Leaked! Forget YOUR reality, here comes Apple’s “realityOS” (CultCast #531!)
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🗓️ 11 February 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week:
- Apple spills ‘realityOS’ again as new AR/VR headset inches closer!
- Don't expect FaceID in your Mac ANYTIME soon...
- Apple’s new Tap to Pay feature lets your iPhone accept contactless payments with ZERO additional hardware
- Absolutely vile: Devs react to Apple’s 27% cut of third-party payments
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This week's stories
Apple spills ‘realityOS’ again as new AR/VR headset inches closer
- Another reference to Apple’s unreleased “realityOS” operating system leaked Wednesday in new open source code. It suggests the company’s highly anticipated mixed-reality headset is inching closer to its public debut.
Apple considered Face ID for M1 iMac, but it’s not ready for MacBook yet
- Apple considered bringing Face ID to the M1 iMac, which would have been an ideal candidate for the facial recognition technology, according to a new report.
Apple’s new Tap to Pay feature lets iPhone accept contactless payments
- iPhones are about to become cash registers!
Absolutely vile: Devs react to Apple’s 27% cut of third-party payments
- Dutch regulators — and those in other countries - have been pushing for third-party payments. They have ruled it must accept third-party payments, but they have not stated how much Apple can charge for apps and subscriptions it does not process.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Things to do, people to see, deals to sign, products to sell. |
| 0:06.0 | Projects to do, reports to write, figures to check, invoices due, trends to plot. |
| 0:14.0 | Are you still cluttering up your day with a laborious paperwork instead of using an apple to help sort it out? |
| 0:20.0 | After all, you're not paid to turn paper, you're paid to use your brain. |
| 0:25.0 | Mountains to climb, worlds to conquer, bid for the talks, stole the best deal. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm a cigar. |
| 0:34.0 | How about lunch, apple, the part to succeed? |
| 0:40.0 | Hello, and welcome to look at the best 30-plus min apple conversation you can hear all week long. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm your host. |
| 0:50.0 | The Spanish call him Rey de los Boros, which translates, of course, into King of the Donkeys. |
| 0:58.0 | He's also the founder of Cult of Mac. |
| 1:00.0 | Leonardo Cani is here. |
| 1:02.0 | Hello. |
| 1:04.0 | What did you do with Cult of the Donkeys? |
| 1:06.0 | Also, with the speaking of Donkeys, you could say those are his spirit animal, compact, but strong. |
| 1:13.0 | Good nature. |
| 1:14.0 | Good nature. |
| 1:15.0 | But he'll bite you. |
| 1:16.0 | Imagine going ahead and report the Mac. |
| 1:18.0 | We'll do as well. |
| 1:19.0 | He used to be able to kick too, but these days not so much. |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah, watch out. |
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