Apple (AAPL) stock has seen its first record close in over a year today after trading ended at $183.79. The new record-high closing price occurred just one week after Apple unveiled its Vision Pro mixed reality product coming next year. Apple stock also saw record highs for intraday trading both before and after the Vision Pro announcement last Monday. Today’s...
Mobile Assassin’s Creed game preps for closed beta
Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade Ubisoft is bringing a new free-to-play “Assassin’s Creed” game to iPhone, where users get to customize their character and adventure in 215 B.C. China — registration for closed beta testing is open now. The new Assassin’s Creed entry, known only as “Codename Jade” for now, is a free-to-play game from Ubisoft and Level Infinite, and it...
Hands-on: iOS 17 adds interactive widgets for the Home app
One of the big changes in iOS 17 is support for interactive widgets, a major improvement compared to the initial version of widgets that debuted with iOS 14. In line with this, Apple has also added dedicated widgets for the Home app, letting you control your favorite HomeKit accessories right from your iPhone’s Home Screen. In prior versions of iOS,...
Here’s how the Snoopy and Palette watch faces work
Apple last week announced watchOS 10, the next major update to the Apple Watch operating system. This year, Apple completely redesigned watchOS to take advantage of the latest Apple Watch hardware. In addition, watchOS 10 brings two new watch faces: Snoopy and Palette. Read on as we take a closer look at these new Apple Watch faces. New ‘Snoopy’ and...
June 12, 2023 – 15” MacBook Air reviews, cheaper Vision Pro
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Setting up your next Apple TV should be easier
Apple continues to add more ways to personalize your Apple TV experience in ways that best suit your needs. tvOS 17 goes further with a new photo memories screensaver and more, all without a way to backup and restore Apple TV. iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch all support backup methods that let you restore to a previous state. The...
Apple Watch widgets in watchOS 10 – How-to
The next major watchOS release comes with some big changes headlined by a new smart and customizable widget-based UI. Follow along for a closer look at how to use the Apple Watch widgets, how to edit them, and more. Apple sees watchOS 10 as “a milestone update” with a focus on bringing “users a fresh approach to quickly view information...
Nile Rodgers named Apple artist in residence
Image Credit: Apple Producer, songwriter, and musician Nile Rodgers has partnered with Apple as Apple’s latest artist in residence, where he will focus on highlighting how musicians and fans can get more from spatial audio. In addition to remastering his work in Dolby Atmos spatial audio, Rodgers will also be performing live spatial audio sessions and educational events in New...
Apple is readying a new iPhone software update but not the one you’re thinking of
While all of the attention is understandably on iOS 17 right now, Apple continues to work on new versions of iOS 16, it seems. The iOS 17 update was announced during the WWDC opening keynote on June 5, but a new report suggests that Apple is getting ready to release something else instead. The iOS 17 that was shown off...
Mac Studio M2 Ultra reviews: ‘Champion’ desktop despite Apple silicon Mac Pro, cooling fixed
A month ago, no one outside of Apple really expected to see a new Mac Studio this year (or maybe even ever). Why make a Mac Studio with an M2 Ultra if the Mac Pro uses the same chip? It turns out there are plenty of reasons to make both, and one of those reasons is a $3,000 value. Yep,...