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A Bloomberg report last year revealed that Apple had been experimenting with the idea of building an made of plastic in an effort to cut costs. However, it seems that the company has now given up on changing the material of the entry-level Apple Watch, which, let’s be honest, should always be metal. more…

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Until recently, Apple TV+ was seen by many as the niche home of Ted Lasso. But a growing array of hits over the past year helped lead into Apple’s biggest success yet with Severance’s second season. Now, that hot streak looks set to continue with two new releases hitting Apple TV+ soon. more…

With the watchOS 11.4 update that’s set to be released soon, Apple is making a small but useful change to the way that alarms work on the Apple Watch. The update includes an option to allow the Wake Up alarm you set up for Sleep mode to break through when Silent Mode is activated on

Pretty much every streaming platform has a list where you can see the titles you haven’t finished watching, or with new episodes available, so that you can continue watching them. Disney+, however, didn’t have an option to remove a title from the “Continue Watching” list – until now. more…

The next Apple Watch software update is on its way. watchOS 11.4 just debuted its RC version, meaning it should ship to all users soon, and now we know it will include a key new alarm feature for those who wear their Apple Watch to sleep. more…

Today, Apple announced a new investment of 720 million Chinese yuan (around $99.2 million USD) to fund an expansion of clean energy sources in China. This is a step towards Apple’s goal to use 100% renewable energy in its supply chain by 2030. more…

Apple has regularly expanded its slate of AI features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and the next software update continues that trend. iOS 18.4 is launching soon and will bring six new features and enhancements to Apple Intelligence on your iPhone. Here’s what’s coming. more…

has quietly built a solid lineup of smart home products, including curtain motors, , and robot vacuums. Last week, the company announced plans to expand support for Home Assistant, with more than 45 devices gaining support in the first half of 2025. For Home Assistant users, that’s big news. But for HomeKit fans, the real

In a blog post this week, software engineer Andrew Rossignol (my brother!) detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an old PowerBook G4. While hardware requirements for large language models (LLMs) are typically high, this particular PowerBook G4 model from 2005 is equipped with a mere 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 processor and 1GB of