Acer’s midrange gaming laptop line has four new arrivals today following the company’s refresh of its flagship models at CES 2024. On Tuesday, the company unveiled a pair of new 14-inch entries alongside two refreshes of existing 16-inch models. The Intel-powered Predator Helios Neo 14 and Nitro 16 will join the AMD-fueled Nitro 14 and … Read more
![App Store and More Down as Apple Services Suffer Widespread Outage [Updated]](https://i2.wp.com/images.macrumors.com/t/MuYr2cyAEYdr0CMrrvuycUPK5vs=/400x0/article-new/2022/01/iOS-App-Store-General-Feature-JoeBlue.jpg?lossy&w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1 "App Store and More Down as Apple Services Suffer Widespread Outage [Updated]")
A long list of Apple services are currently fully or partially down, including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV+, and more. The full list of services experiencing outages for many customers, according to Apple’s system status page: App Store Mac App Store Apple Arcade Apple Books Apple Fitness+ Apple Music Apple Podcasts Apple Sports … Read more
Elon Musk’s answer to ChatGPT is getting an update to make it better at math, coding and more. Musk’s xAI has launched Grok-1.5 to early testers with “improved capabilities and reasoning” and the ability to process longer contexts. The company claims it now stacks up against GPT-4, Gemini Pro 1.5 and Claude 3 Opus in … Read more
Google today announced several changes that it is making to the Google Maps platform, including an AI update. Google Maps now provides better at-a-glance information on locations, with the details powered by Google AI. Maps shows photo highlights and reviews that summarize what people like about a location. A restaurant’s food items can be identified … Read more
Apple on late Tuesday released revised versions of iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 with an updated build number of 21E237, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. The updates previously had a build number of 21E236. The revised updates are available for all iPhone and iPad models that are compatible with iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, … Read more
Last updated: March 27th, 2024 at 12:38 UTC+01:00 At CES 2023, Philips launched the Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs. It linked Philips’ smart lights with Samsung TVs to allow those lights to change color based on the content the TV is displaying, offering a more cinematic experience. Back then, Philips had made … Read more
Apple today began rolling out a firmware update for its AirTag item trackers. The firmware features a build number of 2A73 (2.0.73), up from the 2A61 firmware that came out last October. Apple does share release notes for AirTag firmware updates, but the document has yet to be updated for the new release so there’s … Read more
The new Apple Sports app for the iPhone received its first update today with optimizations for the MLB and NCAA’s March Madness. The full release notes for Apple Sports version 1.1: • Ready for March Madness? Follow the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments for real-time updates. • Starting with Opening Day, go deep this … Read more
Apple this week updated GarageBand for Mac with an important security fix. Users should update the app as soon as possible due to this security vulnerability. In a support document for the new GarageBand version, Apple said “a use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management”: GarageBand Available for: macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma Impact: … Read more
With iOS 18 and macOS 15, Apple intends to introduce a plethora of new features and enhancements affecting system applications and settings. Through industry sources, MacRumors has received details about the updated version of the Freeform app, which is set to include an interesting addition. Known as “Freeform Scenes,” the new feature will give users … Read more