Yesterday’s shock news that Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season will reunite Patrick Stewart with Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, and returning Picard guest stars Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner had the heads of Next Generation fans spinning. But after the initial excitement wore…
The “Morbius” star, who is able to walk, was pushed in a wheelchair to the restroom — and that was a compromise.
Apple debuted a program in March that let it repair Face ID on newer iPhones without replacing the whole device, but it left the iPhone X out of the equation — frustrating if you’re determined to use that ‘classic’ handset for a while longer. This shouldn’t be a problem for now on, though. MacRumors has learned that Apple and authorized repair centers can now repair Face ID on the iPhone X without requiring a full-on replacement. Your much-loved handset should otherwise remain intact.
The initial program only offered these more targeted repairs for the iPhone XS and newer models. The update expands support to all iPhones with Face ID.
The expansion comes as Apple rethinks its overall stance on repairs. The company made it easier for third-party repair shops to fix displays without breaking Face ID, and has announced a self-service repair program. While these moves may be in response to public and regulatory pressure, they’re welcome news for anyone hoping to extend the life of an Apple gadget without hefty fees or unnecessary device swaps.
The next big iOS beta release has arrived, one that brings a bunch of bug fixes and some new features. You’ll need to be part of the beta program to get it.
Emojis are continuing their incursion into every online space. You can react to Facebook posts, you can react to Instagram messages, and pretty soon, you’ll be able to react to content in Google Docs.
Matthew Martin testified that a police officer waved him into the building after the riot erupted.
It’s been clear for a while that bad actors are planting location trackers on other people without their knowledge to track their locations. Trackers have been used in car thefts as well. Now, Motherboard has obtained some police data that casts some light on extent of the issue.
The publication requested records mentioning Apple AirTags (which the company announced a year ago) from dozens of police departments from across the US. The requests covered an eight-month period.
Motherboard received 150 reports from eight police departments and found that, in 50 cases, women called the cops because they received notifications suggesting that someone was tracking them with an AirTag or they heard the device chiming. Half of those women suspected the tags were planted in their car by a man they knew, such as a current or former romantic partner or their boss.
The vast majority of the reports were filed by women. There was just one case in which a man made a report after suspecting that an ex was using an AirTag (which costs just $29) to stalk him. Around half of the reports mentioned AirTags in the contexts of thefts or robberies.
Just one instance of AirTag-related stalking would be bad enough. Fifty reports in eight jurisdictions in eight months is a not insignificant number and there are likely other cases elsewhere that haven’t been disclosed. Engadget has contacted Apple for comment.
Although iPhones already automatically detect unwanted nearby AirTags, Apple said in February it will do more to mitigate the issue. Later this year, it will rollout an AirTag precision tracking feature for iPhone 11, 12 and 13 to help people more easily find unknown trackers. It will also inform iPhone users more clearly when someone may be using an AirTag to follow them.
In December, Apple released an Android app to help people using phones powered by that OS detect errant AirTags. Tile updated its Android and iOS apps with a similar feature. But those require users to both be aware of the threat posed by unwanted trackers and to scan for them manually. Last week, however, it emerged that Google is exploring OS-level tracker detection for Android, which could help keep people safe should it roll out the feature.
Love the idea or hate it, Twitter confirms they’re moving forward with an edit button on the popular social platform.
Gaming phones offer advantages like faster refresh rate and boosted battery life, but with those perks comes the sacrifice of common amenities.
Since it first launched in 2016, Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s Black Hammer has circled back in on its story of golden-age-pastiche superheroes to flesh out the weirdness of its comic book world. But after dozens of spinoffs alongside the main series at Dark Horse, Lemire is leaping into a new format along with a…
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