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Black Friday is just around the corner, but Amazon is looking to get into your wallets before any brick-and-mortar store does. As such, the company that has everything from A to Z is activating deals on many of those items, including laptops, tablets, headphones, and earbuds, which we are highlighting here...
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Apple’s efforts to transition away from using modems made by Qualcomm Inc. are not going as well as the company had hoped. The smartphone giant no longer expects to be able to switch over to using its own in-house 5G modem by its initial projection of springtime of 2025. Apple is now hoping it can make the switch by...
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Here's an announcement that can be filed under "unexpected." After previously refusing, Apple has confirmed it will add RCS support to the iPhone, giving Android users the ability to send feature-rich messages to Apple's smartphone. The days of green bubble discrimination are finally coming to an end. However, Apple...
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It appears as if Apple is ready to move on from the Dynamic Island display feature it introduced just last year with the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. According to Majin Bu, someone known for Apple rumors and leaks, Apple is internally testing a version of the upcoming iPhone 16 with a hole-punch cutout design...
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On Halloween Eve, Apple's Scary Fast online event ushered in the era of the company's third-generation Arm64 processors, dubbed the M3 family. The company did hit a number of landmarks with its custom-built Mac processors, including using 3nm lithography, adding real-time ray tracing hardware to its GPU architecture...
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Perhaps several generations from now, concerns over battery life will no longer exist as technology continues to evolve. As it stands now, however, battery life is certainly a concern for pretty much any powered device designed for mobility, and that includes smartphones like the recently introduced iPhone 15 series...
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We're into the second week of November and, as expected, retailers have begun pumping out early Black Friday bargains like they're going out of style. If you're ready to jam out to savings as well, then check out these deals we've rounded up on various audio gear, including some sweet discounts on wireless Beats and...
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The M3 Pro-powered Macbook Pro 16-inch benchmark results have surfaced inGeekbench 6 database, and the results have been received somewhat negatively. It's roughly as fast as the M2 Max and only a little faster than the M2 Pro, which is in stark contrast to Apple's "scary fast" marketing. Expectations for the...
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Apple's brand-new M3 processors are due to arrive soon, to supplent their M2 predecessors, and according to semiconductor analyst Jay Goldberg taping out the new chips cost Cupertino a pretty penny. In fact, the total cost to get the three M3 chips to the manufacturing stage may have hit roughly $1 billion. If that's...
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Apple posted financial results for its fiscal 2023 fourth quarter (for the period ending September 30, 2023), with CEO Tim Cook boasting an all-time high in Services revenue and a quarterly high in iPhone sales. Along with its other product offerings, Apple generated a cool $89.5 billion for the quarter, resulting in...
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Sega revealed that it's releasing a new 3D adventure game starring none other than the world's most famous hedgehog, Sonic, but there's only one place you'll be able to play it—on Apple Arcade. The game, Sonic Dream Team, is one of an overflowing handful of titles headed to Apple's subscription gaming service this...
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All Hallows' Eve might be when the kids go out trick-or-treating, but the night before — this night — is when we all bob for Apples. In a spooky themed, online-only event, Apple CEO Tim Cook led a cavalcade of corporate VPs announcing a new family of processors named M3 and a series of Macs sporting the latest in...
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There's nothing we like more than surprises—especially when they are potentially accompanied by new products from Apple. This October 30th at 5pm Pacific Time, we have an unusually-timed night event where Apple plans to hold its "Scary Fast" announcements for its lineup of Mac computers. It will be streamed on Apple's...
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Apple TV+ is home to some legitimately great content, not the least of which is Ted Lasso, For All Mankind, and The Morning Show. The series Severance, winner of two Emmy awards, is worthy of binging as well. It also felt like a steal at $6.99 per month plus frequent promotions (and a free trial if you're new)...
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Don't fret if you missed out on Amazon's recent Prime Day sales event because there are still a bunch of lingering deals. Moreover, it won't be long before the Black Friday and Cyber Monday bargains begin rolling into view, which seems to happen earlier and earlier every year (think: early November through December). Deal events aren't the
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The release of every new Apple iPhone is often accompanied by a plethora of tests to validate Cupertino’s newest creation. When comparing to the previous model, the question of physical toughness is at the top of the list. Sure, we expect that it is usually a faster model – but can it withstand being dropped 100...
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The holiday shopping season filled with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals is right around the corner (they typically begin trickling in at the beginning of November). Before that, Amazon will host its second Prime Day deals event of 2023. But even before that, you can still score deals on a host of electronics—we've...
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“It’s getting hot in here, so patch all of your phones” is not the line but is the case for iPhone 15, which was found to have an overheating problem. Users were finding that their phones would become nearly too hot to touch while charging or prolonged use. Since then, Apple has released a patch, which users should...
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Time has reportedly run out for Apple's original smartwatch released in 2015, including those ultra-fancy and expensive 18-karat gold models that sold for up to $17,000 a pop, or $18,500 with an AppleCare+ warranty. According to an internal memo seen by MacRumors, Apple added its first-gen smartwatches to its obsolete...
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Try to hold back your surprise but Apple might not be the right-to-repair champion you hoped it might become, even after recently penning a letter in support of California's proposed right-to-repair bill. This is evidenced in a teardown of the iPhone 15 Pro Max. While not without some redeeming qualities, replacing...
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It seems everyone wants Apple's new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, announced at last week's Wonderlust event. At least, that's the perspective that Apple would like to share with everyone. In years past, Apple routinely had huge lines at all of its retail locations at each new iPhone launch, but the company had been...
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Apple finally unveiled its first USB-C iPhone last week, allowing a select few to get their hands on the device, but their hands are a bit of a problem. Some of those who have handled the iPhone 15 Pro have reported that simply touching the new titanium frame can leave unsightly marks that are difficult to remove...
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