Month: September 2024
iOS 18: Master the New Search Features in the Photos App
Apple’s iOS 18 update brings powerful new search functions to the Photos app, allowing you to find specific images with unprecedented precision. Here’s how to make the most of its new capabilities.
In iOS 18, the key to effective searching in Photos is using natural language. Instead of simple keywords, try describing the photo you’re looking for in detail. The app can now understand complex queries and find images based on specific elements within them.
For example, if you’ve previously identified friends and family using the People and Pets features, you can search for “Dad smiling” or “Snowy sleeping.” The more specific you are, the better your results will be. You can even search for actions or emotions, like “kids laughing at swings” or “couple dancing at wedding.”
The new search function is also pretty handy at finding objects and scenes. Try queries like “car next to lake” or “sunset over city skyline.” You can combine multiple elements in your search, such as “yellow flowers in vase by window.”
For food lovers, searches like “pizza with mushrooms” or “steak and chips on table” can help you find culinary inspirations from your photo library. When searching for people, you can now include details about their appearance or actions. “Mum in green hat with wine glass” or “Emma in wedding dress” are examples of how specific you can get.
The Photos app can even search within videos. If you remember a specific moment in a video but can’t recall which one, try describing the scene. For instance, “baby crawling” or “fireworks over lake” can take you directly to that moment.
Note that for these advanced search features to work, the Photos app needs time to index your library. This process happens on your device to protect your privacy, so be patient if searches aren’t immediately accurate after updating to iOS 18.
With practice, you’ll find that the new search function in Photos can help you rediscover forgotten memories and locate specific images with ease. Don’t be afraid to get creative with your searches – you might be surprised at what the app can find.This article, “iOS 18: Master the New Search Features in the Photos App” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Apple’s iOS 18 update brings powerful new search functions to the Photos app, allowing you to find specific images with unprecedented precision. Here’s how to make the most of its new capabilities.
In iOS 18, the key to effective searching in Photos is using natural language. Instead of simple keywords, try describing the photo you’re looking for in detail. The app can now understand complex queries and find images based on specific elements within them.
For example, if you’ve previously identified friends and family using the People and Pets features, you can search for “Dad smiling” or “Snowy sleeping.” The more specific you are, the better your results will be. You can even search for actions or emotions, like “kids laughing at swings” or “couple dancing at wedding.”
The new search function is also pretty handy at finding objects and scenes. Try queries like “car next to lake” or “sunset over city skyline.” You can combine multiple elements in your search, such as “yellow flowers in vase by window.”
For food lovers, searches like “pizza with mushrooms” or “steak and chips on table” can help you find culinary inspirations from your photo library. When searching for people, you can now include details about their appearance or actions. “Mum in green hat with wine glass” or “Emma in wedding dress” are examples of how specific you can get.
The Photos app can even search within videos. If you remember a specific moment in a video but can’t recall which one, try describing the scene. For instance, “baby crawling” or “fireworks over lake” can take you directly to that moment.
Note that for these advanced search features to work, the Photos app needs time to index your library. This process happens on your device to protect your privacy, so be patient if searches aren’t immediately accurate after updating to iOS 18.
With practice, you’ll find that the new search function in Photos can help you rediscover forgotten memories and locate specific images with ease. Don’t be afraid to get creative with your searches – you might be surprised at what the app can find.
This article, “iOS 18: Master the New Search Features in the Photos App” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Effort to Rival Streaming Services
The deal comes as satellite TV services struggle to stay competitive against streaming platforms
The deal comes as satellite TV services struggle to stay competitive against streaming platforms
Verizon Is Having Network Issues Monday, Leaving Some Stuck in SOS Mode
“We are working quickly to identify and solve the issue,” the carrier says.
“We are working quickly to identify and solve the issue,” the carrier says.
Amazon is launching its own Shark Tank where winners get to be Amazon sellers
Screenshot: YouTube
Amazon Prime has released a trailer for its spin on the Shark Tank concept: Buy It Now, a JB Smoove-hosted show where people put their product ideas before a panel of investors. The twist is that they’ll also be judged by “The 100,” which Amazon says is an audience of “potential customers” (otherwise known as “people”), and if their products are picked, Amazon will sell them in a special section of the store.
The company announced the show earlier this year but has now released a trailer showing what it will look like. Contestants pitch their ideas to the audience. If the crowd votes for them, then the panelists pick which ones will show up on Amazon’s Buy It Now Store: a new storefront launching alongside the show that viewers can reach using a QR code that shows up during episodes. One presenter per episode will get a $20,000 prize, too.
Apart from Smoove — who you may remember from Curb Your Enthusiasm and Harley — the show will feature “a star-studded rotating panel of celebrity panelists,” including Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Anderson, Tabitha Brown, Tony Hawk, and Christian Siriano. It will also include three Amazon executives, and Ring founder and current CEO of Door.com (formerly Latch) Jamie Siminoff will serve as the “resident judge and entrepreneurial panelist.”
Oh, and those panelists will be selling their own products on that Buy It Now Store. So, if you’re looking for some of Paltrow’s questionable Goop treatments, you know where to find them — or, at least, where to scan the QR code to find them if you subscribe to Prime Video.
Is this show a shrewd play to get you to buy more stuff on Amazon? Absolutely. On the plus side, at least the products will have intelligible names and you’ll know where they came from.
Buy It Now’s first three episodes premiere on Amazon Prime on October 30th and will run for 13 episodes until January 8th, 2025. A weekly behind-the-scenes companion podcast, called This is Small Business: Behind the Buy, starts the next day.
Screenshot: YouTube
Amazon Prime has released a trailer for its spin on the Shark Tank concept: Buy It Now, a JB Smoove-hosted show where people put their product ideas before a panel of investors. The twist is that they’ll also be judged by “The 100,” which Amazon says is an audience of “potential customers” (otherwise known as “people”), and if their products are picked, Amazon will sell them in a special section of the store.
The company announced the show earlier this year but has now released a trailer showing what it will look like. Contestants pitch their ideas to the audience. If the crowd votes for them, then the panelists pick which ones will show up on Amazon’s Buy It Now Store: a new storefront launching alongside the show that viewers can reach using a QR code that shows up during episodes. One presenter per episode will get a $20,000 prize, too.
Apart from Smoove — who you may remember from Curb Your Enthusiasm and Harley — the show will feature “a star-studded rotating panel of celebrity panelists,” including Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Anderson, Tabitha Brown, Tony Hawk, and Christian Siriano. It will also include three Amazon executives, and Ring founder and current CEO of Door.com (formerly Latch) Jamie Siminoff will serve as the “resident judge and entrepreneurial panelist.”
Oh, and those panelists will be selling their own products on that Buy It Now Store. So, if you’re looking for some of Paltrow’s questionable Goop treatments, you know where to find them — or, at least, where to scan the QR code to find them if you subscribe to Prime Video.
Is this show a shrewd play to get you to buy more stuff on Amazon? Absolutely. On the plus side, at least the products will have intelligible names and you’ll know where they came from.
Buy It Now’s first three episodes premiere on Amazon Prime on October 30th and will run for 13 episodes until January 8th, 2025. A weekly behind-the-scenes companion podcast, called This is Small Business: Behind the Buy, starts the next day.
Fortnite-Maker Epic Games Sues Samsung and Google Over Third-Party App Stores
The game publisher continues to wage war in its bid to get its mobile games on smartphones without the help of Apple’s and Google’s storefronts.
The game publisher continues to wage war in its bid to get its mobile games on smartphones without the help of Apple’s and Google’s storefronts.
We’re only beginning to understand the historic nature of Helene’s flooding
How does a region that is nearly 500 miles from the Gulf become devastated by flooding?
Enlarge / Hurricane Helene transported moisture from both the Gulf and Atlantic into the southeastern United States. (credit: NOAA)
As of Monday morning, if one wanted to grasp the historic nature of flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene in western parts of North Carolina and the surrounding areas, the logical place to begin is at the National Climatic Data Center.
This federal office maintains the world’s largest climate data archive and provides historical perspective to put present-day weather conditions and natural disasters into context in a warming world due to climate change.
Unfortunately, the National Climatic Data Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina. As I write this, the center’s website remains offline. That’s because Asheville, a city in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Helene that has played out over the last week. The climate data facility is inoperable because water and electricity services in the region have entirely broken down due to flooding.
Amazon Discounts Collection of M4 iPad Pro Models at Up to $200 Off
Today we’re tracking big discounts across the entire M4 iPad Pro lineup on Amazon, with up to $200 in savings available during this sale. We’re focusing on the Wi-Fi models of the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro in this article, but you can also find numerous cellular tablets on sale at this time.
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Sale prices start at $929.00 for the 256GB Wi-Fi 11-inch M4 iPad Pro, down from $999.00, which is a solid second-best price on the tablet. Overall, you’ll find every Wi-Fi model of both sizes available at a discount on Amazon, with multiple record low prices available on both tablets.
11-Inch
256GB Wi-Fi – $929.00 ($70 off)
512GB Wi-Fi – $1,099.00 ($100 off)
1TB Wi-Fi – $1,475.00 ($124 off)
1TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $1,593.00 ($106 off)
2TB Wi-Fi – $1,845.00 ($154 off)
2TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $1,934.00 ($165 off)
13-Inch
256GB Wi-Fi – $1,198.00 ($101 off)
512GB Wi-Fi – $1,386.00 ($113 off)
1TB Wi-Fi – $1,748.00 ($151 off)
1TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $1,843.00 ($156 off)
2TB Wi-Fi – $2,099.00 ($200 off)
2TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $2,199.00 ($200 off) Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we’ve been tracking over the past week.Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, “Amazon Discounts Collection of M4 iPad Pro Models at Up to $200 Off” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Today we’re tracking big discounts across the entire M4 iPad Pro lineup on Amazon, with up to $200 in savings available during this sale. We’re focusing on the Wi-Fi models of the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro in this article, but you can also find numerous cellular tablets on sale at this time.
Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
Sale prices start at $929.00 for the 256GB Wi-Fi 11-inch M4 iPad Pro, down from $999.00, which is a solid second-best price on the tablet. Overall, you’ll find every Wi-Fi model of both sizes available at a discount on Amazon, with multiple record low prices available on both tablets.
11-Inch
256GB Wi-Fi – $929.00 ($70 off)
512GB Wi-Fi – $1,099.00 ($100 off)
1TB Wi-Fi – $1,475.00 ($124 off)
1TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $1,593.00 ($106 off)
2TB Wi-Fi – $1,845.00 ($154 off)
2TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $1,934.00 ($165 off)
13-Inch
256GB Wi-Fi – $1,198.00 ($101 off)
512GB Wi-Fi – $1,386.00 ($113 off)
1TB Wi-Fi – $1,748.00 ($151 off)
1TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $1,843.00 ($156 off)
2TB Wi-Fi – $2,099.00 ($200 off)
2TB Wi-Fi with Nano-Texture Glass – $2,199.00 ($200 off) Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we’ve been tracking over the past week.
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Progress warns WhatsUp Gold has some critical security flaws, so patch now
Six high-severity and critical vulnerabilities were addressed last week, but Progress isn’t sharing specific details.
WhatsUp Gold, a network monitoring solution built by Progress Software, carried numerous critical and high-severity vulnerabilities, which placed its users at great risk of different cyberattacks. The flaws were recently addressed, and the company urged the users to apply the fixes immediately.
Progress recently published a new security advisory in which it warned WhatsUp Gold users of the flaws and announced the release of the patch.
The advisory, however, does not discuss what the flaws are or how they might have been abused.
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The flaws are listed as:
CVE-2024-46905: CVSS 8.8/10
CVE-2024-46906: CVSS 8.8/10
CVE-2024-46907: CVSS 8.8/10
CVE-2024-46908: CVSS 8.8/10
CVE-2024-46909: CVSS 9.8/10
CVE-2024-8785: CVSS 9.8/10
In total, there were six vulnerabilities, two of which are rated critical – 9.8/10.
Progress Software said that the first fixed version is 24.0.1:
“The WhatsUp Gold team has identified six vulnerabilities that exist in versions below 24.0.1,” the advisory reads. “We are reaching out to all WhatsUp Gold customers to upgrade their environment as soon as possible to version 24.0.1, released on Friday, September 20. If you are running a version older than 24.0.1 and you do not upgrade, your environment will remain vulnerable.”
WhatsUp Gold is a network monitoring software designed to provide comprehensive visibility into an organization’s IT infrastructure. It enables users to monitor devices, applications, servers, and network traffic in real time, helping to quickly identify and resolve performance issues.
To install the latest version, visit Progress’ product list page, download the latest version, and run it on your WhatsUp Gold server. After that, just follow the prompts. Since there are no details about the flaws, we don’t know if they have been abused in the wild already.
Via BleepingComputer
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