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Food Network Kitchen Alexa app lets you take live cooking classes with Martha Stewart

Fans of Food Network celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis and Ree Drummond can now take live cooking classes with the pros. The new Food Network Kitchen app, out Tuesday, wants to become your personal kitchen assistant.  Food Network Kitchen integrates with Amazon Alexa to act as a hands-free helper while you cook, …

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iPhone SE2 is coming, and it could be huge (but also kinda small)

Apple may be working on a new, lower-cost iPhone SE 2 with some of the same features as the current iPhone 11, such as the A13 Bionic chip. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we take a look at the latest rumors about the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE and dissect a new patent that shows a new Apple …

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Apple might launch AirPods Pro before the end of the month, report says

Update, Oct. 28: Apple unveils AirPods Pro with new design and noise cancellation Those rumors about new AirPods being around the corner? Well, there is a new report that claims they can be here before the end of the month. According to China Economic Daily, Apple is planning to bring out a new AirPods Pro before the end of October. The …

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Apple says that 50% of iPhones are now on iOS 13

Apple’s iOS 13 may have only launched last month, but it’s already finding a home on a fair number of iPhones.  In an updated support post to developers on the App Store, Apple revealed that, as of Oct. 15, its latest mobile software is on 55% of all iPhone devices introduced in the last four years and on 50% of …

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Don’t mourn for iTunes. Here’s how to now listen to music on MacOS

Some have waited years for this moment, the day when Apple killed off its iTunes media app for MacOS and split the exasperating tool into individual pieces, each dedicated to a specific purpose. With the Catalina update, the iTunes grumblers get their wish, because with the new update to MacOS, Apple retires iTunes, replacing it with new Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple …

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AirPods 3 and Apple’s AR glasses could be here sooner than we thought

Apple’s AirPods have been a runaway success, but a new version with a new design may be close to launching with features like noise cancellation and water resistance. In this week’s Apple Core roundup we look at all the latest rumors about the AirPods 3 and as a bonus check on the status of Apple’s long-awaited AR glasses. AirPods 3: …

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Put down your iPhone and DJ your Spotify music with your voice

It’s been a long time coming, but you can finally use Siri on your iPhone or iPad to control Spotify. Start and stop music, change tracks or start playing a podcast using your voice.  Spotify updated its iOS app with support for voice commands on the iPhone ($500 at Best Buy), iPad ($170 at Amazon) and  AirPods ($100 at Amazon) as well as  CarPlay, …

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UFO or space station? The best way to spot the ISS without a telescope

When my husband rushed me onto the back porch claiming we would be able to see the International Space Station passing over our house one night, I didn’t exactly believe him. We’re far enough out in the country to see stars, but we haven’t completely escaped the city’s light pollution. Still, I looked up. While I didn’t expect to see the …

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Crossy Road Castle joins Apple Arcade, one of first hit iOS games to jump in

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks at some of the new games. Fans of the Crossy Road mobile game on iOS and Android, or those nostalgic for games like Mario and Frogger, might have a reason to be more interested in Apple Arcade: A new version of the app, called Crossy Road Castle, …

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Most important MacOS Catalina features coming to Mac this fall

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Your MacBook, iMac or — lucky you — beastly Mac Pro just got a big boost, because MacOS Catalina is now available from Apple. With the Mac update, Apple replaces the iTunes app with three separate apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. …

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