The Apple Watch Series 9 has been available for over three months, now with Double Tap and on-device Siri, but our day-to-day use hasn’t changed much since moving from Apple Watch Series 8. Apple Watch Series 9 review three months later The primary selling point of the Apple Watch Series 9 was the S9 SiP …
The Apple Watch is back on sale for now, QR codes are being used by fraudsters, plus a very few but entirely accurate predictions for 2024, all on the last AppleInsider Podcast of 2023. All current Apple Watches are now again on sale in Apple Stores Just picture all those workers at the Apple Store, …
Researchers working for Apple and from Cornell University quietly pushed an open-source multimodal LLM in October, a research release called “Ferret” that can use regions of images for queries. A ferret in the wild [Pixabay/Michael Sehlmeyer] The introduction in October to Github largely flew under the radar, with no announcement or fanfare for its …
A fun feature in iOS 17 lets users transform their photos into stickers and conveniently share them through iMessage. Here’s how to get started. iMessage stickers in iOS 17 In iOS 17, iMessage got a significant update with easier access to iMessage apps. The update also includes adding a new Sticker drawer and providing easy …
After a few months of quiet about the subject, and an explicit denial by China regulators in September, there are new reports circulating that China’s ban on the iPhone is back on — and expanding. A report on Friday evening claims that the iPhone ban inside China’s governmental halls has reared up again, or still, …
Apple Watch deals are plentiful as holiday shopping hits a fever pitch, and we’ve rounded up the best price drops in effect right now on the Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2, SE 2 and more. New sale prices have hit Apple Watch models, with the SE 2 discounted to $199 and the Ultra 2 …
On this week’s episode of the AppleInsider Podcast, your hosts preview Stolen Device Protection in the iOS 17.3 beta, talk about GM’s Apple CarPlay dropout, and unravel the continuing drama around Beeper Mini. The Journal app has arrived in iOS 17.2 and it’s still quite limited compared to other journaling apps. Not to be slowed …
Whisper performance In a recent test of Apple’s MLX machine learning framework, a benchmark shows that the new Apple Silicon Macs blow Nvidia’s RTX 4090 out of the water. Apple announced on December 6 the release of MLX, an open-source framework designed explicitly for Apple silicon. It’s meant for AI developers to build upon, test, …
Although the famous Charlie Brown Christmas special will exclusively be on Apple TV+ this year, it will be free for all to watch for a limited period. Here’s how to watch it, and when it goes free. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is no longer airing on ABC and will not be on PBS in 2023. …
Apple has, once more, restarted the beta-testing process, handing developers the first beta of iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3 to test out, including a new Stolen Device Protection feature. Developers taking part in the beta-testing program can get the latest builds by visiting the Apple Developer Center or by updating their iPhone or iPad through …