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New Apple TV+ trailer reveals first ever full-length ‘immersive’ film
Apple TV+ is exactly one month away from debuting Bono: Stories of Surrender, a concert-style “documentary event.” This will also be the first ever feature-length film in Apple Immersive Video on the Vision Pro. And today, Apple debuted the first trailer to show us what to expect.
Expand Expanding CloseI tested iPhone AI voice assistants: here’s the best one
It’s been about a year since Apple announced Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024. Since then, Siri has received a visual refresh with its new rainbow animation, text-to-Siri support, visual intelligence, and image generation. Features like Genmoji are also available in iOS 18. However, the most critical aspects of Siri, like being conversational and having contextual awareness, are still missing. Meanwhile, AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity are leaps and bounds ahead of Siri in many ways. So, I wanted to put all three to the test to see who deserves to be your go-to voice assistant on the iPhone today. Here is what I found.
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Raycast is a powerful Mac app that’s grown increasingly popular since its launch a few years ago. Now, for the first time, Raycast is available on iPhone too via the just-launched iOS app. Here are the details.
Expand Expanding CloseThe iPhone 17 Air looks wonderful – but that’s not why Apple is making it
Yesterday gave us our best look yet at the upcoming iPhone 17 Air, in the form of a highly realistic dummy model shown alongside the iPhone 16 Pro.
Apple will doubtless employ a whole range of superlatives to describe the look of the device: thinnest, slimmest, sleekest … and it will of course be the <superlative>est phone they’ve ever made, and Tim will be sure we’re going to love it …
Expand Expanding CloseWhatsApp borrowing Apple’s Private Cloud Compute approach to AI privacy
Meta’s encrypted messaging app WhatsApp will use an approach pioneered by Apple to add AI capabilities without compromising privacy.
The company has announced that it will use tech it calls Private Processing, which appears to exactly replicate Apple’s Private Cloud Compute …
Expand Expanding CloseTim Cook ‘excited’ as construction begins on TSMC’s third US chip plant
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company is “excited” to be the first customer of TSMC’s Arizona chip plants. He made the comment as the company started construction on its third US plant.
TSMC says that the addition of the third plant makes the project the largest single foreign investment in US history …
Expand Expanding CloseOpenAI hits rewind on a ChatGPT feature after users notice strange behavior
Since last week, OpenAI has deployed and recalled an update to ChatGPT after virtually all users complained about a bizarre behavior. The company explains what happened in a blog post published tonight.
Expand Expanding CloseiPhone production in India expands with two assembly plants from Tata and Foxconn
As the Trump administration pressures Apple into making the iPhone in America, Apple has felt pressured to move more iPhone production out of China and into India. Reuters reports that a new iPhone assembly plant has come online, and a second location is expected to go live in a matter of days.
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Apple continues leadership changes in two more divisions
Bloomberg reports that Apple has restructured leadership across two more divisions, only this time Siri isn’t to blame.
Expand Expanding CloseCraft adds Readwise integration for working with book notes and highlights [50% off]
Craft is constantly adding new features to its notes and documents experience on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and web. The latest addition is integration with Readwise, a service that groups highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, and more. As part of the feature introduction, Craft is taking 50% off the lifetime price of Craft Plus plans for subscribers.
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Dashlane brings confidential computing to passkeys for better business security
The move to passkeys is happening in this way: gradually, then suddenly. Apple has gone all in on passkeys, and while they’re a huge win for consumer security, they’ve been harder to manage in an enterprise environment. That’s starting to change.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix has Apple-sized ambitions that guarantee 5 years of price increases
Netflix has an ambitious financial goal that all but guarantees five years of price increases. Realistically, Netflix just being in business guarantees higher subscription prices over time, but this target comes with an aggressive deadline.
Expand Expanding CloseBitwarden launches Access Intelligence aimed at fixing credential risks and blocking AI phishing
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Bitwarden, one of the most popular password management solutions for businesses and consumers, is expanding its enterprise lineup with a new feature designed to stay ahead of today’s AI powers security threats. Today, the company announced Access Intelligence, a product built to help businesses fix credential risks faster and block increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks driven by AI.
Expand Expanding CloseiPhone 17 Air is stunningly thin compared to iPhone 16 Pro in latest leak
We’re probably 132 days away from the iPhone 17 actually being announced, yet it’s starting to feel like the iPhone 17 has been out for that long.
That’s probably because we’ve seen every design of iPhone 17 in various forms ranging from schematics to renderings for months. We’ve also seen cases, dummy units, dummy units in cases, and now dummy units that look so real that they could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
The latest iPhone 17 preview comes from Sam Kohl’s AppleTrack YouTube channel. In the video, Sam compares physical models meant to recreate the rumored iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max designs. At this rate, I’ll be disappointed if we don’t have working models running a recreation of iOS 19 by the first half of May.
Expand Expanding CloseApple’s TV app is quickly improving, and just got more new updates
For a variety of reasons, Apple’s TV app doesn’t offer the most user-friendly experience. Fortunately, that started changing recently in iOS 18.4, and now Apple has rolled out additional TV app updates that make navigation simpler, more streamlined, and better organized than before.
Expand Expanding CloseApple Watch SE 3 displays are in production with new sizes possible
Out of all of Apple’s 15+ planned product launches for the rest of the year, one product that’s seemed more tentative than the rest is a new Apple Watch SE 3. But a supply chain spotting by display analyst Ross Young seems to confirm a new model is coming, possibly in two new sizes.
Expand Expanding CloseLowe’s expands Apple Vision Pro immersive viewing experience to more stores
Since last summer, Lowe’s has leveraged Apple Vision Pro in select home improvement stores to give customers an immersive viewing experience. Over the weekend, Lowe’s expanded the Apple Vision Pro experience to five home improvement retail locations.
Expand Expanding CloseApple wants to make iPhones in US, says Trump official, but they’re waiting for ‘the robotic arms’
Apple wants to build iPhones in America, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. They’re just “waiting for the robotic arms” to arrive.
Expand Expanding CloseApple Wallet could add digital IDs in these three states next
Apple Wallet launched support for digital state IDs, including driver’s licenses, all the way back in 2022. Currently only 10 locations support the feature, but we may have just learned what the next three states will be.
Expand Expanding CloseTed Lasso season 4 has a fix ready for season 3’s biggest problem
Ted Lasso season 4 is currently in active development, with scripts being written and shooting commencing this summer. While most of the creative team from past seasons is returning, Apple has made a key change that should help solve season 3’s biggest problem.
Expand Expanding CloseApple launches ‘Snapshot,’ a new way to discover artists, actors, and athletes
Apple has just launched a new page on its website called ‘Snapshot.’ It’s a discovery tool for following the work of artists, actors, and athletes across three of Apple’s media platforms: Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts.
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Deals: 15-inch M4 MacBook Air $150 off, Apple Watch Series 10 $110 off, Nomad ChargeKey from $18, more
The all-time pricing on the 13-inch M3 MacBook Air lineup is now joined by the same $150 drops across just about every color of the 15-inch models. Now sitting alongside the ongoing deals on the AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2, we are also tracking up to $110 off select Apple Watch Series 10 models to deliver the best prices of all-time low as well as some notable iPad offers – all M3 iPad Air models are now at $100 off and you can score this wild Space Black 2TB 11-inch M4 iPad Pro deal at up to $435 off. Head below for a closer look at even more including the best price to date on the new Nomad ChargeKey.
Expand Expanding CloseMeta launches standalone AI chat app based on Llama 4 for iPhone and iPad
Meta has released its first standalone AI app on the iPhone and iPad. Meta AI is built on Meta’s Llama 4 model and provides a dedicated interface for text and voice chat. There’s also a social feed for discovering new ways to use AI.
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