Earlier this month, the judge overseeing the legal action between Apple and Epic Games came to a decision. With it, it mostly ruled in Apple's favor -- with the exception of one major ruling. However, there is still room for appeals. And Epic Games is even appealing one of the decisions on its own. As a result, it's not quite as finalized as some might hope, including Apple and Epic.
During its California Streaming event, Apple unveiled a brand new, redesigned iPad mini that welcomes quite a few noteworthy features to the mix. That includes slimmer bezels, Touch ID in the top button, and support for the second-generation Apple Pencil. Among many other things.
Today, Microsoft hosted its own event for the fall. Like Apple, the company had quite a few different products to show off. There's a new phone, a brand new Surface Pro that appears to add a lot of oft-requested features, a new inexpensive Go model, and, finally, a Laptop Studio for pro users. It's a lot of new Surface products!
Back in January of 2019, word surfaced that Apple had given the go-ahead for a full series order to a "large budget sci-fi series" from the co-producer of the X-Men films, Simon Kinberg. Unfortunately, some production delays hit the show pretty hard, and it wouldn't be until November of 2020 that production would get back into gear. At the time, though, we did get a look at the cast, with Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) set to lead.
As Apple's influence continues to grow, it's becoming harder and harder to keep tidbits about the company's moves and secrets about unreleased products from leaking out. And now, Tim Cook in a (leaked) memo to employees writes the company is working hard to track down those who leak confidential information, saying those people “do not belong” at Apple.
You can put a yet-to-be-named dark comedy series featuring Irish writer, actress, comedian and produced Sharon Horgan on your list of upcoming Apple TV+ shows.
Last week, Apple released iOS & iPadOS 14.8 to the general public with important security patches for a zero-click exploit that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution.
Focus Mode, one of iOS 15's headline new features, is Do Not Disturb (DND) on steroids. Too bad iOS 15 lacks the old setting to only permit notifications when iPhone is unlocked.
Amid all the recent excitement surrounding jailbreak untether hype and the confirmation that one would be officially released on October 21st, there’s certainly a lot to look forward to. But for right now, it’s business as usual for jailbreak groups like the Odyssey Team.
Jailbreaking has a bad rap for reducing battery life, but it doesn’t have to. A well-tuned jailbroken device should last just as long as a non-jailbroken device, and the community harbors a plethora of different tools for supercharging battery monitoring and performance on pwned handsets.
If you’ve had your eyes glued to jailbreak community developments amid all the talk of untethers recently, then you’re not alone, and we’re especially excited to share that you’re in for some good news.
Along with the beta versions of iOS 15.1 and tvOS 15.1, Apple also seeded the next update for the HomePod lineup. With HomePod software version 15.1, Apple is welcoming back a couple of features that have been in the works for quite some time. Both of which should be welcomed additions to the smart speaker lineup.