Apple has launched its Back to School promotion for 2023, but just as with previous years, you may find better offers away from Apple's quite tempting selections.Apple's 2023 Back to School promotion graphicsEvery year, Apple holds its Back to School sales event, offering bonuses to customers buying Macs and iPads for educational purposes. Just as rumored, Apple started up its 2023 promotion on Tuesday. Read more...

The long-awaited, oft-rumored Apple “Reality One” VR/AR (XR) headset is reportedly going to be revealed on June 5th during Apple’s WWDC keynote. Early adopters may not be able to resist, even at a wildly reported retail price of $3,000. Designer Marcus Kane’s conception of Apple’s mixed reality headset (via Behance) Andy Boxall for DigitalTrends: I’ve got a terrible feeling I’m not going to be able to resist it. Why? Because Apple makes great products, I’m sure it’s going to be presented exceptionally well, and I’m doubly sure I’m exactly the person it’ll be targeting. It’s not a good combination, and I worry the only thing that’s going to stop me from potentially handing over $3,000 for one is for Apple…

Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge It’s easy to blame trackers when fitness goals don’t go according to plan, but sometimes the problem lies closer to home. I almost quit this year’s New York City Half Marathon. The moment is seared into my brain. I’d been running for nearly two hours in freezing temperatures, straight into the wind. The Apple Watch Ultra on my left wrist buzzed to tell me I’d just passed mile nine. On my right wrist, the Garmin Forerunner 265S said I’d only run 8.55 miles. A short-ish distance ahead, I could see the official mile nine marker. I had no idea which distance was “true.” It didn’t matter, though. All I wanted was to beat…

There are plenty of features to consider when buying a new smoker grill. Arguably, a Wi-Fi connection is becoming one of those features, so Brisk It's Origin-580 smart grill with a sub-$1,000 price is a tempting consideration.Brisk It Origin-580Wireless connectivity on a smoker is helpful because this grilling generally requires long cook times that must be monitored regularly. The good news is that Brisk It's smoker and iPhone app performed as expected and helped manage the grill away from our backyard. Read more...

Macworld PDFs can be a pain. As they were initially designed to be forms that were printed out and filled in by pen, they can feel somewhat anacronistic in the modern digital age. But, it’s not as hard to complete forms or annotate documents in this format, and you don’t even need expensive software to do it. Here we look at a collection of PDF apps that are either completely free, or have a free trial version with a lot of the necessary functionality for a one-off PDF editing requirement. Some of these apps do certain things better than others, so the best PDF editor for you will depend on what your particular needs. For example, if you want a…

Macworld Macs may be a far less tempting target for malware and viruses, but they’re not immune from attack. Even if you don’t care about adware or being used as means to infect users on other platforms, it’s still possible to fall victim to ransomware, or password theft. Accordingly, good antivirus for Mac software will protect your Mac on all of these fronts. It’ll catch malware that’s still spreading or in circulation; block ransomware; protect older systems with out-of-date software from security vulnerabilities; prevent your Mac from acting as a carrier for malware aimed at other operating systems; and keep infected files off of any virtual machines you’re running. As to the question of which Mac antivirus software you should choose,…