While we hear a lot about Android apps posing as malware and adware, it’s rare for fraudulent iOS apps to sneak through Apple’s security and curation. However, security researcher HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence & Research team has uncovered 10 such iPhone apps that “commit several different flavors of advertising fraud” when installed. ...   Mac Central

Apple has only just introduced the new iPhone 14 on September 7, but Apple isn’t finished releasing new products in 2022. Over the years Apple has held a second fall event in October at which it has launched new Macs and iPads. Here’s everything you need to know about a possible October event. ...   Mac Central

iPadOS 16.1, which is slated for release in October, has a new feature called Stage Manager for multitasking. Originally, Apple announced that Stage Manager would work only on M1-based iPads, but according to a report by Engadget, Apple added older iPad Pros that use A12X and A12Z chips to the Stage Manager support list in the latest iPadOS 16.1 beta that was released on Tuesday. ...   Mac Central

In an interview with the BBC, Apple boss Tim Cook has claimed there are “no good excuses” for the lack of women in the tech industry. “I think the essence of technology and its effect on humanity depends upon women being at the table,” Cook told the BBC’s Zoe Kleinman. ...   Mac Central

It’s looking more and more like Apple’s next big thing won’t be something that fits in your pocket or a bag. Rather it could be another wearable device. Analysts Ming Chi-Kuo said in November that Apple’s “goal is to replace the ‌iPhone‌ with AR in 10 years. ...   Mac Central

Contradicting widespread expectations that Apple will follow its September iPhone/Apple Watch announcements with a second event later in the fall, Mark Gurman has said the company will instead unveil its remaining new products for 2022 via press release. In the latest instalment of Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter, the respected leaker discusses the upcoming products. ...   Mac Central

In case you haven’t noticed, you can get a really good deal on the current 14-and 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro laptops, between $300 and $400 off the regular price. Why such big price reductions? Probably because, as has long been rumored and reported again on Friday by DigiTimes, Apple will replace those M1 Pro- and Max-based laptops with new models next month. ...   Mac Central

Waves Audio has released Waves Spherix: a suite of two plugins – a compressor and a brickwall limiter – designed from the ground up for fast, efficient work on the beds (fixed channels)... Read More   KVR Audio

Rast Sound has released Generative Collection 3.0 with the addition of the new Motif plugin and the Cinescapes Pro 2 and Rig engines for Kontakt. Motif (Plugin) will help you... Read More   KVR Audio

Truality Audio has released TruPan, a free VST3 plugin for Windows that claims to work differently from a conventional intensity-based Pan-Pot. Truality Audio says:... Read More   KVR Audio

Universal Audio have announced the release of their UAD Spark plug-in, now available for Windows PCs as well as Mac. Spark is an ever expanding collection of UAD plug-ins... Read More   KVR Audio

McDSP has announced the release of universal binary versions of the entire APB plug-in line up. McDSP APB plugin can now run natively on both Intel and Apple silicon computers. This release... Read More   KVR Audio

Blue Cat Audio has released a new version of Blue Cat's PatchWork, its multi-effects processor also capable of hosting third party plug-ins. This new version brings new macro... Read More   KVR Audio

Muse Group has announced the release of version 3.2.0 of Audacity, the latest version of the free audio editor and recorder. Audacity 3.2 takes leaps toward being an end-to-end production... Read More   KVR Audio

ZAK Sound has announced the release of Morning Coffee Piano, a free piano library for Kontakt based on a calm and smooth acoustic piano combined with an ambient texture and music box-style... Read More   KVR Audio

Vicious Antelope has released Harmonic Keys for Arturia Pigments 3, a free library of 40 keyboard patches created exclusively with additive synthesis (Harmonic engine of Pigments 3).... Read More   KVR Audio

Tal Aviram has update TICK Metronome, the open-source cross-platform metronome plug-in, to version 0.5.0. New: Vertical layout support (requested by Alex). Allow showing... Read More   KVR Audio

Dream Audio Tools has released Surfin Guitar for Native Instruments Kontakt, inspired by the authentic 50s and 60s surf guitar sound. Here's what they say: Everything has been... Read More   KVR Audio

Eurorack manufacturer Noise Engineering jumped into the world of plugins last year with their free Freequel pack and earlier this year with Bundle 1, each with three plugins... Read More   KVR Audio

UVI has updated Augmented Orchestra to v1.1 with over 130 new layers and presets. They say: An expanded version of the hybrid orchestral instrument, Augmented... Read More   KVR Audio

Techivation has announced the release of T-Puncher, a new audio plug-in designed to shape the transients in a 'natural and musical way'. Key Features: Major Punchiness... Read More   KVR Audio

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Pianos: Full 88 keys virtual piano for the iPad & iPhone. Play nine different pianos and others 67 musical instruments. Piano: Grand Piano, Stereo Grand, Bright Grand, Electric Grand, Honky-Tonk, Tine Electric Piano, FM Electric Piano, Harpsichord, Clavinet Chromatic...   440Software