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Now that the dust has settled from yesterday's WWDC event, we've got the scoop on what's coming next from Apple. Check it out! |
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Sony's eagerly anticipated follow-up to its very highly rated WF-1000XM3 noise-canceling true wireless earbuds is finally here: The WF-1000XM4 cost $280, and they address even our very few critiques of the XM3 with a laundry list of improvements — some big, some small.
Has Sony once again established a new benchmark for the true wireless world, or does it still have some work to do? We dove in and tested the XM4s out for a few days, and after putting them through their paces, we're quite impressed.
Though the new shape may create fit problems for some, they're among the best true wireless earbuds you can buy. |
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Despite Apple's extremely serious approach to the business of making mountains of money, the tech giant still likes to have fun from time to time.
The latest laughs came during its WWDC 2021 keynote on Monday, 7 June, in which it unveiled all of the new features coming to the company's various devices. Delivered via a 105-minute livestream, one of the best chuckles came when Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, unveiled a new feature coming to the iPhone called Live Text, which digitizes text in your photos and even lets you interact with it.
Demonstrating Live Text, Federighi holds his iPhone up to notes that he scrawled on a whiteboard following "a meeting with the team." The Apple executive makes no direct reference to the notes and so some viewers may have missed them entirely. As you can see from the screengrab above, the notes' title reads, "Top secret features for WWDC 2022," followed by a bunch of absurd ideas.
Most are obviously jokes, but we'd be lying if we said there weren't a couple intriguing ideas in there too! |
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Apple is fresh off the announcement of a developer preview of MacOS Monterey at WWDC 2021 and there's a lot to be excited about. If you're well invested in the Apple ecosystem of devices, then Apple has your back with this new operating system.
The latest MacOS release brings lots of new features that are all designed to help your iPad and Mac play nicely together. Here's a look at the best new Mac OS Monterey features to try out once the public beta opens up next month — or with the developer preview that opened up today on June 7. |
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Apple's annual software bash, WWDC 2021, is underway, and the keynote has highlighted the biggest new changes in Apple's software for 2021. As is usual for big Apple events, it's left us with a lot to digest across Apple's entire spectrum of devices, but it's iOS 15 that's going to have one of the largest impacts. A solid upgrade for iOS, iOS 15 will bring big FaceTime improvements, a new Focus mode with upgraded notifications, and a deeper embedding of artificial intelligence to your Apple iPhone.
It's going to be a little while until we see iOS 15's official release though, as despite announcing it, Apple has a whole host of tweaks to do before the final release. But that doesn't mean you can't get your hands on it today if you have an eligible device, an Apple Developer account, and a little bit of patience. Here's how to download the iOS 15 beta.
Please note: Beta releases of all stripes are likely to contain bugs. Because of this, we do not recommend installing a beta on an important device. Bugs are very common during betas, and it's possible you'll end up losing precious data, or at worst, bricking your phone entirely. As such, we recommend using a spare or backup device for any beta, and not risking anything that's a daily driver. |
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