Learn about the new messaging features in WhatsApp for iPhone and Android that arrived recently across the Chats, Calls and Updates tabs.
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Apple offering $100 Daily Cash back bonus to new Apple Card users for limited time
Apple on Wednesday launched a new promotion to get more people to sign up for Apple Card — the company’s Apple Wallet-integrated and Apple Pay-friendly smart credit card.
Apple Intelligence’s real-time transcription much faster than OpenAI’s Whisper
Apple Intelligence has been found to provide real-time transcription of audio into text at double the speed of Whisper, the equivalent technology from OpenAI.
What is CarPlay sports mode? How does it work?
Learn everything about sports mode on CarPlay, which lets apps display real-time stats for live sporting events on the Now Playing interface while streaming audio.
How to change iMessage chat background on Apple devices
Learn how to set an image or color-based animation as the chat background in the Apple Messages app on iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and watchOS 26 to add flair to your family and friend conversations.
Retro tech wallpapers for iPhone
Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with these retro tech wallpapers for iPhone, inspired by classic gadgets like Game Boy and other handheld gaming devices. The wallpapers here are more than just backdrops for your iPhone’s Lock Screen and Home Screen; they are also conversation starters and make your device stand out from the rest.
YouTube crashing? Google says reinstall from the App Store to get it back to normal
If the YouTube app is crashing or not working properly on your iPhone or iPad, reinstall it from the App Store to fix it, Google has officially advised.
Apple to face judge over iPhone backups and making you overpay for iCloud storage
Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States for allegedly restricting iPhone backups and forcing users to overpay for iCloud storage upgrades.
26 features iOS 26 ‘borrowed’ from the jailbreak community
As with every major iOS & iPadOS release, there’s usually some overlap with new features that Apple announces and some pre-existing functionality that jailbreakers have had on this platform for years (or even as much as a decade) thanks to jailbreak tweaks. The same can even be said about Apple’s upcoming iOS & iPadOS 26 updates, which the Cuperinto-based company announced at WWDC 2025.
Kickstarter: Peak Design gets back to its roots with a beefier, larger all carbon-fiber Pro Tripod
The Peak Design brand ballooned in popularity following the launch of its Travel Tripod back in 2020 – a seriously compact mobile tripod that can fit along on the side or bottom of virtually any backpack thanks to a space-saving compact design and lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum construction. So what if we told you that Peak Design was taking a bold new step into the professional tripod world?
Software tinkerer gets iOS running on a first-generation Nintendo Switch via QEMU
While the Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage lately with respect to headlines, we car across something on social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) this week involving the original Nintendo Switch that may have some of you doing a double take, and rightfully so.
PSA: Don’t use MIG Switch accessory with Nintendo Switch 2, or Nintendo may ban you from going online
As a general warning directed toward anyone that might be getting or who might already have a Nintendo Switch 2, using the MIG Switch 2 accessory, a trendy way to dump game data from personally owned game cartridges, may not be the best idea.