iOS 11 means you never have to remember app passwords again

Tired of constantly forgetting your passwords? Apple wants to eliminate that pain point in iOS 11 by expanding its password-managing feature beyond its Safari browser. Technically, password autofill for third-party apps has been available for a couple of years now, but developers had to enable the feature, and not a lot of apps actually did. …

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iPhone X price, features widen gap between haves and have

This wasn’t the typical start to an Apple event. Rather than a loud, slickly produced marketing video, Apple played an audio clip of late co-founder Steve Jobs speaking about creating “wonderful things” as his way of showing appreciation for humanity. Later on, an image flashed of Jobs holding the original iPhone during its launch 10 years ago. Apple CEO Tim …

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iOS 11’s storage tools help you get by with a 16 GB iPhone

With each major iOS release, Apple has consistently added features to help users identify items taking up storage space and how to best get rid of them. As of iOS 11, Apple is taking that approach one step further and providing a clear break down of those items along with tools to offload unused apps or data. iOS suggestions The Storage …

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London police deploy drones to search for missing people

Earlier we were 1st borough to deploy new Met Police drone to search for a High Risk Missing Person – useful piece of kit! #GDTeamC pic.twitter.com/VNpsHBMdA6 — Hackney Police (@MPSHackney) September 12, 2017 Police in the London borough of Hackney became the first in the capital to use a drone to search for a high-risk missing person on Tuesday. The …

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Your Apple Watch cellular plan? That’ll be $10 a month

The new Apple Watch Series 3 can double as its very own wrist phone, complete with LTE cellular data, for just $70, £70 or AU$100 more upfront. Apps, maps, streaming music and the ability to take calls from your own cell number, all without carrying your phone. But you won’t just be paying for that cellular radio. The LTE-equipped Apple …

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With iPhone X, what does Samsung call its next phones?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image What comes after X? James Martin/CNET Everything was so ordered before. Now, having launched its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8, along comes Apple to, um, disrupt things. It couldn’t stick to convention, could it? Instead, it had to be iPhone X. Pronounced …

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Get the 3

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Apple Watch 3 makes calls, but you’d better keep them short

When Apple Senior Vice President of Operations Jeff Williams unveiled the cellular-capable Apple Watch Series 3 in Cupertino yesterday, he touted a fairly impressive 18-hour battery life. Indeed, Apple’s product page says “up to 18 hours,” and that “all day” figure matches the non-cellular Series 3 model, as well as last year’s Series 1 model, which has a slower CPU. …

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Apple hikes prices on higher capacity iPad Pros by $50

The 256GB and 512GB versions of the iPad Pro cost $50 more now than they did before Apple‘s big Tuesday iPhone event. As is standard operating procedure on big Apple announcement days, Apple’s online store went offline a few hours before the event so it could be fully updated with the new cavalcade of products immediately following their unveiling. But …

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What next after iPhone X? iPhone names may have to change

Hello, iPhone X. Goodbye, iPhone names as we know them. When Apple announced the iPhone X (pronounced “ten,” not “ex”) with no home button, the electronics giant might have also subtly prepped us for a major sea change in how Apple phones are named. Stick with me here. Last year we got the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. This year …

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Would you use Apple’s new Face ID? (The 3:59, Ep. 283)

With Face ID, Apple is bringing a new way to unlock your iPhone. But whether people are going to use it is still out on the table. We compare Face ID with facial recognition for devices like the Galaxy Note 8 and Samsung’s Galaxy S8, and highlight how Apple’s made it different for the new iPhone X.  Also on the …

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YuMi the robot conducts Italian orchestra playing Verdi

A classical concert in an ancient Tuscan city is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find a robot taking center stage. And yet on Tuesday, YuMi the robot did just that, taking on the role of conductor as he directed the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra in a rendition of Verdi in Pisa, Italy as part of the International Robotics Festival. …

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Billions of devices vulnerable to creepy Bluetooth hack

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iPhone X, iPhone 8 are real: Watch our live reactions from Apple’s event replay

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