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Technology giants raiding universities to hire top-tier researchers isn’t really unexpected. But recently, companies like Apple are tapping an unlikely source for new talent: animal research labs. Firms such as Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter have hired…

Apple is taking steps to make the Apple Watch a much more independent platform. The latest watchOS 6 beta hints at another leap in that direction. Specifically, the very first watchOS 6 beta contained an over-the-air software update mechanism allowing for…

Yesterday’s release of the second beta of iOS 13 mostly just added or enhanced features that Apple has already talked about, so while there was some interesting new stuff, there weren’t any huge surprises. On the other hand, a new beta of tvOS 13…

There’s really no doubt that Apple’s iMessage has become the glue that holds many iPhone users together, and often keeps many of them in the iOS ecosystem. Although it was far from the first instant messaging platform, it has the advantage of being…

It’s a great time to stock up on your favorite TV shows before summer arrives — especially since iTunes is having another sale on video content this week. Even in the age of streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu, there are some definite benefits to…

Apple on Monday seeded the second beta version of its upcoming iOS 13 software to developers and it includes a few notable changes. In addition to a number of bug fixes and new issues, iOS 13 beta 2 also introduces a variety of user-facing changes and other…

Your iPhone is incredibly secure, but it isn’t unhackable. As evidence of that, a mobile device hacking firm called Cellebrite says it can unlock any iPhone — even those running the latest version of iOS. Here’s what you should know. Cellebrite & iPhone…

Apple’s Find My Friends app helped lead a family to their daughter who had been stuck in her car in a ravine for seven hours. Late at night on June 7, teenager Macy Smith missed her curfew and wasn’t answering her phone, The Washington Post reported. As…

While we’ve been hearing a lot about the many cool new features coming to iOS 13 later this year, Apple also unveiled watchOS 6 earlier this month, the latest version of the mobile operating system for its extremely popular wearable device. While watchOS 6…

Apple’s iconic founder wasn’t handed success on a silver platter. Steve Jobs’ life was a rollercoaster ride, riddled with steep declines and sharp turns. But despite all of these changes, one thing remained constant: he was driven to be successful, no…

This is it. The day has come. You’ve spotted a crack on your iPad screen. We know, it’s a bad feeling; but now is the time to stay calm and take a look at the crack under good lighting. iPad cracks come in several different stages of severity and often…

One of the most requested features for iOS has finally arrived. Many people thought dark mode would be coming in iOS 12, but it simply wasn’t ready for primetime. Thankfully, Apple took the time to get it right, and boy does it look good. Turning on dark…

macOS Catalina introduces several important new features and capabilities to the Mac platform — including new apps to replace iTunes and a Find My platform that can track offline Macs. But there’s actually a lot more to the Mac software update than that.…

A seemingly perfect storm of hardware and software problems resulted in a rather amusing story where Apple Genius staff members went to great lengths to fix a seemingly dead MacBook Pro, only to discover that the problem was much simpler than they originally…

The rumor mill expected Apple to release a self-branded monitor (the first in years) in 2019, but the actual announcement caught everyone a little off-guard. The new Apple Pro Display XDR comes with advanced HDR tech and a whopping 6K resolution. It’s also…

Apple CEO Tim Cook was once again at the White House yesterday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, likely discussing some of the many contentious trade issues that could impact Apple in the midst of Trump’s escalating trade war with China. Few details…

We live in an age of almost ubiquitous virtual assistants, but is this really the future that most of us dreamed of when we were watching Star Trek years ago? While voice-controlled assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant definitely do make many…

Apple’s new insanely powerful Mac Pro isn’t even out yet, but that hasn’t stopped the company from releasing a new version of one of its flagship pro software apps specifically designed to take advantage of the beast-like horsepower of Apple’s newest…

One thing literally every American with a working telephone can agree on is the fact that scam, spam, and robocalls are annoying, dangerous and must be stopped. Fortunately, the problem is being attacked from many different angles. The FCC, third-party…

So long, Dashboard. We’ve had a good run, but you’re just not cool anymore. After Apple previewed macOS Catalina last week, some developers noticed something missing after they got their hands on the first beta — the venerable Dashboard, which first…

Apple quietly launched a refreshed MacBook Pro lineup last month, including a new powerhouse eight-core 15-inch model, but it looks like the company isn’t even close to done with its MacBook lineup overall, which should be a refreshing change from the slower…

There’s a huge amount of new stuff coming in iOS 13 just on the surface — so much in fact that Apple didn’t have time to talk about it all on stage, but the features that are coming under the hood for developers may be just as interesting as all of the…

Earlier this year, an investigative report revealed that Facebook had been secretly pushing out an invasive “research” app that flagrantly abused Apple’s Enterprise Developer program to gain access to an unprecedented amount of data on users’ iPhones…

Following Apple’s iOS 13 debut last week, its new privacy-enhanced Sign In With Apple feature is attracting praise from an unexpected quarter: even the director behind secure sign-in solutions at Google thinks that this is a great move on Apple’s part,…