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Apple announces Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2

Over at its “Wonderlust” media event on Monday, Apple opened the show by announcing its new smartwatches, the first being the Apple Watch Series 8, which offers the first speed bump since 2020’s Series 6, on-device Siri processing, and more. While the Apple Watch Series 9 units brought no visible hardware redesign to the main […]

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Apple Watch Ultra sapphire crystal face tested, compared to other smartwatch covers

The Sapphire crystal face of the Apple Watch Ultra just got put through its paces by the cool cats at the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel, which compared it with other smartwatches that also use a sapphire cover. Sapphire, which is one of the hardest minerals in existence, is extremely difficult to scratch, making it a popular […]

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Apple Watch Ultra tested for durability by YouTuber, table shatters before the screen does

You may just break a nearby table before you break the new Apple Watch Ultra. A YouTuber has posted a video showing the durability of the new Apple Watch Ultra by putting it up against a drop test, a jar of nails, and several hits with a large hammer in order to test the sapphire […]

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Apple patent hints at research into keyboards with adaptive displays for each key

This could lead to something impressive. A recently-released patent, entitled “Electronic devices having keys with coherent fiber bundles,” indicates that Apple is currently researching keyboards with small displays on the keys that are capable of dynamically changing the label on each key. The patent was granted to Apple by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office […]

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Some eGPU configurations experiencing difficulties under macOS Catalina

As promising as macOS Catalina is, its apparently failing to work with some external GPU (eGPU) configurations. While Apple has steadily improved its eGPS support, a number of specific Mac and eGPU combinations seem to not be working. According to user reports, it seems that Radeon 570 and 580-based eGPUs are having issues with assorted […]