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iOS 18 Rumor: Calendar App to Feature Integration With Reminders App
Starting with iOS 18, the Calendar app on the iPhone will feature integration with the Reminders app, according to information obtained by AppleInsider.
The report claims that iPhone users will be able to … ⌘ Read more
Apple Discounts MLS Season Pass
Apple today dropped the price of the MLS Season Pass for the rest of the 2024 Major League Soccer season, which is about a third of the way through.
MLS in the U.S. now costs $69, down from $99 when the season began in February. For Apple TV+ subscribers, the pass is now just $59.
The MLS Season Pass offers access to every live … ⌘ Read more
New AI Features Reportedly Coming to Safari in iOS 18
Safari will gain a series of AI-powered features and UI enhancements in iOS 18, AppleInsider reports.
Safari will apparently receive a range of visual tweaks alongside several new tools to impr … ⌘ Read more
Apple Hired Dozens of AI Experts From Google for a Secretive Zurich Research Lab
Apple has poached dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Google and created a “secretive European laboratory” in Zurich to house a new team of staff tasked with building new AI models and products, according to a paywalled Financial Times report.
Users say the sudden inexplicable Apple ID sign-out is occurring across multiple devices. When they attempt to sign in again they are locked out of their account and asked to re … ⌘ Read more
Hands-On With the Rabbit r1 Pocket AI Assistant
With the rise of ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs), AI-dedicated devices have started coming out. The Humane AI pin was widely lambasted earlier this month when it launched, and now the Rabbit r1 AI assistant is out. With rumors that Apple is delving into AI in a big way, we thought we’d check out the Rabbit r1 to see what it can do and how it … ⌘ Read more
Apple Sinks From First to Fifth Place in Chinese Smartphone Market
Analytics company Canalys has released its latest report on China’s smartphone market for the first quarter of 2024, and Apple has come off worst among the top five brands jostling for supremacy in Asia’s largest economy.
Huawei returned to the top spot after 13 quarters with a 17% … ⌘ Read more
Review: Satechi Launches New Qi2 Charging Stands
Satechi today announced the availability of its two new Qi2 charging stands, the 3-in-1 Foldable Qi2 Wireless Charging Stand and the 2-in-1 Foldable Qi2 Wireless Charging Stand. Qi2 is the latest version of the Qi standard, and it is comparable to MagSafe.
Qi2 uses magnets to ensure that smartphones … ⌘ Read more
Threads Tests Option to Archive Posts as Platform Hits 150M+ Users
Threads is testing an option that allows users to archive old posts so that they don’t appear on their profile, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
In a post on the Meta-owned social media platform, Mosseri said that the archive option being tested with a small number of people included … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Third Public Beta of macOS 14.5
Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.5 update to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its launch. The public beta comes a week after Apple released the second public beta and a day after Apple seeded the beta to developers.
The EU already requires companies to offer a two-year minimum warranty on common househol … ⌘ Read more
Apple’s M4 Mac Studio: What We Know So Far
Apple is planning to refresh the entire Mac lineup with updated M4 chips starting in late 2024 and continuing into 2025, and that will include a new M4 chip for Apple’s mid-tier desktop machine, the Mac Studio.
Apple has a lineup of M4 chips in development, including the standard M4, the M4 Pro and M4 Max, and a higher-end version … ⌘ Read more
FineWoven Accessories May Get One Last Outing Before Apple Pulls Plug
Over the weekend, Apple leaker and prototype collector Kosutami claimed that Apple has decided to halt production of FiveWoven accessories over durability concerns. In a further update, the leaker has now suggested we might yet see one more round of [FineWoven products](https: … ⌘ Read more
Apple Working to Secure Streaming Rights to New FIFA Tournament
Apple is working to secure an exclusive TV deal with soccer governing organization FIFA, reports The New York Times. FIFA is planning a new month-long World Cup-style tournament that will see top teams compete, and Apple wants the TV rights.
An agreement between Apple and FIFA could be announced as soon … ⌘ Read more
Apple Vision Pro Customer Interest Dying Down at Some Retail Stores
Apple Vision Pro, Apple’s $3,500 spatial computing device, appears to be following a pattern familiar to the AR/VR headset industry – initial enthusiasm giving way to a significant dip in sustained interest and usage.
Since its debut in the U.S. in February 2024, excitement for the … ⌘ Read more
Apple Likely Planning to Skip M3 Mac Mini for M4 Refresh in Late 2024
Apple is likely to skip an M3 version of the Mac mini in favor of a bigger update with M4 chips toward the end of the year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
In the latest edition of his [“Power On” newsletter](https://www.bloomb … ⌘ Read more
LeBron James Spotted With Unreleased Beats Pill Speaker
Ahead of tonight’s NBA playoff game, the Los Angeles Lakers posted an Instagram reel showing superstar LeBron James arriving at Ball Arena in Denver carrying what appears to be an unreleased version of the Pill speaker from Apple’s Beats brand.
The original Beats Pill was a wireless Bluetooth speaker … ⌘ Read more
Apple Announced the 24-Inch iMac Three Years Ago Today
Today marks the three-year anniversary of Apple’s announcement of the 24-inch iMac, a transformative redesign featuring the first integration of Apple silicon in the product line.
Apple unveiled the new 24-inch iMac on April 20, 2021, almost nine years after the previous iMac redesign debuted. It replaced … ⌘ Read more
Apple’s M4 MacBook Pro Lineup: What to Expect
Apple is planning to refresh the MacBook Pro with M4 chips starting in late 2024, and this guide aggregates everything that we know about Apple’s M4 MacBook Pro plans.
Apple built the M3 chip on a new 3-nanometer process, and we are not expecting a node change for the M4. It too will be a 3-nanometer chip, but Apple supplier TSMC could introduce updates that make it more ef … ⌘ Read more
macOS 15 Rumored to Feature Revamped Calculator App
Apple will debut a major revamp of the Calculator app in macOS 15 later this year, according to AppleInsider.
The overhauled version of the Calculator app for Mac will reportedly feature:
- An enhanced unit con … ⌘ Read more