watchOS 11 introduces better cycle tracking, more customizable Activity Rings, and more personalization. Apple has released new third developer betas of watchOS 11.1, tvOS 18.1, and visionOS 2.1 for testing, but without betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, nor macOS Sequoia 15.1. A new round of betas are available, but they are taking an unusual…
As a long-time iPhone mini fan (insert your own “THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!” gif here, I’m too bitter to find one), I have sat out a number of new iPhone purchasing opportunities over the last few years. The rent it too high, the phones are too big. This year, however, knowing that I would…
Apple's branding for the A18 and A18 Pro chips. New microphotography of the A18 and A18 Pro chips reveal the inner workings of the iPhone 16 line's chips, as well as confirming Apple isn't using chip binning right now. Apple's chips in its products are impressive, giving other processor makers a run for their money…
There is a bunch of news from Microsoft, some of it bad but most of it relatively good. The news includes Windows update, Microsoft Recall and even some Copilot changes; we can't… Source
You can be disappointed with the arrival of AMD's X870 motherboards, in that they are essentially B650E boards with USB 4 Type-C and PCIe M.2 ports added on, or you could be… Source
RCS messaging now available on iPhone Google thought Apple adopting RCS would fix everything, but the messaging protocol is still a distant second to iMessage thanks to a lack of carrier support, device support, and encryption. When iOS 18 launched, some iPhone users saw a tiny change in the Messages app — an RCS tag…
An iPhone 14, the design of which the iPhone SE 4 could be based on. The rumored update to the iPhone SE is getting closer to production, with it possibly joined by a new iPad Air early in 2025. After the release of the iPhone 16 generation, the rumor mill's attention now turns to the…
Everyone is talking about Meta’s Orion AR glasses so the horny one supposes we must discuss them. Yes, the Macalope, like many others, will now give you opinions about how Orion, a device you cannot buy, compares to the Apple Vision Pro, a device most people do not own. He hopes you’re happy. This is…
YouTube doesn't offer a client for Apple Vision Pro Despite a lack of first-party YouTube clients on Apple Vision Pro, YouTube has prompted Apple to remove Juno from the App Store, citing vague guideline violations. Juno was a third-party YouTube client built for Apple Vision Pro by Cristian Selig of Apollo fame. The app was…