“KFC and Cooler Master have unveiled a bucket-shaped gaming PC that also warms chicken,” is a sentence I never expected to write in my tech journalism career. I should have seen it coming, however, after KFC launched a Twitter marketing stunt for a “...

Per industry sources, Apple has ordered TSMC’s initial production of chips built via a 3-nanometer process for both its iOS and Apple Silicon devices. Previous reports had indicated that TSMC was close to finalizing its new 3-nanometer process, a new report says that Apple has placed an order for its M-series and A-series processors using […]

You don’t need to be an expert or spend a fortune on cutting-edge gear, these first steps will lay a foundation you can build on.

While Netflix has ignored the lure of live sports and Disney has left it to ESPN+, Amazon Prime Video has included streaming games from the Yankees, MLS, tennis and even the NFL. In the UK it carries Premier League games and also has UEFA Champions L...

Investment bank Wedbush has outlined its Apple investor "wish list" for 2021, and it includes the launch of "Apple Glass," a strategic car partnership, and more.Credit: WikiMediaIn a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, analyst Daniel Ives outlined the top 10 things that could result in a strong year for both Apple and Apple investors. Some of the items on the list are realistic and backed by rumors, while others appear to be less likely but still possible.

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Verizon's low-band "nationwide 5G" network delivers slower speeds on an iPhone 12 than the carrier's 4G LTE network, according to new testing.Credit: Andrew O'Hara, AppleInsiderThe carrier launched its "nationwide" 5G network in October. But the system is based on dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS), which reuses 4G channels for 5G and may actually be slower than straight 4G LTE.

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Time is running out to get AirPods Pro for Christmas while saving $50 at Amazon.$199 AirPods Pro dealHoliday shoppers looking for a last-minute gift can still snag an aggressive deal on Apple AirPods Pro, with units in stock for delivery by Christmas to many zip codes.

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Apple is reportedly preparing to send out "jailbroken" iPhone devices to the first participants of its Security Research Device (SRD) program, which is meant to facilitate iOS security research.Credit: AppleThe SRD program centers on specially configured iPhones that are less locked down than consumer devices, allowing security researchers to more easily find flaws and vulnerabilities. The program was announced in August 2019, and Apple began accepting applications for it in July 2020.

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On Tuesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he considered selling his electric car company to Apple in recent years, but Apple CEO Tim Cook was not even interested in taking a meeting. CNBC reports: Specifically, Musk wrote in a tweet on December 22: "During the darkest days of the Model 3 program, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value). He refused to take the meeting." It was a rare admission from the mercurial CEO that he once considered giving up control of the company he helped build and take to a market value that's more than the top nine automakers combined. Tesla has not discussed a sale in any financial filing.

On Tuesday, Musk also made remarks about lithium iron phosphate batteries that Apple is reportedly developing for use in vehicles, per a Reuters report on Monday. "Strange, if true," Musk wrote. "Tesla already uses iron-phosphate for medium range cars made in our Shanghai factory.- A...

Following recent "Apple Car" rumors, investment bank Morgan Stanley said it believes Apple has the "key ingredients" that are critical for a successful entry into the car market.Credit: MotorTrendIn a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, the bank's automotive and tech hardware analysis teams shared some key thoughts on the so-called "Apple Car." The note follows a report from Reuters that an Apple-made vehicle, equipped with new battery technology, could head into production in 2024.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said he once pitched selling the electric carmaker to Apple for a fraction of its current value but was refused by CEO Tim Cook.Credit: TeslaIn a tweet Tuesday, Musk said that "during the darkest days of the Model 3 program," he personally reached out to Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla for one-tenth of its current value. Cook, Musk said, refused the meeting.

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AirPods the brand for Apple’s wireless headphones, which now spans three products: AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max. They’re prices at $159, $249, and $549 respectively, though you can often find them on sale.

This FAQ will help you better understand the features of AirPods, how the three models differ from one another, and how they work together with your Apple gear. For those about to rock, an AirPods guide.

Updated 12/22/20: Updated FAQ with information on AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, spatial audio, and more.

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Apple Watch hardware has improved at a steady clip over the years, but the software has also received marked improvements with each new iteration of watchOS. The latest version, watchOS 7, brings big improvements in three key new areas: new watch faces features, fleshed-out fitness enhancements, and the Sleep app. After using watchOS 7 daily for the past few months, and with the recent launch of Apple Fitness+ capping off the release, here’s my final recap review of watchOS 7.

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Elon Musk has confirmed rumors that he tried to sell Tesla to Apple not so long ago, but Apple CEO Tim Cook wouldn’t even take the meeting.

Cook probably regrets it since Musk said that he was willing to let Tesla go for 1/10th of its current value.

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In a new Bloomberg report, Mark Gurman reiterates his previous prediction that Apple is planning an Apple TV set-top box with a stronger gaming focus, an updated remote and a new processor for 2021.

“Those changes will fix some of the Apple TV box’s issues, but the product will need to take another big leap—akin to its 2015 changes—to remain competitive in the long term. Either that or it needs to get a lot cheaper,” he writes.

The Sellers Research Group (that’s me) thinks the set-top box will indeed get a more powerful processor, as well as bigger storage options with a focus on making even more powerful games available on the Apple Arcade gaming service. I also think Apple will introduce its own gamepad that will work with the Apple TV, as well as Macs and iPads.

iLounge has a special deal on the DIY Building Block STEM Drone, which allows you and your child to explore the technology behind UAVs.

The build it yourself drone is the perfect project for the weekend or when your kids need to unplug. Half the fun comes from customizing your drone. Once constructed, the STEM drone works just like any commercial or toy drone with flips, tricks and more. The toy is best for children aged 6 to 10 and teaches about load balancing and aerodynamics. They’ll develop hands-on practical skills the moment the parts spill out the box and until they start flying and doing stunt flips. You can pick the blue color or grey depending on your preference.

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If you love the color red and are looking for an excuse to buy the newest Apple Watch model, today is your lucky day. The PRODUCT(RED) Apple Watch Series 6 is down to just $339 from its original price of $399 on Amazon.

The GPS model lets you follow up via text and take calls directly from your watch. It has an always-on retina display for easier viewing even while outdoors. The Series 6 is powered by Apple’s U1 Ultra Wideband chip and 5GHz Wi-Fi for the ultimate in connectivity.

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Just two weeks after the iPhone 12 was launched the Apple product became the number 1 bestseller in the 5G smartphone list for the month of October.

The two-week window ended up with Apple iPhone 12 to become the number 12 bestseller of 5G phones between January to October this year.

The second bestselling 5G mobile was the iPhone 12 Pro, with the third being the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Ultimately, both iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 garnered approximately a fourth of total 5G mobile phone sales for October.

It’s believed that the strong sales were due to the demand for a 5G device within iOS userbase and promotions from US carriers, which amounted to more than a third of iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 sales. Also, the iPhone has a wider market coverage compared to other 5G devices.

The sales contributed to mmWave-capable device penetration from 5 to 12 percent in September to October.

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Presidential transitions are complex endeavors that require a small army of staff and a lot of work ahead of Inauguration Day. In the modern era, there are other logistics to consider, including oversight of government-run social media accounts. When...

Apple’s new AirPods Max are officially here. The first orders have arrived to customers around the world, and select Apple Stores now have same-day availability for pick up and delivery. If you’ve just unboxed new AirPods Max headphones, here are some accessories that you might find useful.

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With the coronavirus still spreading worldwide, CES 2021 has gone online only, and so has Engadget. Though this year's event will undoubtedly be different, at least one thing remains the same: We will continue to judge the official Best of CES Awards...

The new AirPods Max are turning heads with a high price tag and excellent audio quality. But is what you get worth the $549?AirPods Max next to iPhone 12 ProAirPods Max design

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You’ve heard about MacX DVD Ripper Pro before on Apple World Today. It’s the best and fastest Mac app for ripping and converting DVDs to digital files that can be used on all of your devices. Today we’re announcing a new version of the app and offering a great Christmas deal to buy Mac X DVD Ripper Pro for just $29.95 (usually $67.95, so you get 56% off the regular price!).

What is MacX DVD Ripper Pro?

MacX DVD Ripper Pro is the best DVD backup solution on the market. Run the app and it backs up protected or home DVDs to any format needed to watch the videos on Mac, TV, iPhone, iPad and other devices.

There are other solutions on the market, but none work as well as MacX DVD Ripper Pro. It can rip most DVDs in less than 5...

Ransomware attacks can cause serious disruptions. They’ve locked people out of hospital, school district and city government networks. To help tackle the scourge, Microsoft, McAfee and 17 other tech companies, security firms and non-profits have form...

The popular Apple TV+ sports comedy "Ted Lasso" may not be a long-running show for the service, with its creator suggesting it would most likely end after three seasons.Apple has already bought into three seasons of the sports-comedy series by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt, but it seems that may be the entirety of the story for "Ted Lasso." In a podcast, Lawrence offered that the show probably won't go beyond the third season at all.In a discussion about the Disney+ show "The Mandalorian" on the Fake Doctors, Real Friends podcast,...

So far, we've been nothing but impressed with NVIDIA's RTX 3000 video cards: The RTX 3080 offers a tremendous amount of performance for anyone willing to shell out $699 for a video card, while the 3070 is more practical at $499 but still offers plent...

Today’s best deals include Apple Watch Series 6, plus you can save on Mac mini, and HomePod in Best Buy’s one-day sale. Head below for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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[VIDEO] Embedded in the main Loop post is a five minute chunk of Peter Jackson’s coming Beatles movie. It’s far more than a trailer.

What I found most amazing about this treat is how much footage there is that I’ve never seen before.

Enjoy. Coming to theaters August 27th.

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In 1977, Shigeru Miyamoto joined Nintendo, a company then known for selling toys, playing cards, and trivial novelties. Miyamoto was twenty-four, fresh out of art school. His employer, inspired by the success of a California company named Atari, was hoping to expand into video games. Miyamoto began tinkering with a story about a carpenter, a damsel in distress, and a giant ape. The result, Donkey Kong, débuted in 1981. Four years later, Miyamoto had turned the carpenter into a plumber; Mario, and the Super Mario Bros. franchise, had arrived. But Miyamoto wanted more. Tired of linear, side-scrolling mechanics, he yearned to conjure the open world and carefree adventures of his childhood in Sonobe, a town just west of Kyoto. In 1986, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda.

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Miyamoto turned sixty-eight in November. He’s been linked to Walt Disney since the early days of his career, and those comparisons are set to continue; Miyamoto is currently...

The phrase “perfect pandemic game” is one that’s been thrown around quite a bit this year, awarded to various popular titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Among Us. Now that I’ve spent a few weeks with Harmonix’s concert DJ simulation game,...

Multitasking, the ability to perform more than one task simultaneously, is a crucial skill for life and work in the 21st century. Anyone looking to stay fit and entertained, for example, knows the value of listening to a podcast while at the gym or o...

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While it has not yet been widely reported, Lawrence said as much on an early December episode of Fake Doctors, Real Friends, a Scrubs rewatch podcast hosted by series stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison.

Lawrence refers to Scrubs and Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence.

During a conversation about the state of The Mandalorian, Lawrence was opining on the difficulty of making a second season to a show where everyone loved the first season. When asked whether he was concerned about that on Ted Lasso, he said it was less of an issue on a series that is designed as finite.

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“I think that ours is a little different because Jason, as he’s kind of mapping it out, it’s a three-season show,” Lawrence explained. “So…super-fans know that [The Mandalorian is] connecting tissue in the Star Wars universe, and for us, everybody knows that they get an end to this story in the third season.”

Normally, I’d put this off as rumor, take with a...

Looking for the best deal on Apple's popular iPad Air? B&H has you covered with free expedited shipping plus $30 off the latest iPad Air 4 with LTE functionality.Holiday iPad Air markdownAvailable exclusively for AppleInsider readers, the $30 holiday iPad Air 4 discount at B&H applies to the 64GB Wi-Fi + Cellular spec in Space Gray, bringing the price down to $699 using the activation instructions below. Free expedited delivery is also included when shipped within the contiguous U.S. to put the device in your hands quickly.

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A lawsuit claims Google and Facebook were planning to work together to combat any investigations into their online advertising relationship, an agreement where the two tech giants would attempt to fend off antitrust lawsuits by helping each other out.The lawsuit was jointly filed by attorneys general in ten states against Google on Wednesday, accusing Google of "engaging in market collusion to rig auctions" in online advertising. While that lawsuit was redacted, a draft version free from censorship reveals Google could have received some help from Facebook on the matter.The redacted draft version seen by The Wall Street Journal mentions a deal between Google and Facebook to "cooperate and assist one another" in...

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Apple is in an existential tiff with Facebook over the privacy warnings in iOS 14 because if you sat down to read the warnings for the Facebook app you’d be done in time for Easter dinner but you wouldn’t want to eat it because you’d be too nauseated.

Writing for CNet, however, Chris Matyszczyk says both Facebook and Apple are wrong. Because of course.

“Apple and Facebook bathe in the hot tub of hypocrisy.” (Tip o’ the antlers to Nick.)

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Originally debuted at 2019's CES, Netatmo will soon be bringing its HomeKit-compatible Smart Video Doorbell to U.S. customers in early JanuaryNetatmo's Smart Video Doorbell has a 140-degree field of view, smart HDR technology to handle backlit scenes, infrared night vision, and locally recorded video. Thanks to a thin-film coating, it's IP44 rated and is entirely waterproof and dustproof.The Smart Video Doorbell utilizes Artificial Intelligence algorithms to identify between random motion and a person approaching the door. Its built-in microphone and speaker allows users to communicate with guests, delivery people, or strangers at the door. A customizable Alert-Zone enables users to define what areas will trigger motion alerts and which won't.

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Macs may be able to turn a wall or any surface into a touch input device in the future, with Apple researching ways to add touch-based interactions to a surface that doesn't have any capability for touch sensing at all.A compact projector in use. Many electronic devices offer touch capabilities as a way to interact with the computer system, such as an iPhone or iPad display. While touch interfaces are common, there are areas where such interactions could be useful, but are currently not able to be used.

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Google is offering would-be Stadia Pro users a 30-minute trial with no need for payment information, reports 9to5Google. Until now, if you wanted to test the cloud gaming service for a month, you’d still need to hand over your payment information bef...

Have the kids been hounding you for a drone this year? Here’s a great gift idea — the DIY Building Block STEM Drone ($49.99), which your kids can assemble in different configurations to learn about aerodynamics and load balancing. Instead of just giving them a toy they’ll soon forget, give them knowledge that can inspire a future career in STEM or UAVs!

Have hyperactive kids at home? Feed their brains with this DIY Building Block STEM Drone. Instead of playing video games all the time, encourage your kids to develop a hobby that is an extension of gaming. It will not only enhance their hands-on practical skills but also encourage them to go outdoors and play...

Apple’s annual Christmas week movie sale is here and it’s a big one. This time around, the iTunes storefront is discounting a number of movie bundles, along with James Bond films, Batman titles, and more. All of which will become a permanent part of your library of content. With more of us staying home this holiday season, this is a great way to load up on some new movies to enjoy as winter rolls around. Head below for all of our top picks.

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Business Insider has an interesting look at the battle for web privacy — and how Apple is effectively keeping Google’s data-grabbing ambitions in check across the web as a whole.

New web standards are agreed by the World Wide Web Consortium, also known as the W3C. In theory, each member organization gets one vote, but the site’s Shona Ghosh argues that the reality is somewhat different…

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Beats Solo Pro wireless headphones are ideal if you’re looking for powerful bass but also want convenient Apple features like hands-free Siri. They’re not cheap at all with a regular price of $300, but Best Buy is now selling them in the “More Matte”...

We live on the web. Web apps mean we enter extensive amounts of text into form fields or pages that look like forms all the time. The best tools, like Google Docs, automatically save as we type, preventing the loss while connected to the internet of more than a few characters or a sentence or so.

But most web pages have no backup. If you misfire and click too early, if we click Reset Form instead of Submit, if the Web site suffers an error and dumps your submission, if your browser crashes, if the tab in your browser stutters and fails—we’ve lost whatever we typed.

There’s a way to prevent this. In Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, you can install an extension that automatically back up form entries.

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Apple is seeing high demand for its iPhone 12 lineup and has increased its orders with assembly partners for Q1 2021, Cowen analysts claim, with the shipment count expected to grow year-on-year by 38%.The iPhone 12 range has proved to be a popular mobile device for Apple so far, and one that may maintain demand for a considerable period of time. In a note to investors seen by AppleInsider about the smartphone market as a whole, Cowen believes Apple is enjoying strong demand that will continue throughout the first quarter of 2021.The number of builds for the March 2021 quarter has grown to 51 million, which represents a 38% year-on-year increase. The figure is also up from what was expected for the quarter last month, when 47 million units were anticipated.

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Apple Pay is now being supported by Line Pay in Japan, a mobile wallet service that is accepted in more than 1.21 million stores across the country, with users now able to pay with their Line Pay balance via Apple's payment mechanism.Launched on Tuesday, the support for Line Pay adds an extra contactless payment option to the Japan-centric service, through the use of Apple Pay. Line Pay is extensively used for daily payments of goods and services in stores, and is linked to the dominant Line messaging app that is also used in the country.The new support means consumers will be able to use the iPhone or Apple Watch to perform an NFC transaction without launching the Line app itself. As well as NFC, support...

Not surprisingly, Adobe is working on adding Apple Silicon/M1 processor support to its applications. The company on Monday offered a nifty limited beta to Premiere, its Mac video editing software, as well as Rush and its Audition audio editing tool. As with Photoshop, Adobe is offering a phrased approach to the transition, its initial betas […]

The new edition of MacVoices Live!'s offers the second part of Gift Guide Six and features Peter Cohen, Brittany Smith, and most Chuck Joiner.

MacVoices is an Internet show that delivers in-depth discussions with the most influential people in the Mac industry as well as the individuals who are out there making it happen on the front lines of the global Apple community. Founded as an audio program in 2005, the show has evolved into audio and video versions to offer the best of both worlds.

Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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