cook detailed the transitions to PowerPC, OS X 10, and a move to Intel chips before unveiling its plans to use Apple’s own ARM-powered silicon in Macs in the future.

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Apple announces digital car keys for wirelessly unlocking your car with an iPhone

The Verge

Image: Apple. Apple announced at WWDC this week that you’ll be able to add a digital car key to your iPhone or Apple Watch to wirelessly unlock and start your car. The feature is part of the newly revealed iOS 14 , and it will work over NFC, Apple says. Apple says the feature will support the older iOS 13 as well.

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How to Use Your Own Photos As Apple Watch Faces

Gizmodo

With each successive version of watchOS, Apple has added more watch face options for your Apple Watch, but in terms of user customization there’s still not a whole lot you can play around with. One way that you can make your Apple Watch more personal is by using your own photos as watch faces, and watchOS 8 made this… Read more.

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Android Apps on Windows 11 Could Bring Apple's Seamlessness to the PC

Gizmodo

Windows is my desktop operating system. It’s what I’ve been using all my life. I feel just as married to it as my Android smartphone, which has been my mobile OS since the dawn of smartphones (or just shortly thereafter). But despite the different ways that I can sync the two platforms through apps and browsers, I… Read more.

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WWDC roundup: Top news and best tweets from Apple’s big developer conference

GeekWire

(Apple Image). Apple rolled out a bevy of new product features today at its annual WWDC event, held virtually for the first time due to the global pandemic. Apple silicon. Perhaps the biggest news from Monday was Apple’s transition to developing its own processing chips for the Mac, moving away from Intel.