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Apple releases new MagSafe Wallet with support for the Find My network, compatible with all iPhone 12 and 13 models, available now for $59 in five new colors (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple releases new MagSafe Wallet with support for the Find My network, compatible with all iPhone 12 and 13 models, available now for $59 in five new colors — Apple today released a new version of the MagSafe Wallet, now featuring support for the Find My network and five new color

Rivian’s first-production R1T electric pickup truck rolls off the line

The first-production Rivian R1T electric pickup truck in “Rivian blue” rolled off the assembly line Tuesday morning at the company’s factory in Normal, Illinois, marking a milestone more than a decade in the making for the automaker and its founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe. The company, which started in 2009 as Mainstream Motors before adopting

Apple’s big event today stressed its major focus on streaming

Image: Apple Apple’s big product event today was all about iPhones, iPads, and the latest generation of its smartwatch — but make no mistake, it also underscored Apple’s increasingly aggressive push to dominate streaming. Apple wasted no time on Tuesday showcasing its quickly expanding and award-winning roster of originals on Apple TV Plus, with Apple

Insider states Nintendo Switch won’t get price drop in US

No price drop is planned for the Japanese market, either. What you need to know The Nintendo Switch received a price drop for its base model in Europe. The price was reduced to €269.99 in Europe and £259.99 in the UK. Insider Stephen Totilo states that no such price reduction is planned for the North

Tiny Wings+ flaps its way to Apple Arcade on iPhone, iPad, & Apple TV soon

What you need to know Tiny Wings+ is coming to Apple Arcade soon. The game will be playable on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. There will be no ads or in-app purchases and the game will be free to all Apple Arcade subscribers. Game subscription service Apple Arcade will be in the presence of a

Razer made gamer thimbles

The most 2021 gaming apparel yet | Razer What makes a gamer? I’ll tell you. It’s having the right attitude, the skills to dominate, and of course, the right tech. You won’t get ahead without the best, well, you name it. Razer has already produced gaming monitors, headsets, mice, keyboards, toasters, Chroma-enabled mug holders, chairs,

Intuit’s $12B Mailchimp acquisition is about expanding its small business focus

At first blush, the $12 billion Intuit-Mailchimp deal might not make a heck of a lot of sense. But people tend to pigeonhole companies, and in this case they might see Intuit as purely a financial software company and Mailchimp as an email marketing firm and nothing more. If that’s as far as your perspective

SpaceX, Blue Origin awarded NASA contracts to develop moon lander concepts for future Artemis missions

NASA has awarded a combined $146 million in contracts to five companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics, to develop lander concepts as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The awards include $26.5 million to Blue Origin; $40.8 million to Dynetics; $35.2 million to Lockheed Martin; $34.8 million to Northrop Grumman; and $9.4 million to

Here are the new Emoji coming soon to all your devices

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Unicode Consortium announced 37 new icons and an additional 75 skin tone variations as a part of the 2022 Emoji 14.0. New additions include biting lip, melting face, heart hands, face holding back tears, and plenty more. You can expect to see the new icons available on your

Apple drops the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone XR from its lineup

iPhone XR | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge As a slew of new iPhones come in, several models go out. This year, Apple pulled the plug on a couple of familiar standbys to make room for the iPhone 13, as MacRumors points out. The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max have

App Annie and co-founder charged with securities fraud, will pay $10M+ settlement

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged App Annie, a leading mobile data and analytics firm, as well as its co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Bertrand Schmitt, with securities fraud. App Annie and Schmitt have agreed to pay over $10 million to settle the fraud charges which are related to “deceptive practices

DOJ court documents: three former US intel operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the UAE, face charges of conspiring to violate hacking laws (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: DOJ court documents: three former US intel operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the UAE, face charges of conspiring to violate hacking laws — The US Department of Justice has fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company.

Side-scroller Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls lands on Apple Arcade Friday

What you need to know Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls is coming to Apple Arcade this Friday, September 17. The new game will be playable on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. It’s Castlevania, but on your iPhone. Side-scrolling Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls will arrive on Apple Arcade this coming Friday, September 17. That also happens

The Apple Watch’s new sizes make shopping for bands more confusing

Apple The Apple Watch Series 7 was one of the many announcements made during Apple’s “California Streaming” event, sharing the stage alongside the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro, a new iPad Mini with USB-C charging, and more. The watch comes in new 41mm and 45mm case sizing, moving away from the 40mm and 44mm sizing

Creative ad tech is on the cusp of a revolution, and VCs should take note

Casey Saran Contributor Share on Twitter An ad tech veteran who has logged time at Google and The Rubicon Project (now Magnite), Casey Saran is co-founder and CEO of Spaceback. 2021 has been a good year to be an ad tech investor. Valuations are surging, Wall Street is happy and exits are frequent and satisfying. It’s

Apple’s updated leather MagSafe wallet supports Find My location tracking

Apple introduced an updated version of its MagSafe leather wallet today with new colors and support for an additional feature: tracking in the Find My app. Apple’s location tracking service recently expanded with the addition of AirTags, and now the company is apparently working some version of the same functionality into its more low-tech accessories.

Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure sprints into Apple Arcade this Friday

What you need to know Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure is a new riff on the popular game and arrives on the App Store this Friday. Gamers will play on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV as they match three on-screen items and uncover mysteries. It’s Temple Run, but different. Apple has confirmed that Temple Run:

Logistics startup Stord raises $90M in Kleiner Perkins-led round, becomes a unicorn and acquires a company

When Kleiner Perkins led Stord’s $12.4 million Series A in 2019, its founders were in their early 20s and so passionate about their startup that they each dropped out of their respective schools to focus on growing the business. Fast-forward two years and Stord — an Atlanta-based company that has developed a cloud supply chain —

You’ll need a screen protector for that gorgeous new iPhone 13

Even before your new iPhone 13 arrives, make sure it’s protected with a good screen protector. I’ve seen so many cracked screens that could have been avoided if the owner had just taken this simple step. Here are some of the best screen protectors for your iPhone 13. Best value iVoler Tempered Glass Screen Protector

All iPhone 13 models will feature a Cinematic mode that can mimic professional cameras’ more advanced techniques, such as “rack focus” and others (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: All iPhone 13 models will feature a Cinematic mode that can mimic professional cameras’ more advanced techniques, such as “rack focus” and others — iPhone 13 could make your mobile footage look a lot more like Hollywood films. Apple’s new phones feature cinematic mode …

Apple Unveils New iPhone 13, iPad mini, and Apple Watch 7

Apple has just wrapped up its fall 2021 announcements, and there were no major surprises. There are new iPhones, an updated Apple Watch, and redesigned iPad Mini. That new pocket-sized iPad is the biggest departure from the last-gen device, and the others have just a few small tweaks and improvements. Apple will no doubt sell

Gorgeous Battery Welder Hits The Spot

Raise you’re hand if you’ve ever soldered directly to a battery even though you know better. We’ve all been there. Sometimes we get away with it when we have a small pack and don’t care about longevity. But when [Robert Dunn] needed to build a battery pack out of about 120 Lithium Ion cells, he

Everything Apple Announced Today: iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch

The company unveiled the iPhone 13—and a handful of other products—at a media event Tuesday.

Sydney-based Immutable, which has developed Ethereum-based tools to monetize NFTs in games, raises $60M (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Sydney-based Immutable, which has developed Ethereum-based tools to monetize NFTs in games, raises $60M — A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Immutable has raised $60 million for its platform that uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to help monetize games.

Apple shares new ‘Welcome to the Club’ video for Apple Fitness+

What you need to know Apple has debuted a new video that highlights Apple Fitness+. Today, the company announced a slew of new updates for the fitness subscription service. Welcome to the Club. No card required. Today, Apple hosted its “California Streaming” event. At the virtual event, the company announced the iPhone 13, Apple Watch

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