Much like the headset for which they were designed, Apple’s Personas are very much a work in progress. The original version of the beta avatars were — is “nightmarish” too strong a word? A subsequent update has made them more palatable and truer to life, and Apple says it’s continuing to work on the 3D […]
MLB Apple TV schedule 2024: Dates, times & teams for every 'Friday Night Baseball' live stream
Apple TV+ is back for a third year of “Friday Night Baseball” during the 2024 MLB season. The slate begins this Friday, with a pair of marquee matchups. First, Juan Soto and the Yankees head to Houston to take on Yordan Alvarez and the slugging Astros. Then, in the nightcap, Shohei Ohtani plays just his […]
Google hints that Apple is set to support RCS by this fall
Google briefly showed a section on the new Google Messages page claiming that Apple is set to roll out Rich Communication Services (RCS) support for iPhones this fall. This indicates that the iPhone maker is likely to extend RCS support in with the upcoming iOS 18 update. The page, spotted first by 9to5Google, had details […]
Apple dismisses Microsoft monopoly comparisons
A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any parallels between itself and Microsoft in the 1990s. It’s a comparison into which the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland leaned heavily in last week’s filing. While portions of the United […]
TechCrunch Minute: Robinhood’s credit card has arrived to take on Apple and any upcoming challengers
Robinhood’s new credit card was revealed Tuesday, and though it’s only available for Robinhood Gold members, the Gold Card does have a feature that’s spurring headlines: the ability to invest cash-back bonuses into investments. The announcement comes eight months after the acquisition of the startup X1 for $ 95 million, and it just so happens […]