There's a limited-edition purple Xbox One S 'Fortnite Battle Royale' console

It's been leaked before but now it's official. A special purple variant of the Microsoft Xbox One S is coming out soon (June 7th in the US). It's being bundled with Fortnite and includes the console in the special colour with 1TB of storage, a copy of Fortnite Battle Royale, a purple Xbox Wireless Controller, 2,000 V-Bucks, and special in-game items. The bundle will also come with a month-long trial of Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold. In Canada, the bundle will retail for $379.99 CAD. It isn't specified on Microsoft's official page when it'll be released, but we hope to hear more soon.

Apple makes its platforms more accessible with Voice Control

For all the shiny new tech we get to see, sometimes the more interesting announcements are those that are more functional and serves more as equalizers. So, during Apple's keynote at its Worldwide Developer Conference, one of the new features we were excited about was an accessibility feature to help those with motor impairments use different Apple products. The company introduced Voice Control, which lets you control macOS, iOS, and iPadOS using voice commands. It's said to work "with virtually any app" and will let you tap, swipe, and scroll with your voice. At the same time, Apple promises that the feature "ensures personal data is kept private." Voice Control will reportedly come out this fall.

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Apple's new Mac Pro and Pro XDR Display fulfill promise to the pro class

Apple unloaded the new 2019  Mac Pro, a completely redesigned and modular workstation-class supercomputer. With the ability to be configured with 8 up to 28-core Intel Xeon processors, from 32GB to 1.5 terabytes of RAM and a wide selection of top tier graphics card, the new Mac Pro is configurable and upgradeable to suit the most demanding computing needs.

Apple also showed off a new 6K Pro XDR Display that similarly packs in a ton of specs and innovation including an optional articulating stand that can work in horizontal as well as vertical orientation. By launching the new Mac mini and iMac Pro and aimin to release the new Mac Pro and Pro XDR displays for Fall 2019, Apple has rounded out the widest and most compelling range of Mac desktop hardware in nearly seven years. Pricing of the new Mac Pro hardware is on the very high end but for serious professionals who need t crunch data, render 4K video, compile programs or mine Bitcoin, all this processing muscle allows them to take on more work.

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iPadOS brings more functionality to Apple's tablet

When Apple users shelled out money for the Apple iPad Pro, they expected more functionality out of the giant, premium slate. But Apple wasn't quite ready to deliver on that front. This time, though, Apple is addressing some of the features its users have been asking for years. Instead of relying heavily on iOS, Apple hopes the new iPadOS is the middle ground between the mobile operating system for the iPhone and macOS for its traditional desktop/laptop OS. With the launch of iOS 13, we’re going to see the iPad have less similar features to the iPhone and perhaps turn the tablet into something that can really work as a laptop replacement.

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