Apple today sent out press invites for the WWDC 2019 keynote held on Monday, June 3.
Apple issues press invites for the June 3 WWDC 2019 keynote
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The Steam Chat app hits iPhone, Valve says voice calling will follow at a later stage
A week after finally debuting its long-delayed Steam Link app for local gameplay streaming on iOS devices, developer Valve today announced the release of a standalone Steam Chat app for iPhone that offers many, but not all features found in its desktop counterpart.
Apple previews a new Safari feature called Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution
Apple today previewed a new privacy-focused feature coming to the Safari browser, Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution, but this one's designed with advertisers in mind.
Apple says it will be ‘clearer’ with iPhone users in the UK about battery health
Apple found itself in a bit of hot water before the end of 2017, as it was discovered that the company was deliberately throttling CPU performance in an effort to sustain optimal battery life in aging iPhone models. Apple aimed to clarify that move, and has since made improvements to iOS to avoid that fate. But in the United Kingdom Apple will be doing a bit more.
League of Legends is being ported to mobile, unlikely to debut in 2019
Tencent Holdings in China and Riot Games in the United States are working on bringing the popular multiplayer online battle arena game to smartphones and tablets, Reuters reports.
A United Nations report says Siri and other female smart assistants reinforce gender bias
A United Nations report indirectly accuses smart assistant providers like Apple, Google and Microsoft of reinforcing gender bias by using female assistant voices by default.
This shortcut lets you find the very best movies on Netflix or Amazon Prime
When it comes to movies and TV shows, popular streaming services offer more content than you could ever watch in a lifetime. Hence, finding the very best movies and TV shows is essential. If you've ever struggled to pick what to watch on Netflix or Amazon Prime, this handy shortcut lets you effortlessly find the best movies streaming on those services.
This new jailbreak tweak effectively hides your iPhone’s notch
The notch at the top of modern Face ID-enabled handsets such as the iPhone X, XR, XS, and XS Max is a non-issue to me, but some people can’t seem to wrap their minds around having anything besides a straight line integrated with the display’s edge.
If you identify with the latter group of people and your notched handset is jailbroken, then you’ll be excited to learn that you can now download a newly-released jailbreak tweak called SmallStatusBarX by iOS developer level3tjg to hide the notch and enable the legacy Status Bar on relevant handsets.
Sileo version 1.0.8 released with battery drain fix & other improvements
If you’re enjoying a jailbreak on iOS 11 or 12 by way of the Electra Team’s Chimera or Electra jailbreak tools, then you might be excited to learn that the bundled Sileo package manager has been updated to version 1.0.8 on Tuesday with some notable improvements.
The Sileo Team announced the update via Twitter just this evening:
Transit riders in the Portland-Vancouver area can now use Hop Fastpass in Apple Wallet
Apple would very much like its digital Wallet app to a one-stop-shop for a variety of different use cases, not just buying things. That includes being able to use the Wallet app to quickly hop on a public transit ride. And for folks in the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington areas, that is now a reality.
Hands on: Picaso leather sleeves for 2018 iPad Pro, now in three new subdued color finishes
Picaso Lab handcrafts gorgeous leather accessories for keeping your Apple gear in pristine condition. Having previously reviewed their MacBook Air cases and iPad sleeves, we now go hands-on with one of the recently released three new colorways for their iPad Pro cases.
2016 13-inch MacBook Pro now has a Display Backlight Service Program
"Flexgate" cropped up earlier this year in a big way, with owners of the 13-inch 2016 MacBook Pro expressing their dissatisfaction with a backlight issue in their machines. The problem gave a "stage lighting" effect on afflicted models, an apparent issue with the cables under the hood.