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Another fascinating article in Apple’s Machine Learning series. It got a bit dense for me at times (or, rather, I’m a bit dense for the article) but there are lots of interesting tidbits of info included.

James Gunn: Here’s a cool list of the different jobs on a movie set and how they fit into the system. Gunn posted this on Twitter and not only is it an interesting breakdown of the jobs on a film … Continued

Considering the market share, I always bristle whenever a pundit says, “Apple needs to solve this problem…” instead of at least including Google and Android in the discussion. But there’s no doubt that Apple, with its stated concerns about user privacy and demonstrated control over all aspects of the iPhone, is uniquely situated to at least begin the discussion on these issues.

This is just one of many cases that will need to be adjudicated before the issue is settled but I think, in the long run, Apple will lose this fight.

QuickTime Player X is utterly useless as a production app.

Pretty impressive review from Serenity Caldwell at iMore.

Meaning, this is a test bed for where Disney wants to go with its own content.

As it continues the 64-bit app transition, Apple will begin alerting customers running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 when they are using an outdated, 32-bit app. The alert will only happen when you open a 32-bit app, and it will happen … Continued

I don’t know how familiar any of you are with the Foundation trilogy but when I saw this news I had a little squeal of delight.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Cook had to be convinced to leave his gig at Compaq but it turned out well for all involved – except maybe Compaq.

To answer the headline – yes and not soon enough. There’s only been one 3D film I’ve ever thought was worth the money – Avatar. I haven’t bothered to go see a movie in 3D in five years.

Some will blow this off as simple marketing fluff but everyone at Apple should be proud of this accomplishment and the company’s commitment to the environment.

I test my poor wife on this stuff all the time. Like most people, she plays along with these little quizzes and questions but had no idea they can be used to harvest details about her for nefarious purposes.

Always fascinating to listen to Cook.

DeLong makes a great point. For those of us with children, Apple’s parental controls for the iPad are a blunt instrument.

This might be the coolest thing you watch all day.

As a City Kid, I’ve never had much need to “identify the plants and animals around me” but now that I live in a semi-rural area, I’m kind of curious about the flora and fauna I see. This app may be able to help.

I find this to a very odd thing for our Royal Canadian Mint to do.

When I read about this yesterday, I was sure it was an April Fools’ joke. Good to read it isn’t.

My wife and I watched this video this weekend and were enthralled. We immediately went out and bought semolina flour so we could try our hand at some of it and now I want a pasta maker for myself.

If this is the future, let me off the planet. I want no part of it.

Wired: The modern web contains no shortage of horrors, from ubiquitous ad trackers to all-consuming platforms to YouTube comments, generally. Unfortunately, there’s no panacea for what ails this internet we’ve built. But anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you … Continued

This history is more interesting than it has a right to be. That being said, don’t ever do this to strangers on the street.

What a great idea.

This is the most wondrously nerdy thing I’ve read all day.

Apple on Tuesday held an event in Chicago focused on its education customers. They offered a total solution that included an iPad and software to make learning in the classroom better for teachers and students, but somehow they are getting severely criticized for all of the announcements. […]

Cook’s comments in general are interesting but the Facebook burn is getting all the attention. I’m looking forward to watching the full interview.

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Dave Mark joins me this week to talk about all of Apple’s announcements at its education event held this morning in Chicago.

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I love the fact that teachers can assign specific activities within the app. There is a lot of good things in here.

I really hate the idea of there not being any ability to opt out of at least some of these alerts. I certainly won’t need an alert that an earthquake is happening – I’m pretty sure I’ll already know.