App Store age ratings process isn’t enough, say child safety organizations

Apple's age rating system in the App Store is not doing enough to protect children, a report claims, after a day's worth of research found a high proportion of apps deemed acceptable to children actually posed a risk. Apple has various systems and mechanisms in place to make the use of an iPhone, iPad, or…

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Apple’s smart home plan, 18.3 changes, & xBloom smart coffee maker review on HomeKit Insider

On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your hosts talk through even more smart home rumors from Apple, talk about the new 18.3 releases, and review the xBloom smart coffee maker. This week on AppleInsider we rounded up all of the most recent Apple rumors for the smart home and tried to put them…

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M5 Pro may separate out GPU and CPU for new server-grade processors

TSMC has just announced an all-new chip production process called "A16" Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will move away from its current processor designs that keep the CPU and GPU cores on the same chip — and see a performance gain. One of the reasons for Apple Silicon's speed over the previous Intel processors…

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This macOS app converts video to MP4 and compresses 4K video

Easily convert videos, audio files and DVDs with Video Proc Converter - Image credit: Digiarty VideoProc Converter lets you convert videos to MP4, MOV and other universally supported formats that work seamlessly across Apple and Windows devices. For Mac users, dealing with unsupported video formats or oversized files can be frustrating. File types like WMV,…

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Apple’s smart home push could include an Amazon Ring killer

After largely ignoring the smart home for years, Apple is poised to make a grand entrance in 2025. Rumors claim Apple is gearing up to launch a new iPad-like home controller in 2025 as well as smart home-centric updates to the HomePod mini and Apple TV. And now there’s a new rumored product on the…

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Apple’s most forgotten product is still its best stocking stuffer

Apple is famously good at making customers excited about its new releases, but that doesn’t mean the company applies its powers of persuasion to all products equally. As I plan to discuss further in this column next week, excellent-value offerings like the 4th-gen AirPods and the new Mac mini sometimes slip by almost unnoticed while…

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IceWhale Technology ZimaCube Pro review: Fast 10GBe network storage with a local twist

At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Six HDD bays plus four-slot NVMe adapter for high capacity Fast Intel Core 5 1235U CPU Good storage and web performance Runs Docker apps and virtual machines over HTML Cons Sparse documentation Problematic NVMe RAID Thunderbolt connection uses an ethernet bridge Our Verdict We can’t think of a more versatile,…

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Apple’s Proxima chip to bolster home networking in 2025

New HomePod mini (right) and Apple's old AirPort Express (left) While Apple appears to have no plans to revive its former AirPort routers, the networking know-how that powered them may be returning — via a new chip that will add similar functionality to the company's home devices like the HomePod mini. Apple first introduced the…

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