Month: September 2024

Disney is coming down hard on users that share accounts across households, with the company forcing users that are doing so to add a paid sharing add-on to their account.Disney+’s password crackdownStreaming services often miss out on subscription revenue because of the common practice of password sharing. Families often use the same account credentials between…

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The Action Button on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 provides one-click access to features, but strangely it can only perform one action. With a quick workaround in the Shortcuts apps, it’s possible to use the Action Button to trigger up to eight applications or automations.The iPhone Action Button is more powerful than you may…

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Former Masimo CEO Joe Kiani may have won the war against Apple, but he has resigned after losing a fight with a hedge fund.Apple Watch Series 9 and newer are sold with a deactivated blood oxygen sensorAfter spending over $100 million and betting the company he founded on principle alone, Joe Kiani is out at…

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While Meta might be playing fast and loose describing its Orion smart glasses as having the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses, it is a clear look at the future possibilities of Apple Vision.Meta Orion are a pair of AR glasses that hope to pass as regular specsWords used to mean something,…

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Ubisoft is delaying Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ by three months, with the macOS-destined game now having its original release on February 14, 2025.Assassin’s Creed Shadows [Ubisoft]Ubisoft made a big splash in May that it will be launching a game from the Assassin’s Creed franchise on Apple Silicon Macs on the Mac App Store at the same…

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iPhone encryption can’t be bypassed, not even to gather more information on the men who tried to shoot former president Trump. (via Cult of Mac – Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos) Go to Source Author: Ed Hardy

While the iPhone 16 introduced a variety of hardware improvements, some of Apple’s planned features never made it to the final mass-production units. Here’s everything that was scrapped during development.Some iPhone 16 features didn’t make it past the prototype stage.Apple’s iPhone 16 lineup went through several different prototype stages, as is typically the case for…

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Microsoft today announced that it will “soon” be combining its Xbox and Xbox Game Pass apps on the iPhone and iPad, as well as on Android. Features from the Xbox Game Pass app will be moving to the Xbox app for an all-in-one experience. In the Xbox app, you will be able to view your…

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