Apple quietly kills its terrible FineWoven iPhone cases

Hey, the intentions were good! FineWoven cases were introduced about a year ago as an alternative to leather. Instead of environmentally harmful animal byproducts, Apple wanted us to buy cases made from 68 percent post-consumer recycled materials. The material looked a little similar to leather in press shots, but the reality was that it was … Read more

Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad and Mac arrives

Apple Intelligence is coming next month. The company has revealed that its artificial intelligence platform is coming to iPhones, iPads and MacBooks with the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1 updates in October. However, it will only work on Apple’s newer and more powerful devices, including the iPhone 15 Pro and upcoming iPhone … Read more

Seriously impressive ANC performance

Two AirPods models are expected at today’s iPhone 16 event, one of which will add active noise cancellation (ANC) to the “regular” AirPods for the first time. The $179 version has other upgrades too, but after a brief demo of an ANC setup on the AirPods 4, I think the noise-blocking tools will be the … Read more