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There’s nothing worse than having your laptop shut down in the middle of a big meeting, while writing an important email or halfway through streaming the latest binge-worthy Netflix series. Fortunately, battery life for laptops, tablets and hybrids continues to show steady improvement, with systems regularly hitting the 10-hour mark and beyond. Improvements to Intel’s …

You may be not thinking about going back to school yet, but Apple is. Apple’s back-to-school promotion is back, and this year the company is offering education discount pricing and free giveaways to college students and their parents, as well as faculty and staff of K-12 institutions. Eligible customers will be offered one free pair of either Beats Solo3 Wireless, …

For the past few months, I’ve been sitting on a couple of Apple gift cards. Now that the company has refreshed nearly its entire line of Mac computers, it seemed like the perfect time to get rid of them. But there’s a problem: I’m trying to choose between the new 12-inch MacBook and the entry-level, MacBook Pro sans Touch Bar, …

For months now, the internet has been awash with rumors that Apple’s 10th-anniversary iPhone (which we’re calling the iPhone 8 for now) will have facial recognition built into at least one of its cameras. Now a patent application dated today, and spotted by TechCrunch, spells out Apple’s ambition to patent a sensor that can tell if you’re human.  The application …

Apple has released the public beta of MacOS High Sierra, which means that you don’t need a developer account to check out the next version of MacOS. All you need is an Apple ID. Before you go out and update your Mac with the beta, however, you should use some caution. As with any beta software, you may run into …

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. I wanted to be sold. I really did. Sarah Tew/CNET I’m vulnerable. I look at my MacBook Air and think it a little dowdy.  It works just fine, but there are those times when you want to believe there’s something better out there.  So when …

Apple rarely, if ever, offers any sort of deals on its new products, but sometimes other retailers do. While this isn’t exactly a discount, Best Buy is rewarding customers who customers who preorder the latest iPad Pro models with up to a $50 gift card, depending on the model you order. You can also get a minimum of $250 Best …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I held the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro in my hands, and thought, this is better. Not massively different, but better. Apple’s yearly developer conference was surprisingly full of new hardware, and the iPad Pro was one of the biggest recipients of an overdue …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple announced new MacBooks and its new MacOS High Sierra software at WWDC 2017 on Monday, but neglected to mention it has added AppleCare+ protection for Macs. (There was a lot to get through, to be fair.) Previously, it offered AppleCare (no plus) for Macs …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with Apple’s new MacBooks 1:27 Apple‘s popular entry-level MacBook Air laptop is finally getting an update, albeit a small one.  The company on Monday announced the 13-inch computer will get a “bump in megahertz.” More specifically, it will …