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Apple Arcade is welcoming the new year with ten new games, seven of them launching today. The remainder – which includes PGA TOUR Pro Golf – will be available from February 6 … more…

If you have an iPhone 14 or later, you can send text messages via satellite where cellular service is unavailable. This can be particularly valuable in emergency situations like the Los Angeles wildfires, where cellphone masts have been damaged or destroyed. T-Mobile and Starlink have now teamed up to offer the same capability to owners

Sports in the streaming era is a messy affair, and Venu Sports is a prime example of that. The planned new streaming bundle from Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros was going to launch last fall, but it’s now been canceled before even having the chance to arrive. more…

Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Good backup elements, functional scheduling, and fast copy speeds between volumes Antiviral Protection module caught a respectable amount of viral samples right off the bat Easy to create a viable boot volume to work with Cons Clunky Acronis cloud dashboard interface Errors creating clone archives to the cloud

Apple likes to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a specially-commissioned Shot on iPhone video, and an unofficial copy of this year’s short film has been posted ahead of the official reveal expected later today. The lunar new year begins on January 29. The 12-minute short musical film entitled I Want to Listen to You

The greatest attraction for me about Vision Pro is being able to have huge virtual monitors for both work and entertainment, but the downside is the discomfort of wearing one for an extended time. The Brelyon Ultra Reality Extend is a funky new monitor tech that aims to solve this problem. You don’t have to

A leaker with a good track record on iPhone camera improvements has lent their support to a report that the 12MP front-facing camera in current iPhones will be upgraded to 24MP in the iPhone 17 line-up. They also endorse the suggestion that all three rear cameras in the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have 48MP

Macworld There are many varied and even crazy products launched or demoed at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas every January. We picked out 8 cool CES announcements every Apple fan will want to buy, and here we ceremoniously select our absolute favorites from the show floor. Trying not to be distracted by

Macworld In the world of sports, it’s sometimes easier to impress by not playing. When you’re in the game, everything you do is judged and all your mistakes happen under a harsh spotlight. But get yourself dropped behind some other poor bloke now getting picked apart for their mistakes, you’ll find that all is forgiven…

Macworld Messages is designed to sync across all your devices logged into to the same iCloud account. iMessages sync by default; SMS/MMS and RCS messages sync if you’ve enabled access to them from your iPhone. (Go to Settings > Messages [iOS 17 and earlier] or Settings > Apps > Messages [iOS 18] and under Text