Places and Things

Apple apparently has a spatial audio event right after today’s WWDC keynote Apple appears to have planned a dedicated event on Apple Music’s upcoming spatial audio feature for later today. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22522249/apple-spatial-audio-event-wwdc-2021

NASA’s Juno Set for Close Encounter with Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Ganymede, get ready for your close-up. No probe has gotten a good view of Jupiter’s largest moon since 2000, when NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swung past the strange world, which is the largest moon in the whole solar system. But on Monday (June 7), at 1:35 p.m. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-juno-set-for-close-encounter-with-jupiters-moon-ganymede/

Graphene could allow hard drives to hold 10 times more data Solid-state drives may be the go-to for phones and most PCs and laptops, but the humble mechanical hard drive still has a place in the computing world. When you need a lot of storage for the least amount of money, they're the way to go. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/graphene-hard-drive-university-of-cambridge-234912178.html

tvOS is getting spatial audio support for AirPods Pro and Max Later this year, Apple will update tvOS and M1 Macs to allow AirPods Pro and Max owners to take advantage of spatial audio, the company announced during WWDC 2021. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-airpods-pro-airpods-max-spatial-audio-tvos-macos-180128777.html

AirPlay support comes to Google Nest speakers in latest update for Starling Home Hub I’ve been using Nest thermostats for the past seven years, and they’re pretty fantastic products. One thing they lack is HomeKit support, though. Starling Home Hub is a turn-key solution to bridge that gap, though. Continue Reading . . . https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/06/airplay-support-comes-to-google-nest-speakers-in-latest-update-for-starling-home-hub/

Sony a1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Sony Netherlands gave me a Sony a1 for a review. During two weeks, I dove into this amazing camera, learning about all the things that make the Sony a1 the top of the Alpha line-up. I shot a lot of pictures and learned a lot of things about this camera. These are my thoughts. Continue Reading . . . https://fstoppers.com/reviews/sony-a1-good-bad-and-ugly-565470

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla team up for a 'common vision' on extensions The major browser makers — Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla — are working together "to advance a common browser extension platform. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/w3c-browser-webextensions-community-group-035312365.html