Production on the next-generation processor that will power new iPhones launching later this year has reportedly already begun. Apple manufacturing partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has begun producing what is expected to be called the A12 chip, sources tell Bloomberg. The chip’s 7-nanometer design is said to make it faster and more efficient than the 10-nanometer …
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Google Photos is adding two simple features that make it more like Facebook or Apple’s Photos. The online photo storage library is introducing a Favorites and Heart feature to help sort the photos you love the most. When browsing through your own pictures you’ll see a star icon that you can use to mark a photo as a favorite. Tapping …
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Buy the Razer Phone for its gaming prowess, stick around for its photography skills? Razer is pushing out a May update for the Razer Phone, and with it comes a brand-new portrait mode camera feature, as reported by XDA Developers. Portrait Mode — the camera effect that blurs the background of photos to draw focus to your subject — has …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The ritual annual pilgrimage to Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2018) is upon us, and the official lead-up starts with the sending of the invitations: So now it’s confirmed for June 4 with the keynote beginning at 10 a.m. PT, once again …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple Watch needing a watch face store, stat. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing the EU for the Cambridge Analytica scandal Intel and Microsoft disclosing a new flaw in computers and mobile devices. Now playing: Watch this: Are you getting bored with your Apple Watch face? (The… 4:26 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In April, Apple killed off its entire networking product line. The company announced that it would be sunsetting the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule. You can still buy the remaining stock (if you don’t mind Frozen-era networking tech), and they’ll …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Siri was more than happy to chat about Apple’s WWDC on Monday, but it turns out she was talking about last year’s developers conference. Now, if you ask Siri about Apple’s upcoming WWDC, the digital assistant says, “You can get all the details …
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Apple quietly dropped the price of its Lightning to USB-C cable in the Apple store, which is sure to please some iPhone fans, and some people think it may hint at what’s to come for future Apple products too. When it was released in 2016, $25 for the one-meter Lightning-to-USB-C cable was a hefty price to ask. Now, at $19 …
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A patent trial between Apple and Samsung, two of the largest tech companies around, could end up looking like a trial between two of the largest car companies around. On Friday, an eight-person jury began its deliberations at US District Court in San Jose, smack dab in the middle of Silicon Valley and a 10-mile drive to Apple’s headquarters. They …
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A project codenamed Google A65 is thought to be a standalone AR headset, and now we may have more details about it. German news site Winfuture.de says it has documents that indicate Google’s working with Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta on the augmented reality headset. Google’s previously worked with Quanta on the Pixel C tablet. The headset is expected to include camera sensors and …
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