Apple's research into future technology usage has led to an ALS patient controlling an Apple Vision Pro with their mind, using an implant.


While Apple products can be controlled by many different means, including touch and voice, Apple is keen to work on new interface types. One of those under development is using a person's thoughts to control a device.

In a profile of Apple's work in the field, the Wall Street Journal profiled on Tuesday about its explorations in the field with startup Synchron. While Apple provides devices that could be controlled, Synchron creates the Stentrode implant that works as a brain computer interface.


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Millions of users replaced their aging early pandemic iPad in early 2025, fueling a sales rebound amplified by tariff fears and fresh hardware upgrades.


The tablet market saw renewed energy in the first quarter as consumers upgraded devices bought during the height of COVID-19 lockdowns. With many of those iPads reaching the end of their typical lifecycle, Apple's growth came from a wave of replacements.

A temporary surge in imports, triggered by uncertainty over new U.S. tariffs, added to the momentum.


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Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025 on May 15, Apple has once more unveiled a slew of new features coming to iOS 19, macOS 16, and visionOS 3.


While Apple never reveals anything else about its next operating systems until each year's WWDC, it now regularly makes an exception for accessibility options. As it did with eye tracking in iOS 18 to let users control their iPhones and Macs, it's now bringing new accessibility features to all of its devices.

"At Apple, accessibility is part of our DNA," Tim Cook said in a statement. "Making technology for everyone is a priority for all of us, and we're proud of the innovations we're sharing this year."


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Apple moved Mail settings to a new location in iPadOS 18. Here's how to add, remove, and configure accounts in Mail.


iOS and iPadOS used to have a top-level Settings group simply called Mail. From here, you used to be able to add, remove, and change settings for all your Mail accounts.

In iPadOS 18, Apple has moved those Settings to the very bottom of the Settings list under a row simply called Apps.


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KinHanK's 18-inch 4K monitor delivers outstanding video clarity and convenience for the price, but the audio performance leaves room for improvement.


When desk space is tight, it can be challenging to find a monitor that fits without overwhelming your setup. However, it's just as important to ensure that a potential monitor can deliver on visuals and experience.

With an 18.4-inch display, the KinHanK K18G offers a middle ground between bulky desktop monitors and ultra-portable screens. KinHanK has made Android TV boxes, monitors, and gaming devices since 2021.


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The ampersand seems to be a bit of a problem for the iOS Messages app, as the application can't transcribe voice and send messages of popular names containing the character.


There have been some interesting, and sometimes unfortunate, bugs with Apple's Messages and text-to-speech functions. The latest is a bit odd, but mostly affects names with a specific special character.

Some users may face difficulties stating names of specific brands, such as Ben & Jerry's, Dolce & Gabbana, Tiffany & Co., and so on, via Messages. Users who've tried to send voice messages with such brand names and phrases say their messages won't go through at all. The voice message will appear on the sender's phone, but not on the recipient's device.


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Apple and Nike have released a new promotional offer, which gives existing Apple Card holders 6% cash back on Nike purchases made through Apple Pay.


With Nike's limited-time offer, Apple Card holders can earn a maximum of $30 in immediate cash back on qualifying purchases of up to $500. The new promotional offer is valid from May 12 through June 15, 2025, and covers purchases made through all of Nike's official platforms.

Purchases made through Nike.com, Swoosh.com, and through Nike's mobile and SNKRS apps are all eligible for the promotion, as are purchases made in person at Nike locations. The 6% cash back promotion applies only to purchases made by existing Apple Card owners using Apple Pay.


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The original Apple Home architecture will officially lose support with the release of iOS 19, and users are already being encouraged to update ahead of the discontinuation.


The iPhone maker's move doesn't come as much of a surprise, however, as references to the change were discovered back in March 2025. Specifically, the third developer beta of iOS 18.4 contained text strings that effectively urged users to upgrade to the latest Apple Home architecture.

Though it was buried within the operating system, the text would've informed users of the need to "update now to avoid interruptions," as support for the older Apple Home architecture was going to "end soon."


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The phone calls between the President and the country's most lucrative tech company's CEO have become regular, though it isn't clear what they accomplish beyond keeping Apple on the nice list.


The economically catastrophic and seemingly random tariff wars reached a new milestone on Monday as the Trump administration announced a new tariff deal with China. While Apple was exempt from much of the tariffs for now, it was still set to take a $900 million hit in the June quarter — which now may have been lessened.

According to a report from CNBC, President Trump said he spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook on the phone after announcing the changes to the tariffs in China. He didn't share details of the conversation, only that Cook will "even up his numbers."


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Apple's next progression in artificial intelligence could be hardware-centric, with the latest leak saying that it will be used to manage the battery life of the iPhone.


According to sources of Bloomberg on Monday, Apple is preparing to introduce a new artificial intelligence feature in iOS 19. That feature will be an update to the battery management system of iOS to work based on a user's usage habits.

The proposed system will monitor the way that the user actually uses the iPhone, and use that as a basis for power management decisions. This can include making setting or configuration changes to conserve energy at certain times.


Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely


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Apple's iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates fix more than 30 operating system vulnerabilities, including the first documented for the C1 modem. Here's what you need to know, and why you should consider updating right away.


On Monday, after a series of developer betas and a release candidate build, Apple finally launched iOS 18.5 to the general public. Though the update contains quality-of-life improvements for the Mail and Settings apps, along with a new Pride Harmony wallpaper, the software also patches multiple vulnerabilities.

While previous iOS updates, such as iOS 18.3 and iOS 18.4.1, patched actively exploited vulnerabilities, this is not the case with iOS 18.5. Still, Monday's software update addresses core security issues related to different aspects of the iPhone operating system.


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Apple released new security updates Monday for macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma, and iPadOS 17, continuing its support for older devices with critical patches aimed at resolving vulnerabilities.


The updates — macOS Ventura 13.7.6 (22H625), macOS Sonoma 14.7.6 (23H626), and iPadOS 17.7.7 — rolled out on May 12. While newer devices have already moved on to macOS Sequoia and iPadOS 18, these updates focus on users still running earlier versions due to hardware compatibility or enterprise support policies.

Apple's macOS Ventura remains available for Intel Macs such as the 2017 iMac and 2018 Mac mini, while Sonoma supports a broader range of Apple Silicon devices in addition to late-model Intel systems. The iPadOS 17.7.7 update is available for devices like the iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, and iPad 6th generation.


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Amazon's $100 off M3 iPad Air deal delivers the lowest price we've seen on the 2025 release.


You can snap up the discounted $499 price on the M3 iPad Air 11-inch with Wi-Fi and 128GB of storage in your choice of all four colorways.

Buy for $499


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Apple has officially released iOS 18.5. We walk through Satellite Connectivity, changes to Mail, a new wallpaper, and more!


This update is relatively minor as Apple has shifted its focus to iOS 19, set to release in beta in June. Still, there are a number of new features and updates to highlight for.

The update comes roughly six weeks following the release of iOS 18.4. That update had several other enhancements to Apple Intelligence, CarPlay, and more.


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Apple has released the update for iOS 18.5 to the public, with the newly issued operating system's relatively few changes including alterations to Mail and iPhone 13 carrier-provided satellite functionality.


Following another round of developer betas that included four betas and a release candidate, Apple has finally brought out its latest iteration of iOS. The release is build number 22F76m, one up from the 22F75 build number of the RC build from May 6.



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Apple Vision Pro users will have a much easier time finding spatial and 3D content thanks to a new tab in the Apple TV app in visionOS 2.5, which is now available.


The latest cycle of Apple operating system releases is here, and they're quite devoid of user-facing features. At the least, Apple Vision Pro users got one beneficial upgrade.

Apple's Immersive Video has always existed in the Apple TV app as a kind of list, but it wasn't fastened to a specific part of the app. Users would either have to search for them, or hope it showed up in the top highlights.


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Apple has just rolled out tvOS 18.5, and as anticipated, it's another standard minor update focused on quality-of-life upgrades.


Unlike Apple's other operating systems, tvOS doesn't tend to get many feature updates between major releases. Most of the updates to tvOS focus on improving stability and addressing any bugs that have popped up.

It seems like tvOS 18.5 was one of those updates. While not exciting, updates like these are crucial for maintaining the smooth operation of the devices and ensuring that new features introduced in previous versions operate at their best.


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It's time to update your Apple Watch, as Apple has just released watchOS 11.5 to the public.


As is often the case, the recent watchOS update was rather uneventful and has not introduced any new features. While it may not be the most exciting sort of update, such updates are essential for ensuring that previously added features continue to function correctly.

In watchOS 11.4, Apple introduced a new "Break Through Silent Mode" alarm option in Sound & Haptics. Switching this feature on means that sound and haptics will play regardless of whether or not Silent Mode is engaged.


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The new macOS Sequoia 15.5 is now publicly available, but significant new features are being held back for WWDC and the announcement of macOS 16.


After the regular round of beta testing, macOS Sequoia 15.5 is now rolling out worldwide. As of now, it is the system that will ship on new Mac, and as ever, it is recommended to upgrade to it — after a few days.

This release of macOS is chiefly focused on bug fixes and improving performance, but any macOS update is major. So while the bug fixes, the better performance, and also further security, are all reasons to update, wait until it's been out for a little while.


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It's a classic late-cycle update, with iPadOS 18.5 releasing with a new notification for Screen Time and a new modal for making Apple TV purchases on third-party devices.


Apple should have been refining new Apple Intelligence features with iPadOS 18.5, but since the new contextual AI was delayed, there's not much here. The new update includes bug fixes and a couple of other tiny changes that are also a part of iOS 18.5.

The release notes specifically call out the new Pride Harmony wallpaper, a Screen Time feature, and an Apple TV app update. There is nothing specific for iPadOS in the release.


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A new food documentary is being made for Apple TV+, with "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars" executive produced by chef Gordon Ramsay.


The Michelin Stars are one of the most prestigious awards a restaurant can receive. An eight-part documentary series for Apple TV+ will show what elite chefs go through to secure the accolade.

"Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars" will offer a glimpse into the intensive world of fine dining. With exclusive access to the Michelin Guide across a year, the documentary will follow the journey of some of the high-level chefs working at restaurants around the world.


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Apple is getting ahead of the back-to-school rush with a trio of creepy, college-themed ads aimed at students — just in time for graduation season.


It's May, which means graduation parties are on the horizon and college prep is in full swing. As anticipated, Apple is pitching to students and parents by showcasing how Macs can ease the academic grind with a new "Mac to School" ad campaign.

All three ads put students in "spooky" situations, such as transferring large files between computers, not being near your phone, and needing to snag key points from nigh-unmanageable notes.


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Investment firm Morgan Stanley says that the ever-increasing growth of Apple's Services could be over, as search and AI are either a threat — or a boon.


After Apple's Eddy Cue spoke in court about Google search and the future of the iPhone, all reporting focused on the latter. But analysts at Morgan Stanley suggest that Cue was really very deliberately aiming to help keep the deal with Google going.

According to a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, the supposition is that Cue intentionally raised the claim that the number of searches via Safari and Google had dropped. He also specifically revealed that Apple was talking with alternative partners such as Perplexity.


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Incogni's automated personal data removal works great, but if you need to target websites outside of their database, there's now a solution with Custom Removals as a part of the Unlimited plan.


There has never been a more important time for internet users to be concerned about their digital footprint. Every bit of data you've generated online is being scraped, packaged, sold, and redistributed for more profit via data brokers.

No, the answer isn't to pack up and move to a cave to reclaim a sense of privacy and control. You can be an internet citizen and have control over your personal information; you just have to be proactive.


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On the latest episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, Franci Zidar, CEO and co-founder of BirdBuddy, joins to talk about smart gardens and the week's smart home news.


Franci Zigar co-founded BirdBuddy, a smart camera-equipped bird feeder, and has just launched its latest products. After being shown off at CES 2025, WonderBlocks and Petal are up on Kickstarter.

WonderBlocks are essentially backyard nature habitats for bees, butterflies, and more. Petal is a solar-powered camera with interchangeable lenses.


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The agreement by both the US and China to pause tariffs might make things easier in the very short term, and it may lead to a deal, but it hides that American consumers and firms will still have to deal with extreme expenses and other trade changes that do nothing but harm.


Trump continues to claim that it is foreign countries who will pay his tariffs, when in fact none of them will. The entire cost is always and invariably borne by the US firms importing goods from overseas, and so at least some of the cost is always passed on to the American consumer.

Then Trump claims that the tariffs will make companies relocate their manufacturing to the US, and it will not. The iPhone simply cannot be made in the States, there is not the labor skill nor the rare minerals needed.


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The designs of cases for the iPhone 17 collection could be a massive departure from the norm, if one leaker's images are to be believed.


Rumors about the camera bumps used in the iPhone 17 generation of devices insist that there will be big changes on the way. To match the bump alterations, cases for the upcoming iPhone releases will also need to be updated.

Four cases are shown off in a collection of photographs shared by serial leaker Majin Bu on X on Sunday. The shots all depict transparent cases held in the left hand, with all also sporting a white ring for MagSafe support.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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The U.S. tariff situation effectively forced Apple to accelerate its India iPhone manufacturing effort, with the end result being a doubling of exports from the country since 2024.


Apple is known to be gradually spreading its iPhone production from a China-centric operation into India. However, the threat of tariff increases by the United States, and their implementation in April, has forced some sourcing changes.

According to vendor reports to the Indian government seen by Business Standard, Apple has massively increased its exports from India to the United States. In April 2025, the value of Apple exports reached over 17,219 crore ($2,029,796,382), an increase of 116% compared to April 2024.


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A new report says that Apple is considering raising iPhone prices to counter the impact of Trump's tariffs, but has learned from Amazon not to say that's the reason.


While the US and China have announced a temporary pause in their tariff dispute, there is still a question of the semiconductor tariffs said to be coming. Plus the new pause does not affect the 20% smartphone tariff imposed by Trump during his first administration.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has been working to get its suppliers to reduce costs. But it has reached the limit of that approach, and now considers raising iPhone prices to be the least worst option.


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The White House and China have issued a joint statement, announcing a 90-day reduction in tariffs in a cool-down period to kick off negotiations for a new trade deal.


Of all the US firms and consumers affected by Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs, ones importing goods from China have been hit the most. While Apple got a wide-ranging tariff exemption, other tariffs were unquestionably going to be applied at some point. Even with the exemptions, Apple had to perform logistical gymnastics to get the costs of tariffs down to $900 million in the next quarter.

Now according to Bloomberg, the two countries have announced a 90-day pause in their tariffs. The pause does not entirely remove the recent tariffs, and it does not affect those tariffs introduced by Trump during his first administration — including a 20% one on smartphones.


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Amazon has slashed prices on Apple's M4 MacBook Air further, with the Sky Blue 13-inch laptop falling to $837.


The 16% markdown at Amazon delivers a new record low price on the 13-inch MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue, with the laptop falling to $837.19.

Buy M4 Air for $837


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The release of the specifications for Bluetooth 6.1 will result in more privacy for all users, and improved battery life in iPhone accessories for Apple users, starting sometime in 2026.


While Bluetooth 6.0 gave devices high-accuracy distance tracking not unlike the iPhone feature Ultra Wideband, the new update also focuses on better privacy. Supporting Bluetooth devices will be able to change their addresses randomly, making tracking more difficult.

The new technology is referred to as Randomized Resolvable Private Addresses, or Randomized RPA.


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Rumors claim foldable Apple products could dominate the second half of the 2020s, leveraging new screen technology to make devices such as the iPad even more portable.


Analyst Jeff Pu has been a leading advocate for a foldable tablet, expecting to see the so-called iPhone Fold debut in late 2026. This would be followed by iPads that use the same screen technology a year or so later.

Bloomberg columnist Mark Gurman, however, expects the Fold to appear in 2027, alongside folding iPads. Gurman has previously reported that Apple continues to plan for foldable devices as well as robotic devices to finally begin arriving in the latter half of the 2020s.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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Apple's release list in 2027 could be massive, with major product launches that year expected to include the iPhone Fold and the first attempt at Apple Glass.


Apple is constantly working on research and development for new products to add to its roster. While some don't pan out, such as the billions plowed into the Apple Car project, others stand a much better chance of extending Apple's product catalog.

In Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Apple's probable product roadmap for 2027 is outlined. The year is set to be packed with the usual upgrades, including its iPhone, iPad, and Mac lines, but also more experimental pushes into entirely new product categories.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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A new report claims that Apple is working on how to have its devices share Wi-Fi login details on commercial or captive networks.


Since iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra in 2017, Apple has made it so that devices can share passwords. It's also possible for two separate users to share passwords this way, with one iPhone prompting the user to send the details to the other.

However, this concept has never worked on commercial or captive networks.


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Amazon continues to unveil aggressive Apple deals, with today's iMac discount on the current M4 model delivering a new record low price.


Today's $242 weekend discount applies to the blue 24-inch iMac with an M4 chip with an 8-core GPU, 16GB of memory, and 256GB of SSD storage. Normally retailing for $1,299, the $1,058 deal provides bargain hunters with the lowest online price available across popular Apple resellers, as evidenced in our 24-inch iMac M4 Price Guide.

Get M4 iMac for $1,058.73


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The supply chain leaks about Apple's foldable iPhone have been increasing in frequency, and it may be only about a year away. Here's what the rumor mill believes is in the works.


While 2025 could see the release of an ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim, the year after may prove to be even more interesting. Multiple sources and reports over the years have said that Apple was working on products with foldable displays, the first of which is expected to be an entirely new iPhone model.

Though other smartphone manufacturers, such as Samsung, have outright embraced the concept of foldable displays, with the Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, Apple has yet to release such a device.


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With ample screen real estate in the thin-and-light chassis, Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air is great for traveling — made even better by a steeper price drop on Amazon today.


Amazon has some of the top MacBook Air deals available this May, but the steeper $167 price drop on the 15-inch M4/24GB/512GB spec in Starlight is especially enticing. With the extra memory (24GB vs 16GB found in the standard model), you can enjoy enhanced performance when running multiple apps simultaneously.

Save $167 on Amazon


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Epic has resubmitted "Fortnite" to Apple for review, aiming to bring the game back to the U.S. App Store nearly four years after the developer violated its agreement, and Apple pulled the title.


In August 2020, Epic willingly violated Apple's App Store rules by allowing players the option to purchase Fortnite's in-game currency directly, rather than through Apple's payment system. This violation not only resulted in the game's removal from the App Store, it kicked off a lengthy legal battle between the two tech giants.

Now it seems like Epic is looking to bring Fortnite back to the iPhone and iPad. On Friday, the company posted on X that it had submitted the game for review.


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Sao Paulo media claims that reports of iPhone manufacturer Foxconn expanding in Brazil is correct, even though Apple has said it will not increase production, and isn't trying to beat US tariffs.


For years, Apple has been working to reduce its over-reliance on China as a single or major source of iPhones, and those moves have seen its suppliers establish facilities in several other countries. According to Apple, however, its production in Brazil is expressly for making iPhones to be sold locally and as of late April 2025, will continue to be so.

Apple was responding to a report in local publication Exame, which claimed Foxconn was expanding its facilities in order that it could make iPhones for export to the US. The report was unclear on details, but did say that the expansion was at Foxconn's plant in Jundiai, southeast Brazil.


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Apple's Weather app has existed for a long time, and has evolved a great deal in the last few years — here's everything you need to know to master the Weather app.


Apple's Weather app shipped with the original iPhone in 2007. And, since 2007, it's appeared on every iteration of the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

For the first seven years, Apple sourced its weather data from Yahoo! Weather. This was clunky, and awkward, as Yahoo! Weather used data from The Weather Channel to provide data to Apple.


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Apple has been quietly buying AI firms whose work suggests the company is looking to bring Apple Intelligence to chatbots, individual users' calendars, and perhaps to its own manufacturing.


News of Apple acquiring a company usually only breaks if Apple decides to announce it — as it did withPrimephonic, the basis for Apple Music Classical — or if the size of the deal requires regulatory oversight. Much more often, it acquires very many firms and absorbs their products and staff.

Now, as spotted by French site MacGeneration, Apple has had to declare several recent acquisitions to European regulators under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and four are specifically companies working in AI.


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After a nearly six-year absence, Razer has finally brought back Razer Synapse mouse and gaming peripheral configuration utility for Mac — kind of, at least.


For those not in the know, Razer Synapse is configuration software designed to help you get the most out of your Razer-branded devices. For gamers, that means changing key binds, customizing RGB lighting, tweaking mouse sensitivity, and creating custom profiles for different games.

The last time Synapse supported macOS was in 2018 on macOS Mojave. Support would be dropped when macOS Catalina debuted in October 2019, eliminating support for 32-bit Apps.


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Apple is rumored to be on the precipice of releasing a new software platform to control your entire home. Here's what's been rumored about homeOS.


Spawned from a common core, Apple has been creating branches of its operating systems for its hardware for years. There's watchOS for the Apple Watch, iOS for the iPhone, iPadOS runs on iPad, and so on.

Rumors about homeOS have been circulating for years at this point. There have been references within Apple's code that points to a new software platform, either as a wholly new addition, or as a replacement to some of its existing ones.


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It's time to look back at the legendary iMac on its 27th birthday, but also time to look ahead to rumors of a future shakeup over iPhone launches — and the present day shakeup in the App Store, on the AppleInsider podcast.


Without the iMac in 1998, there wouldn't be an Apple today — and there probably wouldn't have been an Apple even in 1999. So much depended on that little machine, and so many of us have relished it and its later versions over nearly three decades now.

But over the next decade, according to Apple's Eddy Cue, it's possible we'll move on from the iMac's eventual successor, the iPhone. And if we do, it'll be because of AI, which Apple is now turning to for search as it prepares to lose its lucrative deal that sees Google the default search option on iOS.


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Ex-Apple design head Jony Ive has spoken at the Stripe Sessions 2025 conference about his career going from the UK to Silicon Valley, and from Apple to his own firm, LoveFrom.


Jony Ive has been making more public appearances lately, certainly compared to his more private time when he was in Apple and tended to speak just on launch videos. Usually, too, he speaks about his friend Steve Jobs and the way the two of them worked together.

For his interview at the annual Stripe Sessions conference, though, Ive was pressed more on the deeper issues of design — and on his opinions of Silicon Valley.


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Notifications for iPhone calls and FaceTime can appear on your iPad, and can be quite intrusive. Here's how to turn them off so they don't appear in iPadOS.


Cross-device alerts are a convenient feature on iOS devices. They allow you to get alerts about incoming messages and calls for one device on another that you own.

But if you're using your iPad for, say, reading a book, you might not want to be interrupted by incoming messages from your iPhone.


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The Next is an easy-to-use, protective, and efficient enclosure that will bring out the best in your external SSD.


Through NVMe SSDs, external storage is more portable and cost-effective than ever. Being able to have backups and important files with you and share them securely across devices is essential if you don't want to rely on the cloud.

Hyper's Next SSD enclosure uses USB4 for fast read/write speeds and has a convenient, toolless installation. Based in California, Hyper has been making Apple accessories and connectivity products since 2005.


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Apple and Amazon were accused of price fixing via a class action lawsuit filed in 2022, and after the plaintiff seemingly disappeared, the judge has ordered legal fees returned to the companies.


After Apple and Amazon made an agreement in 2018 that would bring more Apple products to the online store, the number of resellers took a nosedive. A class action lawsuit sprung up hoping to reimburse consumers for allegedly paying more money for Apple products thanks to this price fixing "scheme."

As always, these lawsuits take time, and led to Apple and Amazon issuing a discovery order against the plaintiff in September 2023. According to a report from Reuters, the law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro failed to disclose that the plaintiff didn't want to go through the discovery process and wanted out of the suit.


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Apple Card users are now eligible for a six-month free trial of Uber One, as part of a new promotion launched on Thursday.


The Uber One trial is available alongside the standard 3% Daily Cash back available with Uber and Uber Eats purchases made via Apple Card.

To take part in the promotion, users will need to sign up for an Uber One subscription via Apple Card and complete the purchase through Apple Pay, using the exclusive link they received via email from Apple.


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Apple has released a new video for the Apple Vision Pro Spatial Video feature, in an ad spot to celebrate Mother's Day.


Introduced to the official Apple YouTube channel on Thursday, the video "A Gift for Mom" follows the reception of a video gift between a couple. The video, edited by a man called Sam and played to partner Khulan, covers the first year of the life of their newborn son.

For the video, both Sam and Khulan filmed their son in Spatial Video on their iPhones. One year later, Sam hands Khulan an Apple Vision Pro, after secretly editing the video to share with her.


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While Apple's M5 chip is expected to debut on Mac and iPad, in late 2025, the company's M6 and M7 chips are in the works, in conjunction with a new AI server farm processor.


The current M4 chip was introduced back in May 2024, making its debut with the iPad Pro. In October of the same year, it made its wayto the iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro, while the MacBook Air received the system-on-chip in March 2025.

Much like the M4, Apple's new-and-improved M5 chip is expected to appear in the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro as early as the end of 2025. According to a Bloomberg report on Thursday, however, the iPhone maker is already working on multiple other chips, planned for future iPad and Mac products.


Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely


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Apple is reportedly custom-tailoring specialized chips, with the needs of the Apple Glass in mind.


Apple's internal silicon design team is behind the creation of chips used in the Apple Silicon line. After handling processing on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, the team are now working towards chips for other major product categories.

People familiar with the plans told Bloomberg on Thursday that there are chips being made not only for new Macs. It's also working on chips for smart glasses.


Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely


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Apple has been rumored to be working on smart glasses for a long time, and a new report has narrowed down the debut of the platform to be as soon as the end of 2026.


The "Apple Glass" project has rumors dating back to 2015, and patent work before then. Obviously, what popped out initially was the Apple Vision Pro.

What's been nebulous until fairly recently is a release timeline for glasses built by Apple. A new report by Bloomberg, discussing Apple's chip efforts for the product, amongst other things, nails the product down to a specific window.


Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely


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You can get excellent drop protection for iPhone 16 that looks great and doesn't add bulk with the Torras Ostand OAir case, which includes the signature MagSafe-compatible magnetic ring stand.


Torras has set out once again to prove that edge-to-edge device protection doesn't have to mean a giant, ugly rubber iPhone case. The Ostand OAir for iPhone 16 comes in vibrant colors and has a rugged design that'll pop this summer.

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Mother's Day deals are available at Amazon, with AirPods, Apple Watches, and iPads up to 32% off leading up to the big day.


Pick up a gift for Mom or treat yourself to updated Apple gear at heavily discounted prices on Amazon today.


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From preserving tradition to improving disaster response, four 2025 Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners used Apple's tools to build app playgrounds that educate, empower, and connect people worldwide.


In March, Apple has wrapped its Student Swift Student Challenge. Now, Apple is highlighting four young developers who ranked among Apple's Distinguished Winners.

Taiki Hamamoto was inspired by Hanafuda, a centuries-old Japanese card game. He'd grown up playing the game with his family, but when he tried to rally friends to play, he found that very few knew how to.


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Mac gamers can soon reclaim the empire in "Total War: Rome II", which relaunches May 29 as a native Apple Silicon title with a free upgrade for existing owners.


The game originally launched for Windows on September 3, 2013, followed by a macOS version a year later. Both versions were developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA, with the macOS release handled by Feral Interactive.

At launch, it faced criticism for AI bugs and performance issues, but patches and rebalancing gradually improved its reputation. The Emperor Edition, released in 2014, bundled fixes and new content, including the Imperator Augustus campaign, and forms the foundation of the upcoming release.


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He does those Apple keynotes, he starred in a "Severance" promo, and oh, yeah, he controls Apple TV+. But none of that was enough for Seth Rogen, who reportedly turned down Apple when they wanted Tim Cook to get a cameo on "The Studio."


It's unlikely that Cook filmed an audition tape for "The Studio," but then you never know because it's also been reported that Apple doesn't interfere with productions on Apple TV+. AppleInsider contacts in television say that last is true, unless your show is in trouble, in which case Apple is all over you.

"The Studio" is not in trouble. Already commissioned for a second run, Seth Rogen's comedy drama about Hollywood is a critical hit, and attracting buzz around Apple TV+.


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Google Maps is making more use of Gemini, with the AI service now identifying locations in iPhone screenshots.


Like other navigation tools, Google Maps lets users create lists of locations, making it helpful for long trips and vacations. However, with a new update, the app will make it easier to add locations automatically, rather than doing so manually.

Initially announced in March, Google Maps for iOS will now include a new "Screenshots" list under the "You" tab. That list will be an automatically-populated collection of locations, sourced from screenshots.


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In an appeal of a $570 million fine for violation of antitrust law, Apple says it had no idea how to comply, because the EU repeatedly ignored calls for feedback.


Despite the White House saying it won't tolerate the EU fining Apple, and the EU saying it won't be bullied, Apple has been fined $570 million for alleged non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Now Apple is appealing against the fine, and according to Politico, the company is pushing back against the EU's entire process.

Throughout the whole time that the DMA has been first mooted, then implemented, and finally made into law, Apple has repeatedly said that it is constantly working with the EU to ensure compliance. Now it's saying it was more that it was like it tried to, but the EU wasn't interested in talking about what would solve the issues to regulatory satisfaction.


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The iPhone Fold is rumored use a new thinner display panel in its construction, that supplier Samsung hasn't used in its own devices.


The display of the iPhone Fold is its most important component, and requires more care than usual for manufacturing a smartphone. However, it seems that this display could be very different from the usual ones seen in foldable devices.

According to Naver leaker "Yeux1122" on Thursday, Apple will be using a display that requires a new process. Display partner Samsung has apparently not yet employed it in its own folding hardware.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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Following Apple mentioning that it was looking to add AI search to the iPhone and perhaps replace Google, shares in the search engine giant dropped over 7% — and Google didn't like it.


Apple's comments were made by its senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, in his testimony during the latest stage of the Department of Justice versus Google case. That case could see Google being forced to stop paying Apple for being the iPhone's default search engine, and Cue suggested that Apple was looking for alternatives anyway.

According to Reuters, the comments hit Google parent company Alphabet hard. Its shares closed down 7.3%, representing a drop in its market value of approximately $150 billion.


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The iPhone Control Center is a feature that hadn't changed all that much in recent years, but iOS 18 brings with it some big improvements. Here's how to get the most out of it.


Control Center has long offered iPhone owners a quick and easy way to access and toggle features like Wi-Fi, cellular data, and more. But the number of options available to iPhone owners was previously limited and the layout was cramped with just a single page of buttons available.

That's all changed with the launch of iOS 18, with Apple adding multiple groups to separate buttons as well as support for more types of buttons — including support for third-party buttons from many of the apps that you use the most.


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Even though Apple has already allowed apps to start linking out to external purchase options, the company has asked the U.S. District Court in Northern California to stay enforcement during the appeal.


Apple has found itself in hot water after a judge ruled that the company was willfully violating an injunction over anti-steering rules. Apple followed the judge's demands and filed an appeal, but now it is asking for one more thing.

According to a report from 9to5Mac, which discovered the filing, Apple is asking the U.S. District Court for a stay on enforcement of the new requirements set by the judge. Apple was told it must immediately allow apps to link out to websites and enable external purchase options, which it has, but Apple hopes to stop having to do this while it appeals.


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The Vtoman FlashSpeed 1000 Power Station is a portable battery that can keep off-grid campers happy for a weekend — and works great as a UPS for your Mac Studio too.


We get asked to review three main categories of products. Two of them make sense for an Apple-related publication: Thunderbolt docks and SSDs.

The third is giant batteries in portable power stations.


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The upgraded M4 Mac mini configuration, which is down to the best price seen in May, is equipped with 24GB of RAM.


With units in stock and ready to ship, the M4 Mac mini with a bump up to 24GB of unified memory is discounted to $894.83 at Amazon today. This retail spec also has 512GB of storage, double that of the standard 256GB found in the standard model.

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During court testimony over Apple's search deal with Google, Apple executive Eddy Cue threw in a curveball, basically saying we shouldn't assume there will be an iPhone 30 someday.


One strongly possible outcome of the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google is that it may be forced to stop paying Apple to be the default search engine on iOS. That would mean Apple losing out on around $20 billion a year, so naturally the firm's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, is keen to keep the deal.

But in testimony that intended to reveal Apple is anyway looking into offering search via AI services, Cue also gave Apple's first-ever mention of a day when iPhones could be no more.


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Apple is thinking about making changes to Safari to work with AI-based search engines, as it considers what it can do if courts end the $20 billion default search deal with Google.


Google is facing the prospect of making changes to its business, as a court tries to work out the best remedies it can take to conclude an antitrust lawsuit. For Apple, one of these options is for the court to end its deal worth $20 billion per year to keep Google as the default search on iPhone and in Safari.

With the very real possibility of missing out in billions of dollars in revenue from Google, Apple is seemingly thinking about the next steps it can take with Safari and search. It apparently involves AI, the current popular concept in the tech industry.


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Relive the early 2000s and chat using a new Nintendo DS Pictochat-inspired iMessage app.


At some point in the last month, a new iMessage app has popped up, promising to recreate the feeling of "sitting on the bus and messaging your friends via your favorite two-screened handheld." The app, aptly called Picochat for iMessage, does just that.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I installed Picochat for iMessage. I mean, yes, I was a fervent user of Picochat in the early aughts, but I still was curious how well it would work on an iPhone.


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A series of updates heading to Netflix's iPhone and smart TV apps aims to simplify searching and content discovery, but the company also says it isn't yet planning to take advantage of App Store changes to add subscription links.


Developers such as Spotify have immediately taken advantage of Apple being forced to allow them to promote alternative payment options, Netflix chiefs say they are not rushing to follow suit.

We're monitoring that situation very closely, and we don't have anything more to share at this time," chief product officer Eunice Kim told reporters at The Verge. "But we'll just continue to abide by the App Store policies until we hear more about how to best implement any changes going forward."


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More iPhone owners upgraded their devices this spring, according to a new report that points to consumer behavior Tim Cook recently dismissed during Apple's earnings call.


More iPhone owners than usual traded in their older devices in the spring of 2025. The shift appears to be driven by concerns over rising prices, despite Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook telling investors he hasn't seen signs of tariff-related buying behavior.

According to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), 39% of U.S. iPhone buyers in the first quarter of 2025 replaced phones that were at least three years old. That's up from 30% in the same period over the past few years.


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The latest update to the Matter specification is here, which will eventually deliver enhancements to the setup process for smart home devices, including Apple Home users.


The Connectivity Standards Alliance, the member-led organization that develops the Matter spec, has continued its promise to release biannual updates. The latest is version 1.4.1, following the major fall 2024 1.4 release.


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Epic Games' fight to change Apple's App Store rules has been an expensive activity for the game maker, with CEO Tim Sweeney believing it could ultimately cost the company more than $1 billion.


The big courtroom battle between Epic Games and Apple over the App Store commission, third-party app storefronts, and alternative mobile payments has taken years to progress. With accusations that Apple lied under oath and sanctions against Apple for violating an injunction in April, there's still some fight left in the battle.

However, such a high-stakes war over fundamental elements of the App Store has taken a toll, and not just on Apple. Epic Games has also lost out by picking the fight in the first place, and at a massive level.


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A lack of significant new features in the Apple Watch Series 10 and no updates to the Apple Watch SE or Apple Watch Ultra, is claimed to be behind another year of declining sales.


First reports about Apple Watch sales in 2024 had already showed a significant drop, but now new figures from Counterpoint Research say the decline is tied to a lack of updates.

Counterpoint says that globally, Apple Watch sales declined 19% in 2024 year on year. That makes the second year that Apple Watch has seen a year on year decline, and Q4 2025 was the fifth consecutive quarter of decreasing sales.


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Wellness starts at home, and with HomeKit your living room can do more to help you feel your best. Here's what you need to truly make the most of Apple's smart home technology.


With Apple HomeKit, your living room doesn't just have to be a place to crash. It can become a space that actively restores you. Add smart lighting, clean air, soothing sounds, and aromatherapy to turn an ordinary room into a personalized wellness retreat.

Here's a look at the best HomeKit-compatible gear to help you build a living room that looks great, feels calm, and works smarter.


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Google's illegal monopoly control over the internet ad market may lead to it having to sell off AdX and DFP if the U.S. Department of Justice has its way.


U.S. regulators have been on a tear in recent years targeting what they believe are illegal monopolies. At the top of that list is Google, first for its search platform, and now for its ad platform.

According to a new filing by the U.S. Department of Justice, covered by Reuters, the AdX digital marketplace and DFP platform should be sold off. AdX is where companies bid for ad placement on websites, and DFP is the ad management platform.


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The Aiffro P30 3 in 1 Portable SSD is a drive designed for the iPhone that enables external ProRes recording, but the USB-C port allocation and locations are a little bit puzzling.


When Apple introduced the ability to capture 60fps 4K ProRes video from an iPhone to an external USB-C drive, it opened up the iPhone to be more useful for videography. The iPhone instantly became more viable as an all-in-one capture device for productions.

However, to get there, you have to connect not only storage to the iPhone, but also a way to capture audio using an external microphone, and something to power it all up. A USB-C hub can do the trick, but that becomes one more thing to connect to the entire assembly.


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A bill proposed in Florida may bring DMA-like provisions to the United States, forcing Apple to allow alternative app stores, third-party payments, and side loading on iPhones.


Apple has been wrestling for control over its platforms for years as regulators around the globe seek to open up the walled garden. The biggest effort to date, the EU Digital Markets Act, has inspired action in the United States before, but the latest bill may go full force.

Even though the United States government has stated it won't tolerate foreign entities regulating and fining Apple, that hasn't stopped it from pursuing similar legislation. According to a report from The Verge, Florida Representative Cammack has introduced the App Store Freedom Act to combat companies like Apple and Google.


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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will return to the App Store in the United States later in the week, and he's reportedly spoken to Apple about it.


Fortnite was removed from the U.S. App Store back in 2020, as a result of a lengthy legal battle between Epic Games and Apple. Epic attempted to circumvent Apple's then-30% commission by giving users the option to purchase in-game V-bucks externally, which led to the app's removal.

After all this time, it seems there may be a path to Fortnite returning to the App Store as soon as Friday. However, Apple isn't talking about the moves publicly, and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is the only one sharing details.


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