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Surprisingly cheap Pro monitor provides unique features that even Apple Studio display doesn’t — AOC’s new monitors offer KVM capability, a whopping 11 ports and Hollywood-grade Calman software compatibility

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AOC has announced the Graphic Pro U3 Series of monitors, which it says are crafted with creative professionals in mind, particularly photographers, visual artists, designers, editors, broadcasters, and producers. The Graphic Pro U3 line is made up of Q27U3CV, with a 27-inch QHD (2560×1440) display, U27U3CV, with a 27-inch 4K UHD (3840×2160) display, and the … Read more

Apple quarterly revenue drops but results beat analysts expectations

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Apple’s revenue slump continues, but it’s not as bad as Wall Street expected. Photo: Ospan Ali/Unsplash License/Modified by Cult of Mac Apple saw its revenue drop 4% year over year in the first quarter. The only real bright spot is that revenue and earnings dropped less than analysts had expected. As a result, shares of … Read more

Apple Reports 2Q 2024 Results: $23.6B Profit on $90.8B Revenue

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Apple today announced financial results for the second fiscal quarter of 2024, which corresponds to the first calendar quarter of the year. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $90.8 billion and net quarterly profit of $23.6 billion, or $1.53 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $94.8 billion and net quarterly profit of $24.1 … Read more

Apple Tweaks EU Core Technology Fee to Avoid Bankrupting Unexpectedly Viral Apps

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Apple today announced that it is tweaking the terms of the 0.50 euro Core Technology Fee (CTF) that apps distributed using the new EU business terms must pay, introducing a solution that would keep small apps that go viral from being bankrupt. First, independent and small developers who earn no revenue at all will not … Read more

First Apple watch is free for Mac upgraders: Today in Apple history

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May 2, 1995: Apple enters the wearables space with its first watch. However, the first Apple watch is a timepiece with no fitness-tracking tech, no on-screen notifications and a whole lot of 1990s styling. The device comes two decades before wearables actually will become a thing. A regular wristwatch, the freebie gadget is available via … Read more

Apple Confirms iPadOS Will Get Same EU App Changes as iOS This Fall

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Apple today confirmed that it will be bringing all of the app ecosystem changes made to iOS in the European Union to iPadOS in the fall. Earlier this week, the European Commission said that iPadOS is also a gatekeeper platform under the Digital Markets Act. EU developers will be able to distribute iPad apps outside … Read more

In a first, Apple Watch AFib History gains special FDA qualification

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Apple added AFib History to Apple Watch’s features, like ECG readings, in 2022. Photo: Apple For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) qualified a digital technology  — Apple Watch’s AFib History feature — for a special research program. AFib, or atrial fibrillation, is a type of abnormal heart beat associated with … Read more

Apple TV Plus’ Presumed Innocent trailer sees Jake Gyllenhaal in a tense courtroom thriller

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Harrison Ford’s footsteps are hard to fill, but Jake Gyllenhaal clearly isn’t afraid to give it a go: he’s the star and executive producer of Apple TV Plus‘ upcoming series Presumed Innocent, a remake of the Ford-starring 1990 courtroom drama based on the Scott Turow bestseller of the same name.  This time around it’s an … Read more

Apple Watch AFib History Feature Qualified by FDA to Evaluate Medical Devices

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Apple’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature on Apple Watch has been qualified by the FDA under its Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program, the first digital health technology feature of its kind to do so. Since 2022, Apple Watch has supported AFib History, which allows users diagnosed with atrial fibrillation to view an estimate of … Read more