Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with a new note on iPhone XR pre-order demand. As he previously predicted, the new device is outpacing the sales of iPhone 8/8 Plus from last year even as stock of XR remains good. Last week, Kuo upped his forecast of iPhone XR sales for the current quarter from 33m-35m units to 36m-38m. That bumped his total iPhone sales estimate from 75m-80m up to 78m-83m for the holiday quarter....

Damien Chazelle will helm a new musical drama series called The Eddy, following his overwhelming success and acclaim for La La Land. There are few filmmakers in the entertainment industry right now who have quite as much hype and acclaim surrounding them as Chazelle. After starting out writing scripts for low-budget horror flicks and making even lower budget student films, Chazelle broke out onto the scene with noticeable impact in 2014 with Whiplash, which went on to receive several Oscar nominations....

Last Encounter is a roguelike dual-stick shooter set in the depths of space, where the player needs to make the most of the spare weapons and modifications they find on missions to fight against fleets of alien ships. The gameplay is fast-paced and is a lot of fun when it clicks, but the random nature of the game can sometimes make things a little too easy or a little too hard....

The Italian website TuttoAndroid has somehow managed to score several images of a Nexus 5 running Android 4.4 KitKat. Never mind the fact that both the next Nexus and KitKat will be announced by the end of the month, and that between now and then there will be more leaks than you can shake a stick at, let’s focus on what’s new. First, the status bar. It’s now transparent. Before it used to be black....

Here’s one great example of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and Apple Pencil being put to good use by a pro: The latest cover of the The New Yorker, for the Jan. 9th issue out now, features a cover illustrated entirely using an iPad, Apple Pencil, and the popular Procreate app. The publication even posted a time-lapse video on its website (below) showing the process. “After I procrastinate at my desk all day, I need to get out to get work done; so I go to a café, or to the library, or ....

Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs has bought a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine. She described The Atlantic as one of the country’s most important and enduring journalistic institutions, but told Recode that she also had another reason for the acquisition. The terms of the deal weren’t revealed, but with an estimated net worth of $20B, the purchase is unlikely to have stretched her finances. Powell Jobs spoke earlier in the year about how she chooses to use the money....

Today’s top deals center around the new Best Buy WWDC sale, plus Anker has notable price drops from $7, and Apple’s Magic Keyboard for iPad is discounted. Hit the jump for all that and more in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Best Buy WWDC sale is now live Anker’s new sale starts at $7 Apple’s new Magic Keyboard is $330 The latest creation from Apple delivers a premium typing experience on the 2020 iPad Pro....

The Device Assist app alerts you to any settings that could give you trouble, such as battery drain from cranking up the brightness too high. There is also a stream of tips that detail Android llipop features, such as battery saver, locking your device screen to a single app, limiting when you see certain notifications. There’s also a button for contacting ay support. ong with requesting a call back, you can submit your device statistics directly to , which could speed up the troubleshooting process....

Kuo points out that although Apple will now adopt Mini-LED displays for the new iPad Pro, other iPad models will switch to OLED displays, beginning with iPad Air next year. Mini-LED panels offer the same benefits as OLED, such as deeper blacks — since the backlighting is based on several small LEDs — but they don’t suffer from burn-in. However, as Mini-LED is a more expensive technology, Apple plans to bring OLED to the cheaper iPads, which includes the iPad Air and the entry-level iPad....

The trend is the deciding factor in the smartphone industry. Any new concept which no one has ever done before usually sets the trend for smartphones. smartphone displays have always been hype and trend makers. We are talking about the infinity display. Yes, the all-screen phone in layman’s term. Sometimes it is also termed as waterfall display due to the display extending slightly to the phone sidebars. Over the last couple of years, many OEMs have re-worked on the concept of infinity display....

LaCie is out today with the new d2 Thunderbolt 2 drive featuring a new design with a smaller footprint and an optional SSD upgrade for adding faster storage to the mix. The new LaCie d2 is an up-to-6TB hard drive spec’d at 7200 RPM with speeds up to 220 MB/s and two Thunderbolt 2 ports alongside a USB 3 port. Aside from the new design, part of the LaCie d2’s story is the option to add a solid state drive to the package with a user-upgradable solid state drive panel from LaCie to make the d2 even faster and more capable....

Update: The rumor was indeed correct. The mystery of the rainbow stage at the center of the Apple Park campus was recently solved, Apple’s intranet revealing it to be for the formal opening of the campus … It isn’t yet known who will be performing, but a Lady Gaga fan account on Twitter has suggested that the American singer-songwriter might be in line for the gig. Lady Gaga would be a slightly odd choice given Apple’s famous sensibilities....

When Apple announced the first 27-inch Retina 5K iMac at its special event last month, its new super high resolution desktop computer became available for purchase online that same day. Ship times for the Retina 5K iMac have since steadily slipped from 3-5 days to 7-10 days. With Black Friday and the holidays quickly approaching, though, the shipment promise for the Retina 4K iMac has stretched out to 2-3 weeks when ordering directly from Apple… While you may find the base model which starts at $2,499 stocked at your local brick-and-mortar Apple Store, the trend of extended ship times means you’ll likely want to order soon if you plan on customizing the configuration, especially maxing every spec out, and getting your shipment in time for the holidays....

Latest MacBook Pro is on sale from $1,100 iPhone 8 sees 1-day discount to $330 Today only, Woot offers the refurbished Apple iPhone 8 for $330. Free shipping is available for Prime members. A $6 delivery fee will be charged otherwise. When available, Apple charges $499 at its refurb storefront. Today’s offer is a match of our previous mention. iPhone 8 offers a 4.7-inch Retina display, A11 chip, Touch ID, and a 12MP camera....

When Google’s developers, or any developers for that matter, create applications, they’re faced with deadlines. Not every feature they want to include in a point releases can be included, so cuts are made. The code that’s responsible for said new features that have been cut sometimes stays in the app, however, and Android Police tore down the latest version of YouTube and found quite a few interesting things. First, support for offline videos is coming....

Last October I reviewed Launch Center Pro for iOS 7 and shared a few actions and shortcuts I found useful. Today Contrast is out with Launch Center Pro for iPad, and it’s just as neat for anyone wanting to build shortcuts and more efficient workflows on the iPad. The app takes advantage of the iPad’s larger canvas by offering a larger grid for building actions and groups. Like version 2 of the iPhone app, Launch Center Pro features Dropbox integration for backing up the board you build....

Cryptography remains cryptic and complex because most people don’t have the time or the desire to become a cryptography expert. But a high-level understanding of applied cryptography and cryptanalysis is valuable to developers and hackers alike. Understanding when, why and how cryptography should be used in different contexts is important to ensure that the software is actually receiving the desired level of protection. And the ability to recognize misuse of cryptography can be useful for a hacker trying to determine whether encrypted data can be broken with ease or is beyond their capabilities....

In movies, a good way to visualize a character’s life-changing experience or their monumental choice is to alter their physical appearance. This could be as simple as getting a haircut or wearing a new costume, or as titanic as suffering a grave injury. Through this simple visualization, it’s made clear that nothing will ever be the same for that character and how the audience will see them from that point on....

Over the weekend we saw a handful of iPhone 8 leaks further indicate an all-new chassis design for the device. A new report today from iDrop News offers some of the most specific information yet on just how big the iPhone 8 will be. The report claims that the iPhone 8 will be “much heftier” than the iPhone 7, acting as a sort of middle-ground between the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in terms of size…...

Have you seen international data rates lately? That $20 would get eaten up with the first 20 MBs of international data. After that, who pays the international rate difference? Can anyone hazard a guess how AT&T is allowing the Kindle to get data at domestic rates when all of us iPhone users are paying at least $25 for 20MB of data? Also: Will AT&T offer that same data plan, or lack thereof, to Apple’s tablet (though admittedly it will use much more data)?...