Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite service, which debuted as a free-for-two-years safety feature with the iPhone 14 in 2022, will be sticking around as well as expanding to a total of 16 countries before the end of 2023. The service, which requires an iPhone 14 or newer handset, helps connect iPhone users to emergency services […]
As nifty as they may be, a number of Apple Watch units have apparently been making calls to emergency services claiming the user’s life is in danger. According to an excellent New York Times article, the smartwatch has been dialing 911. In the case of Eric Betts, an emergency dispatcher, a person called in that […]
Apple’s spiffy new Emergency SOS via Satellite feature will hit the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models in November, but be limited that the United States and Canada at launch. Still, Apple apparently has ambitious plans to bring the feature to other countries as soon as later this year. Per MacPrime, Apple has stated […]
If you’re an Apple Watch fan, today was your day to be happy. Over at its “Far Out” media event, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 8. The new units feature a similar design to the Apple Watch Series 7, albeit with a larger display that curves around the edges as well as a new […]
It may be time to update your copy of Google Chrome again. Google has issued its third urgent update for Chrome, one that patches another zero-day vulnerability for its web browser. The update, which stands at version 100.0.4898.127, was released on Thursday in the Stable Update Channel for Google Chrome, and applies to the macOS, […]