This week’s top stories: Apple’s new child safety features, Apple Silicon roadmap, and more

This week’s top stories: Apple’s new child safety features, Apple Silicon roadmap, and more

Chance Miller

- Aug. 8th 2021 1:08 pm PT

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Apple announces new protections for child safety, details on the Apple Silicon roadmap, Apple Store changes, and more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories and more.

Apple’s new child safety features

Apple this week announced a trio of new efforts it’s undertaking to bring new protection for children to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This includes new communications safety features in Messages, enhanced detection of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) content in iCloud, and updated knowledge information for Siri and Search.

You can learn more about these

announcements in our full coverage right here

.

Apple Silicon roadmap

When Apple first announced its plans to transition from Intel to Apple Silicon at WWDC 2020, the company said it would take around two years to fully complete the transition.

Bloomberg’s

Mark Gurman reported this week

that he believes Apple will “barely hit its two-year timeline” for transitioning the Mac lineup fully to Apple Silicon.

Looking ahead, Gurman says that the new MacBook Pros with more “M1X” processors are still on track for a release in the “coming months,” while a new high-end Mac mini will come “soon after that.” In 2022, Gurman expects that the iMac will “fully transition by the end of next year” and that a “revamped, smaller Mac Pro with Apple Silicon” is coming “later next year as well.”

Apple Store updates

App Apple announced a trio of changes to the Apple Store this week, including new features for the Apple Store Online and for physical Apple Stores.

Apple redesigned

its Apple Store Online this week, and restored the dedicated store tab.

Meanwhile, Apple has debuted a new

floating MagSafe design

in Apple Stores and rolled out support

for App Clip self-checkout

.

These and the rest of this week’s top stories below.

iOS |

iOS 15 brings new Announce Notifications feature for Siri, here’s how it works

PSA: iOS 15 beta 4 can auto-remove lens flares in photos

iOS 15 offers custom control to hide your email address; here’s how it works

iPhone |

Roundup: The iPhone 13 is coming next month; here’s what we know so far

iPhone camera embedded into display a step closer as tech improves

Strong iPhone growth in Europe as Samsung sales decline

Ahead of iPhone 13, Google teases new Pixel 6 and 6 Pro with its own custom silicon

Apple Watch |

Apple Watch Series 7 appears in regulatory filings ahead of expected September release

Everything we know so far about Apple Watch Series 7

Apple TV and HomePod |

Apple releases second beta firmware for AirPods Pro with Conversation Boost

Mac |

Gurman: Apple Silicon roadmap includes new Mac Pro, Mac mini, and more by November 2022

New Macs spotted in Eurasian regulatory filings, likely the redesigned M1X MacBook Pros

Apple now selling standalone Magic Keyboard with Touch ID starting at $149

How-to: Bring an old Mac back to life by installing Chrome OS on it for free

When is Apple releasing a new MacBook Pro, and should you buy now or wait?

Reports of M1 MacBook screen cracks occurring during normal usage

Apple updates Intel Mac Pro with three new graphics card modules

Just for fun: What if Apple had made Mac OS-based smartphones, tablets, and watches in the ‘90s?

iPad |

Hands-on: You can now run Windows 365 on iPad, and Microsoft even has an app for it

Apple surveys customers on iPad mini screen size preferences ahead of rumored refresh

Apps |

Robinhood stock trading app suspends trading in its own shares as suspension ordered

iMazing app updated with tool to easily detect Pegasus spyware on iPhone

Zoom to pay $85 million to users after lying about end-to-end encryption

Apple mistakenly promotes scam apps in App Store feature

Australians can now add COVID-19 vaccine certificate to Apple Wallet

Microsoft Teams rolls out native notification on its macOS app

Apple boots ‘Tinder for anti-vaxxers’ app from the App Store for violating COVID-19 guidelines

Apple Stores |

Apple Stores float new portless MagSafe dock design

Apple redesigns online store and brings back dedicated ‘store’ tab

Scan, pay, go: App Clip self-checkout comes to the Apple Store app

AAPL Company |

Apple announces new protections for child safety: iMessage features, iCloud Photo scanning, more

Apple engineering manager put on administrative leave after complaining about sexism at work

Apple now promoting its services with ‘exclusive offers’ for Apple Card users

Fortune Global 500 list: Apple now the world’s most profitable company

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