Apple faces a looming deadline to produce what it says are more than 1 million documents related to recent App Store changes. On Friday, Judge Thomas S. Hixson denied the company’s attempt to extend that deadline, describing the request as “bad behavior.” So Apple’s deadline is still Monday, September 30: “It’s up to Apple to […]
HTC takes on Apple’s Vision Pro and PC Gaming with $1,000 Vive Focus Vision
TechCrunch spent some time with the $ 1,119 Vive XR Elite portable headset that had Meta’s Quest Pro firmly in its sights. The new Vive Focus Vision, which was announced on Wednesday, is a fair bit larger and $ 1,000 less expensive than that system. The new headset looks to swim in similar waters as […]
Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro models arrive with 6.3- and 6.9-inch displays, larger battery and new A18 Pro chip
Apple revealed the full iPhone 16 line at Monday’s “Glowtime” event. According to CEO Tim Cook, the new handsets are “build around Apple Intelligence from the ground up.” Along with the base-level models, the company debuted the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, which both feature the new A18 Chip. The Pro Displays […]
Apple’s new Safari feature removes distracting items from websites
Safari’s newest feature, Distraction Control, can remove distracting elements from a website. The feature follows Arc Browser’s addition of Boosts last year, which similarly lets users remove features from a site and further customize its appearance. Apple is rolling out the early version of the feature this week through new developer betas of iOS 18, […]
At last, Apple’s Messages app will support RCS and scheduling texts
The biggest updates coming to Apple’s iMessage and its Messages app in iOS 18 aren’t its AI emoji, Genmoji, or even the ability to send texts via satellite. It’s the ability to finally, finally schedule messages to send at a later date and time, as well as support for RCS, the next-gen messaging standard and […]