What you need to know Apple has reduced the cost of repairing an iPhone with cracked glass on the back of the phone. The company has reduced the rate for its customers from $99 to $29. You need to have AppleCare+ on the phone in order to enjoy the lowered rate. AppleCare+ just got cheaper
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Series 7 has a larger display, and looks like an Apple Watch. | Image: Apple One of the big rumors heating up before Apple’s “California Streaming” iPhone announcement event about the Apple Watch Series 7 wound up fizzling out as soon as the new smartwatch was unveiled. The speculation was that Apple
Read MoreWhat you need to know The 128GB storage option of the iPhone 13 Pro is limited with ProsRes video recording. That configuration can only record ProRes video in 1080p at 30 frames per second. The 256GB and higher storage options can record in 4K at 30fps. if you want all of the features of the
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Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft board of directors approves the appointment of Brad Smith to vice chair — – Brad Smith joined Microsoft in 1993 and has overseen the resolution of antitrust cases. — He holds over $200 million in Microsoft stock. — Microsoft said Tuesday its board approved the appointment …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple is shrinking the notch with the iPhone 13. The company says it was able to redesign the TrueDepth camera system to acquire a smaller footprint. It is 20% smaller than the original notch. We are slowly making progress to a no-notch iPhone. The notch is finally getting smaller on
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s “California Streaming” event was packed with announcements, from the iPhone 13 and forthcoming Apple Watch Series 7 to a sixth-gen iPad Mini. We expected much of this, yet, there were a number of things we had anticipated that Apple might announce but didn’t, including new MacBook Pros
Read MoreCasper has laid off dozens of employees, including three C-Level executives: its chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief operating officer, sources say. The mattress company declined to comment. The round of layoffs, communicated to employees on Friday, largely impacted retail and operations teams, signaling that the business may be undergoing a broader restructuring.
Read MoreWhat you need to know The iPhone 13 models feature support for Dual eSIM. The iPhone 12 and earlier models only support a single eSIM. You can finally ditch your physical sim cards altogether if your carrier supports it. Earlier today, Apple streamed its anticipated “California Streaming” event. During the virtual event, the company announced
Read MoreNo more wired headphones. Ever! What you need to know In its latest Switch update, Nintendo finally added the ability to use Bluetooth audio output. The update supports output like headphones and speakers, but not mics for voice chat. Version 13.0.0 also made it easier to update your Switch dock and added a setting for
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Nintendo has surprise-announced that Bluetooth audio support has come to the Switch through a software update. The ability to use Bluetooth headphones to listen to game audio has been a conspicuously missing feature since the console launched in 2017, so it’s great to finally have it — though
Read MoreThe Verge: Nintendo adds Bluetooth audio support to the Switch, which limits the device to two wireless controllers when in use and does not support microphones — Out of the blue(tooth) — Nintendo has surprise-announced that Bluetooth audio support has come to the Switch through a software update.
Read MoreRivian vehicles have received certifications from three agencies, the final hurdle that allows the electric automaker to sell and deliver its R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV in all 50 U.S. states. Rivian confirmed to TechCrunch in an email that the vehicles are fully certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Environmental Protection
Read MoreKatie Jennings / Forbes: Tia, a provider of virtual and in-person health and wellness services for women, raises $100M Series B led by Lone Pine Capital, bringing total funding to $132M — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Around 1 in 10 women in the United States …
Read MoreIn case you can’t get enough Jurassic Park movies, you can look forward to plans a biotech company has to hybridize endangered Asian elephants with long-extinct wooly mammoths using gene splicing and other exotic techniques. Expect a long movie, the team hopes to have calves after six years and we don’t think a theme park
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Satori, which streamlines data access and security for cloud-based data stores and infrastructure, raises $20M Series A led by B Capital and Evolution Equity — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Read MoreYimie Yong / TechNode Global: Indonesia-based Pluang, an app that allows users to invest in gold, equity indices, mutual funds, and cryptocurrencies, closes $55M round led by Square Peg — Indonesia-based wealth-tech company Pluang announced on Monday the close of its $55 million round, which added an additional $35 million to the $20 million raised
Read MoreThomas Claburn / The Register: Microsoft fixes more than 80 vulnerabilities, including 20 Chromium security bugs in Microsoft Edge and a critical zero-day vulnerability in MSHTML — Azure agent in Linux guests fixed, MSHTML exploit tackled, and much more – Plus: Adobe and SAP issue updates
Read MoreRebecca Szkutak / Forbes: Canvas, formerly Jumpstart, a diversity recruitment platform for companies, raises $50M Series C led by Owl Ventures at a $400M valuation — Ben Herman has centered his entire career around helping companies recruit talent. The cofounder and CEO of Canvas started in the field a few years …
Read MoreThe PlayStation 5 is here, but it’s still almost impossible to get your hands on one since it launched. Instead, people are still grabbing the discontinued PlayStation 4 wherever they can. That means that stocks of consoles are still low and deals are thin on the ground. We usually use this page to bring you
Read MoreLucas Ropek / Gizmodo: Anonymous claims to have hacked Epik, allegedly leaking “a decade’s worth of data”, including Epik’s client information; Epik says it’s not aware of any breach — The controversial domain registrar, which has been known to host Nazis and other unfortunate groups, apparently just had all of its data boosted.
Read MoreTo get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 14, 2021. It was an Apple day on the internets, so we’ve all spent the afternoon trying to figure out if we need a
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple has announced its new iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, which feature better cameras, 120Hz screens, new processors (which Apple claims are the fastest in a phone, period), better battery life, and smaller notches compared to their predecessors. But should you upgrade from the iPhone
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Protocol: Sources: Comcast partners with TV manufacturer Hisense to sell two smart TVs under the brand XClass, using Comcast’s X1 operating system — Comcast is gearing up to launch its own smart TVs: The company has struck a partnership with Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense to sell two smart TV models under …
Read MoreBest answer: Unfortunately, you can’t use your old iPad mini case with the new iPad mini 6. The design of the new sixth-generation iPad mini doesn’t match that of the previous-gen models. Instead, you’ll need to buy a new case, such as Apple’s brand new Smart Folio built just for the device. New design means
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