Apple Watch used to monitor lion’s heart rate via its tongue

Using an Apple Watch to measure a lion's heartrate is the best use of this technology we've seen. A conservation veterinarian discovered that if you've got a sedated lion on your hands and need to monitor its heart rate, wrapping an Apple Watch around its tongue does the trick. Dr. Buiting called this hack an…

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Apps Apple Sherlocked with iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia

Apple's new Passwords app is just one of many new tools that "Sherlock" existing apps Another year, another set of Apple updates — and another set of popular app developers who could lose their livelihoods. Here's what Apple Sherlocked at WWDC 2024. Long before Spotlight, Apple developed a search tool it called Sherlock. An enterprising…

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Apple Mail in iOS 18 adds email categorization, Smart Replies, and summaries

The Mail app in IOS 18 features email categorization, Smart Replies and summarization Apple recently announced a variety of different AI improvements for its built-in Mail application on iOS 18. Here's everything that's new. At its annual WWDC on Monday, the company previewed a new Mail feature that enables the on-device categorization of emails, based…

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Apple stock hits new record high after Apple Intelligence reveals

Apple CEO Tim Cook One day after the WWDC 2024 keynote, and the debut of Apple Intelligence, Apple's stock price has hit a record high price, reaching $207.15 at the close of market on Tuesday. As usual for Wall Street, the stock price for Apple dipped on Monday after the first day of WWDC. But,…

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Here’s what you can do with iPad’s Calculator app

The Calculator app is now available on iPad with iPadOS 18 Apple's native Calculator app is finally available on iPad in iPadOS 18, and with it come new UI elements and support for mathematical notation through the Math Notes feature. At the company's annual WWDC on Monday, Apple revealed that the iPad would receive a…

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PNY Elite-X Type-C Drive review: specs, performance, cost

PNY Elite-X Type-C Drive review The PNY Elite-X Type C Drive is a cheap, quick, and extremely portable storage solution for anyone who needs a few dozen Gigabytes in their pocket. Almost every Apple device now has a USB-C port, and having a small drive brings some backup storage to everything you have. PNY's Elite-X…

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iOS 18 gains new slow charger warning in battery settings

It would be handy if this new "Slow Charger" warning were not so buried in Settings The battery section of Settings in iOS 18 now shows when the iPhone is connected to a slow charger. Alongside giving users more options regarding charging limits, Apple's new iOS 18 includes a detail about charging speeds. It's specifically…

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