Meta makes U-turn on bricked Meta Quest headsets after backlash

A recent software update resulted in a significant number of bricked Meta Quest headsets , with Meta initially shrugging and saying that for out-of-warranty Quest 2/3/3S models it wouldn’t be fixing the problem …

Unsurprisingly, customers were unimpressed by Meta killing their products and then seemingly .

Just like many others, my headset crashed and wouldn’t turn on when I tried to update on December 5th. I contacted Meta support, and after troubleshooting, they informed me that the headset is dead


Apple TV+ announces free streaming weekend for its catalog of originals

After several days of teasers, Apple TV+ today confirmed that the streaming service will be free for all this weekend. Between January 4 and January 5, customers can with no subscription required.

This free weekend promotion will help garner awareness for the service as we embark on the new year, with major launches like starting later this month.

To stream for free, simply open the Apple TV app on a supported platform between January 4 and January 5. You can discover everything available to watch with our comprehensive guide .

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TSMC Arizona chip plant still has 50% Taiwanese workers in the run-up to production

A full half of the jobs created by the first TSMC Arizona chip plant have been filled by workers from Taiwan, despite the company receiving up to $11.6B worth of grants intended in large part to generate US jobs.

The original headline news of Apple chips being made in the US by American workers has seemed less and less impressive over time …

TSMC’s announcement that it was building a chip fabrication plant in Arizona was hailed as a major success for the US CHIPS Act – intended to free the


Enhanced Visual Search shares your photos with Apple by default, to identify landmarks

A developer has noted that Apple’s Photos app shares your iPhone photos with Apple by default, for an iOS 18 feature known as Enhanced Visual Search.

This is an expansion of the older Visual Look Up feature , which can recognize objects within your photos , but a privacy note in the Settings app implies that it sends more data to Apple …

Visual Look Up (VLU) is a older feature which aims to identify elements of your photos in order to provide relevant additional information. For example, if you take


Entire iPhone 17 line-up getting ProMotion displays, say supply-chain reports

Display analyst Ross Young said back in September that the entire iPhone 17 line-up would be getting ProMotion displays , a feature currently exclusive to the two Pro models. This is now backed by a new supply-chain report over the weekend.

The latest report is a little less specific, referring only to “a high refresh rate,” but it does imply that non-Pro models will get both ProMotion benefits for the first time …

The refresh rate of a display measures the number of times per second the


Apple is redesigning the Magic Mouse: Here’s what we know so far

from Bloomberg recently reported that Apple will be redesigning the – for the first time since its introduction in 2009. In the mouses fifteen-year history, the design has remained mostly the same, besides the switch from AA batteries to Lightning in 2015, and Lightning to USB-C in 2024.

However, that’ll soon be changing.

One of the biggest critiques of the has been the charging port. You have to plug it in from the bottom to charge it

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iPhone SE 4 coming next year with these 5 upgrades

Now that the iPhone 16 lineup has been released to customers, some people might be thinking about what’s next for the iPhone. However, it isn’t the iPhone 17 , and it’s just a few months away.

The next iPhone should actually be the 4, barring any delays. This iPhone should come out next spring, meaning we’re around three months away from seeing it. This will be the first update to the in three years, and it’ll likely be the

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These 15 Apple products were discontinued this fall

Apple’s had a very eventful fall, with a jam packed September event, an iPad mini 7 launch in mid October, followed up by an “exciting week of announcements” at the end of the month.

With all of those new product announcements, there were also a number of discontinuations of older products, meaning they’re no longer available to purchase from the Apple Store. However, there’s still good deals to find on last gen products from third parties.

Apple introduced a in October, with

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Apple recently discontinued these 15 products

Apple’s had a very eventful fall, with a jam packed September event, an iPad mini 7 launch in mid October, followed up by an “exciting week of announcements” at the end of the month.

With all of those new product announcements, there were also a number of discontinuations of older products, meaning they’re no longer available to purchase from the Apple Store. However, there’s still good deals to find on last gen products from third parties.

Apple introduced a in October, with

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Giant collection of all the best iOS games and apps now on sale for the holidays [Updated]

Every year just before the holidays just about all of the App Store’s top publishers put many of their best and most popular titles on sale for folks to enjoy at a discount over the Christmas break. Needless to say, with so many titles going on sale, some likely not worth your time, we like to gather all of the highlights we have rounded up over the past week or more into one handy list you can peruse at your leisure. Whether you’re looking to scoop up some new experiences to

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