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Clue: The Classic Mystery Game is now available on Apple Arcade, Apple’s U.S. $4.99/month or $49.99/year game streaming service that has over 200 games. Apple Arcade is also available as part of the Apple One bundle. Clue: The Classic Mystery Game is available for the...

Noma Dumezweni (“The Undoing”), Gabby Beans (“Succession”) and Sarunas J. Jackson (“Insecure”) have joined the cast of the Apple TV+ limited series, “Presumed Innocent,” reports Deadline.  It’s inspired by Scott Turow’s courtroom thriller of the same name and is...

Pegatron, Apple’s Taiwanese supplier, is in talks to open a second India factory, reports Reuters (a subscription is required to read the entire article). Almost a year ago, it was reported that China’s recent lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 have made...

Apple has released Safari Technology Preview 166. The update includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, JavaScript, Popover, Media, MSE, Web API, and Accessibility. Safari Technology Preview offers a sneak peek at upcoming web technologies...

The eight-part series “My Kind of Country,” from executive producers Reese Witherspoon and Kacey Musgraves debuts today on Apple TV+. Here’s how the series is described: “My Kind of Country” is a fresh take on a music competition series, breaking down barriers in...

Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for “Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker,” the new two-part documentary event from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side,” “Enron,” “The Armstrong Lie,” “Going Clear”) and Oscar-winning producer John...

NeuroRPM, a digital health company, says it’s received FDA clearance for NeuroRPM, a product that uses AI and Apple Watch to continuously and passively monitor bradykinesia, tremor, and dyskinesia, the cardinal symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.  The product...

Aqara is shipping its first smart video doorbell, the G4. This 1080p doorbell features compatibility with third-party smart home platforms such as Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home. It’s equipped with on-device AI to enable local facial recognition alerts and...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has proposed a handful of changes that it says will make it easier for consumers to cancel...

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Paramount+ has seen considerable growth recently. In terms of the global video streaming competition, surpassing Apple TV+ but still trailing HBO Max by 2%, according to new data from JustWatch. Of course, Netflix is still the top steaming service with 23% market...

Lucid Air is a new electric vehicle that’s purportedly capable an industry-leading range of over 500 miles on a single charge. And its latest over-the-air software update introduces integrated wired and wireless Apple CarPlay on every Lucid Air.   After...

China’s smartwatch shipments declined 9.3% year-over-year (YoY) in 2022, mainly due to the COVID-zero policy’s impact on consumption, according to Counterpoint Research. However, the Apple Watch continues to dominate the country’s smartphone market with almost 50%...

Apple plans to spend US$1 billion a year to produce movies that will be released in theaters, according to Bloomberg. Quoting unnamed “people familiar with the company’s plans,” the article says is is “part of an ambitious effort to raise its profile in Hollywood and...

Apple TV+ has unveiled the premiere date and a first look at “Platonic,” the upcoming 10-episode comedy series starring and executive produced by Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen and co-created, directed, and co-written by Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco.  The...

Apple is considering bidding for the rights to a range of English football (that’s soccer to American) games, Bloomberg reports. For instance, the tech giant wants to stream the English Premier League in the United Kingdom, among other lower league matches run by the...

Michael Stuhlbarg is set to join Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in The Instigators for Apple Original Films, reports Deadline. Hong Chau and Paul Walter Hauser are also on board, with Doug Liman aboard to direct. Deadline notes that...

Webex by Cisco has announced multi-window support on Apple’s iPad for Webex Meetings.  This feature gives users the ability to pop out shared content like presentations from the Webex Meetings screen and get a focused view of the enlarged content separately on a...

The gang at MacReports say they have the latest California DMV Autonomous Vehicles Program details, including the latest numbers for Apple’s self-driving program (the rumored “Apple Car”) According to the California DMV, Apple has increased the number of drivers for...

Yesterday at The Park Lane Hotel in New York City, Apple TV+ welcomed the cast and co-creator, executive producer and showrunner of the Emmy and AFI Award-winning, hit musical comedy series “Schmigadoon!,” for a photo call ahead of the season two premiere....

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) — of which Apple is a member — has announced the appointment of DENSO, a mobility supplier, as their newest charter member.  With this, the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), will also welcome Eric Smith, Chief Architect,...

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other websites. ° From Bloomberg: Top tech companies (including Apple) are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other...

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According to Platformer’s Zoë Schiffer — as noted by 9to5Mac — Apple is closely monitoring attendance via badge records to ensure employees are coming to the office at least three times per week. “Apple is tracking employee attendance (via badge records) and will give...

Say what? According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), smartphones caused nearly 35,000 injuries in the U.S. in 2021. And a new study from Electronics Hub analyzed NEISS data and revealed which consumer electronics cause the most...

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) have announced that “Friday Night Baseball,” a weekly doubleheader, will be available to all Apple TV+ subscribers on Fridays throughout the regular season.  Fans in 60 countries and regions can enjoy two marquee matchups...

Apple TV+ shows received 16 nominations in the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards. That’s up from eight nominations last year. The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the BAFTA. They have been awarded annually since...

When consumers buy a new iPhone, they have a wide range of options for disposing of their current mobile phone. Apple, mobile carriers, and other retailers have made it very easy for buyers to extract value from a functioning phone – and sometimes a non-functioning...

Apple has provided developers with the release candidates of  developer betas of macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, and watchOS 9.4. A release candidate (RC), also known as “going silver”, is a beta version with potential to be a stable product....

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from some other websites. ° From the DCSS: A display shipment report from Apple’s supply chain shows iPhone 14 display orders decreased sharply when compared to the iPhone 13 in the...