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Apple’s using more recycled materials in its iPhones and watches
Apple’s new iPhone Air contains more recycled titanium than any of its predecessors, the company announced at the Tuesday Keynote. It’s using 80 percent recycled titanium. The phone as a whole is made with 35 percent recycled material by weight, compared to 30 percent recycled material for the iPhone 17. The iPhone Air incorporates a […]
Apple’s new iPhone 17 devices don’t have an AI-powered Siri yet. It doesn’t matter.
Until now, Apple has only released what could be considered baseline AI features for its devices, like AI writing tools, summarization, generative AI images (which some complain are not very good), live translation, visual search, and Genmoji, among others.
The eight biggest announcements from Apple’s iPhone Air event
Apple just wrapped its extensive fall hardware keynote, which featured the marquee announcement of the thin iPhone Air, along with other iPhone 17 models, plus a suite of new Apple Watch wearables, and the new AirPods Pro 3 — phew, that was a lot. All of Apple’s new tech is releasing on September 19th. In […]
Hands-on with all the new Apple Watches: Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3
Following Apple's "Awe dropping" event today, we've been able to try out all the new Apple Watch models announced today including the Series 11, the Ultra 3, and the refreshes SE 3. The entry-level Apple Watch SE was last updated in 2022 with the second-generation model, but the new SE 3, which starts at $249 […]
Apple’s new MagSafe battery is only designed for the new iPhone Air
Apple just announced a new, official MagSafe battery for the super-slim iPhone Air, but if you were hoping the battery would work with other iPhones, it apparently won’t. According to the product page for the $99 battery, “the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery was created exclusively for iPhone Air,” and the compatibility list includes just the […]
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Anthropic’s Claude now lets users edit Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDFs in chat
Anthropic has added file editing to Claude, letting users work with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF documents directly in the chat. The article Anthropic's Claude now lets users edit Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDFs in chat appeared first on THE DECODER.
Apple’s new iPhone Air accessories include a slim MagSafe battery, TechWoven case, and crossbody strap
Apple has announced a new line of accessories designed specifically for the just-announced iPhone Air, including a slim MagSafe battery, a translucent case, a bumper case, and a crossbody strap. With the MagSafe battery, Apple claims that the iPhone Air will get up to 40 hours of video playback. Based on images from Apple, the […]
iPhone 17’s front-facing camera gets Center Stage
The iPhone 17’s front-facing camera has a brand new sensor that eschews the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio, for a square format. That gives the camera some extra wiggle room around the edges, to enable Center Stage for video calls and live streams from your selfie cam. That means you’ll be better centered during your Zoom […]