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  • 'Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition' to hit Apple Silicon Macs in 2025

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    spacepenguinbot said:
    For reference, this game was released for Windows in December of 2020, so it will come to the Mac at least 4 years after the original release.

    While true, it also means Mac users get to skip the crap version, and get the actual good version.

    Well, hopefully anyway.
    apple4thewins.metcalfwatto_cobra

  • iOS 18.1 & iPadOS 18.1 review: baby steps with Apple Intelligence

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    Hearing some reports of a few zero day exploits being fixed by the release as well.  I have no details, unfortunately.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • French publishers try again to get Apple to drop Distraction Control

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    The letter says, presumably in French, that Distraction Control represents "an existential threat to the online advertising model, which underpins a significant portion of the internet's economy."

    A well-deserved existential threat...

    jas99watto_cobra

  • You can no longer sign up for Disney+ and Hulu via the App Store

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    The glop on Disney lately isn't worth watching anyway.  And no, I'm not referring to any alleged "woke" nonsense.  The quality as gone way, way down.

    Like someone above mentioned, if something comes along that I absolutely must watch, I'll subscribe long enough to watch it then unsub.
    watto_cobra

  • Vitals app will make you wear the Apple Watch while you sleep

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    atomic101 said:
    Perhaps, to coincide with this, Watch 10 will provide 24 hours of expected battery life?

    chasm said:
    I have a Series 7 Apple Watch, and have been using sleep-monitoring apps for years now.

    When I get home from work, I take the Watch off and put it on the charger. Two or three hours later, I put it back on. I also routinely put it on the charger when I’m taking a bath or shower (I know it can survive this, but I prefer not to wear it there).

    This means I never have a problem with wearing it through the night for sleep monitoring, and as I write this I’m 25 percent through my workday, and the Watch — having last been removed from the charger at 8pm last night — is at 81 percent power.

    I also have a 7, and I regularly get at least 24 hours from my watch, even when I go to the gym or ride my bike.  I wear it all night, take it off when my alarm goes of, and it's usually still at least 25-40% charged at that point.  It stays on the charger while I put my coffee on and take my morning ablutions, usually no more than about an hour.

    Occasionally, when I'm being lazy on a weekend, I won't do the usual morning routine and just leave it on.  It will still last until 6 or 7 pm that day.  Of course, it also takes 2-3 hours to charge when I do that, so I try not to do it often.
    tht