Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon laptop chip is slower than Apple M3 in single-core, and less power efficient
Qualcomm has been touting the performance characteristics of its new Snapdragon X Elite series of ARM chips for a while, which finally debuted this week inside the new Copilot+ PC’s (albeit without the fancy AI Recall feature, which has been delayed fo...
Kuo: Apple Watch Series 10 to feature larger display and thinner chassis, approaching Ultra screen size
In his latest note, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote that he believes the upcoming Apple Watch Series 10 will feature a thinner chassis and a larger display, compared to . What is perhaps most surprising is just how much bigger Kuo believes the screens are g...
Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in eight new countries in the next few weeks
Apple today announced that the Apple Vision Pro headset will be expanding beyond the US for the first time. The headset will go on sale in eight additional countries, in two batches.
Report: iOS 18 will tint iPhone app icons in dark mode, allow users to lock apps behind Face ID
On the day before WWDC, we have a couple more reports about some non AI-related iPhone software, which Apple will officially announce tomorrow as part of iOS 18.
MacRumors reports that app icons will change color in Dark Mode for the first time, wit...
iOS 18 to include emoji reactions for iMessage, ability to schedule messages to send later
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reported on a few additional features to expect from the Messages app in iOS 18.
One of the perhaps most requested messaging changes will be an upgrade to the Tapbacks system, allowing users to respond to any message us...
Apple TV+ customer satisfaction continues to rise, according to latest survey
The latest telecoms customer survey from ASCI has been published and — despite rising prices and industry pullbacks — the bottom line is streaming services are still hot.
Almost every video streaming service tracked by ASCI grew its customer satisfa...
iOS 18 Control Center reportedly features redesigned music widget and HomeKit controls
iOS 18 is expected to be a pretty significant release in terms of the number of changes and new features. While artificial intelligence capabilities will be the big theme of the update, we are also expecting other enhancements.
Today, Mark Gurman wr...
How to make iPhone notes without bold headings
By default, when you make a new note in the Notes app on your iPhone, you have to be bold. Well, the first line of the note is in bold as it begins writing in a heading style. The second line and beyond uses standard body font size.
Often, this is ...
Fake iPhone return scam cost Apple $12 million in losses, five people charged of fraud
We have seen these kind of scams before, but this particularly case is on a ginormous industry-like scale. Five people have been charged on counts of fraud for their involvement in a fake iPhone return scheme.
Essentially, people would take near-wor...
Apple may label iOS 18 artificial intelligence features as a beta preview, signaling Apple is still playing catch-up
In the latest edition of Mark Gurman’s newsletter for Bloomberg, he reports that Apple’s highly-anticipated AI features for iOS 18 and its other operating systems may be released with a ‘beta’ or ‘preview’ designation.
This is perhaps another sign t...