Zens Quattro Charger Pro 4 wins as a family charging station with a useful off-label mode

Zens recently sent over their Quattro Charger Pro 4 to try after Apple started selling it, and it’s already become a family favorite. In testing, I also discovered a fun, off-label use that potential buyers may appreciate.

Right out of the box, the Zens Quattro Charger Pro 4 makes a positive impression.

The actual charger is both more compact and more dense than I expected. While I expected something that charges up to four devices to take up more space, it’s pleasantly small and properly

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iOS 18.4 adds new Apple Intelligence feature to the Image Playground app

Back in December, the iPhone gained a new Image Playground app powered by Apple Intelligence, and that app just got a welcome upgrade in iOS 18.4 thanks to a newly added feature for image creation.

Apple Intelligence is an umbrella term covering a wide array of different features . iOS 18.2 brought some of the most exciting features to date with ChatGPT integration , Genmoji , and Image Playground .

If you’re into AI image generation, Image Playground is Apple’s solution.

The app lets users

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Tapestry’s new feature solves the annoying quirk of using multiple social apps

Earlier this year, The Iconfactory launched a new social feeds app called . The app pulls together Bluesky, Mastodon, and other feeds into a unified timeline. And Tapestry’s latest addition, Crosstalk, solves an especially annoying quirk of our fractured social app landscape: duplicate posts.

Crosstalk removes duplicate posts from your Tapestry timeline across Bluesky, Mastodon, more

Tapestry version 1.1 for iPhone and iPad.

The update is packed with a bunch of new features, but there’s one in particular that stood out to


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These iPhone 17 Pro upgrades will truly differentiate it from your current iPhone

In a world where year over year iPhone upgrades are getting smaller and smaller , it can sometimes seem like every recent iPhone looks and feels the same. With iPhone 17 Pro launching later this year though, there’ll be a couple of worthwhile upgrades that’ll make it both look and feel notably different from any iPhone that came before it.

For the first time since iPhone 11 Pro, Apple will be redesigning the rear camera of the iPhone.

It’ll still be in a triangular shape, but

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Trump thinks the US has the ‘resources’ needed to make iPhones

Trump’s massive 104% tariffs on China are set to at midnight tonight, a move that will have a major impact on Apple and its supply chain. Ahead of that, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that Trump firmly believes that Apple can move iPhone manufacturing to the United States.

In response to a question from Maggie Haberman of The New York Times about the types of jobs Trump hopes to create in the U.S. with these tariffs, Leavitt said:

“The president wants to increase manufacturing


Apple TV+ subscription available at a 70% discount for a limited time

Apple TV+ is , as part of a new promotion the company is running.

From now until April 24, new and returning subscribers can get Apple TV+ for just $2.99 per month for three months. The special offer is timed to the launch of new Jon Hamm series , premiering this Friday.

The cut-price offer is being promoted to both new and returning subscribers. It seems if you haven’t been subbed to Apple TV+ in the last month or so, you will


US adults see AI largely as a threat, revealing Apple’s opportunity

A provides a fascinating glimpse into how adults in the US are thinking about AI these days. The results are far more negative than you might have thought, which highlights a big AI opportunity for Apple.

Late last week, the Pew Research Center titled, “How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence.”

Over 5,000 adults participated last August, plus 1,000 AI experts later in the year.

The findings were enlightening.

Overwhelmingly, people working in AI

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Deals: M4 MacBook Pro $200 off or M4 Pro $300 off, M3 MacBook Air $550 off orig. price, Apple Watch Ultra 2, more

Joining the ongoing on Apple’s upgraded configurations and this particularly notable Amazon all-time low on Twelve South’s near-perfect , today we are starting things off with the MacBooks. First up, Amazon is offering up to the Apple’s most-affordable and . From there we move over to some serious clearance pricing and the return of Amazon all-time lows on the original price before we take a look at deals on , , and for iPhone. All of that and more awaits below.

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iOS 19 design leak shows Apple may have found a winning formula

The latest video from Jon Prosser offers easily the most extensive look yet at iOS 19’s rumored new design. And if the video’s mockups prove accurate come WWDC, it seems Apple may have found a winning formula to guides its design: striking a careful balance between fresh and familiar.

When rumors of iOS 19 introducing a major design overhaul started spreading, it seemed like the same tired annual tradition.

Every year, whispers circulate that iOS is getting its

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