Sometimes, a package of products provides a simple way to accomplish a goal. is great for Apple fans as it includes a USB-A and USB-C port on the back and a HomeKit-compatible bulb—making it a great gift idea for an Apple fanatic in your life.

HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework.

Selecting the right lamp for your bedroom or living room involves balancing aesthetics with functionality.

iOS 18 is coming to all iPhone users on Monday , and it’s full of new features. As the excitement builds for the release of iOS 18, here’s a recap of three of my favorite changes coming to your iPhone this fall.

Even before the launch of the iPhone 16 on Monday, 9to5Mac had already reported that the new Pro models would have the ability to take photos in JPEG-XL format . Although Apple hasn’t mentioned it anywhere, the iPhone 16 Pro is indeed capable of taking ProRAW photos in JPEG-XL.

Code seen by 9to5Mac in the firmware released for confirms the new feature. Within the ProRAW settings, users will have the option of capturing JPEG-XL images. For those unfamiliar

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Back in June, Apple announced that iOS 18 would introduce a great new Home app feature: support for hands-free unlocking with an ultra wideband lock. Today, the first UWB smart lock has finally been announced. But unfortunately, it won’t support the new Apple feature.

U-tec that its Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB+NFC will be the first smart lock with UWB support. And if you’re an Android user, it should work great for you.

Unfortunately though, iPhone users aren’

Three years ago, the prominent spyware company NSO Group. But today, despite the legal proceedings still being unsettled, the company has changed course. Apple now wants the lawsuit withdrawn immediately. Here’s why.

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Apple asked a court Friday to dismiss its three-year-old hacking lawsuit against spyware pioneer NSO Group, arguing that it might never be able to get the most critical files about NSO’s Pegasus surveillance tool and that its own disclosures could aid NSO and its increasing number of rivals.

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The iPhone 16 arrives in stores and users’ hands next week. But one of its tentpole features—Apple Intelligence—won’t be available until October. And even then, the full AI feature set will release as a slow drip over the coming year. While some may see that as a bad thing, I think Apple will ultimately benefit from the progressive rollout. Here’s why.

This coming Monday, Apple’s major new OS updates will arrive. iOS 18, iPadOS 18,

Make sure you secure your new iPhone 16 pre-order if you haven’t yet before shipping times slip even further, but you certainly don’t want to miss the pre-order deals we have on and as well as the new . But today we are adding the AirPods Max with USB-C in to the mix – you can flip out your old set and save $130 right now – alongside on the M2 iPad Pro as part of Best Buy’s new weekend sale.

When we ran a poll before the keynote, more than 9,000 of you voted, and almost exactly half of you said that you didn’t plan to buy an iPhone 16 .

Among those who did, the iPhone 16 Pro Max was the clear leader, with the two base models seeing almost no love at all …

Here’s what we saw in terms of pre-keynote plans (rounded to the nearest whole number, hence the missing one percent):