Category: Information technology
iOS 18 preview: Waiting on Apple Intelligence for the true upgrade
iOS 18 has landed in public beta and Apple is offering up more control, yet again, of the layout of your iPhone. However, Apple Intelligence, the most exciting upgrade, is conspicuously (but unsurprisingly) absent. The update also improves several native apps, such as Photos, Messages (RCS! Gasp!) and Notes, although…
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The tinyPod transforms your old Apple Watch into an iPod-like minimalist phone
The tinyPod is a case for your Apple Watch, which probably doesn’t sound too exciting on its own. However, its unique angle — a click wheel that controls the watch’s Digital Crown — makes Apple’s wearable look and feel (at least in its marketing) like the company’s first breakthrough product…
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The Morning After: AI models from Apple, NVIDIA and more were reportedly trained on YouTube videos
Some of the world’s largest tech companies trained their AI models on datasets that included transcripts of more than 173,000 YouTube videos without permission. That’s according to an investigation from Proof News, which laid out how Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic, among other companies, used transcripts of YouTube videos from more…
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The Morning After: The best Amazon Prime Day deals so far
Amazon’s retail phenomenon is back and everywhere. Prime Day is here to offer deals on stuff you might want (and even more deals on stuff you don’t), and so far this year, discounts are pretty substantial on big-ticket items. While a lot of the Kindle deals aren't super compelling, the…
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How to install the macOS Sequoia public beta
About a month after Apple announced it at WWDC 2024, macOS Sequoia is available to test-drive as a public beta. Although we don’t recommend installing it on your primary Mac, here’s how to get the 2024 version of macOS up and running ahead of its official rollout in the fall.…
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Apple’s iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11 public betas are ready to download
Apple’s first 2024 public betas have arrived. You can now install early builds of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and macOS Sequoia to preview Apple’s software updates before their official arrival this fall. You just need to enroll your Apple ID (soon-to-be Apple Account) in the Apple Beta Software…
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