Reading articles online has gotten increasingly frustrating. Ads are bad enough, but most websites pile on with pop-ups, newsletter prompts, recommended article sidebars, and multi-page pagination that makes you click through just to finish a story. You just want to read. If you’re on an Apple device, there’s a built-in fix: Safari Reader on iPhone,
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How To, Productivity
If you’ve had trouble moving from hunt-and-peck typing on the iPhone to the double-thumb typing approach many people prefer, consider QuickPath, better known as swipe typing. QuickPath isn’t new, but many people have never tried it seriously. With swipe typing, you put your finger down on the first letter of the desired word—say “giraffe”—and then
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Productivity, Tips + Tricks
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, it was straightforward: you typed a prompt, it generated text. That text came from a model trained on data up to a certain point. Ask about anything more recent and it either drew a blank or confidently made something up. Exploring AI chatbot capabilities today reveals the evolution of
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AI, Security
Next time you’re flying, driving, or biking to meet up with someone, try sharing your location temporarily so they can follow your progress without the back-and-forth “where are you?” texts. In iOS 17 and later, open a Messages conversation with that person, tap the ⊕ button to the left of the message field, and tap
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Control Center has been on the iPhone since iOS 7 and came to the Mac in 2020 with macOS 11 Big Sur. For years, Mac users could only turn individual controls on or off. With macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple completely overhauled Control Center, letting you remove, rearrange, resize, and add controls, including ones from third-party
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How To, ProductivityThere’s no way to put a positive spin on this: Apple has raised prices across most of its product lineup, with increases averaging 20% on Macs, iPads, HomePods, the Apple TV, and even the Vision Pro. The iPhone and Apple Watch remain unaffected… for now. The price hikes took effect on June 25. In a
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Announcements, Hardware, Product NewsHow to Drag Documents to Apps in the macOS App Switcher You undoubtedly know about pressing Command-Tab to bring up the macOS App Switcher and mousing to the app you want to switch to. Keyboard jockeys probably even know to keep holding Command down while pressing Tab or the right arrow to cycle to
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Productivity
Most of our communication shifted from analog to digital a long time ago. Letters became emails, phone calls became texts and video calls. With analog, privacy was mostly a given. Few people were going to steam open a letter or wiretap a phone line. The internet changed that. Digital communications can be intercepted at scale
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