As is won’t with most credit cards, the Apple Card’s interest rate on overdue balances will rise as the Federal Reserve raises its benchmark overnight interest rate in an attempt to slow inflation in the United States. As of July 1, the Apple Card’s variable APRs now range from 12.49 percent to 23.49 percent based […]
If you’re a fan of Firefox, you’re going to like this. Firefox 103.0 has just been released and brings support for monitors with a 120Hz refresh rate, which includes the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro or M1 Max chips. The feature is known as ProMotion and is currently offered on the […]
A bipartisan bill to boost U.S. chip manufacturing and effectiveness, dubbed “CHIPS-plus,” has cleared a key Senate hurdle and is set to go up for a final vote before July ends. The vote passed 64-32 and the bill will provide around $52 billion in funding for U.S. companies making semiconductors and computer chips. It also […]
With an Apple Silicon Mac Pro having yet to be released, and even alluded to in this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman shed some light on the situation. In an interview with Max Tech, Gurman revealed that Apple has an M1 Mac Pro ready to ship months ago, but scrapped it to […]
It’s two steps forward and one step back with manufacturing, production, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Full-on COVID-19 precautions have been reinstated back at Apple supplier Foxconn, at the request of the city government in Shenzhen, China. The company has been asked to return to closed-loop production, wherein workers live in dormitory accommodation on the campus, […]