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Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.3 update, focuses on M1 improvements, security fixes, assortment of other changes

Following a three-month beta, Apple released its macOS Big Sur 11.3 update to the public. The new update offers the following fixes and changes: AirTags and Find My: Support for AirTags to keep track of and find your important items like your keys, wallet, backpack and more, privately and securely in the Find My app […]

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Microsoft Xbox wireless controller now available on Apple Store web site

This is unexpected, but it’s still nifty. Apple recently began selling Microsoft’s Xbox wireless controller on its online store. The controller retails for $59.95, and arrives with two AA batteries. The unit is supported on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. You’ll need to be running iOS 13, iPadOS 13, tvOS 13, or later to use […]

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Patent outlines how vibration/feedback could be added to next-gen Apple Pencil

Your Apple Pencil could one day provide vibrational feedback as you draw. A recently published Apple patent shows how a next-gen Apple Pencil could use haptic feedback, with the use of magnetic fields physically affecting the stylus while it is actively being used to draw on an iPad or iPad Pro, using the force to […]

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Apple releases details on Intel’s JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller found on the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro

Last week, the rather cool cats at iFixit ran a complete teardown of the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro. The analysis located Intel’s new JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller, introduced earlier this year as part of its “Titan Ridge” family among the notebooks components. While the specifications for the JHL7540 lists compatibility with DisplayPort 1.4 on […]

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Valve Steam Link app en route to iOS, will allow iOS and tvOS devices to play Mac and PC games

This wasn’t expected, but it’s not a complete surprise either. Still, it could amount to something nifty. Valve Software has announced that it will begin releasing development tools to allow Steam Link and Steam Video apps for iOS enabling gamers to stream a PC or Mac game, or video content bought from the store, to […]