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Apple misled callers on ‘error 53,’ court documents allege

Apple has a court date with Australia’s consumer competition watchdog in December, but new “error 53” developments are coming well before then. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that in 13 undercover calls made to Australian Apple retailers last June, Apple representatives wrongly told customers it did not have the responsibility to fix device …

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What to do if your Apple Watch Series 2 gets wet

Now playing: Watch this: The new Apple Watch Series 2 comes with built-in GPS… 1:25 One of the headline features of the Apple Watch Series 2 is the fact you can wear it in water, up to 50 meters deep, with no ill effects. However, just because there’s a fancy water rating attached to your watch, that doesn’t mean you …

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Macs, iPhones, Siri getting new AI brain power

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Your Apple hardware is about to get a notch smarter as the company builds new artificial intelligence abilities into Macs and iPhones — and lets other programmers tap into that power. AI technology will mean Siri better understands what you want and speaks …

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Apple’s new iOS 11 Control Center combines simplicity and depth

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple looks like they’re striking the right balance for their Control Center feature with the new iOS 11. The company showed off the redesigned section during the company’s keynote at WWDC 2017.  Scroll up from the bottom of your screen, and you’ll see …

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How to sign up for the public betas for iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, Apple announced new versions of its mobile and Mac operating systems, iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra. As with past WWDC announcements, developer betas will be made available today, with public betas and official releases …

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Apple’s iOS 11 take on AR looks pretty good so far

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Augmented reality: what the heck do you do with it? No one really knows for sure, but everyone’s trying. Apple is making a concerted push towards AR with iOS 11, adding a developer toolset called ARKit that helps create augmented experiences on iPhones …

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MacBook Air finally gets an upgrade, but it’s minor

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 …

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Apple bringing VR, external graphics and game engines to Mac

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Virtual Reality. Steam. Unity. Unreal. External graphics.  They’re not words you’d usually expect Apple to utter during the Mac portion of a press conference — the company has all but ignored desktop gaming for years. But it just announced it will natively support …

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iOS 11 for iPad includes bigger dock, drag and drop features

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple demos iOS 11 on the new iPad Pro 1:31 Apple says the new iOS 11 will make multitasking easier for the iPad.  During the tech giant’s annual WWDC developers conference, Apple software head Craig Federighi said the new software features include: …

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What’s new with the 2017 MacBooks: tl;dr edition

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 2017 WWDC keynote was chock full of big news — everything from new iPad Pros, new iMacs and even its new HomePod speaker, in addition to the usual overhauls of its Mac, …

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