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Apple Finally Announces Day It Will Probably Announce Some New iPads
When Apple launched its new iPhones back in September, the company did a good job of fleshing out its handset lineup with the iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. But still, it felt like new iPhones and Apple Watches were only part of the equation. So to round out the rest of its 2018 gadget … Continued
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Apple Finally Lets You Download All Your Data
When the European Union’s GDPR privacy protections went into effect in May, the pressure to give Americans the same tools to view their data was high. On Wednesday, Apple fulfilled its promise to offer a data download service for its users the U.S., and now you can find out what Apple’s got on you with … Continued
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You Can Now Download a Fix for the iPhone XS’ Biggest Problems (So Far)
If you bought a new iPhone this fall, we have some good news to share: Apple pushed out an update to all users today that fixes two of the more frustrating issues that have plagued iPhone XS and XS Max owners. If you’ve encountered charging or connectivity issues, you’ll want to update your iPhone to … Continued
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Apple Again Denies Chinese Spy Chip Story, This Time to Congress
Last week, a report from Bloomberg made some wildly egregious allegations about Apple and Amazon, claiming they were among a number of victims of a Chinese surveillance operation. Both tech companies quickly and fiercely refuted the claims in the report, and now yet another strongly-worded denial is available to read in full. Apple wrote a … Continued
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Reports: Newest MacBook Pro Bricked If Not Repaired by Apple
New reports from Motherboard and MacRumors suggest that Apple’s 2018 MacBook Pro, as well as the iMac Pro, can be bricked if the repairs are not performed by Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. Both publications acquired documents distributed to Authorized Service Providers detailing the need to use diagnostic software, known as the AST … Continued
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iPhone XS Guts Test: How Fast Is the A12 Processor, and How Good Is the Battery Life?
We’ve been using the iPhone XS for exactly two weeks now. It is unsurprisingly a great phone—the best iPhone that’s ever been made, despite a smattering of complaints and issues that have cropped up. Now, after two weeks of testing, here’s a closer look at the phone’s processor and battery. A12 on the bench If … Continued
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Tim Cook on Why Apple Banned Alex Jones: He Sucks
Tim Cook has a pretty simple explanation for why Apple removed most of the podcasts and an app from Infowars founder and hatemonger Alex Jones from its directories, setting in motion a chain of events that ended in the conspiracy theorist being fully or partially banned from virtually every major web platform: Everyone can agree … Continued
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iPhone XS Chargegate Fix Is Apparently on the Way
One of the biggest complaints about Apple’s fancy new iPhone XS appears to now be solved thanks to the latest iOS 12 beta update. When the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max started arriving in people’s hands late last month, some users were troubled to discover that their pricey devices wouldn’t charge when connected to … Continued
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Apple’s Super Big (and Pricey) iPhone Is ‘Significantly’ Outselling the XS, Because of Course It Is
When Apple announced the iPhone XS Max, there was a lot of simulated pearl-clutching from tech sites (including us), as people feigned shock and disbelief that Apple would make a handset that big, despite the XS Max’s screen being only marginally larger than what you get on a Galaxy Note 9. And when people started … Continued
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Some iPhone Users Are Saying Colors Look ‘Off’ After Upgrading to iOS 12
After a series of bugs plagued iOS 11, Apple reportedly decided to slow down on adding new features to iOS 12 in order to focus on improving performance and stability. In general, that strategy seems to have worked, with multiple sites reporting that iOS 12 runs faster on nearly every supported iPhone and iPad, even … Continued
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Apple’s Upcoming Streaming Service Is Reportedly So Bland Staff Are Calling It ‘Expensive NBC’
Apple’s new streaming service reportedly has a $1 billion budget, but apparently it can’t buy some nerve. The company has long censored its walled-garden offerings on platforms like the App Store, and per a report in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, Apple is still aiming to keep its content offerings squeaky clean, with little … Continued
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Check Out the iPhone XS’ Weirdo Battery
Apple’s hyped up new iPhones hold a lot of allure. Clad in a silver, space gray, or a rich gold finish and featuring the new A12 Bionic chip inside, the recently debuted iPhone XS represents the best tech Apple can jam in a phone. So naturally, one of the first things people did after getting … Continued
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Code Discovered in iOS 12.1 Beta Suggests Apple’s iPad Event Is Coming Very Soon
As exciting as three new iPhones and a new Apple Watch with a built-in ECG may (or may not) have been for you, there were lot of updates for other Apple products that we expected to see last week, but didn’t get. This left many wondering if Apple was going to simply hold off on … Continued
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Apple’s Using Your Call and Text Data to Figure Out Whether to ‘Trust’ Your Devices
Apple has an interesting new method for combatting fraud—administering “trust scores.” VentureBeat noticed a new provision inside the updated iTunes Store terms and privacy disclosure that came with Monday’s release of iOS 12, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12. Apple now says it will take into account certain information about how you use your iOS device … Continued
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Apple’s AirPower Might Be ‘Doomed’
When Apple’s long-awaited wireless charging mat was a complete no-show during the recent iPhone Xs launch event, alarm bells started to sound. After teasing the device a full year ago alongside the announcement of iPhone X, AirPower doesn’t seem to be making any progress. Now, some industry insiders have started sharing info about what’s really … Continued
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Bigger Phones, Bigger Watches, Forever and Ever
There’s dread in my bones at every iPhone event now. Tim Cook and his pals stand on that stage and they smile up at the audience and they patiently explain to us why their new phones are their best phones even though those same phones have gotten too damn big. It seems like it’s been … Continued
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Apple Magically Makes the Notch Disappear
If you’re planning to buy one of the new iPhones Apple just announced, you should know something by now: It will have a notch. It’s tough to swallow, I know, but when Apple based all its new phones on the iPhone X, it was always going to show up and take a squircle-shaped bite out … Continued
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RIP iPhone SE
Yesterday, Apple treated the world to a trio of shiny new iPhones, and while it’s nice to see Apple lean into the big screen trend with the iPhone Xs Max and provide an (almost) bezel-less phone with Face ID that’s actually kind of affordable in the iPhone XR, something big things were happening behind the … Continued
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This Is the iPhone Xs You Should Buy
The iPhone Xs will be available for preorder in just a few short hours on September 14th. While we haven’t had the chance to actually review the thing yet, we’re pretty sure a lot of people have already made up their minds that it’s time for a new phone. This week’s big iPhone event confirmed … Continued
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How ‘Cheap’ Is the iPhone XR Really?
The new iPhones are here, and with them, Apple has once again pushed the price of smartphones even higher—especially the iPhone Xs Max which starts at $1,100 and goes all the way up to a staggering $1,450 if you upgrade to 512GB of storage. But what’s this? There’s a third iPhone, and with a starting … Continued