Published Jul 5th, 2024 6:45PM EDT Hours after Epic Games complained on X about Apple blocking its third-party app marketplace from launching on iPhone and iPad in the European Union, Apple immediately reversed course. On Friday afternoon, Reuters reported that Apple approved the Epic Games Store for its mobile devices following Epic’s latest round of
Anna Barclay/Getty Images In 2008, Apple introduced the second-generation iPhone model, the iPhone 3G, which changed the way we used our mobile phones forever with the integration of third-party apps. At the same time, Apple also released the earliest version of the App Store, which houses both native and third-party apps built to work on
Siri will finally get better in spring 2025 when Apple makes its Apple Intelligence AI system available to everyone via its iOS 18.4 update, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in the latest Power On newsletter. That’s more specific than Apple has been — so far, it’s only said the flagship AI features will be available
It may sound funny to say this, but PDF files — electronic copies of printed documents — are still around and are still very useful. Short for Portable Document Format, PDFs allow you to create a digital version of a paper document, letting you store and access them a lot easier than having to rifle
This security feature can ensure the person you're texting isn't a scammer -- or worse. Zachary McAuliffe Staff writer Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a TV series
For almost a year, leaks and rumors have built up hype for the upcoming Apple Watch Series 10, which has been called “Apple Watch X” by some people. Rumors about the grandiosity of this watch upgrade started in 2023 when some inaccurate reports expected Apple to replace the Apple Watch Series 9 with an all-new
The iPhone 16's battery could be much better—and a lot easier to replace. Credit: Parilov / Shutterstock.com All batteries age, and the lithium ion battery in your iPhone is no exception. Overtime, the battery degrades, and, as such, can no longer hold as much of a charge as it could when new. After a few
Apple made a big change to iPhone processors in 2022. This was the first year the non-Pro and Pro iPhones featured different chips. The iPhone 14 Pros introduced the A16 Bionic that Apple later used for the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus. But the base iPhone 14 variants featured the A15 Bionic chips from the
If you're traveling this summer, you don't want your iPhone to die while you're looking up directions. Nelson Aguilar is an LA-based tech how-to writer and graduate of UCLA. With more than a decade of experience, he covers Apple and Google and writes on iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings and more. There's
Apple is finally loosening some restrictions on third-party repairs. The tech giant said in its latest white paper, Longevity, by Design , that it will extend software support to third-party replacement batteries and displays installed into iPhones later this year. This means that it won’t deactivate True Tone and battery health data for iPhone users
