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It's on!
The invite was expected yesterday, but arrived today instead.
Apple's spring product event is officially on, and a bunch of new and cool stuff is expected. There's even a very cool AR Easter egg animation (with music) to get you hyped.
Less than a week to go. Who's excited?
In other news:
Apple is matching employee donations to Ukraine, having already stopped sales in Russia.
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An enterprising hacker jammed a Mac mini into an enclosure that's less than half the size of the original.
-- Leander Kahney, EIC.
An Apple VP used Twitter to reveal the date for his company’s much-anticipated product-release event. Apple soon after began issuing invitations. As had been rumored, the event will happen next Tuesday.
Next week's event will bring an array of new products, if the rumor mill is correct.
Concealed in Wednsday’s invite to the Apple spring event is an augmented reality Easter egg. It’s a bonus to make the invite seem cool, and perhaps get Mac fans excited about what’s coming.
After Apple ceased product sales in Russia, CEO Tim Cook sent an email to all employees promising to match donations made to help Ukraine during the Russian invasion at a rate of 2:1.
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Apple could make the Mac mini, its smallest desktop, even smaller if it really wanted to. One YouTuber proved that by taking the machine’s internals and packing them into a custom shell that’s 78% more compact than the original.
Regular SD cards don’t insert all the way into the notebook. But that’s not a problem with Transcend’s JetDrive Lite 330 — it is smaller than the standard SD card, so it sits flush in the slot.
Designed for those who are hard of hearing, Conversation Boost allows AirPods Pro to function a little like hearing aids. When it’s active, it amplifies the voice of the person you’re speaking to. Here’s how to use it.
Not all “before and after” posts showcasing computer setups on social media are created equal. Sometimes the description and commentary leave out too much information. Sometimes the photographs are inconclusive. And sometimes the improvements just don’t have much “wow” factor. Today’s featured setup splits the difference.
Tweet o' the day
One more thing ...
"This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software. But he was doing the device all wrong. It had a stylus. As soon as you have a stylus, you’re dead. This dinner was like the tenth time he talked to me about it, and I was so sick of it that I came home and said, 'Fuck this, let’s show him what a tablet can really be.'" -- Steve Jobs
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