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A reported hardware failure affecting Apple’s new C1X 5G internal modem in the iPhone Air has surfaced online, marking the first known actual incident involving the company’s own baseband technology. The iPhone Air is the first iPhone model to come with Apple’s in-house designed C1X 5G modem, replacing Qualcomm’s X75 modem used in the iPhone … Read more
If you want to watch Formula 1 at home in the United States this season, you’ll need an Apple TV subscription. However, Apple is taking its new broadcast rights outside the living room. In a partnership announced today with IMAX, Apple TV will also show select races from this season live in theaters. Five of … Read more
When Amazon announced the wider rollout of a tracking feature to help Ring smart doorbells find lost dogs, it was immediately seen as a precursor to using the feature to identify people. That the company was indeed planning to do so has now been confirmed by a leaked email that Ring admitted to be genuine… … Read more
Tech investors haven’t given up on the dream of making physical products with the same speed and ease as coding software. Executives from Freeform, a startup developing a new 3D printing system for metal parts, told TechCrunch that the company has raised a $67 million Series B to expand its manufacturing platform. Investors include Apandion, … Read more
You may have heard: Memory is expensive now. The price of RAM has tripled, quadrupled, even tripled depending on the type of chip, all because AI companies are gobbling it up. But you might have thought: I don’t buy pexe! I’m not building my own PC! It won’t affect me, will it? I’m here to … Read more
Apple commentator John Gruber spits again. After hinting that a series of new product announcements via press releases may precede the special event on March 4th, he now has another idea. Based on a reader who alerted him to the timing, he suggests that the next announcement could be immersive F1 viewing on Vision Pro… … Read more
In a lawsuit over the effects of social media on mental health, Mark Zuckerberg’s defense includes that he tried to discuss the issue with Tim Cook, who apparently doesn’t run the social media platform. The trial process partly addresses the issue of age verification, which Meta previously tried to avoid by saying that Apple and … Read more
Meta is set to release its first smartwatch with health tracking and built-in Meta AI this year Information. The smartwatch, which would directly compete with the Apple Watch and other brands, is the result of a revived project that Meta canceled in 2022 due to broader spending cuts at its Reality Labs hardware division. The … Read more
Security researchers have discovered an unsecured database that likely contains tens of millions of unique Social Security numbers, along with email addresses and passwords. While the database appears to have been compiled from a series of separate data breaches spanning around a decade, researchers explain why even very old personal data remains a live threat… … Read more
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld explores how ChatGPT integrates natively with iPhones, iPads and Macs through Apple Intelligence, extending Siri’s capabilities and offering shortcuts for quick access. The integration enables powerful features such as AI-powered text editing, image generation within the Apple Image Playground, and Shopping Research for device comparison. Users … Read more