Oscars snub Apple TV+ movies, and Apple no longer cares

The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced and Apple TV+ is not going to take home another Best Picture Oscar, or anything else — because it didn't try. Nobody can ever take away from Apple that it was the first-ever streamer to win a Best Picture Oscar for "CODA." It's not going…

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Samsung unveiled Galaxy S25 today, with preorder deals taking aim at iPhone users

Samsung S25 preorder deals are live - Image credit: Samsung New Samsung Galaxy S25 devices are up for preorder, as Samsung unveils discounts to compete with iPhone 16 incentives. Announced on Jan. 22, the Samsung Galaxy S25 series includes the S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra — all of which are eligible for preorder deals.…

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If Apple Intelligence is so great, why doesn’t Apple trust us to turn it on?

I know the road is well-trod by now, but yes, we’re back to talk about Apple Intelligence once again. Why? Well, for better or worse, it seems to be pretty much all that Apple wants to talk about these days, and when the company has put this much time, energy, and, yes, marketing attention onto…

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Hate the new Mail app on your iPhone? Here’s how to change it back

Among the less-publicized features introduced late last year in iOS 18.2 is a massive change to the Mail app. For longtime users of the Mail app, it was a shock to the system and definitely takes some getting used to. But if that hasn’t happened, there’s good news—you can change it back to the old…

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Macworld Podcast: The latest on the new 2025 iPhone SE

The rumors are heating up for Apple’s next major iPhone release. In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we cover what’s going on with the iPhone SE and what we could see in the next few weeks. This is episode 918 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola.  Watch episode 918 on YouTube Listen…

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How to manage FileVault to maintain remote access to your Mac

The FileVault security system, introduced many years ago to macOS, prevents someone from starting up or restarting your computer and gaining access to its startup volume, which is encrypted. (FileVault handled the encryption in its early days, but it’s now handled in hardware and always enabled with any Intel Mac with a T2 Security Ship…

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How to share your Safari tabs across all of your devices

What did we do before tabs? And now you can automatically share them across your devices Having Safari be able to open the same tabs on all your Apple devices is hugely convenient, yet Apple hides the feature away. Here's how to find and make use of it. This is specifically about what are called…

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