Season two of the acclaimed Apple TV+ series “Severance” is filming in Newfoundland this month, specifically in Bonavista, Keels, and Port Union. Apple TV+ hit series “Severance” received top honors at the 75th Annual Writers Guild Awards, winning Best Drama and Best New Series. Last October, Apple TV+ today announced that principal photography is officially under way for the second season of its Emmy Award-winning and globally celebrated workplace thriller “Severance,” from creator and writer Dan Erickson and director and executive producer Ben Stiller, and produced by Fifth Season. Melissa Tobin for CBC: And it’s got lots of locals talking, despite the efforts from the film crew to keep things hush-hush. Darryl Johnson is the town manager for Trinity Bay…

Apple has a problem that most of us would love: It has too much cash. For AAPL investors, that means massive buybacks and healthy dividends for years to come. Apple’s operating cash flow totaled $28.6 billion in its latest fiscal second quarter (ended April 1, 2023) during which the company spent $19.1 billion buying back 129 million AAPL shares and paid out $3.7 billion in dividends to investors. Sandy Ward for Morningstar: On the one hand, it’s good to be cash-rich because it gives a company plenty of flexibility to manage its businesses in the best of times by investing in innovation and staying competitive… On the other hand, having an ever-growing pile of cash on a company’s balance sheet,…

Macworld Google wrapped up another I/O keynote and we heard a lot of what we expected to: there are several new Pixel devices, a dig at Apple for not supporting RCS (can’t say we disagree there), and a massive focus on AI. It wasn’t just AI taking the stage at Google’s event, but generative AI. It’s an annoying name but an important distinction. Generative AI is that which creates new stuff, rather than simply analyzing and adjusting what already exists. DALL·E and Stable Diffusion create new artwork from a text prompt, they don’t just tweak the exposure and sharpen up an image you supply. Chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard answer questions and perform tasks by making new text. There…

A user on Reddit has shared an incredible story on how the Apple Watch helped save their mom’s life. According to Reddit user Xanderpy, their mom was on a business trip and staying at a hotel when she started feeling pain in her chest. more… The post Apple Watch helps save woman’s life after collapsing in a hotel room from a ruptured aorta appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Macworld Staying connected can be hard enough when you’re traveling domestically — but it’s even more inconvenient when away in another country. Want an easy and affordable way to keep in touch when you travel abroad? Then get a $50 aloSIM credit on sale this week for half price. aloSIM is a digital eSim that lets you stay connected in over 120 countries without incurring any expensive roaming charges. You just set up your account, indicate what country you’ll be going to (before you leave), and when you arrive you’ll enjoy access to that region’s domestic data networks. And 7-day data packages are just $4.50, so it’s an economical way to get access to the web from international destinations. Getting…

Macworld Apple’s AirPods wireless headphones offer an iconic look, exceptional convenience, and strong audio quality. They come with a premium price tag, however, so it’s important to shop around for a good deal… or find a bunch of tech experts who’ll do this for you. That’s where we come in. In this article, we round up the best AirPods discounts and bundle deals to help you save money. We’ve got the best prices on the 3rd-gen AirPods that were released in October 2021, the new 2nd-gen AirPods Pro that launched in September 2022, and the premium AirPods Max over-ear headphones from 2020. We’ve also got bargain deals on some older models, such as the early-2019 second-gen AirPods, where stock is…