June, 2019

• 4 June

  Scam artists reportedly stole $19 million worth of iPhones

  

  A New York crime ring that allegedly stole hundreds of iPhones over the past seven years has been busted, according to Quartz. All told, the group reportedly got its hands on more than $19 million worth of the devices. Six people were charged in the case, which was filed by federal prosecutors in New York …

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• 4 June

  Mozilla Firefox now blocks websites and advertisers from tracking you

  

  After more than a year ratcheting up its privacy protections, Firefox now blocks website cookies that can let advertisers and publishers track you across the web. Cookies are small text files that websites can store in your browser — either first-party cookies from the operator of the website or third-party cookies that can come along for the ride from advertising …

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• 4 June

  Apple’s coolest new AR features only work on iPads and iPhones with the newest processors

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has been really excited about augmented reality, and at Apple’s WWDC developer conference there were some new effects announced that push ARKit into new realms of realism. But you need a top-end iPhone XS, iPhone XR, XS Max, or iPad Pro with …

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• 4 June

  iOS 13 code reportedly hints at Apple’s rumored Tile competitor

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC’s keynote presentation on Monday was packed full of news on iOS 13, iPadOS, MacOS Catalina and more. And now that the betas for all of Apple’s new operating systems are available to developers, some surprises have started to surface. Developer Steve Moser …

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• 4 June

  iPhone names will hit a wall in 2019

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With iOS 13, Apple gave us a window into the next iPhones, one where dark mode rules supreme and you can sign in to a website without giving up your email address. But in between customizing Memoji and improving the iPhone camera, the one thing CEO …

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• 4 June

  Apple takes the new Mac Pro back to the future in a classic tower

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. For a company with such tremendous customer loyalty, Apple attracts fans who can also zero in on a handful of features or topics they are just not down with. For some it’s the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro. For others, the butterfly …

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• 4 June

  Save money on Amazon Video and iTunes movies

  

  You probably think that when you’re buying movies from Amazon or iTunes, the price is what the price is. It’s not like there’s some magical way to score a better deal. Actually, there is: Movies occasionally go on sale. Unfortunately, there’s no way to know when that’s happening for something you want to buy. Your only option? Check Amazon and …

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• 4 June

  At WWDC 2019, Apple touts Sign In as convenient without privacy hit

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With its Sign In with Apple — an alternative to single sign-on services offered by rivals Facebook and Google, unveiled at the company’s WWDC keynote — Apple says it’s offering a new way to vouch for your identity with your favorite apps or services.   But …

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• 4 June

  Tim Cook says he isn’t too worried about China tariffs on iPhones

  

  Apple CEO Tim Cook says that so far the company’s products have managed to escape fallout from President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China, and he’s optimistic it will stay that way. Beijing said in May it would impose a 25% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on goods imported from China. Analysts …

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• 4 June

  Samsung launches 5G gaming service

  

  Samsung has launched a 5G gaming app in partnership with cloud-streaming game service Hatch. The Hatch for Samsung app is designed for the Galaxy S10 5G and for use with 5G mobile networks such as those launched by Sprint and Verizon. 5G, also already launched in the US by AT&T, is the next-generation network being used by smartphones to provide faster speeds …

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