Month: August 2024

Playlist cover artwork app ‘Denim’ gets major update with new editor

Denim is a cool iPhone app that helps users create unique art for their playlists. In recent weeks, the app...

Explore the ‘Sound of Apple’ in new two-part podcast series

The excellent podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz recently published a two-part series exploring “The Sound of Apple.” The episodes include conversations...

Musk’s new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of Donald Trump and catgirls created with Grok, which uses the Flux image synthesis model....

Here’s what developers can do with the new NFC API for iPhone in iOS 18.1

Apple announced on Wednesday that it will open up the iPhone’s NFC chip to third-party apps, just as it did...

Apple Watch gets very useful Apple Intelligence feature in iOS 18.1

Priority Notifications surface what’s most important, and summaries help users scan long or stacked notifications to show key details. Apple...

Mpox outbreak is an international health emergency, WHO declares

Enlarge / A negative stain electron micrograph of a mpox virus virion in human vesicular fluid. (credit: Getty | BSIP)...

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Kraven the Hunter’s new trailer gives us a dark, gore-filled revenge story

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train) plays the title character in the forthcoming film Kraven the Hunter. Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) got...

Artists claim “big” win in copyright suit fighting AI image generators

Enlarge (credit: R_Type | iStock / Getty Images Plus) Artists defending a class-action lawsuit are claiming a major win this...

Redbox app axed, dashing people’s hopes of keeping purchased content

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Roku has finally axed the Redbox app from its platform. Redbox parent company Chicken Soup for the...

NASA shuts down asteroid-hunting telescope, but a better one is on the way

Enlarge / Artist's illustration of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Last week, NASA decommissioned a nearly 15-year-old...