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Source: Apple. Apple continues to layer new features into its News+ service. With iOS and iPadOS 18.4, the company says the service will add recipes from well-known publishers including Allrecipes, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Good Food, and Serious Eats: With…

Source: Apple. Apple announced today that visionOS 2.4 will add some big features to the Vision Pro. For starters, Apple Intelligence is coming to the Vision Pro. When I was at WWDC, I was surprised when there was no mention that Apple Intelligence would be…

Apple has announced that its personal intelligence system dubbed Apple Intelligence will debut in additional languages in April when iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 are released. In addition to the currently supported languages, Apple will add French,…

I found myself nodding in agreement from beginning to end with this story by Lachlan Campbell, who, after a year of Vision Pro, imagines what future Apple Vision glasses may be able to do and how they’d reshape our societal norms: I’ve written about my…

I enjoyed this look by M.G. Siegler at the current AI landscape, evaluating the positions of all the big players and trying to predict who will come out on top based on what we can see today. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The space is changing…

A couple of weeks ago, I linked to a report from The Washington Post, which said that the UK government has demanded that Apple create a back door to access the encrypted iCloud data of Apple’s customers. Today, instead of creating the access the UK…

A Google Gemini report on the Sony PlayStation Portable. Yesterday, I published the latest installment of my Mac Hacks column, an exclusive perk of Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, covering how I use Google Gemini combined with read- and listen-later…

Circle to Search in Chrome for iOS. Jess Weatherbed, writing for The Verge: Google is rolling out new search gestures that allow iPhone users to highlight anything on their screen to quickly search for it. The Lens screen-searching feature is available on iOS…

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I each pick two apps you may or may not have heard of or considered using and explain why you should give them a try. On AppStories+, we extend our picks with…

Source: Apple. Today, Apple unveiled the iPhone 16e, which replaces the iPhone SE. The new iPhone tracks with the rumors that have been circulating for months, but for those who don’t follow rumors closely, it’s worth running down the specs of Apple’s…

This month, amidst the increasingly chaotic rumblings of the world in the news, I found myself looking for a new distraction. Since Civilization VII wasn’t out just yet, my eyes quickly turned to the vinyl record player that my partner and I had been storing…

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Niléane is developing an obsession with remotes, but she swears she’s finally got The One, Chris has found a box that lets him store anything, and another color-based challenge…

Source: FlatpanelsHD. Update: A spokesperson for Netflix has told The Verge that the integration with the Apple TV app’s Watchlist and Continue Watching features was a mistake and is being reversed. Perhaps the reaction to the change will cause Netflix to…

Next Wednesday, Apple is holding a launch event for what Tim Cook described on X as ‘the newest member of the family.’ The cryptic post is accompanied by a short video of a shimmery Apple logo framed by a circle with a rainbow border. Quoting Cook’s post…

In iOS 18.2, Apple introduced the ability for users to set their default apps for messaging, calling, call filtering, passwords, contactless payments, and keyboards. Previously, it was only possible to specify default apps for mail and browsing, so this was a…

Yesterday, it was reported that Apple had resumed advertising on X (formerly Twitter). The company ceased advertising on the site without comment in November 2023, but earlier this week, ads for a Safari privacy feature and the Apple TV+ show Severance began…

Apple has released its TV app on the Google Play Store for Android users. In a press release, Apple stated: Available around the world, the Apple TV app for Android was built from the ground up to deliver Android users a familiar and intuitive interface.…

Federico’s Todoist shortcuts. Earlier today, Federico released a collection of four advanced Todoist shortcuts as part of his Automation Academy column, an exclusive perk of Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Federico started using Todoist again a few…

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I say goodbye to the AppStories+ pre-show and hello to the new post-show. Then, for the main event, we update listeners on how MacStories plans to cover AI news…

Yesterday, Apple published a support document explaining how to migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another for users everywhere except the EU, UK, and India. This process solves a very particular problem for users who have separate Apple Accounts for…

Today, Apple announced a broad-based research study that is being conducted in a partnership with Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The study, which U.S. residents can access through Apple’s Research app, aims to evaluate how technology can play a…

Source: Beats. It’s been six years since the original Powerbeats Pro debuted, so it’s no surprise that Beats has finally updated them. The new wireless headphones, which are great for running and other activities because they hook over your ears, have a…

In this week’s extended post-show for AppStories+ subscribers, Federico and I covered the AI tools we use. NotebookLM is one we have in common because it’s such a powerful research tool. The service allows you to upload documents and other files to a…

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt made an app and brings a very, very unbiased take on it, Chris has solved some of his tech paper cuts, and Niléane probably won yet another challenge by bringing a really rad…

Joseph Menn, writing for The Washington Post: Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter…

Busy day at Google today: the company rolled out version 2.0 of its Gemini AI assistant (previously announced in December) with a variety of new and updated models to more users. From the Google blog: Today, we’re making the updated Gemini 2.0 Flash…

Tapestry (left) and Reeder. Writing at The Verge following the release of The Iconfactory’s new app Tapestry, David Pierce perfectly encapsulates how I feel about the idea of “timeline apps” (a name that I’m totally going to steal, thanks David):…

Apple Invites is now available on the App Store as a free download. The app, which Apple just announced, is iPhone-only and allows users to send and receive invitations to events – yes, invitations, invites is not a noun. Here’s what the onboarding looks…

Average scores from the 2024 Six Colors report card. Source: Six Colors. For the past 10 years, Six Colors’ Jason Snell has put together an “Apple report card” – a survey to assess the current state of Apple “as seen through the eyes of writers,…

Back in 2021, Silvio Rizzi, developer of the all-time great RSS client Reeder , released Mela, an app for importing, collecting, and sharing recipes. Right from the start, Mela stood out as a delightful take on the recipe app genre. Just like Reeder, it…