Hartley Charlton Apple refreshed the MacBook Pro this week with Apple's latest silicon chips, but what exactly do the latest machines offer and is it worth upgrading from previous generations? The 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip starts at $1,599, replacing the previous M3 model as the entry-level machine in Apple's pro notebook lineup. …
Joe Rossignol Apple's new M4 Pro and M4 Max chips are impressively fast in terms of CPU performance, beating the M2 Ultra, but what about graphics performance? The first Geekbench 6 GPU performance results are now available for the M4 Pro and M4 Max, and the Metal scores show impressive gains compared to last year. …
Hartley Charlton Apple's video streaming subscription service, Apple TV+, launched five years ago. Announced at Apple's March 2019 event, Apple TV+ was part of a larger push into services that included Apple News+, Apple Card, and Apple Arcade. Apple TV+ initially began with a modest library of original content, focusing on high-quality, exclusive series, movies, …
Eric Slivka Globalstar today announced an amendment to its agreement with Apple that will expand the range of satellite services that support Apple features such as Emergency SOS, Roadside Assistance, Messages, and Find My location updates to areas without terrestrial Wi-Fi or cellular coverage in certain countries. According to an SEC filing from Globalstar, which …
Mitchell Broussard Today, Amazon unveiled the first major discounts on Apple's new iPad mini. All iPad mini 7 deals in this article require you to clip the coupon on the page to see the discounts. Note: MacRumors is an Amazon Associate. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small …
Joe Rossignol The first Geekbench 6 benchmark results for the high-end M4 Max chip with a 16-core CPU have emerged today, and they show that the chip is 25% faster than the high-end M2 Ultra chip with a 24-core CPU in terms of peak multi-core CPU performance. The M4 Pro chip's benchmark results have already …
By Tim Hardwick WhatsApp has made it easier to organize your conversations with the global rollout of custom chat lists. This new feature expands on the chat filters introduced earlier this year and offers a more personalized way to manage your messages. To create a custom list, tap the plus (+) icon in the filter …
Tim Hardwick This week, Google Maps is introducing several new features for iOS and Android users, focusing on improved navigation and trip planning tools. Along with the Start button, a new, prominent Add Stops button is being added to make route planning easier by displaying restaurants, gas stations, and points of interest along the way. …
Tim Hardwick The iPhone SE 4, due out early next year, is expected to feature Apple's first proprietary 5G modem, according to Jeff Pu, an analyst who covers companies in Apple's supply chain. In a research note published this week with Hong Kong-based investment firm Haitong International Securities, Pu said Apple is expected to release …
Joe Rossignol The first Geekbench 6 test results for the M4 Pro chip appeared today. Impressively, the results available so far show that the highest-end M4 Pro chip is faster than the highest-end M2 Ultra chip in terms of peak multi-core CPU performance. Here's a comparison of the results: Mac mini with M4 Pro (14-core …
