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Twitter is rolling out a fix for the 'auto-scrolling' bug on iOS

November 6, 2019

Has the Twitter timeline been extra jumpy on your iPhone or iPad? Yesterday Twitter acknowledged the “frustrating” issue, and now an update to address it is rolling out via the App Store. It’s unclear if it was supposed to be a seamless addition of new tweets that simply didn’t behave properly, but now users should be able to decide whether or not the tweet they’re…

Twitter rolling out fix for buggy auto-refresh timeline behavior on iOS

November 6, 2019

Over the weekend, Twitter for iPhone users started experiencing buggy auto-refresh behavior following an app update. Essentially, the timeline would refresh randomly, causing people to lose track of what they were reading. Now, Twitter says that it is rolling out a fix for…

Chrome on Android rolling out new long press menu for links, images

November 5, 2019

Chrome 78 rolled out last month and was a relatively quiet release for Android. A server-side update for the browser today introduces a new long press menu that provides previews alongside actions for links and images. The old menu that popped up after long pressing…

An Apple-Valve AR headset deal makes sense given iOS 13’s StarBoard

November 5, 2019

Apple rumors are perennially popular for two major reasons: First, the company’s actual announcements are so few and far between that only “what’s next?” speculation keeps its fans excited year-round. Second, the company is famously iterative, rarely entering a new product category without years of research and a multi-year “what’s next?” product pipeline in mind, constantly feeding…

AI & Robotics News

Researchers propose descriptors to prevent AI system component mismatches

November 5, 2019

AI holds enormous promise for the public sector — at least theoretically. But in practice, integrating AI components into public sector apps is limited by the fragility of those components and by mismatches among them. For example, if a machine learning model is trained on…

Android Auto standalone app now available for Android 10 users

November 5, 2019

Google recently integrated Android Auto with the Android 10 operating system, removing the need for a separate app. But this meant that Android 10 users who own a car with a non-compatible head unit would no longer be able to use Android Auto just on their phone, which was…

What’s new in iOS 13.3 developer beta 1?

November 5, 2019

Apple today released the first developer beta of iOS 13.3, as well as iPadOS 13.3, tvOS 13.3, and watchOS 6.1.1. Read on as we roundup all of the changes in these latest updates. One of the biggest issues in iOS 13.2 is RAM management problem that is causing applications to be killed when running in the background. Early tests indicate that iOS 13.3…

Apple releasing first developer beta of iOS 13.3 today [U: Now available]

November 5, 2019

Update: The first developer betas of iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3, watchOS 6.1.1, and tvOS 13.3 are now available. Apple today will release the first beta of iOS 13.3 to developers. This comes after the release of iOS 13.2 to the public last week. iPadOS 13.3 will also be available…

Apple releases iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3, tvOS 13.3, and watchOS 6.1.1 betas

November 5, 2019

Now that the nearly simultaneously releases of iOS 13.0 and 13.1 are fully in the rear view mirror, and the final version of iOS 13.2 has been making its way onto eligible devices, Apple is today releasing the first developer beta of iOS 13.3, alongside related betas for…

All iPhone 11 cases on sale, plus new lows on 10.2-inch iPad and 15% off iTunes credit

November 5, 2019

Apple’s official iPhone 11 cases are all on sale at Amazon, plus the new 10.2-inch iPad has hit a fresh all-time low price. We’re also seeing discounted iTunes gift cards today. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Amazon is now offering near all-time low prices on Apple’s latest iPhone 11/Pro/Max cases from $28. There are multiple colors available in…