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- Friday June 14
- 04:07 pmiOS 18 brings math and conversions support to your iPhone’s keyboard
Apple has a big focus on new math features with this year’s software updates, such as Math Notes in iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. As it turns out, Apple has also expanded calculator-like functionality in iOS 18, allowing you to do basic math and conversions in any text field, straight from the keyboard. more…03:51 pmFriday’s deals: M4 iPad Pro up to $179 off, M2 iPad Air Magic Keyboard $130 off, HomePod mini, Apple Watch, more | 9 to 5 MacFriday’s deals: M4 iPad Pro up to $179 off, M2 iPad Air Magic Keyboard $130 off, HomePod mini, Apple Watch, more
Your Friday edition of the best deals on Apple gear and the accessories for them has now arrived with the best price ever on the 11-inch M4 iPad Pro. You can now score open-box units with full warranties starting from $820 alongside ongoing offers on new listings from $944. Those offers join up to $130 in savings on the Apple Magic Keyboard you need for your M2 iPad Air as well as this weekend-only price drops on HomePod mini, loads of Beats headphone deals, ongoing offers on Apple Watch Series 9, and more. Head below for today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. more…03:50 pmSave up to $180 on Sonos speakers with weekend deals at Best Buy
Seriously upgrade your home audio setup this week, by securing up to $180 off select Sonos speakers at Best Buy.Sonos speakers are on offer at Best BuySonos' collection of network-attached speakers offer easy ways to fill your home with music. With the right speakers, you can have a decent home theater setup for watching movies, or even get music playing in every room for a party.If you're in the market for an upgraded home audio system, check out Best Buy's weekend offers. A selection of Sonos hardware is being offered at a discount, which you can use to create your ideal home audio network. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:40 pmiOS 18: Apple explains how Genmoji can work just like regular emoji
One major component of Apple Intelligence is a feature called Genmoji, which lets you create an infinite number of emoji-like images using generative AI. While Genmoji isn’t available in the first beta of iOS 18, Apple elaborated on the feature with more details in a WWDC session this week. more…03:36 pmSonos’ new privacy policy implies the company now sells your data
Sonos is probably wishing its only controversy was an app redesign. Today the company is receiving a lot of heat for a revision to its privacy policy that introduced a major policy reversal with the removal of a single line. more…03:30 pmApple Intelligence may add more GenAI options beyond OpenAI’s ChatGPT – until they have their own | Mac Daily NewsApple Intelligence may add more GenAI options beyond OpenAI’s ChatGPT – until they have their own
Apple may add other chatbot options to Siri and Apple Intelligence beyond the starting partner OpenAI - think Google's Gemini, Baidu's… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.03:30 pmWould you spend $650 on a desk lamp? [Setups]
You could buy a computer for the price of a Dyson Solarcycle Morph Desk Light. Or you could buy a highly functional, self-adjusting lamp. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:50 pmToday in Apple history: Paul McCartney is unlikely star of iTunes ad
On June 14, 2007, Paul McCartney sang his song "Dance Tonight" in an iTunes ad, as icy relations between Apple and The Beatles thawed. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:31 pmJon Stewart speaks out following TV+ show’s abrupt end, says Apple didn’t censor him
Apple TV+ has had a number of shows cancelled over the years, but no cancellation received more attention than that of Jon Stewart’s show, The Problem with Jon Stewart. Reports indicated Apple and Stewart’s parting of ways had to do with conflicts over topics the show was going to cover, such as AI and China. Stewart only briefly discussed the cancellation previously. But now, in a new podcast interview, he shares in much more depth about what happened. more…02:26 pmApple Intelligence is AI for the rest of us
Apple Intelligence is the personal artificial intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that combines the power of generative AI models… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.02:26 pmBest features in watchOS 11 for Apple Watch
Apple Watch is getting its yearly feature infusion this fall with tons of updates. Here are our new favorite abilities in watchOS 11.Apple set to release watchOS 11 this fallEach year, most of the world's attention gets laid on iOS which is especially true this year with the addition of Apple Intelligence. But Apple's wrist-worn computer is poised for a big year, too. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums01:55 pmGoing on vacation? These are the best travel essentials for Apple devices
It’s vacation season, and whether you’re heading out of town for some much-needed rest, or just traveling for work as usual, the accessories you travel with can make a world of difference. Here are the best travel essentials for Apple devices. more…01:47 pmApple eyes best week since 2021 on hopes for AI iPhone supercycle
Apple investors finally have a roadmap for how the company will use and deploy artificial intelligence — and they’ve responded by… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.01:42 pmFreeform in iOS 18 is enormously easier to work inside and navigate
Apple's Freeform productivity app has been made easier to navigate and to understand, thanks to some changes in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.Freeform's changes apply on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS SequoiaIntroduced in late 2022, Freeform was launched as tool for creation. Enabling collaborative brainstorming by letting multiple people work on the same infinite whiteboard document.While it certainly helped some users develop new ideas, there were still some areas that needed fixing. In its updates to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, the app is getting quite a few quality of life improvements. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums01:38 pmRashida Jones investigates a mystery with creepy robot in Sunny trailer
Join Suzie and her creepy robot companion as they uncover the dark truth behind Sunny, the thrilling mystery series coming to Apple TV+. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)12:56 pmWhatsApp video call features aim to better compete with FaceTime
Three new WhatsApp video call features are aiming to make the app more competitive with FaceTime – including the company’s own take on SharePlay. The company also emphasized the recent improvements it made to both audio and video quality … more…12:49 pmApple TV+ debuts trailer for ‘Sunny,’ starring Rashida Jones
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for its highly anticipated, ten-episode, darkly comedic mystery series “Sunny,” hailing from… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.12:28 pmWWDC, macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, and Apple Intelligence on the AppleInsider Podcast
At last we know everything about Apple's AI moves — or at least at lot more than we did. Looking at how it will impact the apps we rely on, here's what Apple Intelligence is going to mean for us all.Craig Federighi buckles up, ready for Apple IntelligenceMaybe we'd guessed everything about Apple's more high-profile adoption of AI after years of quiet Machine Learning. Maybe there's still a lot left to find out — and maybe we'll get used to the name "Apple Intelligence."What's clear is that Apple has gone for AI every bit as much as predicted, and with every bit as much of a focus on security, privacy, and utility, as Apple always does. Apple AI may have ChatGPT plugged into it, but if anything is going to avoid AI hallucinations, it's Apple Intelligence. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums12:17 pmApple underpaid female employees through two policies, claims lawsuit
A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 12,000 current and former staff claims that Apple underpaid female employees over a four-year period. The lawsuit said that while the Cupertino company didn’t do this deliberately, it had two policies in place which led to this result … more…11:57 amHomeKit now lets you manually set what device is your Home Hub in iOS 18
HomeKit is giving users more choice about what controls the smart home network in iOS 18, by selecting what device acts as the active Home Hub.HomeKit's Home app on iOSHomeKit prefers to have a Home Hub, a device designated as the main point of contact on the network for all other hardware. A home could have multiple devices that can act as the Home Hub, but you couldn't previously designate one as the primary device for the task.In practice, this meant that the assignment rotated, sometimes to a device on the periphery of your network. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums