Apple and Meta continue their ongoing feud, with Apple accusing Meta of attempting to exploit EU laws for privacy and Meta criticizing Apple's own privacy record. The argument revolves around Apple's objection to the EU's mandate for cooperation with rival firms, while Meta is accused of overstepping boundaries.

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Apple is in early-stage discussions with Chinese tech giants Tencent and ByteDance to integrate their AI models with Apple Intelligence, aiming to expand its feature set in the Chinese market. Apple is gradually introducing Apple Intelligence to iPhone, iPad, and Mac in various regions.

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Indonesia's president agreed to a $1 billion deal with Apple to build two factories producing 20% of the world's AirTag supply, with the first factory on the island of Batam expected to employ 1000 workers.

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Apple's Core Graphics (Quartz) provides a high-performance API for creating and manipulating graphics, including image filters for special effects. Users can apply these filters when saving images in Preview on macOS.

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Apple has published a white paper supporting the EU's interoperability laws, but expresses concerns about potential misinterpretation and risks to user privacy.

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Meta, Facebook's parent company, has filed 15 interoperability requests through the European Union's Digital Market Act (DMA) to gain deep access to Apple's proprietary systems. This move has raised concerns about Meta potentially abusing the DMA's interoperability request system, as it surpasses the number of requests filed by any other company.

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Elevation Lab's TimeCapsule is a case for Apple AirTags that significantly extends battery life to up to ten years.

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Apple has cancelled its iPhone hardware subscription service, a project that aimed to provide a monthly charge to customers similar to App Store payments, with loans provided by Apple itself.

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The M4 iPad Pro, in both 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, is available with discounts of up to $200. Best Buy and Amazon are offering the deals, with delivery by Christmas still possible.

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The Flint Center, where Steve Jobs launched the original Macintosh in 1984 and hosted key Apple events until 2014, is being demolished. The auditorium was also the site of Apple's first shareholders meeting as a public company.

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