Vision Pro spatial Personas are like Apple’s version of the metaverse without the Meta

Vision Pro spatial Personas are like Apple’s version of the metaverse without the Meta

While the initial hype over Apple Vision Pro may have died down, Apple is still busy developing and rolling out fresh updates, including a new one that lets multiple Personas work and play together. Apple briefly demonstrated this capability when it introduced the Vision Pro and gave me my first test-drive last year but now … Read more

Right- or left-handed? Protein in embryo cells might help decide

Right- or left-handed? Protein in embryo cells might help decide

Dozens of genetic factors have been associated with left-handedness, which occurs in roughly one in ever ten people.Credit: incamerastock/Alamy To what extent do genes determine how you pick up your morning cup of coffee? Researchers examined rare genetic variants from a database of more than 350,000 individuals’ genetic data to hunt for clues for what … Read more

Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5 to Developers

Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.5 update to developers, with the software coming nearly a month after Apple released macOS Sonoma 14.4. Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer … Read more

Xbox’s April Game Pass titles include Lego 2K Drive, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Harold Halibut

Xbox’s April Game Pass titles include Lego 2K Drive, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Harold Halibut

April’s new Xbox Game Pass arrivals give you Lego racing, Lara Croft and a Lil Gator. Subscribers can play the Mario Kart-like Lego 2K Drive starting on Wednesday, the trilogy-wrapping Shadow of the Tomb Raider on April 11 and the charming stop-motion adventure game Harold Halibut on April 16. Lego 2K Drive, launched in May … Read more

Emmy-winning Jane unpacks new adventures in season 2 trailer

Emmy-winning Jane unpacks new adventures in season 2 trailer

Clever kids and adorable animals rush headlong into new adventures in the season 2 trailer Apple TV+ dropped Tuesday for Jane. The work of famed ethologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall inspired the TV series. The mission-driven family show’s second season debuts April 19 on Apple TV+. Jane season 2 trailer shows a new slate … Read more

Nubia’s affordable Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 rival gets an imminent global launch date

Nubia’s affordable Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 rival gets an imminent global launch date

ZTE subsidiary Nubia (aka the name behind some of the best gaming phones) debuted its budget-friendly foldable, the Nubia Flip 5G, at MWC 2024, and now we’ve got a better idea of where (and when) the upcoming phone will launch.  Nubia itself has confirmed that the Flip 5G – which is known in selected regions … Read more

Apple Updates iWork Apps With New Features on Mac, iPad, and iPhone

Apple Updates iWork Apps With New Features on Mac, iPad, and iPhone

Apple today updated its trio of iWork apps Keynote, Numbers, and Pages for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone with several new features and changes. The release notes for version 14.0 of the Mac apps follow, and the release notes for version 14.0 of the iPad and iPhone apps are nearly identical. Keynote • Add a … Read more

Z80 SoftCard is Microsoft’s first hardware: Today in Apple history

Z80 SoftCard is Microsoft’s first hardware: Today in Apple history

April 2, 1980: Microsoft releases its first hardware product, the Z80 SoftCard. A microprocessor card that plugs into the Apple II, it allows the computer to run programs designed for the CP/M operating system, a popular OS for business software. Arriving several years before the first version of Windows, the Z80 SoftCard quickly becomes a … Read more