Apple gets beaten to VR stylus for painting and drawing by Meta and Logitech

Ligitech's MX Ink Stylus for Meta Quest Apple has arguably the best VR headset in the world with the Apple Vision Pro, but it's fallen behind Logitech on the one accessory it should have invented. It's one of those ideas where you wonder why Apple didn't think of it — and then you find out…

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Late 2024 M4 upgrade for MacBook Pro could be on the cards

A MacBook Pro with M4 could be on the horizon. Apple could be planning to update the MacBook Pro lineup to M4 chips before the end of 2024, based on OLED screen production timetables. If correct, this should mean that a launch could happen in the fourth quarter of 2024, in time for the holiday…

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Apple’s new quiz helps users find their ideal Mac

Apple's new quiz will help you find your ideal Mac computer Apple's website was recently updated to include an all-new Help Me Choose quiz, created to help potential customers find the Mac best suited for their needs and within their budget. Through a variety of questions, the quiz gives users the option to select exactly…

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How to schedule messages in iOS 18 using ‘Send Later’

iPhone users can schedule messages to one another Apple's latest iOS 18 update brings many new features, including scheduling messages. Here's how to use 'Send Later.' Scheduling messages can be a game-changer for many users. Whether for business communication, personal reminders, or keeping in touch with loved ones at the right moment, the Send Later…

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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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