How to block annoying texts with a few taps on your iPhone

Apple hasn’t yet provided a simple way to mark unwanted incoming text messages and block and delete them. Nor do they identify texts for patterns–as the Mail app and iCloud.com does to mark commercial and fraudulent emails–to see if they look like something that should go right into the bit bucket. Here are a few…

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Apple Intelligence to gain wide language support in April 2025

Apple Intelligence is currently available in U.S. English only but will expand to support several other languages in the early second quarter of 2025, including several not previously announced. Apple Intelligence has rolled out for iPhone, iPad, and Mac on Monday with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1, but the new feature currently only…

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Macworld Podcast: M4 iMac, M4 MacBook Pro, M4 Mac mini now available

This week is full of treats from Apple! We’ve got a new iMac, new MacBook Pros, and a new Mac mini, all sporting the new M4 chip. We talk about the new products and more on this episode of the Macworld Podcast! And we promise, no tricks! This is episode 907 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman…

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Inside Apple’s effort to integrate hearing health into AirPods Pro 2

AirPods Pro Earbuds In Hand Apple aims to make hearing health more accessible with AirPods Pro 2, introducing a tool for protecting, testing, and enhancing hearing. The company reveals the development process behind these features. The company is taking a significant leap in personal health tech with the launch of its comprehensive hearing health solution,…

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New Apple Intelligence ads show off memory movies and Writing Tools

Apple Intelligence Writing Tools Apple Intelligence launched Monday with iOS 18.1, and Apple has released two new ads to showcase some features with a touch of humor. Apple's new iPhone 16 ads highlight its Apple Intelligence capabilities, including memory movie creation and writing tools. The ads showcase practical applications of these features and continue Apple's…

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The things you may have missed from Monday’s M4 iMac announcement

The iMac has received Apple's M4 chip. The 24-inch iMac has been upgraded with the M4, but more than a simple chip update was revealed on Monday. Here's what you might have missed. Apple revealed a straightforward spec upgrade to the 24-inch iMac, which has received the M4 chip previously used only in the iPad…

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