Apple's Decision to Cancel Self-Driving Car Project

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After 10 years and 10 billion dollars, Apple finally calls it quits on the Apple car. What happened!? Plus: Apple's FineWoven cases are aging like milk, how to set up the best Mac screen saver, the future for Apple Arcade, and what comes next for Vision Pro.

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This week's stories:

Apple car crashes to a halt

• In a somewhat shocking development, Apple reportedly completely canceled all development on its self-driving car program on Tuesday. The company is shifting its emphasis to artificial intelligence, instead.
• Lewis Wallace: Killing the Apple car is depressing and sad
• The New York Times: Behind Apple's Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns
• D. Griffin Jones: Canceling the Apple car is a sensible move we should celebrate

MacRumors: Not-So-FineWoven iPhone Case 'Browning Like a Rotten Banana'

• Apple's $59 FineWoven cases for iPhone 15 took heavy flak when they were released last September for being subpar compared to the leather Apple cases they replaced. Now, The Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern has distilled customers' ire by sharing her own experience with the case after five months of use.
• Poll by John Gruber

Apple Arcade's future: Kids win, but devs fear ‘smell of death'

• Apple Arcade now focuses so heavily on family-friendly titles from well-known franchises that some indie game developers feel abandoned, according to a new report.

How to set up the best Mac screensaver, Aerial

• Screensavers fell out of fashion a long time ago, but Apple's Aerial screensaver looks so beautiful, it just might make you reconsider. In fact, with its stunning visuals, it might just be the best Mac screensaver around.

Don't expect Vision Pro 2 or Vision Air before 2027

• Vision Pro may be Apple's only AR headset until 2027. The company has yet to start work on Vision Pro 2 or Vision Air, according to a trusted analyst.
• Vision Pro returns aren't as bad as we feared