How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities have access to your personal information, including location data. This means the companies with the most insight into our lives, movements, and communications are frontline arbiters of our constitutional rights and the rights of non-US […]
China is ending its annual Congress with questions open over how to revive its slowing economy
BEIJING (AP) — China wrapped up its biggest political event of the year on Tuesday leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025? A recurring theme throughout the weeklong meeting of the nearly 3,000-member National People’s Congress was the need to boost investment and consumer spending. […]
How to Get Windows Games Working on a Mac
There are all kinds of reasons to prefer Macs over Windows-based PCs. Gaming isn’t one of them. That isn’t to say that you can’t game on a Mac—modern Apple Silicon computers are fairly powerful. The problem is that many popular games don’t offer downloads that will run natively on a Mac. Search the Mac App […]
How To Update AirPods, AirPods Pro And AirPods Max – Apple Explains
AirPods Pro 2 (left) and AirPods 4 with noise cancellation (right) Prakhar Khanna For years, Apple has provided limited information on how to update your AirPods, stating that firmware updates are “delivered automatically while your AirPods are charging and in Bluetooth range of your iPhone, iPad, or Mac that’s connected to Wi-Fi.” Unlike the iPhone, […]
How to Turn Off Apple Intelligence on an iPhone, iPad, and Mac
apple Intelligence isn’t as big a success story as Apple may have expected. The suite of artificial intelligence features—introduced late in 2024 in iOS 18.1—has received mixed reactions. Some capabilities, like automatically transcribing voice notes and recordings, creating custom emojis, and proofreading, are handy. Others not so much. Apple came under fire for inaccurate notification […]
How to Use Apple’s Genmoji to Create New Kinds of Emojis
For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what’s available on your smartphone’s keyboard. Every year brings new emoji—I like the “face with bags under eyes,” though that one is still rolling out. But there are times when the preinstalled options just aren’t specific enough. Thankfully, Apple has a solution, and it’s called Genmoji. […]
How to use chatGPT on your iPhone
Since the release of iOS 18.2 on December 11, ChatGPT integration has been an integral part of Apple Intelligence. Provided you own a recent iPhone, iPad or Mac, you can access OpenAI’s chatbot directly from your device, with no need to go through the ChatGPT app or web client. What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a […]
Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown! How to watch all your favorite Peanuts holiday specials in 2024
“Isn’t it peculiar, Charlie Brown, how some traditions just slowly fade away?” This November, one tradition you may want to keep alive is watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Whether your favorite part of a Peanuts-style Thanksgiving meal is the toast, the popcorn or the jellybeans, everyone can appreciate Snoopy’s unique cooking skills. Nowadays, you can […]
How to get the best Black Friday deals for Apple electronics
Black Friday sales are gaining momentum early this year, with companies launching promotions ahead of the traditional holiday shopping season. CNET Editor-at-Large Bridget Carey joins Wealth! to share insights on the best savings strategies for Apple (AAPL) products. Carey highlights several noteworthy deals, particularly the redesigned 10th-generation iPad now available for around $280. However, she […]
Apple Confirms iPhone Missing Notes Bug And Shows How To Fix It
If you’ve opened the Notes app on your iPhone recently, only to find every entry is missing, you’ve come across a “scary bug” which seems to have been widespread. Apple has now commented on this situation, which was first spotted early in November, with helpful details of how to resolve the situation. The Notes app […]