MKBHD visits Apple’s iPhone drop test durability labs

Apple will drop-test thousands of iPhones like this (Source: MKBHD) Apple has revealed how iPhone and iPad drop tests should really be done — and are being done, thousands of times, in its durability testing labs. YouTubers will buy one Apple device and smash it to pieces as pathetic clickbait. They always justify it, though,…

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Read more about the article Report: iOS 18 and macOS 15 to feature ‘Project Greymatter’ AI tools, AI image editing, and more
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Report: iOS 18 and macOS 15 to feature ‘Project Greymatter’ AI tools, AI image editing, and more

A new report from AppleInsider claims to have inside info about the upcoming AI capabilities of iOS 18 and macOS 15. It mostly jibes with previous reports and rumors, though there are some new specific claims worth mentioning. For example, there’s Project Greymatter, the code name for a host of AI capabilities said to be…

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New Kino app by Halide developer is perfect for novice and pro videomakers

Kino aims to bring pro video features to the iPhone (Source: Lux Optics) Photography app Halide now has a sister video app for iPhone called Kino, with grading presets, smart exposure, and free lessons for beginners. Chief among Kino's features is Instant Grade, which is intended to provide cinematic video without the enormous file sizes…

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AMD Announces The Ryzen AI 300 Series For Mobile: Zen 5 With RDNA 3.5, and XDNA2 NPU With 50 TOPS

During AMD's opening keynote at Computex 2024, company CEO Dr. Lisa Su revealed AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip lineup for the mobile market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. Based on AMD's new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture, the Ryzen AI 300 series – codenamed Strix Point – is intended to offer an across-the-board improvement in mobile…

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TerraMaster D8 Hybrid review: Good data density, insufficient data speed

TerraMaster D8 Hybrid review If you need a lot of storage in about as small an enclosure as you can get, the TerraMaster D8 Hybrid fuses hard drive and SSD storage — but with a crucial speed limitation. It's been a quiet evolution, but external drive enclosures have changed significantly in the last ten years.…

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Job listing suggests Apple is moving forward with plans for Apple TV on Android

Apple TV could be coming to Android smartphones After years of rumors, Apple TV+ could finally launch on Android platforms, but a job listing is the only evidence of progress. The Apple TV app is necessary to watch Apple TV+ and purchased iTunes content, but it has never been released on Google Play for Android…

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iOS 18 Guide: Updated Music and Home controls in Control Center

Every year, Apple announces the new version of iOS at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June. It then enters a beta-testing period (first for developers only, then for the public) before being released in September, around the time the new iPhones go on sale. We don’t expect the process or timeline to change this year,…

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