Get $45 to spend when you get this $65 Costco Gold Star Membership

Where are you going to do all that holiday shopping? Instead of hopping from one place to the next, burning through gas and still maybe not finding everything you need, check Costco. Not a member? That’s great! That means you can get your 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership for the same price as everyone else,…

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Satechi 6-in-1 Slim USB-C Adapter review: specs, performance, cost

Satechi 6-in-1 Slim USB-C Adapter review The Satechi 6-in-1 Slim USB-C adapter is small enough to fit in the pocket but provides enough connectivity to support your day-to-day needs. After upgrading from an iPhone 14 to an iPhone 16 this fall, all my devices now support USB-C connections for charging and data transfer. This is…

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Apple Watch brings sleep apnea detection to Brazil for healthier nights

Sleep apnea monitoring comes to Brazilian Apple Watch users Apple Watch users everywhere, now including Brazil, can catch early signs of sleep apnea and take steps toward healthier sleep. Here's how it works. Apple's push to make the Watch a tool for preventive healthcare continues with the rollout of sleep apnea monitoring. Brazil celebrates its…

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Apple is already working on visionOS 3.0 and visionOS 2.4

Apple is already working on visionOS 3.0, according to references accidentally left in sample documentation. Following the release of the visionOS 2.3 developer beta on Monday, we now have evidence that Apple is already working on the next major versions of the Apple Vision Pro operating system. visionOS is the operating system for the Apple…

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Apple Watch Activity badges: New Year’s 2025 challenge starts on January 1

Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know they’re just a simple little bit of visual flair, they don’t even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Gamification can be a great motivator, and the achievement badges for the activity tracking on the Apple Watch have inspired many users…

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Apple accused of covering up war crimes by willfully using Congo conflict minerals

Apple has been asked to verify that it doesn't use "conflict minerals" in the iPhone Apple has been formally accused by Congo of covering up war crimes by using conflict minerals in its supply chain, and criminal complaints have been filed in France and Belgium. Apple and at least most Big Tech manufacturers have long…

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macOS Sequoia 15.2 isn’t allowing third-party utilities to make bootable backups

SuperDuper! app icon amidst hard drives and a Mac keyboard The developer of SuperDuper! says what they think is a bug in macOS Sequoia 15.2 has inadvertently broken how the app can create bootable backups — however, it may not be accidental at all. It's some years since Apple took steps to at least make…

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