Apple CEO Tim Cook met with U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz at Apple Park on Thursday, where the two discussed a range of topics including similarities in their seemingly disparate jobs.

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Security researchers were able to bypass Face ID’s “liveness” detection on the iPhone and iPad Pro with everyday items, defeating what is considered the industry’s most advanced biometric security system using little more than a pair of glasses with tape affixed to the lenses.

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Apple is opening its bug bounty program to cover all of its operating systems, with the company expanding and improving the scheme to pay researchers for finding bugs in macOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and iCloud, along with the current payouts for iOS issues.

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Ikea teamed with Sonos, and the pairing has produced the $99 Symfonisk Bookshelf Wi-Fi speaker with AirPlay 2. How does it compare to pricier speaker alternatives.

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Apple’s MacBooks have seen a considerable growth in global shipments in the second quarter over the same period in 2018, with TrendForce figures indicating the product line shipped 19.8% more units year-on-year, the highest among the other top notebook vendors.

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Apple has given all musicians a way to examine the listening habits of their fans, with ‘Apple Music for Artists’ exiting an extended beta test program on Thursday.

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A day after the most recent developer beta of tvOS 13, iOS 13, and iPadOS 13, Apple has made the same build available for public beta testers.

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Philips has launched a new set of smart light bulbs under Signify’s WiZ Connected ecosystem, one that works differently from the manufacturer’s existing Hue range in that they connect directly with Wi-Fi, eliminating the need for an intermediary hub.

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Summer may be winding down, but these Apple Watch deals are heating up as we make our way through August. Here’s where to grab the lowest prices on Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 3 devices, with prices starting at just $199.

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A new report by CIRP shows that price seems to be the driving factor behind smart speaker adoption and market growth, with over 50 percent of the market belonging to entry-level Amazon Echo and Google Dot and Mini devices.

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