In a move that has almost become tradition, the Trump administration has once again hit pause on the TikTok ban, leaving the app's fate mired in uncertainty.


The TikTok ban saga continues to drag on, largely thanks to trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Now, another delay seems likely, even as the app's future remains unresolved.

As The Wall Street Journal has learned, President Trump is planning on pushing back the ban date — for the third time. Allegedly, talks were underway for a sale, but the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China that Trump lit off in April has caused the deal to be pushed onto the back burner.


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A standalone Games app in iOS 26 will consolidate Apple Arcade and third-party titles into a single hub, with tabbed sections to help users discover new titles and play games together.

Apple's WWDC 2025 will spotlight sleek redesigns in iOS 26, with the Phone, Safari, and Camera apps getting their biggest updates in years.


Apple is set to kick off WWDC 2025 on Monday, June 9 at 10 am PT/1:00 pm ET. This year, we anticipate that the Cupertino-based tech giant will likely be focusing on visual updates across its platforms.

As part of iOS 26, Apple is rolling out significant updates to three of its core apps: Phone, Safari, and Camera. According to Bloomberg, while most native apps will see only visual refreshes inspired by the new systemwide visionOS-inspired "Solarium" interface, these three are getting more substantial changes aimed at improving usability and streamlining functionality.


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Voice Memos, Apple's audio recording app, goes far beyond just a simple voice recorder. Here's how to get the most out of what may be Apple's most overlooked app on your iPhone or iPad.


Voice Memos isn't an app most people give a lot of thought to, but that doesn't mean that it isn't worthwhile. Between layered recordings, auto-transcriptions, and its overall ease of use, it's easy to see why Apple has incorporated it into most of its devices.

Let's take a look at how Voice Memos came to be, and how you can get the most out of it.


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In an effort to hype up the upcoming release of "Borderlands 4," Gearbox, 2K, and Take-Two Interactive have made "Borderlands 2" free for PC and Mac owners. Act quick to keep it forever, though.


If you're looking for a not-so-new game to try, you might wanna check out Borderlands 2. If you download it from Steam before June 8 at 1:00 pm ET, you get to keep the game — meaning you get a $20 game for free.

If you haven't played it yet, Borderlands 2 is a well-loved first-person shooter with role-playing elements, set in a post-apocalyptic world. The game is known for its highly stylized design and its dark sense of humor.


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In a campaign set amid the crumbling Atlantic Wall of Nazi-occupied France, 'Sniper Elite 5' is set to creep onto on iPhone, iPad, and Mac in early 2026.


Soon players will be able to return to World War II, this time to France in 1944. Players will reprise their role as elite marksman Karl Fairburne, tasked with helping the French Resistance to weaken the Atlantikwall fortifications along the coast of Brittany.

Sniper Elite 5 is a third-person tactical shooter stealth game. It boasts immersive maps peppered with real-world locations and an improved traversal system that encourages even more exploration.


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Apple Arcade is set to get four new games in July, spanning arcade-style action, tower defense, viral puzzles, and kid-friendly creativity — offering fresh challenges and family-friendly fun across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.


As it did for June, Apple has announced that it will be bringing a few new games to its pay-once, play-all-you-want service. This time around, we've got arcade-style games, puzzles, tower-defense, and one Crayola-themed game for the kids.


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A new University of Mississippi meta-analysis of 56 studies finds the Apple Watch delivers fairly accurate data for heart rate and step counts — but shows a much wider margin of error when it comes to calories burned.


In the year 2025, wearable tech is almost startlingly common. If you walk into any gym in the United States, chances are you're going to see wrists adorned with some kind of fitness tracker or smartwatch.

And it makes sense, too. Whether you're concerned about your health or just looking to dial in your workouts, wearing an Apple Watch — or any other fitness tracker — seems like an ideal way to do it.


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The Boox Go Color 7 doesn't reinvent the e-reader — but with its perfect paperback size and crisp color screen, it might just be the best one yet.


Boox continues to roll out new takes on its e-reader lineup, and at this point, AppleInsider has had hands-on time with quite a few. I alone have reviewed at least four others — though I'm willing to bet I might be forgetting some.

So when Boox reached out about its updated 7-inch reader — the one that I'd previously said was my favorite — I was curious to see what had changed.


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With smartphone thefts on the rise, UK lawmakers are floating the theory that maybe Apple and Google are doing less to curtail thefts than claimed.


Smartphone theft is on the rise — not just in America, but globally. Both Apple and Google have claimed that they've taken exhaustive steps to make smartphone theft a less profitable endeavor, but UK MPs aren't buying it.

As The Guardian points out In 2024, 80,000 phone devices of all kinds were stolen in London alone, up roughly 25% from 64,000 in 2023. The devices had a street value of 20 million — about $27 million.


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Designer Sebastiaan de With imagines what Apple's upcoming OS redesign might look like ahead of WWDC 2025.


With WWDC less than a week away and Apple dropping hints that changes are coming, everyone is curious about what the Cupertino-based tech giant has up its sleeve. We're nearly positive that there's a big change coming to Apple's operating system's designs, and we're quite certain that it'll take cues from visionOS.

But, even knowing that, we still don't know entirely answer what it will look like.


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