Apple Intelligence summaries mess could be solved in three ways – Jason Snell

, veteran tech writer Jason Snell thinks Apple’s plan to address the Apple Intelligence summaries mess doesn’t go far enough, and has three suggestions for the company.

The post follows a series of embarrassing mistakes in attempted summaries of news stories, which have variously claimed that Luigi Mangione shot himself , announced the winner of a competition which hadn’t even taken place , and reported the non-existent coming out of a tennis player …

Apple’s new feature made headlines for its own inability to parse headlines a


This $160 cellular smartwatch with a camera aims to be an Apple Watch for kids

While some parents treat their kids to an Apple Watch , the Pinwheel Watch aims to offer an interesting alternative. The $160 cellular smartwatch combines strong parental controls with a kid-friendly AI chatbot.

Unlike the real thing, the Pinwheel includes a camera, with the company promising that video calling will be coming later this year …

says that unlike some smartwatches designed for kids, this one doesn’t look like a toy.

The Pinwheel Watch doesn’t scream “this is a kids’ device.”


iPhone 16 launch quarter saw record shipments and ASP, says Counterpoint

We already knew that Apple’s fiscal Q4 (calendar Q3) quarter set a new revenue record , but were lacking some details. A new report says that the income reflected record iPhone shipments, and the highest ever average selling price (ASP) achieved for the iPhone line-up.

Counterpoint Research shared the data from its latest Market Monitor report …

Apple reported its earnings back in October of last year, and said that it set a new revenue record for a September quarter.

Apple has released its earnings


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Dell mocked at its own press launch for copying Apple’s naming convention

Dell was mocked at its own press launch for copying Apple’s iPhone naming convention for its PCs. Both laptop and desktop PCs are now divided into three tiers, whose names are taken straight from the iPhone line-up: Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max.

Despite claiming it did this purely for simplicity, and not to copy Apple , Dell actually managed to make its PC line-up even less comprehensible than before …

reports that Dell is abandoning its own sub-brands, like XPS and Inspiron


Report: Apple News app may finally expand to more countries

The News app may finally be expanding its international reach. Since 2019, the app has been exclusively available in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.

More than five years on, , Apple is finally looking to add new supported countries. Apple monetizes News app through a combination of display advertising and the News+ premium subscription.

The report says Apple currently has about 100 editors across New York, London, Sydney and California.

Unlike some rivals, the News app depends heavily on


Apple @ Work Podcast: AI and education

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LG teases upcoming UltraFine 6K Display with Thunderbolt 5 and stunning slim bezel design

LG unveiled a beautiful new 6K display at CES 2025, dubbed the LG UltraFine 6K Display. It marks the first 6K monitor to incorporate Thunderbolt 5, a feature recently introduced by Apple in the new and models launched in November. Details, including price and release date, are still unknown, but we can learn a few things from LG’s teaser.

The LG UltraFine 6K display, though still shrouded in technical details, boasts a few crucial specifications. Notably, it’s

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The best Plex video player for Apple Vision Pro just got way better

It started with a planetarium. Now has become the best Plex video player on Apple Vision Pro. That’s because of a collection of new features in today’s version 2.1 update.

Plex playback is still new as part of the 2.0 upgrade. As I mentioned from the launch of Theater 2:

Theater 2 already streamed YouTube. Now it can stream content from your personal Plex Media Server. Sure beats the visionOS Plex app that doesn’t exist yet.

OK, the Plex iPad app


New HDMI 2.2 protocol aims to considerably reduce audio latency

The HDMI Forum, which manages the specifications for the HDMI connection, announced on Monday version 2.2 of the protocol. HDMI 2.2, as it’s called, increases bandwidth and aims to considerably reduce audio latency. Read on as we detail what exactly changes with the new HDMI 2.2 protocol.

“The HDMI Forum’s continuing mission is to develop specifications to meet the HDMI eco-system’s growing demand for high-performance capabilities and features,” said Chandlee Harrell, president of


The iconic macOS Dock has just turned 25

Apple’s macOS has changed a lot since its first version, but it still retains a lot of elements from the early days that make macOS unique. One of those elements is the iconic Dock, which lets users keep their favorite apps accessible with just a click – and you may not have known this, but the macOS Dock just turned 25, and there’s a cool story behind it.

The story behind the macOS Dock

Developer James Thomson, who is behind the popular scientific calculator app PCalc, worked

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