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One of the "big" aouncements at WWDC: OS X will be renamed macOS. CNET Steve Jobs probably would've hated this. The late co-founder was famously obsessed with simplicity. Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday was anything but, offering a dizzying list of features. "The mother of all releases," Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the "gigantic" nature of iOS 10, the latest version of its software that powers iPhones and iPads. But there's something to be said about the less is more approach, with few standout aouncements emerging from the two-hour presentation. If last year's WWDC offered just as many tidbits, it had the theme of security and privacy to tie everything together...

If you were waiting for the Apple TV to offer something revolutionary that upsets the TV world as we know it, relax. The latest improvements to the company's set-top box are meaningful, for sure, but amount to more baby steps for Apple aficionados than giant leaps for mankind.At the company's World Wide Developers Conference today, Eddie Cue, head of Apple TV, took the wraps off a bunch of new features and extras coming to the box. Here's the full list, with links to the ones we examine in-depth in other articles.Now more than 6,000 native apps, including 1,300 video chaelsDark Mode with black background for nighttime viewingSingle sign-on for cable authentication appsUpdated Remote iOS app ...

At the World Wide Developers Conference Apple aounced a bunch of small improvements and additions for the Apple TV box and tvOS software. Here's a peek....

Tyler Lizenby/CNET A lot of us have been waiting for smarter smart home controls from Apple -- now, with new improvements to HomeKit in iOS 10, Apple wants to deliver.First aounced two years ago during the WWDC 2014 keynote, HomeKit is a set of protocols for how smart home products should communicate and work together within Apple's iOS software for mobile devices. This year in iOS 10, you'll be able to manage your gadgets right in the Control Center by swiping up and then over to access a dedicated smart home section. There will also be a new "Home" app that'll serve as a central point of organization for your coected home setup.This is a developing story. Follow our liveblog for the latest...

Software, software and even more software. That's what Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is all about, and this year won't be any different. Apple may be best known for its hardware, but it's really the seamless integration of its hardware with its software that has set it apart from rivals. It's critical that Apple make a strong impression at WWDC with the next versions of its software, including iOS for iPhones. The company's ability to control every aspect of its products -- something that began when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple 40 years ago -- has been key in making Apple the most powerful company in tech. CNET will be on hand at Apple's keynote presentation at 10 a.m...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageShe thinks she's fuy. Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You're excited, aren't you? But not very excited, right? In recent times, rumors about what Apple will aounce at its various events and presentations have been...

Making a big jump into renewable power, Apple last year invested $850 million in a Califoia solar farm. That facility was supposed to provide enough renewable energy for Apple's new campus in Silicon Valley, all of its other offices in Califoia, all of its retail stores in the state and a data center, CEO Tim Cook said.Apple now has plans, according to 9to5mac.com and Bloomberg, to sell excess energy from the solar panels it's installing on the roof of that new campus, Apple Campus 2, which the company will move into next year.The news comes thanks to a filing by subsidiary Apple Energy, which applied to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to sell power from the Campus 2's solar pane...

Software, software and even more software. That's what Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is all about, and this year won't be any different. Apple may be best known for its hardware, but it's really the seamless integration of its hardware with its software that has set it apart from rivals. It's critical that Apple make a strong impression at WWDC with the next versions of its software, including iOS for iPhones. The company's ability to control every aspect of its products -- something that began when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple 40 years ago -- has been key in making Apple the most powerful company in tech. CNET will be on hand at Apple's keynote presentation at 10 a.m....

Software, software and even more software. That's what Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is all about, and this year won't be any different. Apple may be best known for its hardware, but it's really the seamless integration of its hardware with its software that has set it apart from rivals. It's critical that Apple make a strong impression at WWDC with the next versions of its software, including iOS for iPhones. The company's ability to control every aspect of its products -- something that began when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple 40 years ago -- has been key in making Apple the most powerful company in tech. CNET will be on hand at Apple's keynote presentation at 10 a.m....

Apparently the US Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to reverse the decision of an appeals court which ruled Apple over Samsung. The case centers on smartphone patent rights and whether Samsung is on the hook for $930 million. A jury ordered that Samsung must pay this substantial fee to Apple due to patent infringements.Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Recode's Ina Fried (left) interviews Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak Wednesday at the Salesforce TrailheaDX conference. Shara Tibken/CNET Steve Wozniak thinks artificial intelligence is the future -- but Apple's Siri digital assistant isn't quite there yet. "Sometimes Siri doesn't get the words right, and I'm pissed," the Apple co-founder said, while noting that Google Now and other voice assistants aren't perfect, either. "It's not like a perfect human yet, but I want to get there," Wozniak said Wednesday at the Salesforce TrailheaDX conference here in San Francisco. "It's a friend, our best friend, we fall in love with it."We're still a couple hundred years away from everything ruing on mac...

Serious vintage vibes on this custom MacBook series by Colorware ColorWare Colorware, the company with a history of tricking out popular electronics in custom colors and pattes, has gone back in time and brought back the design of the Apple IIe, at least in spirit. The company is offering a limited edition 12" Macbook with a custom skin that pays homage to the 1980s retro computer console. The basis for the Apple MacBook Retro is the high-end 2016 model Macbook tricked out with a 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core m7 chip, 8GB of SDRAM, and 512GB of flash storage. But instead of the standard Silver, Space Gray, and Rose Gold options, ColorWare opens a big bucket of nostalgia and dips the w...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageGiana, on the right, is now fully recovered. Yahoo 7 News screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The baby monitor showed Stacey Gleeson that her 1-year-old daughter Giana had tued blue.She went to her and discovered she'd stopped breathing.The mom from Cais, Australia,...

[embedded content] Apple's published eight new videos in its 'shot on iPhone' series, which touts the camera prowess of its iPhone smartphones.Within the last day, eight new videos have been added to Apple's YouTube chael, and feature a hippo, penguins, bees and a particularly excited dog. Not all the videos, which are only 15 seconds long, are wildlife-themed -- there are also some moody-looking clouds, seaside frolicking and some artistically-framed windscreen wiper action. Each set to a snippet of trendy music. [embedded content] Apple's 'shot on iPhone' campaign is built to show off the photo and video capabilities of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. While our exhaustive testing suggests the i...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageTim Cook. Leading Apple in a complex world. Screenshot by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho/CNET Apple's different these days.But is...

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CNET If you live in the US, you might not even know the name Huawei, so the idea that the company could become the number one cell phone maker in the world in five years seems far fetched to say the least. But according to the Wall Street Joual, that number one spot is just where the CEO of the company wants to be.Speaking at the Converge technology conference in Hong Kong, Richard Yu, the head of Huawei's consumer electronics business, gave reason to believe the idea of passing Samsung and Apple in the smartphone market is actually a goal within reach.Huawei currently owns an 8.3% global market share compared to 23% for Samsung and 15% for Apple. But while Samsung's smartphone sales stayed ...

Everything green. That's what we want to see. Screenshot/Apple Apple's services are functioning as normal, after an outage that saw the App Store and plenty of iCloud features knocked for six.Apple's status page says that all its services are ruing as normal after the glitches that appear to have taken hold across the globe yesterday evening. "Users may have experienced slower than usual performance when using iCloud Drive, Backup, iCloud Notes, iWork for iCloud, and Photos," the status page says in reference to the recent spate of outages. "Users may also have experienced slowness with multiple services at iCloud.com."I've contacted Apple to ask what caused the issues with its services, and...

Samsung is fighting against what it considers "grossly overrewarding design patents." Sarah Tew/CNET The years-long Apple-Samsung patent battle just keeps on going.With Samsung filing its opening briefs in the tech titans' case before the US Supreme Court, we weigh whether the justices will finally help bring some resolution to this patent dispute. The Supreme Court in March agreed to review the case, marking the first time it has looked at a design patent issue since the 1800s.For this episode, we also discuss PayPal's new retu-to-work program, called Recharge, as well as Elon Musk's plans to have people reach Mars by 2025.The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories...