Apple TV+ is on a hot streak with new shows, and there’s even more coming

Apple TV+ is having a moment. Not necessarily by getting more subscribers or hitting new levels of brand awareness. Those measures can be hard to judge. But TV+ is undoubtedly in the middle of a hot streak with acclaimed shows. Even more impressively, that streak looks set to continue with the strong lineup that’s coming.

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Smartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life

Apple may be pitching Apple Intelligence as a key reason to upgrade to the iPhone 16 , but it seems that most smartphone buyers are far more interested in the basics – like battery life.

A survey found that only a relatively small minority of consumers are currently using AI features on their smartphones, and it doesn’t yet seem to be a purchase driver …

Apple focused heavily on Apple Intelligence during the iPhone 16 keynote, and has been talking a lot about the topic pretty much everywhere else.

Teens seemed to


iOS 18.2 lets you add the volume slider back to your iPhone’s Lock Screen

With the release of iOS 16 in 2022, Apple removed the volume slider from the iPhone Lock Screen except while using AirPlay. In iOS 18.2, however, Apple has decided to bring back that capability with a new “Always Show Volume Control” option in the Settings app.

Here’s how to find this new setting:

  1. Open the Settings app
  2. Tap “Accessibility”
  3. Choose “Audio and Visual”
  4. Toggle on or off the “Always Show Volume Control” option

With this toggle enabled

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A week of Mac announcements – which one are you waiting for? [Poll]

Apple marketing VP Greg Joswiak yesterday revealed that we can expect an exciting week of Mac announcements , starting on Monday morning.

The tweet also effectively confirmed that there will be no Mac event, just press releases and small-scale briefings for …

Joz didn’t reveal any specifics, but we already have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

The M4 MacBook Pro announcement seems least likely to contain any surprises, as we’ve had a series of what appear to be genuine leaks of both packaging and the


More than 100 million Americans had their health data exposed in a UnitedHealth hack

A UnitedHealth hack exposed the personal information and health data of more than 100M Americans – the first time the company has put a specific number on the security breach.

A ransomware attack was made on Change Healthcare back in February, but it was only yesterday that the company revealed its “unprecedented magnitude” …

reports the revelation has been a slow burn.

UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking


Bulk buyers are paying above retail for the iPhone 16, for four reasons

In most cases, you’d expect a shiny new Apple device to be worth less than you paid as soon as you walk out of the store, at least once you’re past the 14-day return period. You’d also expect companies buying in bulk to pay significantly less than retail.

But one of the biggest resellers in the business tells us that neither of these things is true, and that it is currently selling bulk lots of the iPhone 16 for above retail …

describes itself as


Download the iPad mini 6 and 7 wallpapers right here

Apple recently announced a new generation of the iPad mini , which features the faster A17 Pro chip inside with support for Apple Intelligence. There are exclusive wallpapers available for these iPads, but you can download them for any device here.

Instead of abstract images, Apple this time has created wallpapers with the word “mini” as if it had been artistically handwritten. There are four different versions of the new wallpapers based on the four colors of the : space gray, blue, purple, and starlight.

As expected

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Perplexity AI native app for macOS now available on the Mac App Store

After teasing a native app for macOS last month , Perplexity AI on Thursday officially launched a version of its app for the Mac. Users can now interact with the platform more easily without having to rely on the web version.

For those unfamiliar, is a generative AI-based conversational and search tool that uses its own large language models (LLMs), similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The platform was founded in 2022 and stands out for providing precise answers and better summarizing web content. Users can even


iOS 18.2 lets you ask Siri about what’s on your screen

Even before releasing iOS 18.1 to the public , Apple has released the first developer beta of iOS 18.2, which includes many new Apple Intelligence features. One of the new features is the long-awaited integration with ChatGPT, and thanks to this, you can now ask Siri for details about what you’re seeing on your device’s screen.

With ChatGPT integrated into Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant will use the OpenAI platform to answer complex questions. However, it can also read

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