There's nothing worse than getting lost while your phone is dead. When you're traveling, your phone is your lifeline, and you never know when you'll have another chance to recharge it. If you don't have a portable charger handy, you'll want to keep your iPhone from running out of juice...

Kill These 2 iOS Settings to Maximize Your iPhone's Battery Life

The iPad Dock is a handy area that stores frequently used and recently accessed apps, sparing you from having to hunt through multiple screens or folders to find a certain program. You can also use it to more easily multitask by opening two or more apps in Slide Over or Split View mode.

App Control: How to Manage the Dock on Your iPad

At WWDC 2024, Apple announced it would release iOS 18 to the general public this fall, and the update would bring new features, like customizable home screen and upgrades to Messages, to your iPhone. But the tech giant brought a feature to your iPhone that could make your phone calls sound much better when it released iOS 16.4 more than a year ago.

Apple's Hidden iOS Trick to Make Your iPhone Calls Much Clearer

Apple recently announced a major firmware update coming to the latest AirPods Pro, which enables new head-shaking gestures to answer or reject calls more discreetly. Now it seems that the company is also working on similar head gestures for Apple Vision Pro, at least based on a new patent. New...

Patent hints at Apple Vision Pro getting new head gestures in the future

It’s WWDC 2024, and that means we’re getting a lot of Apple news. From iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 to the latest watchOS 11 software, there’s a lot to dig into. WatchOS 11, just announced at this year’s WWDC, is the latest and greatest software update for the Apple Watch. Apple is expected to roll out watchOS 11 to every Apple Watch model, starting with the Apple Watch Series 6 and beyond. If you have a supported Apple Watch, here’s what watchOS 11 has in store for you.

WatchOS 11 is coming soon to your Apple Watch with these big changes

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Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

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Apple will release a major update soon — but will you be able to get it?

iOS 18: Which iPhones won’t be able to get Apple’s next update?

Navigating the Roku home screen isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. While Roku still has the simplest streaming interface overall, it’s gradually becoming more complicated with extra menu cruft and new banner ads. Even Roku’s app grid, once a beacon of user-friendly design, is becoming filled with redundant shortcuts and content tiles.

4 simple steps to improve your Roku home screen

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Apple says the changes coming to Mail in iOS 18 will arrive later in the year. When they do come, they'll lean heavily on Apple Intelligence and AI.

iOS 18 Mail: Biggest changes coming to your iPhone

The July 4th Apple deals are flooding in now with new all-time lows on the nano-texture M4 iPad Pro models at up to $155 off and even more starting from $929. We then move over to the base model M3 Pro MacBook Pro at $300 off with higher-end configs now at new all-time lows – as much as $500 off the Apple price here. AirPods Max colorways have returned to $450 and you’ll find a whole lot more by way of the now live Amazon 4th of July sale and Best Buy’s holiday event. Hit the jump for today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

July 4th Apple deals: M4 iPad Pro from $949, nano-texture $155 off, up to $500 off MacBook Pro, AirPods Max, more

Microsoft just taught us another lesson on why it’s sometimes a good idea not to get every update as soon as it’s made available. The latest non-security Windows preview update proved to have such dire consequences that Microsoft had to pull it, making it so that more people wouldn’t download it anymore. This happened after reports came flooding in of various users being stuck in boot loops and experiencing problems with starting up their PCs.

Microsoft just recalled the latest Windows 11 update

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As part of its WWDC event, Apple just pulled back the curtain on watchOS 11, teasing a ton of new features looking to shake things up for Apple Watch users. In addition to updates for VisionOS, iOS and MacOS, Apple just revealed the next big software update for Apple Watch in the form of watchOS 11. While Apple software updates can sometimes be a little iterative, watchOS 11 feels like anything but.

WatchOS 11 Revealed: Big new features coming to Apple Watch

One of the most successful and beloved series on Apple TV+, enjoyed by critics and audiences alike, is getting a new season very soon. Here’s when you can expect Slow Horses season 4 to drop. Apple announced that season 4 of its Gary Oldman-starring critical darling, Slow Horses, will...

Slow Horses season 4 gets release date on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ releases a variety of new TV shows and movies every month, usually with a mix of brand new series and old favorites returning with new seasons. In July, however, there’s no such mix. While fans await the return of series like Severance and Silo later this year, this month Apple is focused entirely on new series for your summer enjoyment.

Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV+ in July

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When iOS 18 arrives this fall, it will bring a huge number of changes to the iPhone’s built-in apps. System apps like Messages, Photos, Reminders, Notes, Journal, and Settings are some of the highlights. But the Weather app is getting a tiny bit of love too. Here are the...

Apple’s Weather app gets two new features in iOS 18

Apple hosted one of its biggest WWDC keynotes ever this week, and during the show, the company had a lot to talk about, including a new version of WatchOS. Called WatchOS 11, the next update heading to your Apple Watch has a handful of new features that aim to make the computer on your wrist even better.

Your Apple Watch is getting an upgrade - here are the coolest features in WatchOS 11

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Why Depression Can Impact A Cluttered Home & Cluttered Mind sets out to explain the possible connection between depression and clutter. Scientists that study depression have found a link to depression playing a role in some folks.

Why Depression Can Impact A Cluttered Home & Cluttered Mind

Apple has finally released two new iPads this calendar year: the iPad Air (2024) and the iPad Pro (2024). However, the regular iPad hasn’t been updated since 2022. It’s not a bad tablet by any means, but with a little bit of research and know-how, you can find other tablets that might be a much better fit.

5 tablets you should buy instead of the iPad (2022)

Apple is known for its impressive attention to detail and a simple but important iPhone feature has received some of that love. Here’s how the all-new iPhone flashlight in iOS 18 works with the Dynamic Island and new functionality. Up until now, the iPhone has featured a basic native...

Here’s how the upgraded iPhone flashlight works in iOS 18

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There are several changes coming to the way you'll be texting with the next iPhone software update.

Here’s how texting will be different after Apple’s iOS 18 update

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iPad power user tip: Hide the floating keyboard row so it won’t hide your content

When using an iPad with an external keyboard attached, iPadOS places a floating keyboard row at the bottom of your screen. Apple calls this the Shortcuts...

iPad power user tip: Hide the floating keyboard row so it won’t hide your content

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