Apple Arcade is welcoming the new year with ten new games, seven of them launching today. The remainder – which includes PGA TOUR Pro Golf – will be available from February 6 …

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Today, seven new titles are available, all with no ads or in-app purchases, including , the ultimate skateboarding experience featuring iconic, real-world skate spots; for Apple Vision Pro, combining elements of tower defense and classic base-building games with the interactive possibilities of spatial computing;

Sony has had the exclusive manufacturing contract for iPhone camera sensors for more than a decade, but Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last year suggested this would be changing with the iPhone 18 . This has now been backed by two further reports, one of which provides a little more detail.

Samsung is said to be working on a 3-layer stacked camera sensor for Apple, which should improve the performance of future iPhone cameras. Update: now backs the report …

Sony has for years made the most advanced smartphone camera

If you have an iPhone 14 or later, you can send text messages via satellite where cellular service is unavailable. This can be particularly valuable in emergency situations like the Los Angeles wildfires, where cellphone masts have been damaged or destroyed.

T-Mobile and Starlink have now teamed up to offer the same capability to owners of phones without this feature …

Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite service launched back in 2022, allowing iPhone 14 owners to contact emergency services in areas with no cellular coverage.

Sports in the streaming era is a messy affair, and Venu Sports is a prime example of that. The planned new streaming bundle from Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros was going to launch last fall, but it’s now been canceled before even having the chance to arrive.

The three partners behind Venu Sports—Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery—released a joint statement today confirming plans for the streamer have been discontinued.

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After careful consideration, we have collectively agreed to discontinue the Venu Sports

Apple likes to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a specially-commissioned Shot on iPhone video, and an unofficial copy of this year’s short film has been posted ahead of the official reveal expected later today. The lunar new year begins on January 29.

The 12-minute short musical film entitled I Want to Listen to You is directed by Michael Gracey, who previously directed the Hollywood musical film The Greatest Showman …

Since 2018 , Apple has used the occasion both to welcome in the lunar

The greatest attraction for me about Vision Pro is being able to have huge virtual monitors for both work and entertainment, but the downside is the discomfort of wearing one for an extended time. The Brelyon Ultra Reality Extend is a funky new monitor tech that aims to solve this problem.

You don’t have to wear anything – just sit in front of a monitor, which can project a virtual display as wide as 122 inches from a much smaller physical display …

While you can get a huge virtual monitor experience

A leaker with a good track record on iPhone camera improvements has lent their support to a report that the 12MP front-facing camera in current iPhones will be upgraded to 24MP in the iPhone 17 line-up. They also endorse the suggestion that all three rear cameras in the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have 48MP sensors.

The latest report goes a little further, however, and suggests that this year’s upgrade to the 5x telephoto camera sensor will apply to the iPhone

Throughout the ongoing wildfires, California officials have relied on emergency alerts to communicate with citizens. This system is an important way for officials to communicate with citizens instantly across iPhone and Android devices.

On Thursday evening, however, a wildfire evacuation alert went out to everyone in Los Angeles – even though it was only meant for a subset of residents.

Shortly after 4 p.m. PT on Thursday, an emergency alert was to all iPhone and Android users in Los Angeles County instructing people to evacuate:

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Apple’s popular “Back to School” campaign is officially returning for customers in Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea, offering free accessories for students and educators purchasing new Apple products in these countries.

This year, Apple is offering a free pair of AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation with the purchase of a new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or iMac. For those buying a new iPad Pro or iPad Air, Apple is including a free Apple Pencil – which can be either the Apple Pencil Pro