Apple Watch Ultra 3 is coming later this year. It will reportedly feature satellite connectivity, 5G cellular, and high blood pressure detection. But the thing that might win me over isn’t hardware, and it isn’t even actually new at all.
Last fall, Apple Watch Series 10 arrived with a display that’s just as large as what the Ultra offers—but for nearly half the price.
I bought the Series 10 and have worn it gladly every day since.
But there’
Apple released new betas today, but only for two of its platforms. tvOS 18.3 and HomePod 18.3 have received new developer beta 3 updates, bringing them ahead of the rest of Apple’s platforms in the beta cycle.
New betas from Apple have been expected for this week, but the ones that arrived today are only a couple of the updates anticipated.
Apple’s full roster of updates currently in beta includes:
Apple has officially gained a board seat on the Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium, a group of more than 65 members developing next generation AI accelerator architecture. Apple’s involvement will allow the company to influence the new standard and push for its adoption. That basically means that Apple will be involved in creating and promoting a standard for connecting a bunch of GPUs together in data centers powering AI tasks.
“UALink shows great promise in addressing connectivity challenges and creating new opportunities for expanding AI capabilities and demands,” Becky Loop,
Severance season 2 arrives this Friday, and Apple TV+ is having a fun time promoting the long-anticipated return. Today, what appear to be Lumon employees working inside a glass cube at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
TikTok user posted a video earlier today of Apple’s new Severance marketing pop-up, and Parker Ortolani has on X too.
You can (for as long as TikTok remains live in the US).
Staged in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, several employees with
Apple’s Photos app employs multiple features to help you find images in your library and learn more about what’s shown in those images. One of those features is called Enhanced Visual Search. Here’s how it works and how Apple protects your privacy when you use it.
One key distinction to make is how Enhanced Visual Search differs from Apple’s Visual Look Up feature. Visual Look Up was introduced as part of iOS 15 and allows users to identify objects, landmarks, plants, and more in
Solid $100 price drops across the entire continue today alongside the return of Black Friday pricing on . Those offers also now sit alongside a on with the 1TB SSD as well as a massive up to on the 36GB RAM/1TB and a series of deals on Apple Watch bands, including the 2024 . All of that joins a host of deals on iPhone 15, chargers, MagSafe wallets, and more – everything awaits down below.
Apple has a huge year ahead with 20+ new products launching . One product we haven’t heard a lot about is an upgraded Studio Display, but there are at least three reasons to believe Apple has a new model coming in 2025.
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CarPlay’s major next generation still isn’t here yet, despite Apple’s website that the first models would arrive in 2024. But now, a widget interface for CarPlay 2 has leaked in new images and given a glimpse into Apple’s ongoing development.
Today , Aaron Perris shared his recent discovery of the CarPlay 2 widget interface. He published four images in total.
The leaked images were found in an EU database, exactly where we’ve seen CarPlay 2 assets published previously .
Widgets
Apple is facing tougher export checks by Chinese authorities as part of a claimed crack-down on technology with potential military applications.
While the increased scrutiny is said to be for security reasons, many believe the real reasons are both economic and political …
The need for Apple to lessen its dependence on China as a manufacturing center has been clear for many years , and the company has been gradually growing production in India, Vietnam, and elsewhere.
Apple has long targeted India as its primary second manufacturing home, with ambitious-sounding