Apple Watch has a useful hidden feature for tracking a great healthy habit

My new favorite Apple Watch and Apple Health metric is one that has been quietly working in the background for years. Specifically, it’s a bit of a hidden feature for tracking a great healthy habit: Time in Daylight.

Time in Daylight arrived as a metric in the Health app as part of iOS 17 in 2023. Since watchOS 10, Apple Watch has automatically tracked Time in Daylight just by wearing it.

The feature works by using the watch’s ambient light sensor to measure your

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Anthropic enhances Claude Managed Agents with two new privacy and security features

Anthropic is introducing two new features for Claude Managed Agents that give users more control over the security and privacy.

Anthropic unveiled Claude Managed Agents in April, greatly simplifying the work required to build and deploy cloud-hosted AI agents.

Earlier this month, Managed Agents went even further with new dreaming, outcomes, and multiagent orchestration features.

Now Anthropic is adding two additional new features for May: MCP tunnels and self-hosted sandboxes.

“Both the sandbox where an agent executes tools and the services it reaches run within the


macOS 27: Five new Mac features being announced next month

macOS 27’s unveiling is just weeks away, and besides dropping support for four Mac models , rumors indicate the new software version will be packed with AI features and some design updates. Here’s what’s coming.

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Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750

Plex has announced a massive price increase for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan. Starting in July, Plex says that the Lifetime Plex Pass price will increase from $249.99 to a whopping $749.99.

You still have six weeks to lock in the current pricing …

In a outlining the change, Plex admits it has considered eliminating the Lifetime Plex Pass altogether, citing the stability of recurring subscriptions. Instead of doing that, however, the company has decided to keep


Apple just revealed an iOS 27 feature that hints at Siri’s new powers

Today Apple announced its lineup of new accessibility features coming in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and more, with an upgrade to Voice Control offering an exciting preview of agentic capabilities the new Siri will reportedly gain.

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Fortnite is back on the App Store worldwide, says Epic Games

Epic Games has said that Fortnite is now back on the App Store worldwide, although there is one notable exception.

The company has again criticized what it calls “junk fees” from Apple and indicated it expects to win an ongoing antitrust lawsuit against the iPhone maker …

Epic made the today.

Fortnite is now back on the App Store worldwide, after Apple told the U.S. Supreme Court that “Regulators around the world are watching this case to determine what commission rate Apple may charge on covered purchases in huge markets


Apple announces return of popular MagSafe iPhone stand and grip

Apple today unveiled a suite of new accessibility features coming with iOS 27, visionOS 27, and more later this year.

As part of that announcement, Apple also said a popular iPhone accessory that sold out quickly at launch is making a comeback.

Last November, Apple announced the as part of its celebration of 40 years of accessibility. The grip was created by Los Angeles-based artist and industrial designer Bailey Hikawa.

The accessory, however, was only available directly from Apple and sold out in just a


Apple announces AI-powered accessibility features and eye-controlled wheelchair functionality

Apple has today announced that it’s using AI to boost the power of a number of accessibility features. These include VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control and Accessibility Reader.

Additionally, power wheelchair users will now be able to use their eyes as controls when using Vision Pro …

Apple that it has not compromised privacy when adding AI capabilities to its accessibility features.

“Apple’s approach to accessibility is unlike any other,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Now, with Apple Intelligence , we are


PSA: Watch out for this potential gotcha on the Apple Card free AirPods deal

Yesterday saw the launch of an unusually generous Apple Card promo, which effectively offers new cardholders a free pair of AirPods Pro 3 .

However, we noted that the small print means claiming your free AirPods isn’t straightforward, and there is one particular potential gotcha you need to look out for …

We observed that this was the most lucrative sign-up bonus ever seen for the card, but you do have to pay careful attention to the small print.

This is by far the most lucrative sign-up bonus ever


iPhone Ultra will take us closer to the long-rumored iPad Fold, suggests leaker

An iPad Fold has been rumored for years now, but so far none of the predicted launch timings have panned out. One of the more recent reports even suggested that it was a bit of “a wacky experiment” that may never see the light of day.

However, one leaker with a decent track record believes that the product is still in the works and that the iPhone Ultra (or iPhone Fold) is going to take us a significant step closer to an iPad Fold launch …

There has been considerable confusion about

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