Apple gives Siri a makeover

June 10, 2024

Siri got a makeover at Apple’s annual WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) in Cupertino, courtesy of the tech giant’s overarching generative AI push. Siri is now more natural, more relevant and more personal — and it has new look, including a reveamped icon. The assistant pops up with a glowing light that wraps around the edges […]

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Apple Intelligence is the company’s new generative AI offering

June 10, 2024

Apple Tuesday unveiled Apple Intelligence, its long awaited, ecosystem-wide push into generative AI. As earlier rumors suggested, the new feature is called Apple Intelligent (A.I., get it?). The company promised the feature will be built with safety at its core, along with highly personalized experiences. “Most importantly, it has to understand you and be grounded […]

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Apple is launching its own password manager app

June 10, 2024

While you can already use your iCloud account to store and sync passwords across your devices, it wasn’t easy to figure out. Passwords were available from the Settings app on your Mac or iPhone. Now, the company is introducing the Passwords app at WWDC 2024. It will be available with the next major releases of […]

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Smart Script in iPadOS 18 will clean up your handwriting when using an Apple Pencil

June 10, 2024

Apple announced at WWDC on Monday that iPadOS 18 will include a new “Smart Script” feature that will clean up your handwriting when using an Apple Pencil to write in Notes. With Smart Script, Apple says it’s making handwriting your notes even smoother and straighter. The feature improves the appearance of your writing as you […]

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Apple unveils MacOS Sequoia

June 10, 2024

MacOS got a few noteworthy upgrades at Apple’s WorldWide Developer Conference this year in Cupertino. The latest version is called MacOS Sequoia. One of the biggest is iPhone mirroring. Now, through MacOS’ Continuity feature, you can mirror your iPhone’s screen and control it right from your Mac. Notifications on Mac bring up iPhone mirror mode, […]

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iPhones will soon text via satellite

June 10, 2024

“Messages via Satellite,” announced at Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote, works much like the SOS feature did.

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Apple revamps its Photos app for iOS 18

June 10, 2024

Apple is giving one of its top apps, Photos, a major makeover with the coming launch of iOS 18. The new app introduces new navigation, new organizational features, and other ways to discover your favorite photos, including those of friends, family, pets, trips and more. At its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, Apple demoed the […]

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