On Thursday, Apple released the first software updates for its devices since last month’s rollout of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. Those who’ve been following along know that several key features that didn’t make it into the initial release of iOS 18 are expected in iOS 18.1, but that’s not the update we got on ..
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Despite forcing all of Prime Video subscribers to the ad tier in January unless they paid an extra $3 per month, Amazon has seemingly yet to tap Prime Video’s full ad potential. Amazon’s ad business still mostly relies on ads shown on the Amazon website, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky told investors in August. In the ..
Microsoft’s push to get Windows and Office users to buy Microsoft 365 subscriptions can be irritating, but to the company’s credit, it’s one of the few that has continued to sell buy-once, use-forever versions of its flagship software after launching a subscription model. This week the company has officially launched Microsoft Office 2024, a new ..
Sonos’ controversial app update in May was “obviously a failure,” Sonos CEO Patrick Spence told Reuters today. When the update launched in May, customers revolted over missing features, like the ability to search music libraries, edit song and playlist queues, and set sleep timers. In addition, some already purchased hardware, especially older models, began having ..
Enlarge / A Downdetector map showing where Verizon outages are reported. reader comments 103 Wireless customers of Verizon and AT&T have found that they cannot make calls, send or receive text messages, or download any mobile data. As of this article’s publication, it appears the problem has yet to be resolved. Users took to social ..
Enlarge / The Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. reader comments 87 A few weeks back, it was reported that Apple was exploring investing in OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT, the GPT model, and other popular generative AI products. Now, a new report from The Wall Street Journal claims that Apple has abandoned those ..
Enlarge / A still from Wolfs, an Apple-produced film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. reader comments 52 For the past few years, Apple has been making big-budget movies meant to compete with the best traditional Hollywood studios have to offer, and it has been releasing them in theaters to drive ticket sales and awards ..
reader comments 21 [embedded content] iFixit’s iPhone 16 and 16 Plus teardown. iFixit has published teardown views for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, along with their larger cousins, the Plus and Pro Max. The videos are really marketing for iFixit’s various repair kits and other tools and products that you can buy—and sometimes ..
Enlarge / An updated onboarding screen for Recall, with clearly visible buttons for opting in or out; Microsoft says Recall will be opt-in by default and can even be removed from PCs entirely. reader comments 87 Microsoft is having another whack at its controversial Recall feature for Copilot+ Windows PCs, after the original version crashed ..
Enlarge / The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the first iteration of a very, very long-lived phone design. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 124 This past weekend, I said goodbye to Apple’s 4.7-inch iPhone 6 design after 10 long years. It started with the iPhone 6 itself in 2014, a long-awaited screen size upgrade for the ..
