Get ready for digital IDs

March 23, 2022

It won't be long before you leave your keys and your wallet at home when you leave the house.

Apple today added the first digital IDs to the Wallet app, allowing Arizona residents to breeze through the TSA security checkpoint at participating airports.

It's the first application for now, but several other states are joining the initiative. Where and how you can use these digital IDs inevitably will expand.

Apple also just announced that several new cars from Kia and Genesis can be unlocked with your iPhone or Apple Watch.

For someone who constantly forgets their keys and wallet -- but never my iPhone -- this march to digitization can't happen soon enough.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

Cupertino announced the Wallet upgrade at WWDC last June, but this is the first time it has been made available to iPhone users. Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio and Puerto Rico also plan to support the digital ID initiative.

In 2020, Apple launched Car Keys as part of CarPlay in iOS for use with a range of BMW models, allowing owners to use their iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock their car. But soon owners of certain Kia and Genesis models will be able to do the same.

Complaints posted online claim the recently released iPad Air 5 is so flimsy it makes a creaking noise when pressed. But this is certainly not a cut-and-dried situation, because other iPad Air 5 users don’t have the problem.

This would reduce the amount of display space the front-facing sensors require. Who needs a notch anyway?

There are some tools your computer basically requires to be useful. A good word processor, a data-management tool, a slideshow presentation app and an email manager are some of the big ones. You get programs that do all that and more with the Microsoft Office suite. And now you can get them — for life — at a totally killer price.

Apple computers are highly collectible. The historical lineup spans all different kinds of form factors and designs. Not to mention, they look rad. So, you want to collect old Apple computers? Here’s a quick guide to buying classic Macs. These tips should get you started and help you avoid common pitfalls.

Cupertino's acquisition of credit-checking startup Credit Kudos ignites rumors of an upcoming Apple Card expansion into the United Kingdom.

Twitter made creating a GIF as easy as posting an image. Using the iPhone camera, users can capture a short video in the social-networking service’s app that is automatically converted into a GIF. It’s easy and fun!

Less than a week after its launch, we’ve seen quite a few of the new Studio Displays cropping up on social media. Today’s featured setup pairs one with a 14-inch M1 MacBook Pro.

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"The culture at NeXT definitely rewards independent thought, and we often have constructive disagreements -- at all levels. It doesn't take a new person long to see that people feel fine about openly disagreeing with me. That doesn't mean I can't disagree with them, but it does mean that the best ideas win. Our attitude is that we want the best. Don't get hung up on who owns the idea. Pick the best one, and let's go." -- Steve Jobs

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