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We’ll spend nearly a decade of our lives staring at our phones, study says

Many of us can admit to spending too much time on our phones, and a study released last week quantified just how often we stare at our screens. According to the report by mobile comparison site WhistleOut, the average American will spend nearly nine years of their lifetime on their phone.  Not surprisingly, Millennials spend …

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Getting an iPhone 12 mini or Pro Max? Use this checklist to get ready before it arrives

Orders for the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have been slowly trickling in for the last few weeks, and soon the biggest and smallest iPhone 12 models will follow. The iPhone 12 Mini and 12 Pro Max start arriving on Friday, Nov. 13. As your delivery date gets closer, do yourself a favor and follow our checklist to prep your current iPhone.  It’ll make setting up …

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The Pathless finally hits Apple Arcade, PS5. Here’s a look at gameplay

The wait is over. The Pathless, an epic mythic adventure game from Annapurna Interactive and Giant Squid (makers of Abzu), has finally arrived for Apple Arcade and the new PS5. The title is perhaps the most anticipated for Apple’s gaming subscription service to date, finally joining its growing catalog of over 140 games. Aside from its intriguing story and beautiful …

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Here’s how to still get an Intel MacBook Air

When Apple first announced its plans to switch from Intel CPUs to its own Apple Silicon chips, the company said the transition would take place over two years. After all, there are millions of Intel MacBooks out in the wild, and they remain incredibly popular with students, creative types and remote workers.  With Apple’s announcement of the new M1-powered MacBook …

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Apple’s new MacBook and Mac Mini could change PCs as we know them

On Tuesday, Apple announced its first personal computers powered using chips that are more like those in an iPhone than those in a typical PC. The machines are the $999 13-inch MacBook Air, the $699 Mac Mini and the $1,299 MacBook Pro. That alone is exciting to tech fans, but it’s also a sign of what’s possibly to come, whether you buy …

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The Cheapskate Show podcast: Cheap smartwatches that are just as good as expensive ones

Hey, you with the wrist. Wouldn’t you like to strap on something that could count your steps, track your runs, remind you of meetings, notify you of incoming text messages and, oh yeah, tell time? Sounds like you’re in the market for a fitness tracker. Or smartwatch. What’s the difference? That’s just one of the questions we’re tackling in this …

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MacBook Air and Pro with M1 opens the door to 5G. It can’t come soon enough

Apple on Tuesday spent 45 minutes breathlessly describing the benefits of the custom-designed chip, the M1, powering its newest Macs. Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, talked up the power-saving benefits, which allow for the longest battery life ever for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. He also talked up how quickly the computers would boot up and …

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Roku begins AirPlay 2, HomeKit rollout starting with Ultra, Streambar, Streaming Stick Plus

Roku’s rollout of support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit is now underway. On Wednesday the streaming giant announced that it has begun issuing the update, part of Roku OS 9.4, to a variety of its devices including its Ultra streaming box, Streambar and Smart Soundbar speakers, as well as the Streaming Stick Plus and Premiere streaming sticks. The company says …

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Apple’s new MacBook Air has up to an 18

Gone are the days when a laptop charge would only last a few hours. Apple on Tuesday said that its new MacBook Air will have 15 hours of battery life for wireless web browsing. For video playback, the battery will last 18 hours. And the battery life on video calls will be twice the rate on current MacBook Air computers. …

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Apple’s higher

With its “One More Thing” Mac event Tuesday, Apple moved its MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini onto its new M1 chip, but its higher-end computers are keeping the old Intel chips for the time being. The 16-inch MacBook Pro, the iMac, the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro are available only with Intel chips, which Apple has used for …

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