Connect to hotel TVs via AirPlay Apple announced AirPlay was coming to hotel TVs during WWDC, and that effort is already making headway thanks to LG bringing the feature to its hotel TV lineup in 2023. AirPlay is a convenient feature that lets users cast content from their iPhone, iPad, or Mac to another product … Read more
Tim Cook (left) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an earlier meeting While it’s not completely clear what the specific topics of discussion will be, Apple CEO Tim Cook is attending a White House dinner on Thursday night with visiting India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and then the pair will meet again on Friday. The … Read more
Article Hero Image While Metal is Apple’s fast graphics rendering technology for games, MetalFX adds improvements to make it shine on Apple Silicon. Here’s how MetalFX works. In 2014 Apple introduced its new graphics and games rendering technology called Metal. Metal is a rendering API that provides fast performance optimized for Apple hardware. With the … Read more
Apple replaced 3D Touch with Haptic Touch in 2019 Users can now speed up the iPhone’s haptic feedback thanks to a new setting in iOS 17, and at its fastest, it comes close to how the old 3D Touch used to work. Apple abandoned its hardware-based 3D Touch feature with pressure-sensitive screens back in 2019. … Read more
Manolo the bull, in better days A Texas restaurant recovered its beloved 6-foot-tall, 150-pound fiberglass bull statue thanks to a well-placed Apple AirTag. The statue, dubbed Manolo, sat outside San Antonio’s Tacos Don Manolito. The bull, who had been there since January, was chained to a bench that was cemented to the ground. Owner David … Read more
Apple TV 4K with tvOS 17 Apple’s tvOS 17 has added so many new features, including FaceTime, improvements to Apple Fitness+, and an updated Control Center. Here are the best features coming to the Apple TV set-top box in the fall. At times, it feels like Apple neglects its big-screen operating system, but this year … Read more
Unreleased Eve AirPlay 2 adapter An unannounced AirPlay 2 adapter from Eve has shown up in a regulatory database today, following the company’s acquisition by mega-firm ABB. Eve’s adapter would connect to your existing speakers, amplifier, or soundbar and allow users to cast audio wirelessly via AirPlay 2. There are many such devices on the … Read more