Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 review: Heart Beats

Announced on Tuesday, Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 improve massively on the original, with heart beat monitoring the biggest and most important feature addition to Apple's audio lineup in years. And, we've been using them for a while. Initially introduced in May 2019, the Beats Powerbeats Pro offered many of the useful elements you'd find in…

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Beats with beats: These awesome fitness earbuds track your heart rate

At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Lighter and smaller with the same secure ear hook design Greatly improved sound quality Heart rate monitor Impressive battery life Cons Missing some AirPods Pro features it should have Heart rate monitor is limited if you use an Apple Watch Our Verdict These are now our hands-down favorite earbuds for…

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This $12 Baseus MagSafe battery pack will double your iPhone’s battery life

When you’re out and about for long hours and your phone battery levels start giving you anxiety, the last thing you want to do is find a plug and an outlet. That’s why one of these tiny Baseus MagSafe power banks will be just what you need, especially when you can get one for just…

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25 years of Apple’s innovation with the iTunes Music Store

The fourth of Apple's top 10 major areas of innovation in the last 25 years is 2003's iTunes Music Store. Here's how Apple transformed the music industry and created an entirely new digital media marketplace. The first segment discussed Apple's 2000 release of Mac OS X Public Beta, its first important area of innovation in…

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Apple research video offers a glimpse into its tabletop robot tech

Apple does a lot of research into fundamental computer problems, and some of that results in real features of the products we buy. We can only hope the tech featured in the latest report published by their machine learning team is one of them. A new research paper and video posted to Apple’s Machine Learning…

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OLED MacBook Air pushed back to 2029, but MacBook Pro on schedule for 2026

A new supply chain report claims that Apple is continuing to plan OLED screens for the MacBook Pro in 2026, but has further delayed an OLED MacBook Air. Backing up recent rumors that an OLED MacBook Air will not be released until 2028 at the earliest, a new report says it will now be 2029.…

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Your Adobe Acrobat subscription is so yesterday—own this PDF editor instead

Did you know you don’t need to keep paying a pesky recurring fee for Adobe just to edit your PDFs? Yup, Adobe Acrobat’s been keeping a major secret—there’s a way to edit, merge, convert, sign, and do so much more with your PDFs without paying a monthly fee. All you need is PDF Reader Pro, the…

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How to use Siri to get answers from ChatGPT

Using Siri to get answers from ChatGPT. With the release of Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT integration, you can now use Siri to get AI answers from OpenAI's service. We previously covered how to use the ChatGPT extension in Apple's Notes app. That article described how to install, set up, and enable Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT…

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