tvOS 18 makes Apple TV app even better with these 3 new features
tvOS 18 is Apple TV’s upcoming software update, which will launch alongside iOS 18. Once again, 2024 looks like a packed year for Apple TV …
Apps & Software
App developers are complaining about major issues with Apple Arcade
Apple Arcade developers continue to complain about issues with Apple’s gaming platform. Introduced five years ago, it seems Cupertino still doesn’t know the service’s point …
Scary Android malware steals your money then wipes your device
A new Android malware currently making the rounds is about as terrifying as any we’ve seen in recent months. Researchers from Cleafy Labs say that …
Researchers think AI and lasers might help us talk to aliens
Humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life for decades and trying to communicate with potentially advanced civilizations beyond the stars. So far, the SETI (search …
Ohio adds support for digital driver’s license in Apple Wallet
Ohio residents can now add their state IDs and driver’s licenses to the iPhone’s Wallet app. Ohio is the fifth US state to support this …
Meta’s new AI model can track any object in a picture or video
One reason I’ve been underwhelmed by AI is that companies consistently frame it as a solution to every problem under the sun. That’s why Meta’s …
Google Maps and Waze will start sharing incident reports
Google on Wednesday announced new safety features for Google Maps and Waze, including a long-awaited change. Google Maps and Waze will both share incident reports, …
Friend is an AI-powered pendant that’ll try to succeed when Humane AI failed
A new era of AI is just around the corner. After the notable failure of Humane’s AI Pin and Rabbit R1, a new company aims …
ChatGPT’s big Voice Mode upgrade is rolling out to Plus users
OpenAI stunned the world with a ChatGPT demo in mid-May, just a day before Google’s AI-centric I/O 2024 event. OpenAI unveiled the GPT-4o model, a …
Instagram users, get ready for an onslaught of AI avatars
Your Instagram app is about to get another healthy (or unhealthy, depending on how you look at it) dose of generative AI. Meta wants to …
Google’s AI Olympics ad is so bad, Gemini must have created it
Winning the AI race isn’t just about getting artificial intelligence features right. It’s also about winning the hearts and minds of people who will use …
iPhone AI just made me understand what some Android users must feel like
There are two groups of people when it comes to mobile software updates: Those who care about the latest mobile operating system release and those …
Thousands of Android users installed these 5 infected apps
The Mandrake Android spyware campaign, which was first discovered in 2020, has seemingly made an unwelcome return. In a blog post this week, Kaspersky researchers …
visionOS 1.3 now available for Apple Vision Pro users
Ahead of visionOS 2 release, Apple has made visionOS 1.3 available to Apple Vision Pro users. With this update, we expect overall improvements to core …
macOS 14.6 now available with unexpected iPod nano bug fix and more
After a month of beta testing, Apple just released macOS 14.6 to everyone. This might be the last main macOS Sonoma update before macOS Sequoia …
Apple releases tvOS 17.6 to Apple TV users
Ahead of the tvOS 18 release, Apple just made tvOS 17.6 available to all Apple TV users. As the tvOS 17 cycle seems to be …
watchOS 10.6 now available to Apple Watch users
Apple has just released watchOS 10.6 to Apple Watch users. With that, this might be the last main watchOS 10 updates for Apple Watch Series …
iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 now available with these features
After a month of beta testing, Apple has finally released iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to iPhone and iPad users. With this likely last main …
Apple is one step closer to bringing ads to Apple TV+
The major streamers out there have all launched ad-based tiers in an attempt to increase revenue without constantly raising monthly subscription prices. Netflix, Disney Plus, …
macOS 15.1 beta 1 now available to developers with Apple Intelligence
While Apple was still in the mid-cycle of testing macOS Sequoia, the company decided to seed macOS 15.1 beta to developers to start testing the …
Apple Intelligence comes to iPad with iPadOS 18.1 beta 1 for developers
With iPadOS 18.1 beta 1 for developers, Apple is now starting its testing phase of Apple Intelligence. This upcoming AI platform will bring several features …
iOS 18.1 beta 1 now available to developers with Apple Intelligence
After a report said that Apple would delay Apple Intelligence to iOS 18.1, Cupertino has now seeded its first beta. The company wants to smooth …
4 iOS 18 beta 4 bugs that are driving me crazy – and how I fixed them
Apple Intelligence might be the feature I want most out of iOS 18, but it’ll be a while until it’s here. However, I installed iOS …
There’s one incredible watchOS 11 feature I can’t stop using
Apple’s new watchOS 11 is full of great features. While this upcoming operating system update isn’t as impressive as watchOS 10, it still introduces major …
How to stop X/Twitter from using your data to train Grok
While you weren’t paying attention, X (formerly Twitter) quietly began feeding all of your posts, replies, and more to Grok, its generative AI chatbot. The …
How to fix the iOS 18 auto-brightness bug that’s driving iPhone users insane
With every major iOS beta version, there are obviously going to be bugs. After all, Apple is reshaping the foundation of its operating systems to …
11 iOS 18 features that’ll only be available on newer iPhone models
iOS 18 is full of great features. Even though all the same iPhone models that supported iOS 17 will be able to update to this …
iPhone RCS encryption might be coming sooner than we thought
Apple confirmed iOS 18 will support RCS messaging on iPhone and then brought RCS functionality to the first iOS 18 betas. You can text your …
Apple says it will follow the Biden administration’s AI safety guidelines
Apple has agreed to comply with a set of voluntary safeguards for AI created by President Joe Biden’s administration. As Bloomberg reported, this guideline aims …
YouTube might render ad blockers useless with new ad tech
The YouTube ad blocker cat-and-mouse game between Google and ad blockers continues with a new episode that might deliver a big win to Google. The …
