CVS today announced the launch of a newly rebranded and updated CVS Health app (formerly called CVS Pharmacy). The iPhone app offers a variety of new features, but perhaps the most exciting is one that’s currently being piloted in select CVS stores: the ability to open locked-up product cabinets.
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We’re not too far away from Apple’s expected unveiling of the new iPhone SE 4. And recently, conflicting reports have caused confusion over the device’s form factor. Now, a key display analyst has weighed in with a more authoritative answer on the notch-Dynamic Island debate.
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Silo just wrapped up its second season on Apple TV+, but if you weren’t ready to leave silos 17 & 18 just yet, Apple just shared a new way to explore the show’s dystopian world.
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The 2025 Grammys are one of the biggest televised concerts of the year, bringing together top artists and unique performances — here’s how to stream today’s event live on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and more (for free).
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Apple first introduced satellite connectivity features to the iPhone with the release of the iPhone 14 in 2022. The capability allows users to communicate with emergency services when out of range of traditional cellular connectivity. iOS 18 further upgraded the functionality to let users send messages to friends and family using satellite connectivity.
Apple initially partnered with Globalstar to power these satellite connectivity features for iPhone users. Now, Bloomberg reports that Apple has also been “secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile” to add Starlink satellite connectivity to the iPhone.
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Video game studio comedy Mythic Quest returns today for season four on Apple TV+. The comedy features Rob McElhenney as Ian, a maverick game producer, and his surrounding team as they struggle to stay relevant in the modern gaming market.
Mythic Quest first premiered in February 2020, making it Apple’s longest-running comedy. Although there is no confirmation yet of a season five renewal, the service is about to launch a spin-off series — and has begun running trailers.
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Security researchers have discovered two flaws present in all current iPhones, iPads, and Macs – as well as many earlier ones. The vulnerabilities, known as SLAP and FLOP, could potentially allow an attacker to see the current contents of your open web tabs.
The flaws were introduced in the A15 and M2 chips, and are also found in subsequent ones, up to and including the latest version of each device …
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A federal judge last summer ruled that the $20B+ Google pays to Apple to be the default search engine on the Cupertino company’s devices was illegal.
Several Apple execs testified in the case, but a request to present an additional three witnesses has been refused by the judge, saying Apple left it too late …
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Along with threatening to impose a tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico, Trump said this week that he also plans to impose duties of up to 100% on silicon chips imported into the US.
Some are suggesting that this would affect the price of everything Apple makes, as its chips are made in Taiwan, but that’s almost certainly not the case …
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When Elon Musk bought Twitter, one of his many controversial decisions was to rebrand the company and social network platform as X. He said at the time that the purchase was “as an accelerant for X, the everything app” – aka a western clone of China’s WeChat.
Part of this vision includes becoming a mobile payment platform to compete with Apple Pay, and the company’s CEO today said part of this functionality will launch later this year …
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