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Just days before Apple’s WWDC 2017 event kicked off, Foxconn employees dumped a bunch of rumors on Reddit, signaling tons of new hardware to come from the Cupertino-based company. From new iPhones to an AR glasses, the leaks suggested that there were quite a few hardware news to watch for. But just how many of them did Apple actually reveal in the opening keynote?
If you missed it, here’s a supercut of the entire two-hour keynote edited down to a snack-sized 19 minutes featuring iOS

iOS 11 isn’t coming out until this fall, but Apple had the preview loaded up on its new 10.5-inch iPad Pro today for members of the press to check out. I got to the play with the operating system for a few minutes while handling the tablet, and what stands out the most is just how complicated it’s starting to feel — but in a way that shows the platform is evolving, not getting harder to use.
The biggest updates in iOS 11 are on the iPad. And for once, iOS is taking hints from m

Google today released its monthly security update for Pixel and Nexus devices. The security patch is rolling out over-the-air and can also be downloaded directly if you’re not one for waiting. In addition to bolstering the security of its devices, Android Police points out that Google included a pretty important Pixel software fix in this update: a nasty bug that has resulted in some Pixel smartphones randomly freezing has supposedly been fixed. Well, hopefully.
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If you’re looking for a wired keyboard from Apple, well you’re out of luck. The company introduced the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad shortly after its WWDC keynote today, and quickly removed its wired keyboard with numeric keypad from its online store.The move increases the price of the cheapest keyboard you can purchase from Apple from $49 to $79 for its standard Magic Keyboard, while the new magic keyboard with numeric keypad will come in at $129. A $50 premium for a few addit

Earlier today Apple announced a new version of the iPad Pro, a 10.5-inch model that is technically just a little bit larger than the earlier 9.7-inch tablet but, with 40 percent smaller bezels, offers much more screen real estate. Like all of the high-end iPad Pros its an impressive piece of hardware, with a brighter display, a new 64-bit A10X Fusion chip, and something called Pro Motion that increases the refresh rate and, Apple claims, makes the accessory pencil even more natural-feeling.But w

The go-to move with any major developer conference is to kick things off with a cheesy video of happy young people using your technology in sunny urbanscapes, and Apple has long been a pioneer of this genre. Today’s WWDC opener, however, was a little bit different, depicting a nightmare glitch scenario wherein all apps on all iPhones and iPads around the world just malfunction and cease to exist.
Cue a fast-moving whirlwind tour of a planet Earth tilted off its axis by hordes of disoriente

Russian hacking groups played a larger role in the 2016 election than anyone realized, according to a top secret NSA report published today in The Intercept. That campaign includes targeting a supplier of US voting software, as well as sending spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before Election Day. The result is a troubling new turn in Russian hacking efforts, although there’s no indication the group had access to voting totals or election results.
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Microsoft has filed a trademark for a mysterious S logo today. The logo, discovered by a NeoGAF user, is related to “Video game consoles for use with an external display screen or monitor; video game interactive remote control units” and “Computer game software for use with personal computers and video game consoles,” according to the trademark filing. It’s not clear whether the trademark is related to a new game for Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles, or even Proj

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District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is working on a new project under his latest undertaking, Oats Studios. The company’s YouTube channel released the official trailer for Volume 1, presumably the first entry in a bizarre and bloody series of experimental films. Or possibly it’s a collection of images from a handful of those short films, as in Oats’ first volume of short films.
The Volume 1 trailer features a nonsensical mash-up of blood-soaked bodies, sci-fi dystopias, and Sigo

Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote just wrapped, where key executives Craig Federighi, Phil Schiller, and, of course, Tim Cook, took the stage to announce updates headed to iPhones, MacBooks, Apple TV, and more.
The rumors for this year’s WWDC came in the final hours leading up to the event, with hints of new hardware and, of course, software news for developers to help prep the release of consumer updates in the fall. We were also anticipating the company to finally take Siri up against the

Apple announced today a new smart home speaker called the HomePod. The ridiculously-named device is very similar to an Amazon Echo. You can play music, listen to the news, and control your Apple Home Kit. The 7 inch-tall speaker is powered by an A8 chip, the same one in the iPhone 6. It has a 4-inch woofer and seven beam-tweeters — the long way of saying it projects sound very well. It uses spatial awareness to adjust its sound to the room its in, and two HomePods will automatically synch

The keynote event of Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference clocked in at more than two hours, and it was full of news about what Apple’s doing with macOS, its hardware, and especially iOS 11. But there’s only so much you can cram into two hours when you have to focus on big features like augmented reality or launching a smart speaker.That’s why one of the best parts of the show is the moment when Apple just says “screw it” and dumps a few dozen new fe

I just spent a moment with Apple’s new HomePod intelligent speaker, which kind of looks like a mesh-wrapped Mac Pro. It comes in black and white, and it’s cute. Like a cute little ovoid thing. It has seven tweeters in the bottom, along with a four-inch woofer, and six microphones at the top. It’s about the size of two large grapefruits stacked on top of each other, I guess, if I needed to describe it. Smaller than a breadbox, anyway.
When you say “Hey, Siri,” it lig

Apple has officially announced the HomePod speaker today, which the company claims will reinvent music in homes like the iPod did for music on the go.
The new smart speaker features a seven-speaker array of tweeters. Additionally, there’s a four-inch upward-facing subwoofer and an Apple A8 chip. The speaker features “spatial awareness,” which allows it to automatically tune the sound to the space that the speaker is in. Setup is simple — simply hold an iPhone next to the

Apple unveiled the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro at its 2017 WWDC event, replacing the 9.7-inch Pro with a faster, larger iPad that’s still light. The new iPad Pro weighs just one pound, and has a refresh rate of 120hz. This means everything on the iPad is faster and crisper. To keep battery life high, the refresh rate will slow if it’s not necessary, such as when you’re looking at a still image. Apple also has reduced iPad latency to 20 milliseconds, an “industry best.”

You’ll never forget to repay your friends or family again. Apple has finally enabled peer to peer payments 一you can now send or receive money through Apple Pay, directly in iMessage. Apple Pay will be competing with PayPal, Venmo, Square Cash and other bank offerings such as Chase QuickPay. If the person you’re talking to says, “Don’t forget to send the $20 you owe me!” in iMessage, your keyboard will automatically suggest an Ap

Following some speculative chatter in the Twitterverse, Apple has at long last introduced a much-needed file management application for iOS that gives iPhone and iPad users significantly more control over their files. According to an announcement made during the company’s flagship software WWDC keynote, the app will be called Files. The management system will come with support for nested folders and spring loading. It will additionally offer a search option as well as

Augmented reality is huge, and it’s only getting bigger, thanks to ARKit. The software, which Apple launched at WWDC 2017 in San Diego, provides the framework for developers to create crazy cool augmented reality applications. This comes with sophisticated motion tracking, which Apple called “fast and stable motion tracking”. This will ultimately allow for a more immersive experience, as objects will appear to be intrinsically part of the real space. Apple’s demonst

Over 1 trillion photos are taken on iOS every year. The next trillion won’t just look better, but will also be smaller too. Apple has introduced two new codecs, HEVC (the High Efficiency Video Codec) and HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format). HEVC will consume half the storage of the current incumbent video format, while HEIF will remain compatible with other phones. That’s a good thing, because Apple just overhauled Live Photos, allowing you to trim them and select standout

Over 1 trillion photos are taken on iOS every year. The next trillion won’t just look better, but they’ll also be smaller. Apple has introduced two new codecs, HEVC (the High Efficiency Video Codec) and HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format). HEVC will consume half the storage of the current incumbent video format, while HEIF will remain compatible with other phones. That’s a good thing, because Apple just overhauled Live Photos, allowing you to trim them and selec

Apple is releasing iOS 11 and with it comes changes to the navigation app. The updated version of the popular navigation app will feature enhanced information for when you get where you’re going – detailed floor plans of malls and hotels for example. You’ll also be able to determine the floor plan of an airport before you get there – including airport security locations. The updates also include a feature that will determine what lane you should be in for optimized trave

Apple has announced it is completely redesigning the App Store experience. The news came during the company’s annual WWDC keynote in San Jose. The update will bring a new ‘Today’ tab that will make it easier for iOS users to discover new apps and learn more about the developers that created them. In addition to ‘Today,’ the Big A is also introducing a new ‘Games’ tab to help users find awesome new games. There will also be a dedicated ‘A

Apple is aiming to bring CarPlay’s level of safety to all iPhone users, with a new update to Do Not Disturb called “Do Not Disturb While Driving.” When this option is turned on, your iOS 11-enabled device will be able to detect when you’re driving, and will go completely dark until you’re done. Any attempts to use your apps will result in a black screen. If you access your phone in a moving car while you’re not driving, you will be given the option

Microsoft is planning to unveil its Project Scorpio Xbox console at E3, and now the company is teasing its dev kit ahead of the E3 press event on Sunday. There’s not a lot of new information about the dev kit from when we first saw it in April, but the video tour provides a closer look at the hardware, and reveals that the dev kits look different to the final Project Scorpio console. Xbox engineer Kevin Gammill also reveals that some game developers are creating miniature games for the OL

Wonder Woman had an arduous task to pull off on its way to the box office. As the fourth entry in the DC Extended Universe, it needed to succeed where Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad had each failed for being dour, poorly made, and overly violent. It also needed to be the first blockbuster starring a female superhero to land at the box office, proving decades of skepticism wrong in the process. It’s an unenviable position to be in, but the film was a success despite its

IBM, in partnership with Samsung and GlobalFoundries (which manufactures chips for Qualcomm and AMD, among others), has developed a process for building 5nm chips. Two years ago IBM unveiled a 7nm process, and Samsung will likely ship 7nm chips next year, but today's announcement sounds like an even more important breakthrough in chip design.Photo: IBMThe 5nm chip uses a "gate-all-around" transistor (GAAFET), with the gate material wrapped around a trio of horizontal silicon "nanosheets," as com

It feels like robotics kits are everywhere these days, as companies compete to figure out the best way to turn basic robotics, electronics, and coding concepts into a toy or game to get kids to learn STEM skills under the guise of having fun.Boson, from DRFRobot, is the latest of these, and it has all the trappings of a STEM learning toy: colorful plastic, simple design, and powerful possibilities for those willing to learn the system. At its core, Boson is a block coding tool similar to Tynker