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Apple is still a few months away from releasing stable iOS 18 updates. Nonetheless, even the first iOS 18 beta showcases the extent of NPU performance improvements for the A17 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, which Apple claims could be up to 600% in some cases.

While the development team is focusing on The War Within expansion, which is set to arrive in August, a so-called "story mode" is also being planned. This single-player mode will open up legacy raids that many current players missed back in the day. However, there is no release date for this mode yet.

Apple was once known to prioritise thinness over anything else. In more recent years, the company has shifted its focus from aesthetics alone to better functionality and battery life. Starting with the latest iPad Pro, however, the company is turning its attention back to thinness, and paired with the outstanding efficiency of Apple Silicon, the company can now do so without making any glaring sacrifices.

The Beats Studio Pro wireless headphones are on sale at Amazon. The Beats Studio Pro support active noise-cancelling and spatial audio. Amazon has discounted the headphones by 49%, dropping the price close to its lowest ever.

The Apple Watch Series 9 has been discounted by up to 25% on Amazon. This drops the popular smartwatch to match its lowest historic price.

Apple's last-gen flagship tablet, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, is heavily discounted at Best Buy. You can now buy the 5G-enabled 512 GB variant of the tablet for just $1,099.

This time, Google admits that the latest YouTube update "may result in suboptimal viewing experiences for viewers with ad blockers installed" and urges viewers once again to support creators by allowing ads or trying YouTube Premium. Also, when accessing the website without logging in, a warning shows up asking the user to sign up.

After the European Union, Japan is stepping in by promoting a law that forces both Apple and Google to stop keeping third-party app stores out of their ecosystems. For now, some details are still sketchy, but a fine of 20% of the domestic revenue for the initial violation for a specific service is certain.

Leica has acquired the manufacturer of a camera grip for the Apple iPhone, which has now confirmed that a model for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro is already in the works. However, a completely new development with potential Leica branding is expected to take even longer.

Unleashed earlier today, Firefox 127.0 comes with enhanced screenshot capabilities that can also handle files rendered in the browser such as SVG or XML, HTTPS Media upgrades on HTTPS pages, improved support for DNS prefectching, authentication when firing up the built-in password manager, a Close duplicate tabs option, and more.

Beloved Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak needs no introduction. Recently, he spoke with Bloomberg, where he expressed his excitement as well as concerns surrounding Apple's latest AI-powered Apple Intelligence features, which the company introduced with the intention of giving a much needed AI boost to its array of operating systems and user experiences.

Apple recently announced its intention to work with OpenAI and integrate ChatGPT into iOS. Elon Musk then expressed major security concerns and announced that he would ban all Apple devices from his companies in the event of such a collaboration.

Apple has now rolled out early betas for its latest operating system updates. Although stable updates are a few months away from being released, Apple has confirmed which iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches will receive iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 and watchOS 11 and which have had their software support discontinued.

Apple is said to have been working on an iPhone with a foldable display for years in order to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. According to the latest rumors, however, the iPhone manufacturer is following the approach of the Huawei Mate Xs 2 instead of imitating the form factor of the Galaxy Z Fold5.

The Apple MacBook Air 13 with an Apple M3 SoC, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage is on sale for less than $900 on Amazon. With an average user rating of 4.6/5 on Amazon and an outstanding 92% review score from us, the MacBook Air 13 checks all the boxes for an almost-perfect daily-use machine.

Apple unveiled iOS 18 today. The new operating system brings updates to several of Apple's built-in apps, such as Mail, Messages, and Photos. These updates include text formatting, highlighting important images, and prioritizing emails based on context.

Apple's latest macOS 15 Sequoia update packs several new features, including major updates to continuity allowing for deeper integration with iOS than ever before, improved desktop experience with automatic window resizing and tiling, and an improved Game Porting Toolkit with shader debugging and improved compatibility.

Apple has officially shown off the latest version of iOS at WWDC 2024. iOS 18 lets you customize your Control Center with third-party widgets and assign custom colours to app icons. It also adds a new hidden app folder and the ability to lock individual apps.

Apple today announced iPadOS 18, which will bring features centered around user handwriting. An updated Calculator and Notes app both include machine learning features to read handwriting and either solve equations or create a font that looks like a user wrote it.

Finally, iPhone, iPad and Mac owners will soon also benefit from generative AI, for which Apple is about to coin a new marketing term. If you want to hear Tim Cook and his team repeatedly utter "Apple Intelligence", look no further. Apart from the AI hype, there should also be a lot of news regarding iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 and watchOS 11.

Expected to arrive later today alongside macOS 15 and watchOS 11, as well as other pieces of code, iOS 18 will surely pack quite a few changes. The list includes the ability to add a biometric lock to built-in apps such as Notes or Safari alongside adding an automatic black tone to app icons when Dark Mode is on.

Apple's imminent WWDC 24 event is expected to introduce the latest version of iPadOS as well as its iOS 18 counterpart for iPhones. An impressively long list of devices are now linked to eligibility for either major software upgrade - with a few notable exceptions. In addition, iPadOS' rumored AI features may be available to a handful of devices.

The Apple Mac Mini with Apple M2 can now be scored for $479 on Amazon. This is a solid $120 discount from the regular tag, and it’s the lowest ever for the variant with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.

CheckMag The EU has a solid history of making decisions that actually benefit the consumer and the EU Right to Repair Directive (R2RD) may finally curb environmentally damaging and anti consumer practices employed by tech companies to keep their revenue streams flowing.

Netflix has maintained support for Apple TV boxes that are up to 14 years old - but no longer. The movie and TV show streaming staple has announced that it will no longer support the second or third generation of those devices, thereby hastening the end of their life cycle.

iOS 18 is projected to be unveiled as the first major software update for Apple handsets enhanced by AI as soon as tomorrow (June 10, 2024). However, those upgrades will come with a catch for millions of existing iPhone users, according to a new leak. They are now believed to be backward-compatible - but only for the more expensive variants of the current flagship 15 series.

The latest version of Apple's MacBook Pro 14 is powered by the efficient M3 Pro chip with 11 CPU and 14 GPU cores. Since the 14-inch laptop also comes with an incredibly bright Mini-LED display, B&H Photo Video's current deal is arguably worth a closer look.

Apple has been leading the way in recent years with the length of software support it provides to its smartphones. However, Google and Samsung now offer up to seven years of software support for their smartphones. Now, Apple has been forced to confirm its minimum guaranteed update schedule for the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Reliable tipsters Ice Universe and Instant Digital have revealed the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro lineup's expected dimensions, corroborating previous leaks suggesting significantly thinner bezels. Larger screen sizes across the Pro lineup have long been rumored, and the increase in overall dimensions align with these speculations.

Although not even mentioned by Statcounter's desktop market reports, Brave is slowly but surely going up. In May, it broke its previous records with almost 79 million active users, as well as roughly 29 million daily active users. Brave Search also hit new peaks, exceeding 843 million monthly queries.

Leica is releasing a professional camera app for the Apple iPhone, which not only gives users full manual control over the cameras, but also access to eleven Leica looks and several simulations of Leica M lenses, some of which are legendary.

Apple's M2-powered MacBook Air from 2022 is currently on sale at Amazon for 17% off, dropping it to its lowest price ever. This sale is for the base model (8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD), although the version with 512 GB of storage is only $30 more than its lowest-ever price.

PPSSPP, the PSP emulator, is back on the App Store after it was removed last week. While the standard version of PPSSPP was removed, the Gold version remained, despite the fact that it is entirely the same as the base version of the app.

The latest Steam Survey highlights Full HD as the most popular display resolution, with over 58% of the total. At the same time, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is the most popular video card, accounting for roughly 6% of the total. The most popular multi-monitor resolution is 3,840 x 1,080, with slightly less than 58%.

ESR has refreshed its kit for charging several Apple devices at the same time with the new Qi2 wireless standard. Its folding design allows for potentially enhanced portability, and also supports an innovative detachable puck for "4x faster" Watch charging. It has made its debut on Amazon and elsewhere with some potentially attractive discounts - some more so than others.

According to a reliable source on Twitter, the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro lineup will feature remarkably thin bezels, thinner than that of any other smartphone on the market. When fitted with the previously rumored larger displays, the upcoming iPhone Pro lineup might sport a drool-worthy screen-to-body ratio.

The iPad Pro 11 (2024) brings some innovations such as a modern tandem OLED display and the very fast Apple M4 processor. But does this really make the premium tablet a good buy for everyone? We tell you in this summary of our test results.

Nano-texture glass is a new optional extra touted to eliminate glare from the screen of a new iPad Pro while retaining image accuracy and quality. It is available in the new flagship tablet's top-end 13-inch variant, and also its 11-inch alternative. Can the smaller, thicker version do any better than its larger, slimmer sibling in a new bend-test video?

Apple will finally expand availability for the first-gen Vision Pro later in 2024, according to some new reports. The VR/AR headset is set to be released to a shortlist of additional countries on that date, in which Apple Stores will be re-decorated and possibly even re-configured in order to sell the ultra-premium (and ultra-expensive) headgear.

The supposed battery capacities for the upcoming Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have leaked again. There have already been a couple of battery-related leaks in regard to the Apple iPhone 16 series, but this latest one is also accompanied by some images and a short video clip of the iPhone batteries in question.

Nomad is now offering one of the most interesting alternatives to the Apple AirTag, as the tracking card is not only thin enough to fit in the card compartment of a wallet, but can also be easily charged via MagSafe so that the battery never needs to be replaced.

Apple has now confirmed details for this year's World Wide Developers Conference. Rumoured to be the beginning of Apple's big AI push, WWDC 2024 is already being billed by Apple as a tool to showcase various 'groundbreaking updates'.

CheckMag The notch is a contentious issue. For some it becomes unobtrusive after time, for others it seriously messes with the feng shui of an otherwise gorgeous screen. While some form of notch might be required for a phone, Apple devices over two generations of both MacBook Air and Pro laptops still ship with a notch. Tolerate it or hate it, what will become of the notch?

According to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is expected to introduce several new AI features embedded into its upcoming iOS 18 update, including AI-assisted photo retouching, smart recaps, and a revamped Siri with a natural sounding voice. It will be interesting to see how Apple manages to retain its commitment towards user privacy, while attempting to catch up with OpenAI and Google in the AI-assisted features space.

The 2023 Apple MacBook Pro 16 with an M2 Max SoC, 32 GB of unified memory, and 1 TB of storage is selling on Woot for less than $2,000. For the price, the MacBook Pro 16 (2023) on sale appears like an incredible deal especially when we consider the rate of the newest M3 Max-based MacBook Pro 16.

The development of the first MacBook with a foldable display is apparently progressing. According to the latest information from the supply chain, the device may come onto the market next year and be based on the Apple M5.

Apple's latest iPad Air has upgraded to the M2 chipset as well as the same 11- and 13-inch size options as its Pro counterpart. It has also now grabbed more of the vlogging spotlight for itself - courtesy of teardown experts iFixit. The tablet was, quite ironically, found to be no lighter or easier to get into than the new Pro 13.

The latest Apple MacBook Air 13 with the M3 SoC has dropped to its lowest price yet on Amazon after scoring more than $100 off. As a result, the laptop, which usually retails for around $1,499 for 16 GB RAM and 512 GB of storage, can now be had for substantially less. Needless to say, the MacBook Air 13 M3 becomes an almost perfect daily driver at the discounted rate.