Josh Centers is the Managing Editor of Tidbits.com and has published several Take Control (TC) books. He’s the author of Take Control of Apple TV and Take Control of Home Automation. He’s been writing the Take Control books for iOS since version 8, …
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Lees meerThe social network known as Gab is back online. Its previous host—GoDaddy—withdrew support and hosting because of accusations that Gab was a haven for alt-right users. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter was a member. Rob Monster, the founder and CEO o…
Lees meerHeads up Apple customers in Germany: German Apple Pay is launching soon. Banks like HVB and Bunq have already sent out emails to customers.
Lees meerGoogle has made a particular machine learning technique open-source. It’s called Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), used for natural language processing (NLP). With this release, anyone in the world can train their own s…
Lees meerEven though Apple has been increasing its Services business, like apps, content, and advertising, Apple is still a hardware company.
Lees meerResearchers from McMaster University set out to examine smartphone environmental impact. Their study shows that buying a new phone consumes as much energy as using a phone for ten years. Smartphones are particularly insidious for a few reasons. With…
Lees meerApple built a new Safari anti-tracking feature into its browser. Advertisers aren’t happy about it, which means it’s great for users.
Lees meerRene Ritchie’s iPad Pro review is the only one you’ll need. 90% of these reviews are written by jaded tech reporters who can’t get over the “But can it replace a computer?” question, to which most of them shout an indignant “NO!” Mr. Ritchie’s revie…
Lees meerWe have a deal for you today on the BACtrack Personal Breathalyzer, which the company says is the smallest police-grade alcohol tester ever created. You can see the results on the built-in OLED screen, or you have them sent to your companion app on …
Lees meerThe number and variety of spaceships from TV and movie science fiction is legion. Here’s a list, from Space.com, of the 25 best, in order. While most are starships, capable of FTL, others are mere spaceships. Which one is your favorite? Did one of y…
Lees meerThe MacBook, introduced in 2015, appeared to leapfrog the venerable MacBook Air. It sported a Retina display and USB-C. Now, it may be a dying breed.
Lees meerAfter 13 years with The Mac Observer it’s time for me to hang up my Managing Editor hat and move on to new adventures and experiences.
Lees meerOn Jeff’s final episode, he’s joined by Bryan Chaffin and host Kelly Guimont to chat about Mac App Store category cleanup and USB-C potential on iPad Pros.
Lees meerOn November 6th Apple is replacing the 2018 Midterm Elections channel in the News app with Election Night. The updated channel will offer real time updates, news, infographics, and election results. The switch will happen at 8 PM eastern time, accor…
Lees meerPokemon on GO’s integration with Apple Health is live. Players can now have the game track all their movements, not just those that happen when it’s open
Lees meerThe latest details of the Apple Heart Study have been revealed by Apple and Stanford University.
Lees meerThe Walmart app received a new function recently: Customers can use the AR scanning tool for product comparisons.
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