Your iPhone is now integrated with ChatGPT–here’s how to use it

The iOS 18.2 update brings several new Apple Intelligence features to your iPhone 16 (or iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max), centered mostly around image generation and Visual Intelligence on iPhone 16. But it also integrated ChatGPT into Apple’s AI tools, including Siri, and it can be incredibly useful. Here are all the places that ChatGPT has…

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AirPods Max four years later: a missed spatial computing opportunity

At four years old, AirPods Max feel like a stagnant product that should be so much more, but the premium sound and Apple ecosystem features keep them from going completely stale. December 15, 2020 was a lifetime ago in reality and in technology. The AirPods Max were revealed shortly after the iPhone 12 lineup, when…

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iPhone 17 range will keep triangular camera system, claims leaker

Close up on the iPhone's familiar camera triangle A new leak claims that recent rumors of at least one iPhone 17 model switching to a horizontal row of cameras, are wrong. The original rumor came from two sources that both claimed knowledge of a horizontal camera bar being introduced for at least one of the…

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Apple’s 2024 full of surprises set up an unpredictable future

Hi, it’s me, Father Time. This is my 421st More Color column, only about 20 of which have been part of my annual attempt to predict the future while blaming myself for failing to properly predict the year gone by. (Look, if I got them all right, 421 of the columns would be prediction-based!) To…

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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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