Apple Intelligence impresses now, and it’s still very early

Apple Intelligence is coming this fall At WWDC, Apple introduced Apple Intelligence as an expansion of its AI capabilities. It's incredibly impressive in action, and if you let it, it will change how you work. The span and ambition of Apple Intelligence are staggering now, and it's not even in the betas yet. This project…

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Safari’s Reader mode is already improved, even without Apple Intelligence

The new Reader options on iPhone The headline Apple Intelligence improvements to Safari's Reader mode on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia are not available yet, but the feature has still been updated. Apple has announced that Safari's Reader mode, where all website distractions are removed so that you can read articles more easily,…

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Update your iPad’s home screen with iPadOS 18’s customization options

iPadOS 18 Apple has made it easier to customize and arrange your iPad home screen, with iPadOS 18 letting you rearrange icons and even tint them. Here's how to do it. Apple has gradually given more control to users about what items they can put onto the home screens of their devices. With Apple's latest…

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Apple Intelligence and other key iOS 18 features won’t come to the EU this year

Bloomberg’s latest report has some bad news for Apple customers in the EU: You’ll miss out on some of the best new features of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia in 2024 (and perhaps longer). Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring to Mac, and SharePlay Screen Sharing won’t be available in the EU in 2024. Apple blames the…

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Apple researchers add 20 more open-source models to improve text and image AI

Hugging Face is an open-source repository for AI research and models Apple has contributed 20 new Core Machine Learning models to an open source AI repository Hugging Face, adding to its existing public models and research papers. In April 2024, Apple publicly shared a series of four Open Source Efficient LLMs (OpenELMs), and did so…

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Take $100 off the Apple Watch Series 9 and kick your summer workouts into high gear

We already love the Apple Watch Series 9, but knowing that it dropped to its best price ever somehow makes us love it more. Now available for $299 at Amazon, a whole $100 under its MSRP, it’s the best time to get yourself an upgrade. The Apple Watch Series 9 is a gorgeous smartwatch that…

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Open your mind to new languages and skills with Rosetta Stone and StackSkills

Whether you want to learn a new language before traveling abroad or need to impress your dream company with some extra skills, this bundle is designed to help with both goals. Featuring access to Rosetta Stone and StackSkills, you can enjoy a lifetime of education with the Unlimited Learning Bundle, now discounted to less than $180 until…

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The one device that really needs Apple Intelligence isn’t getting it

Apple Intelligence, which was announced at WWDC 2024 last week, isn’t a feature exclusive to a single product, or even a single line of products. It’s a platform-agnostic raft of features that will be common to the newest editions of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. As such, it stands to have a major impact across…

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