How to move from ‘iTunes for Windows’ to Apple’s new media apps without losing content

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Apple has officially released three new apps that aim to reduce the reliance on iTunes in Windows 10 and 11. With the Music app, the TV app, and the Devices app, you can listen to music, watch TV shows and movies, and sync your favorite content with your iPhone or iPad. … Read more

Everything You Should Know About the Apple Vision Pro

The Apple Vision Pro is now officially on sale. Don’t worry if you were late to jump on the “spatial computing” hype train; there’s still plenty of time to get yourself one of the new $3,500 headsets if you’re really keen to see what the folks under CEO Tim Cook have cooked up. Top Takeaways … Read more

40 Years Ago, Apple Got Our Current Tech Dystopia Dead Wrong

We are all the sledgehammer, Apple does like to tell its fans. We are all disruptors hurtling toward one great screen, breaking the iron-fisted hold that other tech firms want to impose on us. The hellscape dystopia world of Apple’s famed “1984” commercial modeled after George Orwell’s seminal dystopia 1984 never really came to pass. … Read more

Apple Adjusts App Store Rules to Allow Third-Party Payments

After a years-long legal battle, Apple is finally opening up its App Store to external payment processors—although there will be a stiff cost for app developers who want to cash in on that new opportunity. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for Halloween Apple’s rule changes for its app marketplace were revealed in a legal … Read more

What to Know About the Google Play Store Ruling, the Apple Watch Ban, and More

Image: Gizmodo For the last two decades, some of the weirdest and most creative things on the internet played out in images and GIFs. There have always been terrible memes, but for years, memes as a category were consistently funny, useful, inspiring, and even thought-provoking. They crossed over into all of the furthest reaches of … Read more

Bipartisan Lawmakers Want to Know Why the Hell Apple Is Blocking Beeper Mini

Apple’s recent move to block Beeper Mini, the app that lets Android users chat with iPhone through the iMessage protocol, has caught the eye and a fair bit of ire of several U.S. congresspeople. Now lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the tech giant over “potential anticompetitive treatment” of the smaller messaging app. Threads … Read more

Meta Ray-Bans Hate Your Outfit, PlayStation 5 Pro Rumors, and More Top Product News of the Week

If you ever wanted help picking out an outfit, Meta just rolled out a beat for its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses that’ll give you fashion advice based on what’s in your closet. Meanwhile, the Apple and Beeper Mini messaging saga took a dramatic turn. Gizmodo covered all this news and more, and you can catch up with … Read more

Apple Will Reportedly Appeal EU’s Gatekeeping Claims

Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Apple will dispute the European Union’s latest crackdown on Big Tech by appealing the decision to regulate iMessage and the App Store as anticompetitive services, according to Bloomberg. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for Halloween Apple is one of six companies targeted by European regulators under the Digital Markets … Read more

Google Denies That Its ‘Project Hug’ Bribed 20 Developers

Google executives defended its internal campaign “Project Hug,” which enticed 20 developers to not create app stores competitive with Google Play according to Epic Games, in an ongoing trial Thursday. No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” Purnima Kochikar, Google’s vice president of play, took the stand Thursday … Read more

Chinese language Bans iPhones for Authorities Officers at Work

Central Chinese language authorities officers are banned from utilizing iPhones within the office, the Wall Avenue Journal reported on Wednesday. Individuals acquainted with the matter informed the outlet that staff had been notified of the ban in discussion groups or conferences, and are prohibited from bringing iPhones or different overseas gadgets into the workplace. How … Read more