Ubisoft is bringing a new free-to-play "Assassin's Creed" game to iPhone, where users get to customize their character and adventure in 215 B.C. China — registration for closed beta testing is open now.Assassin's Creed Codename JadeThe new Assassin's Creed entry, known only as "Codename Jade" for now, is a free-to-play game from Ubisoft and Level Infinite, and it will be built with the Unreal Engine for mobile devices. It will be available for both iOS and Android when it launches in the future. Read more...

Ubisoft is bringing a new free-to-play "Assassin's Creed" game to iPhone, where users get to customize their character and adventure in 215 B.C. China — registration for closed beta testing is open now.Assassin's Creed Codename JadeThe new Assassin's Creed entry, known only as "Codename Jade" for now, is a free-to-play game from Ubisoft and Level Infinite, and it will be built with the Unreal Engine for mobile devices. It will be available for both iOS and Android when it launches in the future. Read more...

Sony, which is supplying the panel used for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computer, has a capacity of 900,000 units of these panels per year, TheElec reports Monday. Apple Vision Pro features an ultra-high-resolution display system that packs 23 million pixels across two displays — more than a 4K TV for each eye — and the brand-new R1 chip, for a virtually lag-free, real-time view of the world. Gijong Lee for The Elec: Sony manufactures the OLED on silicon, or OLEDoS, which uses silicon as a substrate to make a high-resolution micro OLED display panel, being used by Cupertino for its new MR device unveiled last week at WWDC 2023. Sources said Sony’s capacity means Apple will only be able…

Macworld Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too. The long wait When Apple announced the first iPhone in 2007, there was a five-month wait before the product became available in stores. When the company unveiled the first Apple Watch in 2014, we had to wait seven months to see what the big deal was. But the Vision Pro headset, unveiled last week, is likely to be nine or…

Macworld Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too. The long wait When Apple announced the first iPhone in 2007, there was a five-month wait before the product became available in stores. When the company unveiled the first Apple Watch in 2014, we had to wait seven months to see what the big deal was. But the Vision Pro headset, unveiled last week, is likely to be nine or…

Samsung today launched a new pair of monitors, including the latest version of the iMac-like Smart Monitor M8. The monitor is priced at $699.99 for the 32-inch option and $649.99 for a new 27-inch option, although as of now Samsung is only taking orders on the former size. New additions to the Smart Monitor M8 include HDR10+ support and portrait orientation. The monitor includes a 4K UHD flat LCD panel with 400 nits of brightness, a 60Hz refresh rate, and a new pivot stand so that you can turn the display 90 degrees for portrait orientation. In terms of Apple-related features, the Smart Monitor M8 retains the previous generation's AirPlay support so that you can connect Apple devices to the…