Forget the little light you get from the Apple Watch screen, Apple is researching how to get a brighter external one fitted to a Watch band. External, directional light on an Apple Watch Apple Watch already comes with a flashlight, it’s just not as well known as the one in the iPhone. That’s because in …
Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft said they will use AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X — a sign that tech companies want alternatives to the expensive Nvidia graphics processors that have been essential for artificial intelligence. If the MI300X is good enough and inexpensive enough when it starts shipping early next year, it could lower …
A Roswell man credits his Apple Watch with saving his life, helping him call for assistance when he had a nasty fall while walking his dog in April. Setting up Fall Detection in the Apple Watch Mike Menand hiked in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area with his two dogs in April, but ended …
Apple is providing testers in its developer beta program with the release candidates of iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, meaning a release is in the near future. Developers signed up to test betas can pick up the latest builds via the Apple Developer Center, or by updating their iPhone or iPad through the Settings app …
A bug in iOS 17 is switching the open app while the user is typing on the iPhone — but there is a temporary fix. There are increasing reports of users being inconvenienced when typing away on their iPhone, and the device suddenly opening the app switcher interface. With users typing in full flow, the …
Apple’s new ad for the iPhone 15 highlights the ability to take Portrait Mode shots with the camera, via a band politely fighting over an album cover photo. ‘Album Cover’ ad [Apple/YouTube] For the release of the iPhone 15 generation, Apple updated its camera app to automatically capture depth data whenever the onboard machine …
A spate of legitimate iPhone 15 Pro Max orders on the UK Apple Store online have seen buyers get fakes, iPhone 14, or even an iPhone SE. First there was one Reddit user who reported getting a fake instead of the iPhone 15 Pro Max he or she ordered, then there was a teardown showing …
Estimated by Bloomberg to be worth more than $1 billion, Apple CEO Tim Cook could retire any time he likes. But at 63, the tech chief appears to be as enthusiastic about running the show as the day when he took the top job 12 years ago. “I love it there,” Cook said in a …
If you splash out on an Apple product during the upcoming holiday season — whether it’s an iPhone, iPad, Mac, smartwatch, earbuds, or some other item — then it’s important to know the terms and conditions in the event that you want to return it. For most of the year, Apple offers a refund if …
Apple The first benchmarks of Apple’s M3 Max processor just leaked, and it looks like it’s going to be one speedy chip. Found in the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, the M3 Max pushes the capabilities of Apple silicon to new heights — so much so that it can keep up with Intel’s best desktop processor, …