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Oscar Wong/Getty Images Your iPhone isn't just a phone — it is a mini-computer filled with your personal life and financial info. Think about it — all your contacts, photos, emails, passwords, and maybe even bank details — everything is stored inside. That's why protecting it against hackers and snoops isn't just a good idea

Many of us grapple with the same issue: excessive screen time. Whether it's browsing websites or checking our iPhones, the struggle is real. Sometimes the culprit is just a few websites that somehow manage to suck us in for hours on end. Apple is well aware of this issue and has equipped the iPhone with

Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, its suite of artificial intelligence features that will improve Siri, automatically generate emails and images and sort notifications. The new software called Apple Intelligence was released in the developer beta of iOS 18.1. It is also available in similar releases for iPad and Mac. It is

Published Jul 30th, 2024 11:31AM EDT Introduced alongside the iPhone 14, Apple is now expanding Emergency SOS via satellite feature to Japan. Japanese iPhone owners will now be able to make emergency calls even when they don’t have a cell signal or Wi-Fi networks nearby. As long as you have an iPhone 14, iPhone 15

iOS 18 is still in the middle of its beta cycle. However, Apple decided to seed iOS 18.1 beta so developers could start testing the upcoming Apple Intelligence platform. Even so, there are a few requirements for developers to try iOS 18.1, such as having devices compatible with Apple Intelligence. The compatible devices are iPhone

In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, Apple Intelligence will not be ready for iOS 18. Instead, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that we’ll have to wait until iOS 18.1 to take advantage of Apple’s suite of AI features. Specifically, we can expect Apple Intelligence to arrive sometime in October, a few weeks after the iPhone

Freshsplash/Getty Images The iPhone is rigged with plenty of bells and whistles that make it the well-oiled machine that we all know and love. Combing through the Settings app is usually a good idea for first-time users, if only to explore the many settings and features you probably didn't know existed. For instance, you can

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Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock Nowadays, the variety of smartphones at our disposal are as varied and diverse as the people who own them. But as nice as it is to have these seemingly endless phone options to pick from, there are some setbacks to all of this variety to be aware of as well.  There are many