At a jam-packed event in Cupertino this morning, Apple revealed details of the chip powering the iPhone 14 Pro: the A16 Bionic. The successor to the A15 Bionic, it packs more transistors and components specially-designed to accelerate AI and other tasks across smartphone apps and iOS. Apple says that the A16 Bionic has a multi-core…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
You know what sucks? Having to turn your phone’s screen on just to check whether you have notifications or to check the time. With the new Apple iPhone 14 and iOS 16, Apple introduces its ‘always on’ display. By dropping the refresh rate of the screen to once per second, and a super-low-power mode, it…
Apple is adding a limited form of satellite connectivity to new iPhones that lets users send an SOS even when they’re off the grid, no dish required. While it won’t allow ordinary data, voice, or text, it will alert emergency services with your circumstances and location. In case of an injury in the backcountry or…
As promised earlier this year at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the company today confirmed it’s broadening access to its Apple Fitness+ service to users beyond Apple Watch owners alone. At its iPhone 14 event today, Apple indicated that, later this fall, Apple Fitness+ would be available to all iPhone users regardless of whether or…
Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne star in Tobias Lindholm’s upcoming true-crime thriller The Good Nurse, based on the horrifying true story of serial killer Charlie Cullen. Adapted from Charles Graeber’s best-selling book with the same title, The Good Nurse unpacks Cullen’s 16-year-long career as a nurse, during which he shifted from hospital…
The long-awaited September Apple event arrived on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The expectation: new iPhones. Pretty much immediately CEO Tim Cook announced that the focus of the event would be on iPhones, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Now, the new phones weren’t expected to be revolutionary. Basically, the sizing would be different, and the notch would be…
At today’s ‘Far Out‘ event, Apple introduced the new Apple Watch Series 8, its latest smartwatch which features a body temperature sensor, crash detection, and low-power mode. And as was heavily rumored, the Series 8 is built with a thermometer that can to be used to aid with fertility tracking. The Apple Watch Series 8…
Apple Watch just leveled up. At its big iPhone 14 launch event on Wednesday, Sept. 7, Apple showed off the latest addition to the Apple Watch family: the Apple Watch Ultra. It has a larger 49mm case than the 41mm and 45mm regular Series 8 watches, and comes with titanium casing to withstand all your…
You got AirPods in my iPhone event! During the iPhone 14 reveal stream on Wednesday, Sept. 7, Apple took a quick detour to audio-land and unveiled the newest AirPods: the AirPods Pro 2. These new AirPods will customize the sound profile when using spatial audio to fit the shape of your ears, using iOS 16…
If the new Apple Watch Series 8 and newly introduced Apple Watch Ultra are just a bit too much for you to spend on a watch, Apple’s got you covered. At Wednesday’s Apple event, the Cupertino-based company unveiled the second generation of its most affordable smartwatch line, Apple Watch SE. The latest SE model is…