A future Apple Watch could be capable of measuring blood sugar levels and blood pressure.
Apple is working with a UK company that has sensors capable of measuring such things.
A future Apple Watch could be able to measure a user s blood sugar level as well as their blood pressure via a noninvasive method thanks to specialist sensors created by a UK startup.
Rockley Photonics already has sensors similar to those used on the back of Apple Watches sold around the world, but it s also working on something that s much more capable, according to a Gadgets and Wearables report. Rockley Photonics lists Apple as one of its biggest customers.
Source: iMore
The Apple Spring loaded event has come and gone. We got a slew of new products: AirTags, iPad Pro (2021), Apple TV 4K with an updated Siri Remote, colorful new iMacs, and some updated services like Podcasts Subscriptions. Most of this stuff was expected, especially the AirTags and iPad Pros.
Still, some rumors were floating around earlier in the year that we should expect a new iPad mini in 2021. But with an Apple event now in the rearview, there is still no sign of an updated iPad mini, which was last updated in March 2019 that s over two years at this point.
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Facebook and Instagram are desperate for users to give them access to data and are threatening to charge if they say no.
As of iOS 14.5, apps must ask a user for permission to track them from app to app.
Facebook and Instagram are threatening that users will need to pay for their services. But only if users don t allow the pair to track them from app to app after installing iOS 14.5.
Following the release of iOS 14.5 all apps must ask for permission before they can track a user between apps and websites. That has companies like Facebook worried about their ad revenue, and they re trying every trick in the book to make sure people allow them to track them.
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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests a new iPad mini will launch in the second half of this year.
Kuo didn t go into details about the new tablet.
Apple will release a new iPad mini in the second half of this year if analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is to be believed. According to a research note that also mentioned a foldable iPhone coming in 2023, TPK is the company that will benefit from the new release.
Almost mentioned as an afterthought, the new iPad mini will reportedly see a shift from OFILM for display manufacture with TPK being the company picking up the slack. The company will see a growth in business thanks to a shift to new screen technologies including Mini-LED, while a new iPad mini will drive demand in the second half of this year, according to Kuo.
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Apple s AirTag promises to help you find your stuff, so a YouTuber decided to test that out.
The person mailed a tag to themselves and followed its route on their Mac.
Apple s AirTag item tracker is now on sale and people are already putting them through their paces. But just how accurate is the tracking capability of the little plastic pucks? That s something Dutch YouTuber AirtagAlex wanted to find out, so they mailed an AirTag to themselves and watched it work its way through the Dutch mail service.
Turns out, with the exception of a couple of errant reports, AirTag tracking actually works. Who knew?