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iOS 16.2 Is Out For The iPhone With These 12 New Features

iOS 16.2 is now available for iPhone 8 and newer after two months of beta testing. With last-minute additions like Apple Music Sing and Enhanced Data Protection, the software update includes more than a dozen new features and changes for iPhone. Below, we’ve outlined the many new features introduced with iOS 16.2, including Apple’s new whiteboard app Freeform, two new Lock Screens…

Two Unreleased Macs Spotted in the Steam Database

Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 10:55 PM PST by Sami Fathi

Steam’s November 2022 survey identified two unreleased Mac models that were collecting anonymous information from eager Steam users about certain details of their computers, including their computer model, CPU type, memory, and more. In the survey conducted in November 2022, two unreleased Macs with the identifiers “Mac14.6” and “Mac15.4” were identified towards the end of the list, along with the model…

Can’t Get iPhone 14 Pro? Here’s Why You Should Wait for the iPhone 15 Ultra

Due to manufacturing issues at Apple’s supplier factories in China, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max were reordered and out of stock in basically every store. If you’re planning to gift or buy an iPhone 14 Pro model for the holidays and you haven’t received one yet, you’re basically out of luck because they’re gone by the end of December. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more…

Google Chrome Gets Support for Passkeys, Making Signing into Websites Easier and More

Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 02:46 PST by Sami Fathi

Google Chrome has announced that it has gained support for passkeys, a new industry-wide standard in hopes of changing passwords by making logging into websites and apps easier and more secure. With passkeys, users can authenticate using their iPhone or Android device and log into websites, eliminating the need for passwords. On newer versions of iOS and Android, users visiting websites…

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Increase Tweet Character Limit To 4,000

Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 02:31 PST by Sami Fathi

The company’s new CEO, Elon Musk, has confirmed on Twitter that it will increase the current 280 character limit on Twitter to 4,000. Asked whether Twitter’s plans to increase the character limit to 4,000 are correct, Musk answered “Yes” without providing any additional information. Twitter originally had a 140 character limit, previously…

13-inch MacBook Air with OLED Display Rumored to be Released in 2024

According to Ross Young, a display industry consultant who has shared accurate information about future Apple products in the past, Apple plans to launch the new 13-inch MacBook Air, 11-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models with OLED displays in 2024. . Young shared his latest information with his subscribers in a tweet on Sunday. Young did not share any additional details, but previously…

Extended iCloud Encryption Cannot Be Enabled Immediately on New Apple Devices

Starting with iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and macOS 13.1, which are expected to be released next week, users have the option to enable a new Advanced Data Protection feature that extends end-to-end encryption to many additional areas of iCloud. Including Message backups, Photos, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos and more. Apple’s Advanced Data Protection to protect users…

Practice Singing with Apple Music on iOS 16.2

With the iOS 16.2 release candidate released today, Apple has added the new Apple Music Sing feature that it announced earlier this week. We thought we’d take a look at the new karaoke feature to see how it works. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Apple Music Sing is available on modern iPhones and iPads as well as the latest Apple TV 4K. Built in Apple…