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Rumor: Apple internally testing Face ID upgrade that could allow users to unlock an iPhone 13 while wearing a mask and glasses

Per Jon Prosser and Front Page Tach, Apple is rumored to be internally testing an upgrade to its Face ID feature for the iPhone 13. Citing internal sources, the iPhone 13 will feature an upgraded Face ID facial recognition sensor that’s tuned to identify a match even when a mask or glasses are worn. He […]

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Recent AirPods Pro firmware update sacrificed noise cancellation quality for bass, quickly pulled by Apple

Apple’s recent AirPods Pro firmware update may have backfired a bit. The version 2C54 firmware update, which Apple released on December 16th, 2019, was meant to improve the audio quality overall, but seems to have reduced the ability to block some ambient noise at lower frequencies. Per audio review site Rtins, a new round of […]

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Apple removes 3D Touch feature, transitions to Haptic Touch on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro handsets

As predicted, Apple has removed the 3D Touch feature from its 2019 model iPhones, transitioning to a less hardware-intensive Haptic Touch solution that debuted with iPhone XR last year.  The change was not mentioned during the company’s media event on Tuesday, Apple describing the change in sections of the product’s dedicated webpage. “Haptic Touch lets […]

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Mossberg weighs in on Apple’s app shortcomings of recent years

There’s a pretty interesting piece over on The Verge in which the mighty Walt Mossberg cites some apparent shortcomings in Apple’s apps in recent years. He points out that Apple’s products are often considered the best you can buy and that this is part of the Mac and iOS user experience. “In the last couple […]

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Apple confirms existence of “Applebot” web crawler, says program indexes the Web for Siri, Spotlight

Sometimes it’s the Web traffic logs that really let you know what Apple is up to. Last fall, a number of webmasters began seeing web crawler visits from IP addresses starting with 17, an IP address block owned entirely by Apple. Apple has now officially confirmed in a support document that it is operating its […]