Apple has always been known for its innovative technology, and it appears that the company is pushing the boundaries once again with its latest patent. The patent, “Head-Mounted Display Apparatus for Retaining a Portable Electronic Device with Display,” describes a mixed reality windscreen that would provide the driver with turn-by-turn directions and other information. The patent, which was filed in 2019 and was granted on January 19, 2023, describes a head-mounted display (HMD) that would be integrated into the windscreen of a car. In the driver’s field of view, the HMD would be able to disp ..read more

Thanks to our friends at tomtoc, readers still have time to enter to win the new iPad Pro. Along with the giveaway, tomtoc will be offering readers a 20% discount on its new PadFolio case for iPad Pro and Air. Head below for a quick look at one of the best new iPad accessories, and enter to win the latest iPad Pro (M1).  Organize your iPad with PadFolio  For those in the market, tomtoc makes one of the best cases for iPad Pro. The PadFolio allows users to conveniently organize all their essential accessories and cables in one place. Utilizing a bunch of&nb ..read more

By design bitcoin’s computations increase in difficulty as more computers come online. In this way, Foley says bitcoin mining is “like sticking a straw into the earth and sucking real hard”. As the money has flowed, the enterprises engaged in mining are growing larger and moving into energy-rich but regulation-light environments like China, Russia and Iran in a race to confirm more calculations and “mine” more bitcoin. In April 2020, about 65 per cent of all bitcoin mining in the world happened in China, according to figures from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, with a third of ..read more

Dogecoin, a meme-inspired cryptocurrency, hit a record high on Wednesday after reaching about 69 cents. With it’s price up over 12,000% this year, and with big names, like Elon Musk talking and tweeting about it, dogecoin has become one of the buzziest cryptocurrencies, alongside bitcoin, which itself hit a fresh record of over $63,000 last month. Searches like “Is dogecoin the next bitcoin?” are even trending on Google. But the two cryptocurrencies have major differences. Here are three important distinctions between dogecoin and bitcoin, according to experts. Bitcoin has ‘built-in scarci ..read more

You may not remember, but a modified copy of Xcode that surfaced on the web in 2015 was responsible for injecting malware into several iPhone and iPad apps that were subsequently uploaded to the App Store. Now, thanks to the Epic vs. Apple trial, internal Apple emails have revealed that more than 128 million iOS users were affected by the “XcodeGhost” malware. As noted by a Motherboard report, Dale Bagwell confirmed in an email that 128 million consumers had downloaded more than 2,500 apps infected by the malware that came from the fake copy of Xcode. In total, these 2,500 infected apps have ..read more

Apple is now sending a new survey to Apple Watch users, this time to learn more about how its consumers use it to monitor health data. Interestingly enough, the company asks if the user has any apps installed to monitor eating habits, medications, and blood glucose levels. A screenshot of the survey was shared with 9to5Mac by a Brazilian reader, who received it in his email on Friday. In the email, Apple says it wants feedback on the Apple Watch user experience, with a link to submit the answers. The survey has a section dedicated to health features, which have become a major selling point o ..read more

Update 05/07/20: The iPad Pro now has 5G support, along with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. The marketing machine for 5G is now in high gear. AT&T arguably fired the first shot when it started re-labeling some of its 4G LTE service “5G Evolution,” complete with a “5G e” logo in the status bar of some phones. Now, 5G is everywhere you look. All the major carriers are spending big money hyping up “5G” and trying to convince you that, first of all, you need it, and what’s more, you need it from that carrier. It’s all needlessly confusing, too. The carriers are trying to bamboozle you ..read more

Tile has just gained support for Sidewalk—Amazon’s “neighborhood network” wireless standard. This new integration means Tile’s trackers now have a much larger network to work with, which makes it a more viable competitor for Apple’s similar AirTag trackers. Sidewalk is Amazon’s new wireless standard, which Amazon hopes more smart home and IoT devices will use. The standard relies on the low bandwidth 900MHz spectrum, and has a longer reach than Bluetooth and can better pass through walls than Wi-Fi. Sidewalk also uses relatively little power as well. Amazon wants this network to be able to ..read more

Having announced its intention to add a theme store to the next major OxygenOS update, OnePlus has begun rolling out a new software update to its recently announced OnePlus 9 (review) and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones. With the May Security Patch in tow, the update also fixes the laggy keyboard issue and brings along some camera improvements, as well as the usual stability improvements. The update bumps the OS version number to OxygenOS 11.2.5.5 for both the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro, and weighs in at 130MB. We’ve got the full changelog for you below: System Improved Charging Performance Fix ..read more

tvOS is missing a lot of tent pole features of the Apple ecosystem. It’s an excellent foundation, but it could use a lot of work. It often feels like tvOS gets left behind when Apple is working on its annual platform updates. It’s time for it to get a chance to shine. The first part of tvOS that you see is the Home Screen. Apple’s kept it fairly simple for a few years now. It has a large header space for dynamic content and a sea of app icons below it. In fact, it’s been that way since 2012 before Apple officially branded Apple TV’s software as “tvOS.” There are a couple of ways Apple could ..read more