New Apple TV+ limited series Hijack stars Idris Elba as a man caught in an explosive hostage situation in the sky. Elba plays a corporate negotiator on one of the worst days of his life, as armed terrorists seize the airplane he’s flying on from Dubai to London.

He has six hours to foil their plan — and possibly save his marriage. Can he pull off one or the other, or both? And more importantly, will it be thrilling? Time will tell…

Globetrotters know the struggle of preparing for an international trip. Packing bags and booking flights and hotels is stressful enough without worrying about the always-dreaded SIM card purchase.

For your next trip, consider trying an eSIM card instead. For instance, you can snag a digital SIM card for life, plus $50 worth of data, for only $24.99 (regularly $50) with this offer.

Maximizing your office or living space can be tricky if you’re working with a relatively small area, so upgraded efficiency is key. You can currently find it, along with a reduced price tag, in the form of a versatile lighting fixture that takes up very little room but will have a big impact on your environment.

Usually sold for $149, the Lamp Depot Minimalist LED Corner Floor Lamp is available for only $55.97 during our version of Prime Day. You can get the best-ever pricing on this product — but only through July 14 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Normally, you need an Apple TV+ subscription to watch the first episode of the hit sci-fi drama Silo. But it is now posted on Twitter for all to see, in its entirety.

This isn’t piracy — Apple itself shared the video Tuesday.

Basketball superstar Steph Curry will get a documentary on Apple TV+ in July. The trailer for Stephen Curry: Underrated gives a first look at the athlete’s rise to fame.

The film uses a mix of archival footage, new interviews and “intimate cinéma vérité” to explore the life of the basketball great.

The latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 11 Pro, continues to make life easier for computer users across the globe. It works on compatible PCs, obviously (check compatibility here). And with virtualization software like Parallels, you can run Windows 11 on a Mac as well.

Right now, you can get Windows 11 Pro at the surprisingly low price of only $29.97 (regularly $199).

People love shooting video with their iPhones, but action cameras are gaining in popularity as they get smaller and even easier to stick on a ski helmet or bicycle handlebars.

Case in point: Insta360 just released its Go 3 action camera, which is about the size of your thumb when detached from its remote charging pod with flip LED screen.

Whether you carry a wallet bursting at the seams or you’re a two-cards-and-cash-in-a-clip person, Journey has a new product you might want to give a go. It’s the Ezmo Magnetic Wallet and Phone Stand.

It’s a high-quality leather product that fixes to your iPhone. But whether you want it to be your daily carrier for cash and cards depends on how little you feel you can get by carrying around with you. The company sent me one to try out.

Players become students at Hogwarts and engage in magical duels against dark wizards in Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, which launched Tuesday. It’s a collectible card (CCG) and massively multiplayer (MMO) game, and is free to play — with in-app purchases.

There are versions for iPhone and iPad. (Android too.)

Looking to buy a powerful new MacBook Pro but cannot stretch your budget for the M2 Max model? Apple’s 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max is down to $2,699 after a whopping $800 discount.

This makes it a great alternative to Apple’s newer 2023 MacBook Pro models. If you were looking to buy the M2 Pro-powered MacBook Pro, consider purchasing the M1 Max variant instead.

Apple’s latest Macs are powerful and versatile. So much so that some people wonder if anybody will want the top-of-the-line Mac Pro desktop, even with its new M2 Ultra chip.

A new report found an audience for the top desktop lacking, given the capabilities of Mac Studio and MacBook Pro. But others suggest Mac Pro is here to stay.

The Astropad Darkboard is a new lightweight, ergonomic drawing surface for iPad. It gives artists a place to rest their arm while drawing without covering the tablet’s screen.

After a successful launch on Kickstarter, the product is now available worldwide.

The Truecaller app is already well known as a caller-ID service and spam blocker. And now it lets you record incoming and outgoing calls on your iPhone in the United States.

Does your favorite streaming service pander to the lowest common denominator? Like everything else online, TV content providers use algorithms to find out what most viewers like and feed them more of it, and that usually doesn’t include a lot of brain food.

If you’re starved for shows and movies that educate and entertain, there’s never been a better time to check out Curiosity Stream, a streaming home for thousands of documentaries. Cult of Mac readers can score lifetime access for only $179.97 (regularly $399) during our iteration of Prime Day, but only through July 14!

Ready to maximize your setup’s screen real estate — and give it a touchscreen boost? Right now, you can add an additional HD monitor at a low price.

You don’t need to wait until Amazon Prime Day to take advantage of great savings on the Desklab Portable 4K Touchscreen Monitor, currently available for only $249.97 (regularly $375) with no coupon necessary. Get early access to special pricing during our Deal Days event, which lasts through July 14. You’ll have to act fast, though, as supply is limited for this innovative monitor!

The first screenshots and videos of apps being built for Vision Pro show just how easy it is to port iOS apps to Apple’s upcoming augmented reality headset.

Apple just released the visionOS software development kit last Wednesday, and already people are refitting their iPhone apps for Apple’s new mixed-reality platform and sharing the results online.

The apps include Broadcasts, which lets you tune in to internet radio and livestreams — and leave a little Now Playing window anywhere in your virtual space. With cooking app Crouton in visionOS, you can place timers all around your kitchen. And Tasks, a powerful to-do app, works exactly as it does on your Mac and iPhone.

In my opinion, this is what will ultimately make visionOS succeed where similar mixed-reality platforms failed: It builds heavily on the same technologies that underpin iOS. If you can build an iPhone app, you can build a Vision Pro app.

Here’s a gallery of what some popular indie apps look like running on Vision Pro.

Back when Fiio released its jack-of-all-trades R7 desktop hi-res audio player and amplifier in March 2023, it promised its new SP3 powered desktop speakers would follow, its first active speakers. And so they have, released earlier this month.

They could be the perfect companion for the R7 and a variety of desktop audio needs. They carry Hi-Res Audio certification and feature decent connectivity options via cable.

Those eager to get their hands on the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro Max should check out a short video showing a case supposedly designed for Apple’s next flagship smartphone. This helps confirm a few details that previously leaked out.

Get ready for a USB-C port and other changes.

What do you get when you combine a high-end Mac Studio with three Studio Displays? You get a killer workstation. And in the case of today’s featured computer setup, you get a comparison to Al Gore, noted climate evangelist, former U.S. vice president and senator, and total Apple guy in more ways than one.

The user playfully implied he based his setup on Gore’s triple-Cinema Display workstation of yesteryear.

A California hiker who broke her leg in the Angelos National Forest was able to get help thanks to the Emergency SOS via satellite service built into the iPhone 14 series.

The feature enables those range of cellular network coverage to call for rescue.

Can you even remember what you learned in those boring high school French or Spanish classes, filled with rote memorization and writing exercises? There are better ways to master a foreign language than they way you learned way back when.

Thanks to apps like Babbel, you can learn a new language in your own way, on your own time. And right now, there’s good news for anyone prepping for a vacation or wanting to expand their communication abilities. Cult of Mac readers can now score lifetime access to Babbel for only $179.97 (regularly $399) during our version of Prime Day. This fantastic price drop only lasts until July 14!

Aside from the inevitable iPhone refresh (and the headset everyone’s buzzing about), Apple reportedly has several other major new products lined up for launch in 2023 and the first half of 2024. This includes revamped iPad Pros with OLED displays, new Macs powered by a next-gen M3 processor and an upgrade to the Apple Watch Ultra.

Apple also is supposedly in the early stages of developing an iMac with a display that measures more than 30 inches.

In this installment of 3 Reasons to Watch, we’re touting stellar Apple TV+ basketball drama Swagger, produced by Kevin Durant and creatively shepherded by Reggie Rock Bythewood.

The show, about a high school phenom assailed by personal and professional pressures, just returned for its second season. And like its heroes, Swagger shows no signs of slacking now that the game is getting tougher. Here’s why you should give it a shot.

To say that it’s been a while since we featured new or interesting Awesome Apps would be an understatement. Fortunately, all that time has allowed me to discover a few great, useful apps to share with all of you. Whether you need something to help keep you in shape this summer, or want a quick and easy way to record a call on your iPhone, we’ve got some awesome apps for you.

And as I’ve said in the past, if you have something you want us to check out for a future Awesome Apps post, be sure to email your suggestions or tweet them over or toot at me.

The Crowded Room, a psychological thriller starring Tom Holland, is bringing in plenty of viewers. For two weeks now, the Apple TV+ series has been among the most popular shows on any streaming service.

And it’s not the only Apple series doing well — Silo continues to draw a large audience, too.