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iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3 are here with Universal Control and more

Enlarge / The iPhone 13 Pro Max, photographed by the iPhone 13 Pro in low light. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple pushed out the public releases of all its operating systems, including iOS/iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. These releases include new features across all platforms, not just bug fixes or security updates. As usual, the […]

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“Friday Night Baseball” on deck for Apple TV+ subscribers

Enlarge (credit: Apple) At its Peek Performance event Tuesday, Apple announced that it will be streaming live sports for the first time. “Friday Night Baseball, ” a weekly baseball doubleheader, will step up to the plate once the Major League Baseball season begins. (Owners locked out the players in December 2021 and have canceled a […]

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Report: Apple mulling bid for NFL Sunday Ticket package

Enlarge / Derek Wolfe #95 and Von Miller #58 of the Denver Broncos celebrate after Wolfe sacked Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 24, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. (credit: Dustin Bradford | Getty Images) The past two decades have […]

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Review: Fraggle Rock on Apple TV+ is the Muppet series Disney+ wishes it had

Enlarge / The Fraggles are back, clap, clap. And they’re a blast to watch again, clap, clap. (credit: Jim Henson Company / Apple TV+) The video-streaming world has long suffered from content fragmentation, and modern-day Muppet access is no exception. If you want to revel in all things Jim Henson, you’ll need subscriptions to no […]

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Jon Stewart’s new Apple TV+ series: Old man yells at cloud—but it hits the spot

Enlarge / Jon Stewart is back to TV to set some things on fire. (credit: Apple TV+ / Busboy) In Jon Stewart’s first-ever conversation with an Apple TV+ studio audience, he offers a curious send-off—in fact, it argues against the point of his new multi-million dollar hosting deal . “You’re probably just going in order […]

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Apple and Roku have newly upgraded streaming remotes—are they worth buying?

Enlarge / Apple’s and Roku’s new remotes are a welcome upgrade to their respective streaming experiences, and they’re compatible with older models. (credit: Corey Gaskin) Apple and Roku know that remotes for streaming devices are important. It’s why they recently inked a deal to put an Apple TV+ button on Roku remotes going forward. It’s […]

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Apple TV’s summer preview includes tantalizing glimpses of Foundation series

Jared Harris as Hari Seldon, a mathematician whose “psychohistory” approach predicts the collapse of the Galactic Empire. [credit: YouTube/Apple TV ] Last summer, we got our first glimpse of Apple TV’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series of novels when the streamer dropped a teaser trailer during the 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Production […]

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Apple TV 4K gets 8 out of 10 repairability score in iFixit’s latest teardown

Opening the bottom of the Apple TV 4K reveals this large fan. [credit: iFixit ] After iFixit completed its 24-inch iMac teardown, attention turned to the new Apple TV 4K, which launched on the same day last week. A new YouTube video shows the process of opening and servicing the streaming box and its brand-new, […]

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The new iPad Pro, iMac, Apple TV 4K, and Siri Remote are now available

Enlarge / A man uses a 24-inch orange iMac. (credit: Apple) Several new Apple products announced earlier this month are now available for sale and shipping at the Apple Store and various other retailers. The new products include the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models, a revised Apple TV 4K, a completely redesigned iMac […]

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96% of US users opt out of app tracking in iOS 14.5, analytics find

Enlarge / The Facebook iPhone app asks for permission to track the user in this early mock-up of the prompt made by Apple. (credit: Apple) It seems that in the United States, at least, app developers and advertisers who rely on targeted mobile advertising for revenue are seeing their worst fears realized: Analytics data published […]