You can tell a lot about someone from their eyes. They can indicate how tired you are, the type of mood you’re in, and potentially provide clues about health problems. But your eyes could also leak more secretive information: your passwords, PINs, and messages you type. Today, a group of …
Read More »All of Apple's new iPhone 16 phones are capable of faster wired charging
Apple’s new iPhones can charge faster than ever — if you plug them in. This is according to certification from the China Quality Certification Centre, as spotted by ShrimpApplePro and reported by 9to5Mac. All of Apple’s new iPhones are capable of 45W charging over USB-C. SEE ALSO: Apple ‘Glowtime’ event …
Read More »Apple event underwhelming? Wait for the iPhone 17.
Are you an Apple user who found the iPhone 16 launch event to be dull, disappointing, a let-down? Did it seem like it focused on niche products, like the black Apple Watch Ultra 2, before it got to the main meat … of what turned out to be relatively minor …
Read More »How to Hide or Lock Apps With iOS 18
no one likes a snooper, especially on your phone. With iOS 18, Apple now offers the ability to lock and hide certain apps on your device. Whenever you want to access the app, you have to input a passcode or biometric authentication to open it. Any information from the app, …
Read More »Don't @ Me: I hate iPhone Tapbacks
I have this friend — let’s call him Mike because that’s his name — who loves iMessage Tapbacks. You know, those little reaction bubbles that appear when you click on a text on your iPhone. Send a good joke in the group chat, and he’ll give a “haha.” Ask to …
Read More »Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here’s How It Actually Works
The generative AI boom has, in many ways, been a privacy bust thus far, as services slurp up web data to train their machine learning models and users’ personal information faces a new era of potential threats and exposures. With the release of Apple’s iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia this …
Read More »Apple Shared Its First Public AI-Generated Image. It’s Craig Federighi’s Dog
Apple's forthcoming iOS 18 is loaded with a slew of artificial-intelligence-powered capabilities. The new mobile OS can rewrite your text messages, summarize emails, and identify objects in photos. But one of the most fun features is Image Playground, which generates cartoonlike illustrations based on a text prompt. While Apple has …
Read More »5 details Apple didn't tell you at iPhone 16 launch event
Now that we’ve had two days to dig into every little detail Apple shared at Monday’s “It’s Glowtime” event, it’s time to focus on the stuff that was left unsaid. There were quite a few details Apple never mentioned — but perhaps should have — at the event. For the …
Read More »Apple’s AirPods Pro Could Soon Disrupt the Hearing Aid Industry
If you didn’t hear the big news at Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event on Monday, well, the company has plans to help with that. Imminent upgrades to Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro wireless earbuds will soon outfit the ubiquitous headphones with hearing aid features, further disrupting a market well in the throes …
Read More »Only Three Lonely Products Still Use Apple’s Lightning Connector
It Feels Like we have been saying goodbye to Apple’s Lightning cable for some time, and that farewell appears to be all the closer following the company’s September Glowtime event. With the slew of devices announced, Apple has transitioned all of its flagship products to USB-C. However, the proprietary connector …
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