Apple has announced that, starting October 3, 2018, all new apps and app updates will require a privacy policy in order to be submitted for distribution on the App Store or through TestFlight for beta testing purposes.

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Apple already requires a privacy policy for apps that access personal information, including apps that offer subscriptions, accept Apple Pay, or use Apple frameworks such as HomeKit, HealthKit, or CareKit. Now, the requirement will extend to all apps, including basic ones that do not share data in any way.
It does not appear that existing apps on the App Store will be affected by this move until they are updated on October 3 or later, so long-outdated apps may remain without a privacy policy if they are no longer maintained.
Apple detailed the upcoming changes in the News section of its App Store Connect portal for developers on Thursday:

Starting October 3, 2018, App Store Connect will require a privacy policy for all new apps and app updates in order to be submitted for distribution on the App Store or through TestFlight external testing. In addition, your app's privacy policy link or text will only be editable when you submit a new version of your app.
To add or edit your privacy policy for the App Store:
1. Go to My Apps in App Store Connect, and click on your app.
2. Under App Store, click on App Information.
3. In the top right corner, add your privacy policy link for iOS apps or macOS apps, or enter text directly for tvOS apps.
4. Click Save.
To add your privacy policy link to your app for external TestFlight distribution:
1. Go to My Apps in App Store Connect, and click on your app.
2. Under TestFlight, click Test Information.
3. Add your privacy policy link for iOS apps, or enter text directly for tvOS apps.
4. Click Save.

Apple elaborates on its privacy policy requirements in its App Store Review Guidelines, under Section 5.1.1:

Privacy Policies: All apps must include a link to their privacy policy in the App Store Connect metadata field and within the app in an easily accessible manner. The privacy policy must clearly and explicitly:
- Identify what data, if any, the app/service collects, how it collects that data, and all uses of that data.
- Confirm that any third party with whom an app shares user data (in compliance with these Guidelines) — such as analytics tools, advertising networks and third party SDKs, as well as any parent, subsidiary or other related entities that will have access to user data — will provide the same or equal protection of user data as stated in the app's privacy policy and required by these Guidelines.
- Explain its data retention/deletion policies and describe how a user can revoke consent and/or request deletion of the user's data.

App Store Connect has long provided a privacy policy metadata field for developers to submit a link to their privacy policy webpage for iOS apps. On the Apple TV, there is no web browser, so App Store Connect has a text box for developers to past the full text of their privacy policy displayed in app.

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The long-awaited MacBook Pro refresh has landed, and sees both the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro 2018 with Touch Bar getting a significant hardware bump.

Let's take a look at what's new.

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Silicon upgrade to 8th-gen Intel Core

First up is Apple shifting the processor up to the 8th-generation Intel Core platform, with the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID getting a 2.3GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, and the higher-specced 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID getting processors ranging from the 2.2GHz 6-core 8th-generation Intel Core i7 processor to the 2.9GHz 6-core 8th-generation Intel Core i9 chip.

All the Intel Core processors feature Turbo Boost technology that allows the clock speed to the boosted beyond the base frequency.

Depending on usage scenario, owners can expect up to twice the performance for some actions such as importing RAW files into Adobe Lightroom, and more modest performance increases for actions such as WebKit compiling or rendering in Autodesk Maya.

More RAM

Another big upgrade is the expansion of the 16GB of RAM ceiling for higher-end MacBook Pro models, raising it to 32GB.

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Speed of the RAM has been upgraded too on the 15-inch model, with the aging DDR3 technology replaced with higher-performing 2400MHz DDR4.

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For those who need more RAM to get more done in less time (Apple has clearly heard the screams of those working with 4K and 5K video, VR rendering, and high-end coding work), this will be a welcome change.

More storage, but at a huge cost

Storage has also been expended for the higher-end 15-inch MacBook Pros to go up to 4TB of SSD storage on selected models (up from 2TB), but this option adds a whopping $3,200 to the price tag, so it's not going to be the sort of thing that has wide appeal.

For the 13-inch model, the maximum storage has been doubled to 2TB.

Those who don't need high-performance internal storage will save a lot of money by augmenting a more meager internal SSD with lower-cost external storage.

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Modest graphics boost

Graphics performance has also been beefed up to offer the Radeon Pro 560X with 4GB of GDDR5 memory at the high end, offering around 2.1 TFLOPS performance.

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However, even the 13-inch MacBook Pro gets a decent graphics upgrade, powered by an Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 integrated graphics chip with 128MB of embedded DRAM, which is twice as much as the previous generation.

For those wanting more GPU performance, it's worthwhile remembering that these new laptops also support eGPU technology. For high-end applications such as content creation, VR, and even gaming, adding an external GPU to a MacBook Pro can significantly boost performance.

Apple added eGPU support in macOS 10.13.4 and are supported on MacBook Pro systems released in 2016 or later, the iMac 2017 or later, and the iMac Pro.

Display remains the same

The Retina Display displays on the new MacBook Pros with Touch Bar remain unchanged:

13.3-inch, 2,560 × 1,600 (16:10) with 227 pixels-per-inch, 500 nits brightness, wide color (P3), and True Tone technology
15.4-inch, 2,880 × 1,800 (16:10) with 220 pixels-per-inch, 500 nits brightness, wide color (P3), and True Tone technology

'Hey Siri' and the T2 chip

The updated MacBook Pros will also be the first to support 'Hey Siri,' allowing you hands-free access to the voice assistant.

This feature, along with the Touch ID security features and the Touch Bar are powered by a custom chip Apple called the 'T2.'

Goodbye MagSafe 2

The MacBook Pro was the last holdout for the MagSafe 2 connector, but with this refresh Apple's entire laptop lineup has switched over USB-C charging.

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