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ADAM ENGST 28 September 202014 comments   Thanks to TidBITS readers who alerted us that Apple last week updated third-generation Apple TVs with Apple TV Software Update 7.6, which advertises itself only as providing “general performance and stability...

RICH MOGULL 22 October 20204 comments   The heavy-duty portable air conditioners were doing an admirable job, considering we were sitting in vinyl tents in the middle of a black asphalt parking lot. My team of medical professionals was next to a hospital in...

JULIO OJEDA-ZAPATA 1 October 202014 comments   Communicating with my beloved wife when she is away from the house has become a bit trickier because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but I can’t blame her. COVID-19 has made navigating the outside world stickier and ickier...

GLENN FLEISHMAN 2 October 202016 comments   I have never liked the slippery Siri Remote that Apple shipped with the fourth-generation Apple TV HD in 2015 and continues to offer as the default option for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. But only recently did I...

DAVID SHAYER 8 October 202016 comments   Apple Watch users have wanted third-party watch faces since Apple unveiled the watch in 2015, and developers have wanted to create custom watch faces for just as long. But despite the pleas of users, developers, and a...

ADAM ENGST 16 October 202010 comments   Are you getting enough sleep? All too many people don’t. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that applies to 35% of American adults, and another 2018 survey pegs the number at 51%. Sleep experts say...

JULIO OJEDA-ZAPATA 13 October 202022 comments   As Amazon and Google have steadily broadened and augmented their smart speaker lines in recent years, Apple’s competing HomePod has remained stagnant. The smart speaker was released nearly two years ago and has been...