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Apple Music will offer Dolby Atmos and lossless streaming starting next month After clues in iOS 14.6 beta code and Apple Music for Android, and an intentional tease from the company, Apple has officially announced its spatial audio with Dolby Atmos and lossless streaming. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-music-lossless-dolby-atmos-131659010.html

AirTag review: They work great—maybe a little too great Apple's AirTag is not a revolutionary new product. Rather, it's a significant refinement of an idea that, up until now, has been fairly niche. It works very, very well, but it works so well it seems to undermine Apple's attempts to focus its products on privacy and security. Continue Reading . . . https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/airtag-review-a-neat-product-at-odds-with-apples-pro-privacy-messaging/

18 Surprisingly Practical Uses for Apple AirTags Apple's new $29 Bluetooth beacons definitely drew some inspiration from Tile's lineup of trackers. But just because AirTags are designed like existing smart trackers doesn't mean you can't find other useful ways to use these little homing tags. Continue Reading . . . https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/18-surprisingly-practical-uses-for-apple-airtags-0384571/

watchOS 7.4 arrives with an easier way to unlock your iPhone Along with iOS 14.5, Apple has rolled out updates to its other operating systems. One of the key features of the latest iOS firmware is an easier way to unlock your iPhone. As long as you're wearing an Apple Watch running watchOS 7. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-watchos-iphone-unlock-macos-tvos-homepod-181749610.html

How to order Apple AirTags Apple announced a bunch of new devices at its "Spring Loaded" event earlier this week and now you can actually buy them. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/how-to-order-apple-airtags-iphone-12-purple-24-inch-imac-ipad-pro-apple-tv-4k-120012336.html

You can buy Apple’s new $60 Siri remote a la carte for your old Apple TV, too Apple has finally excised its much-maligned Apple TV remote with a new iteration that ditches the confusing touchpad for some good old-fashioned buttons. But you won’t need to shell out for Apple’s updated Apple TV 4K to get one. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/20/22394196/apple-tv-4k-new-siri-remote-sold-separately-price-buttons

Here are all the AirTag accessories we know about The Apple AirTags have finally been announced, and with them come a ton of accessories to make them easier to use (so much easier than if it had, say, a built-in way to attach it to things). Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/20/22394331/apple-airtag-release-launch-accessory-roundup-nomad-belkin

Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ iPad Pro event live blog Apple seemingly has a big backlog of products to announce. We’ve been anticipating new iPad Pros, AirTags, AirPods, an Apple TV, and just maybe a new iMac with Arm-based Apple Silicon. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/20/22384269/apple-event-live-blog-news-announcements-ipad-pro-spring-loaded

Apple's AirTag tracks your items for $29 Apple unveiled the long-awaited AirTags at its "Spring Loaded" virtual event today, introducing them as accessories that join the company's Find My service. The fobs can be customized with engravings of characters, letters and emoji. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-airtag-29-each-find-my-item-tracker-comning-april-30-171736127.html

The new Apple TV 4K gets a revamped remote and A12 Bionic chip At its Spring Forward event, Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K streaming box, its first since 2017. New to this model is the company's A12 Bionic chip. Apple says the updated silicon allows the Apple TV to play HDR video at higher frame rates, as well as decode video faster. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/new-apple-tv-4-remote-redesign-a12-bionic-173418462.html

Apple is bringing Touch ID to the new iMacs Apple's ultra-colorful new iMacs will include wireless Touch ID capabilities. This will allow users to log in, swap profiles and complete purchases with Apple Pay on the iMac. The feature will be built into specific versions of the keyboard that will be sold alongside the fresh iMac line. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/touch-id-apple-imac-wireless-174826559.html

Apple launches $200 million fund for climate change Apple has created a $200 million fund to invest in forestry projects to help remove carbon from the atmosphere while also generating financial returns for its investors, the company said Thursday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385552/apple-200-million-fund-climate-change-environment

You can now run Windows 10 on Arm on Apple’s M1 Macs Parallels is releasing an update to its Desktop virtual machine software that allows M1 Mac owners to install Windows 10 on Arm. Parallels Desktop 16. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/22383598/parallels-desktop-mac-windows-10-install-m1-macbook

Apple's New MacBooks Will Be Game-Changers. Here's What We Know So Far Apple released the first Mac computers with its M1 chipset — specifically, a new MacBook Air, a new Mac Mini and new 13-inch MacBook Pro — back in November 2020. Continue Reading . . . https://www.gearpatrol.com/tech/audio/a35459032/apple-macbook-pro-m1-rumors/

Apple confirms April 20th launch event, new iPads and Macs expected Mark your calendars, friends: Apple has just sent out invitations for a launch event on April 20th at 10:00 AM Pacific/1:00 PM Eastern, just like Siri suggested it would earlier this morning. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-event-april-20-2021-ipad-mini-ipad-pro-m1-imac-160658784.html

The HomePod Mini Has a Secret Sensor, but Apple's Smart Home Future Is Still Meh When the HomePod mini launched a few months back, it appears Apple was holding out on everyone in the form of a secret temperature and humidity sensor. The news comes via Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who’s got a pretty stellar track record when it comes to Apple leaks, and was confirmed by iFixit. Continue Reading . . . https://gizmodo.com/the-homepod-mini-has-a-secret-sensor-but-apples-smart-1846525863

Apple will abide by Russian law by offering government-approved apps Apple has reportedly agreed to show Russian users a prompt to preinstall some apps when they're first using an iPhone or other device. If a user doesn’t select one of the government-approved apps, it won’t be installed, according to newspaper Vedomosti. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-iphone-ipad-mac-russia-apps-preinstall-144255015.html

The One Charging Mistake Every Apple Expert Says You Should Never Make Charging your phone seems simple enough. Plug your device into a charger and forget about it, right? But that’s not the entire story. It’s just as easy to commit a few common charging sins that you may not even be aware you’re making. Continue Reading . . . https://www.shefinds.com/collections/charging-mistake-apple/

Apple AirTags release date, price, news and leaks Apple AirTags may finally arrive this month. Yes, after they failed to debut at three separate fall 2020 Apple events, all signs point to Apple's long-rumored key finder arriving at a rumored upcoming event. Continue Reading . . . https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-airtags-release-date-price-news-and-leaks

NASA’s latest Mars rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998 NASA’s brand-new Perseverance rover is the most advanced machine that’s ever landed on Mars. But when it comes to rovers, “state of the art” is a subjective term. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/3/2/22309412/nasa-perseverance-mars-rover-processor-cpu-imac-1998