Enlarge / Apple’s splash image for WWDC 2021, which references a meme from last year. (credit: Apple) Apple will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on schedule this year, with the event kicking off on June 7 and concluding on June 11. Like last year, it will be an online-only affair as the world […]
Enlarge / Buttons on the side of an Apple Watch Series 3. (credit: Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica) A new study on the effectiveness of the Apple Watch and iPhone as tools for measuring functional capacity in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been published by researchers at Stanford University. The study, which involved 110 […]
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Enlarge / Apple’s 2020 iPad Air. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple began rolling out iOS 14.4.2, iPadOS 14.4.2, and watchOS 7.3.3, and the company issued an advisory to users to upgrade as soon as possible. Like iOS/iPadOS 14.4.1 before it, this update addresses a security flaw. Additionally, Apple released a similar security update—12.5.2—for older devices […]
Enlarge / When presenting a new path forward, Apple CEO Tim Cook put the ARM transition up with the Mac’s other big transitions: PowerPC, MacOS X, and Intel. (credit: Apple) It was two decades ago to the day—March 24, 2001—that Mac OS X first became available to users the world over. We’re not always big […]
iWork on iOS. [credit: Samuel Axon ] This week, Apple updated its suite of iWork apps for both iOS and macOS. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are now in version 11.0, and while the changes aren’t dramatic, there are some small quality-of-life tweaks here. On iOS, most of the listed updates apply to every app in […]
Enlarge / A screenshot from Steam Link for macOS. (credit: Valve) Valve has launched a standalone app for Steam Link on Apple’s macOS App Store, adding a new option for Mac users who want to play games on machines that are often labeled as poor choices for gaming. Steam Link allows users to stream games […]
Enlarge (credit: Samuel Axon) A judge has granted class-action status to a suit against Apple over its controversial, allegedly defective MacBook “butterfly” keyboard design, agreeing that owners of any affected model in seven states qualify for the class. Beginning in 2018, several MacBook owners in seven states filed suits against Apple claiming the company knew […]
Enlarge / The federal courthouse in Marshall, Texas. (credit: Photo by Mario Villafuerte/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A jury in the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas has ordered Apple to pay $308.5 million to a small, privately held company for infringing a patent related to digital rights management. An expert for Personalized Media Communications, the plaintiff, […]