10-18-25 -

Apple, Samsung Report Underwhelming Sales of Their New Thin Smartphones
In two separate reports, Apple and Samsung are said to report underwhelming sales of their new ultra-thin smartphones. According to The Elec, Apple plans to cut production of the iPhone Air while Samsung has canceled its planned Galaxy S26 Edge sm...

10-17-25 -

Apple Inks $750 Million For US Formula 1 Streaming Coverage
Apple has struck a five-year, $750 million deal to become the exclusive U.S. home for Formula 1 starting in 2026. "Apple is paying a significant premium over the $90 million per year currently paid by ESPN, whose F1 broadcast deal expires at ...

10-16-25 -

Apple Readies High-End MacBook Pro With Touch, Hole-Punch Screen
Speaking of the new MacBook Pro, which Apple launched on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reports that the company is preparing to launch a touch-screen version of its Mac computer, reversing course on a stance that dates back to co-founder Steve Jobs. F...

10-16-25 -

Steve Jobs Honored On New 2026 US Coin Celebrating Innovation
BrianFagioli writes: The United States Mint is honoring Steve Jobs and Apple with a new coin for 2026. Part of the American Innovation $1 Coin Program, California's entry depicts a young Jobs seated before rolling northern California hills, accomp...

10-15-25 -

New MacBook Pro Does Not Include a Charger in the Box in Europe
Apple is releasing its new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 chip in European markets without a charger. Customers in the U.S., Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and other European countries must supply their own power...

10-15-25 -

Apple's Tim Cook Promises To Boost China Investment
Apple will increase investment in China, the company's CEO Tim Cook said during a meeting with the country's industry minister in Beijing on Wednesday, according to an official summary of their exchange. From a report: Many U.S. companies have bec...

10-15-25 -

Apple's New MacBook Pro Delivers 24-Hour Battery Life and Faster AI Processing
Apple unveiled a new 14-inch MacBook Pro on Wednesday that features the company's M5 chip and represents what Apple describes as the next major advancement in AI performance for its Mac lineup. The laptop delivers up to 3.5 times faster AI perform...

10-14-25 -

Apple Renames 'Apple TV+' To 'Apple TV'
Apple has rebranded its streaming service Apple TV+ to simply Apple TV, further blurring the already confusing line between the Apple TV device, the Apple TV app, and the Apple TV service. As John Gruber notes, users can now "watch Apple TV i...

10-10-25 -

Apple Nears Deal To Acquire Talent and Technology From Prompt AI
Apple is finalizing a deal to acquire the team and computer vision technology of Prompt AI. CNBC reports: Leadership at Prompt told employees of the pending transaction at an all-hands meeting on Thursday and said that those who don't end up joini...

10-10-25 -

Apple Doubles Its Biggest Bug Bounty Reward To $2 Million
Apple is updating its Security Bounty program this November to offer some of the highest rewards in the industry. From a report: It has doubled its top award from $1 million to $2 million for the discovery of "exploit chains that can achieve ...

10-09-25 -

Apple and Google Reluctantly Comply With Texas Age Verification Law
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple yesterday announced a plan to comply with a Texas age verification law and warned that changes required by the law will reduce privacy for app users. "Beginning January 1, 2026, a n...

10-07-25 -

Apple Turned the CrowdStrike BSOD Issue Into an Anti-PC Ad
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's been a while since Apple last mocked Windows security, but the iPhone maker has just released an ad that hits Windows hard. The eight-minute commercial pokes fun at the CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death (BS...

10-06-25 -

Apple Hardware Head John Ternus Top Pick To Succeed Tim Cook As CEO
Bloomberg reports (paywalled) that Apple's hardware chief John Ternus is the frontrunner to replace Tim Cook as CEO, as Cook nears retirement and prepares to transition into a board chairman role. The Economic Times reports: Cook is turning 65 nex...

10-06-25 -

Steve Jobs Remembered on 14th Anniversary of His Death
Steve Jobs died 14 years ago. But the blog Cult of Mac remembers that "Jobs himself was not sentimental." When he left Apple in the mid-1980s, he didn't even clear out his office. That meant personal mementos like his first Apple stock...

10-01-25 -

Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses
Apple has paused development of a cheaper, lighter Vision Pro headset to shift resources toward AI-powered smart glasses aimed at competing with Meta. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports: The company had been preparing a cheaper, lighter variant of it...

10-01-25 -

Samsung Confirms Plan To Make Foldable Displays for Major American Company
An anonymous reader shares a report: Samsung Display president Lee Cheong has confirmed plans to make foldable smartphone displays for a major American company, which is widely believed to be Apple. As reported in Chosun Biz, Cheong last week told...

10-01-25 -

UK Once Again Demands Backdoor To Apple's Encrypted Cloud Storage
The UK government has issued a new order to Apple to create a backdoor into its cloud storage service, this time targeting only British users' data, despite US claims that Britain had abandoned all attempts to break the tech giant's encryption. Fi...

09-29-25 -

FCC Mistakenly Leaks Confidential iPhone 16e Schematics
The FCC mistakenly published a 163-page PDF containing detailed schematics for Apple's upcoming iPhone 16e, despite Apple explicitly requesting indefinite confidentiality to protect trade secrets. AppleInsider reports: A cover letter is also distr...

09-26-25 -

Apple Mac Adoption Is Accelerating Across US Enterprises
MacStadium's inaugural CIO survey shows Apple devices gaining major ground in U.S. enterprises, with 96% of CIOs expecting Mac fleets to expand in the next two years and Macs already representing an average of 65% of enterprise endpoints. "Th...

09-25-25 -

Apple Asks EU To Scrap Landmark Digital Competition Law
Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday, arguing that it poses security risks and creates a "worse experience" for consumers. From a report: The US tech giant and the EU have repeatedly lo...

09-24-25 -

Intel Approaches Apple For Potential Investment Amid Struggles
Intel has approached Apple about a possible investment and closer collaboration, following recent multibillion-dollar deals with Nvidia, the U.S. government, and SoftBank to stabilize the struggling chipmaker. Reuters reports: The iPhone maker and...

09-22-25 -

iFixit Tears Down the iPhone Air, Finds That It's Mostly Battery
iFixit's teardown of Apple's iPhone Air reveals a device dominated by its battery, which occupies approximately two-thirds of the internal space while critical components including the logic board cluster at the top. The battery matches the compon...

09-22-25 -

Apple's iPhone 17 Pro Can Be Easily Scratched
An anonymous reader shares a report: The iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max appear to provide little resistance to scratches and scuffs around the sharp edges of the camera bump. Tech blogger Zack Nelson demonstrates this weakness in a durability test o...

09-21-25 -

Apple Watch's New High Blood Pressure Notifications Developed With AI
Many Apple Watches will soon be able to alert users about possible high blood pressure, reports Reuters — culminating six years of research and development: Apple used AI to sort through the data from 100,000 people enrolled in a heart ...

09-18-25 -

$599 MacBook With iPhone Chip Expected To Enter Production This Year
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today reiterated that a more affordable MacBook powered by an iPhone processor is slated to enter mass production in the fourth quarter of 2025, which points towards a la...

09-17-25 -

After Years of Resistance, Apple Might Finally Release a Touchscreen MacBook Pro
An anonymous reader shares a report: After years of dismissing the idea of putting a touchscreen on a MacBook, it seems Apple may have finally caved. Its MacBook Pro overhaul in 2026 is now expected to be the first-ever MacBook to feature a touchs...

09-16-25 -

The Mac App Flea Market
A search for "AI chat" in the Mac App Store returns dozens of applications sporting black-and-white icons nearly identical to ChatGPT's official logo. OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop application isn't available through the Mac App Store and can...

09-15-25 -

Apple Ships iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 With 'Liquid Glass' UI Overhaul
Apple released iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 today, introducing Liquid Glass, a translucent design language that represents the biggest visual redesign since iOS 7 in 2013. The new interface elements dynamically refract and reflect backgrou...

09-14-25 -

Apple Claims 'Most Significant Upgrade to Memory Safety' in OS History
"There has never been a successful, widespread malware attack against iPhone," notes Apple's security blog, pointing out that "The only system-level iOS attacks we observe in the wild come from mercenary spyware... historically asso...

09-14-25 -

Thieves Busted After Stealing a Cellphone from a Security Expert's Wife
They stole a woman's phone in Barcelona. Unfortunately, her husband was security consultant/penetration tester Martin Vigo, reports Spain's newspaper El Pais. "His weeks-long investigation coincided with a massive two-year police operation ...

09-11-25 -

AirPods Live Translation Feature Won't Launch in EU Markets
Apple's Live Translation feature for AirPods won't reach European Union users when it launches next week. The restriction applies to users physically located in the EU who also have EU-registered Apple Accounts. Apple hasn't specified reasons for ...

09-10-25 -

iPhone 17 Air Drops Physical SIM Slot Globally, Pushing eSIM-Only Future
Apple's newly launched iPhone Air will ship globally without physical SIM card slots. The move follows the company previously eliminating SIM trays in US models starting in 2022. Global consultancy firm Roland Berger forecasts eSIM connections w...

09-10-25 -

iPhones 17 and the Sugar Water Trap
Analyst Ben Thompson, commenting on Apple's outlook following the launch of the iPhone 17 lineup: Apple, to be fair, isn't selling the same sugar water year-after-year in a zero sum war with other sugar water companies. Their sugar water is gettin...

09-09-25 -

Apple Adds Hypertension and Sleep-Quality Monitoring To Watch Ultra 3, Series 11
Apple's new Watch lineup introduces blood pressure monitoring, sleep scoring, and upgraded hardware across the Series 11 ($399), Ultra 3 ($799), and SE 3 ($249). Ars Technica reports: The Apple Watch 11 is supposed to be able to alert users about ...

09-09-25 -

AirPods Pro 3 Arrive With Heart-Rate Sensing, Live Translation Using Apple In...
Apple has unveiled the AirPods Pro 3 with heart-rate sensing, improved noise cancellation, a more compact case, and upcoming live translation features powered by Apple Intelligence. They'll be available for preorder today at a price of $249. TechC...

09-09-25 -

Apple Launches iPhone 17 Lineup Featuring Ultra-Thin 5.6mm iPhone Air
Apple has unveiled its iPhone 17 lineup, introducing three distinct models targeting different market segments. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max feature an aluminum unibody design incorporating a vapor chamber for thermal management, enabling the A19...

09-05-25 -

Apple's Vision Pro Gaining Traction in Some Niches of Business
Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro is finding real traction in niche enterprise use, like CAE's pilot training, Lowe's kitchen design visualization, and Dassault's engineering workflows. "Over the last few weeks, I had an opportunity to try out some o...

08-29-25 -

WhatsApp Fixes 'Zero-Click' Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack into the Apple devices of "specific targeted users." The Meta-owned ...

08-29-25 -

UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers' Data, Court Filing Suggests
A newly published Investigatory Powers Tribunal filing indicates the UK government's Technical Capability Notice to Apple went beyond the company's Advanced Data Protection encryption to include standard iCloud services used by millions [non-paywa...

08-28-25 -

Apple Warns UK Against Introducing Tougher Tech Regulation
Apple has warned that "EU-style rules" proposed by the UK competition watchdog "are bad for users and bad for developers." From a report: It says EU laws -- which have sought to make it easier for smaller firms to compete with ...

08-28-25 -

Apple Pulls iPhone Torrent App From AltStore PAL in Europe
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL's alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren't listed on the official App Stor...

08-26-25 -

Apple Discussed Buying Mistral AI and Perplexity
According to The Information, Apple executives have debated acquiring Mistral AI and Perplexity to strengthen its AI capabilities. MacRumors reports: Services chief Eddy Cue is apparently the most vocal advocate of a deal to buy AI firms to bolste...

08-25-25 -

Apple Accuses Former Apple Watch Staffer of Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets...
Apple has filed a lawsuit against former Apple Watch staffer Dr. Chen Shi, alleging that he "conspired to steal Apple's trade secrets relating to Apple Watch and to disclose them to his new employers (Oppo)." The company alleges he downl...

08-25-25 -

Musk's xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
An anonymous reader shares a report: Elon Musk's AI startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence. Musk earlier t...

08-22-25 -

Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri
Apple is in early discussions about using Google Gemini to power a revamped version of the Siri voice assistant, marking a key potential step toward outsourcing more of its artificial intelligence technology. From a report: The iPhone maker recent...

08-21-25 -

Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Jay Blahnik was a fitness superstar with a book and nearly two decades of work with Nike before he was hired in 2013 to work on the Apple Watch. He became known inside Apple as the creat...

08-20-25 -

Masimo Sues US Customs Over Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Workaround
Last week, following a recent U.S. Customs ruling, Apple reintroduced blood oxygen monitoring to certain Apple Watch models in the U.S., sidestepping an ITC import ban stemming from its legal dispute with medical device maker Masimo. Today, Masimo...

08-19-25 -

Apple is Reportedly Making More of Its New iPhones in India Instead of China
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple is manufacturing more of its iPhone 17 phones for the US in India instead of in China, and for the first time, the full lineup of new models will ship from India at launch, according to Bloomberg. The com...

08-19-25 -

US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop 'Backdoor' Mandate for Apple
The UK government has agreed to withdraw its order requiring Apple to create backdoor access to encrypted iCloud data following intervention from the Trump administration. Vice President JD Vance negotiated the agreement during his recent UK holid...

08-15-25 -

Foxconn Now Making More From Servers than iPhones
An anonymous reader shares a report: Manufacturer to the stars Foxconn is building so many AI servers that they're now bringing in more cash than consumer electronics -- even counting the colossal quantity of iPhones it creates for Apple. The Ta...