How to share your location via satellite on iPhone
Apple’s satellite features are designed for situations where cellular and Wi-Fi coverage are unavailable. In supported regions, compatible iPhone 14 or later models can connect directly to a satellite to send messages, access Emergency SOS and share location data. Location sharing via satellite is particularly useful when traveling in remote areas, hiking or driving through […]
Can you chart a murder? How to build an interactive novel – Six Colors
[Editor’s Note: I asked Antony to detail the process by which he created his interactive crime novel, Can You Solve The Murder?, which required some specific tools and a lot of intricate planning. And of course this article contains no spoilers for the book or any of Antony’s work.—J.S.] I’m an author, primarily writing crime […]
Introducing FixBot: We Built an AI That Actually Knows How to Fix Things
Moving my family across the country towing our trusty ‘92 ski boat, I hit a patch of ice in Kansas and slid our trailer into a snowbank. A wonderful local mechanic helped me melt the snow jammed into the wheel, reinflate my tires and sent us on our way. A hundred miles later, I pulled […]
How to silence robocalls | Step-by-step guide
LOT OF THEM. FOLKS, LET ME BE CLEAR WITH YOU RIGHT UP FRONT. WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HERE WILL NOT STOP CALLS FROM COMING TO YOUR PHONE, BUT IT WILL SILENCE THOSE CALLS. KEEP YOUR PHONE FROM RINGING AND THEN SEND THE CALLS DIRECTLY INTO VOICEMAIL. SO LET’S START WITH THE MOST POPULAR […]
Apple gave up its earnings pop. How to trade it from here
Just days after long time tech darling surpassed $4 trillion in market cap, Apple delivered an earnings report that beat on both the top and bottom. However, the reason we saw shares jump by over 4% in after-hours was due to CEO Tim Cook’s robust guidance on future iPhone 17 sales forecasts. After Apple opened […]
How to tell what’s playing audio on your Mac – Six Colors
My friend and editor Joe and I were trying to talk. But something on his end continued to produce sound, and he couldn’t tell what it was. After some exploration, he realized that we had started using Slack’s “huddle” feature for a one-to-one audio chat and switched to FaceTime. He hadn’t hung up in Slack, […]
How to record a phone call on an iPhone
With iOS 26, Apple has expanded its native call recording feature with transcripts, Live Translation, summaries and tighter integration with Notes. It’s a more polished and useful tool than before, especially if you rely on your iPhone for interviews, meetings or important conversations. Call recording itself first arrived with iOS 18.1 in October 2024. The […]
How to (Mostly) Get Rid of Liquid Glass
On an iPhone or iPad, the process is only slightly different. Open System Settings, go to the Accessibility section, then the Display & Text Size section. From here you can tap the Reduce Transparency toggle. Do so and all the various glassy bits of the user interface will become solid. I recommend changing this setting […]
Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement
In January, Apple agreed to pay out $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit over claims its voice assistant Siri listened in on private conversations. Now, affected users have less than eight weeks to stake their claim to a slice of the cash. The Lopez v Apple Inc. lawsuit was filed back in December, […]
How to stop your phone from secretly tracking you
Rossen Reports: How to stop your phone from secretly tracking you Updated: 5:10 PM EDT Apr 30, 2025 Your phone may be secretly tracking your movements through features like “Significant Locations” and the “Journaling” app, which record where you’ve been and access your personal data.Screenshots from a personal iPhone reveal visits to a Mexican restaurant, […]