This month, Apple released its first truly anticipated product in years, the Apple Vision Pro. It’s a groundbreaking device, with some of the best hardware specs and the most impressive performance of any commercial headset ever released. It’s also a $3,500 toy, one that an untold number of people seem to regret taking home. If … Read more
Apple released iOS 17.4 beta 3 to public beta testers on Wednesday, a day after the company released the beta to developers and about three weeks after the release of iOS 17.3. The latest iOS beta brings new features, including major changes for people in the European Union and new emoji, and bug fixes to … Read more
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Researchers at Apple have unveiled Keyframer, a prototype generative AI animation tool that enables users to add motion to 2D images by describing how they should be animated. In a research paper published on February 8th, Apple said that large language models (LLMs) are “underexplored” in animation despite the potential they’ve shown across other creative … Read more
In 2023, Apple announced its current flagship M3 chipsets, which are more power-efficient and speedier than its predecessor, but these processors are still available in only the MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch) and 24-inch iMac models. It’s only a matter of time before Apple injects ’em into its MacBook Air lineup—and that could be quite … Read more
Save $100 today only on the AirPods Max. Jason Hiner/ZDNET Best Buy is celebrating Valentine’s Day by spreading the love — and the savings. Today only, you can snag a pair of Apple’s latest AirPods Max headphones for yourself or a loved one, and trust me, this deal is sweeter than candy hearts. Also: The 60+ … Read more
Watching pirated movies on your iPhone just got a little harder. After climbing the charts of Apple’s App Store, the trendy Kimi app, with its collection of bootlegged movies, has just disappeared. Pretending to be a spot-the-difference vision-testing game, the widely downloaded app ranked above Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video in Apple’s charts this … Read more
Get the Apple Watch Series 8 for $249. June Wan/ZDNET Although the Apple Watch Series 8 is no longer Apple’s latest and greatest wearable, it’s still not a product to knock. While newer models such as the Series 9 and even Apple’s base model SE (2nd Gen) saw price cuts last month for the holidays, the … Read more
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Apple’s iMessage is not being designated as a “core platform service” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission announced today. The decision means the service won’t be hit with tough new obligations, including a requirement to offer interoperability with other messaging services. The Commission also opted against designating Microsoft’s Edge browser, Bing … Read more
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In an email sent to users Monday evening, Peloton revealed that starting February 27th, it will start transitioning Apple Watch users from GymKit to Peloton One-Tap tracking. GymKit integration was once marketed by Peloton as an exclusive perk of its more expensive Bike Plus, but it’s become less of a draw in recent years. The … Read more
Have you got 30 minutes to check out one of Apple’s biggest, riskiest, and most controversial product launches of the last several decades? The tech giant is still hosting demos for its Apple Vision Pro in stores across the U.S. If you’re like us, and you don’t have $3,500 lying around in a coat pocket–or … Read more