iOS 17 Beta adds two new Siri voices for UK users

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In Apple’s iOS 17 beta, two new “British” Siri voices were discovered that can be selected from the Settings app by going to ‌Siri‌ and Search and then selecting ‌Siri‌ Voice. The new voices are the third and fourth options, joining the two original “British” ‌Siri‌ voices. The two new “British” voices, which sound more … Read more

Snowstorm Gathers Seeds and Launches Open Beta to Keep the Internet Free | TechCrunch

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Image credits: photography/Getty Images Created to ensure free and open access to the Internet, Snowflake saw a huge increase in users during the start of the war in Ukraine and has grown even more since then. Started as an open source project by Serene (which uses its name only for privacy reasons), Snowflake, which started … Read more

Unity’s Apple Vision Pro game development tool opens in beta | TechCrunch

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Image credits: Brian Heater Unity this morning announced that it has opened the beta version of its development platform for visionOS. PolySpatial, which was announced in conjunction with the Vision Pro headset at WWDC, is designed to help developers port and create a 3D experience for Apple’s spatial computing platform. The platform is designed to … Read more

The public beta of watchOS 10 is now available: 7 new Apple Watch features to try first

The public beta of watchOS 10 is out now, meaning anyone with a compatible Apple Watch and iPhone can test out new software features in the latest version of Apple’s wearable operating system. Ahead of the public beta launch, we spoke with Apple about the watchOS 10 developer APIs that will power some of the … Read more

iOS 17 public beta released with these 12 new iPhone features

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Apple last month announced iOS 17 with a wealth of new features for iPhone XS and later. A public beta is now available to members of Apple’s free beta software program, allowing anyone to test the update. iOS 17 is expected to be released to all users in September alongside new iPhones. Below, we’ve rounded … Read more

Apple’s password manager is compatible with third-party browsers in the latest macOS beta

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Image credits: Photography by Javier Zayas / Getty Images Apple yesterday released the first public beta of macOS Sonoma, the next major macOS update that will be available to everyone this fall. After this update, Mac users will be able to use Apple’s password manager in third-party web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, … Read more