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“Returning to the Moon and supporting future space exploration requires affordable delivery of significant amounts of cargo,” said SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell.

Erst sah es ja so aus, als wolle SpaceX keine Umweg über den Mond zum Mars nehmen – aber diesen Auftrag nimmt man bestimmt gerne mit.

Most interestingly, the report claims that Apple is currently tackling two different approaches to adding Touch ID fingerprint unlock to the Apple Watch. One approach would be through integrating a fingerprint sensor into the Digital Crown. The other (cooler) method would be to add a fingerprint sensor under the screen. It’s not clear if this would be ready for this year, as The Verifier points to it being a Series 7 (2021) feature.

Das wäre klasse, wenn meine Apple Watch nicht nur meine Macs entsperren sondern ich mich auch in 1Password authentifizieren könnte.

One particularly interesting augmented reality experience that Apple is testing is a "crosswalk bowling game," which we believe may allow Apple engineers to roll a virtual bowling ball across the crosswalk to knock down virtual bowling pins on the other side of the street while waiting for the pedestrian light to change from stop to go.

This crosswalk bowling game can only be triggered at an intersection near an Apple office known as "Mathilda 3" at 555 N Mathilda Ave in Sunnyvale, California, which may be one of the locations that Apple is developing its AR/VR headset. This office is located roughly five miles from the company's Apple Park headquarters in nearby Cupertino.

Lustige Umkehrung: früher haben Developer via Geo-Fencing verbotene Funktionen vor Apple versteckt. Nun versteckt Apple zukünftige AR/VR-Apps mit Geo-Fencing vor neugierigen Blicken.

If you already have a 2018 iPad Pro, the only reason to even consider upgrading is if you’re somehow professionally involved with AR, or if you make serious use of your iPad camera. These are not new iPad Pros so much as tweaked iPad Pros. And the best part of holding onto a 2018 iPad Pro is that the upcoming Magic Keyboards are fully compatible with those models. Keep your 2018 iPad Pro and wait for the keyboard.

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9to5Mac expects CarKey to work for locking, unlocking, and starting cars using the iPhone in place of a physical car key or key fob. Virtual car keys will be managed in Apple’s Wallet app and work with an option for authenticating without a passcode or Face ID for a faster experience. These virtual car keys will also be shareable over Messages.

Soll auch mit der Apple Watch und dem neuen iPad Pro funktionieren – es wird wohl der Ultra-wideband Chip benötigt. Ist der überhaupt in der Apple Watch? Es wird zwei Versionen geben, eine mit „Dranhalten“ und eine mit „in-der-Hosentasche-behalten“.

Teilweise geht das bei Tesla auch, aber da ist es noch etwas aufwendiger weiteren Personen zur Nutzung der Tesla App mit dem gleichen Tesla hinzuzufügen. Aber Teilen oder Anmelden mit der eigenen Apple ID geht natürlich nicht.

I am a huge fan of the look of Apple’s Pro Stand, but I know that such an expensive object can’t be used in the iMac. So I made some changes that would reduce cost and fits more to the aesthetics of the machine. The stand has a twelve millimeter thickness and because I love symmetry and evenness, I dropped the five millimeter edges and I made them to twelve. This change has give the opportunity to shrink down the bezels, enlarge the air intakes, and make better sound output.

Sehr schön sind auch die schmalen Display-Ränder sowie die Beibehaltung der ikonenhaften Kissenoptik. Wobei mir eine Anlehnung an das aktuelle iPad Pro Design auch gut gefallen würde.