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Reviewers Get Hands-On With Touchscreen MacBook Pro


iOS 27.3 Developer Beta 1 Released: What's New

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Apple Releases First macOS Golden Gate 27.3 Beta
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Siri AI Gets More Capable in iOS 27.3
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Everything new in iOS 27.3 beta 1 so far


MacBook Pro PROLED OLED Display Debuts With 2,000 Nits

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Apple Posts Record $114.5B Q4 2026 Earnings

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Apple’s Profit Grows 12 Percent Despite Component Price Worries
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Apple Beats Wall Street Expectations With Boost From Higher Prices

Three New iPads Rumored for First Half of 2027

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Three new Apple iPads rumored for first half of 2027

New Apple CEO Ternus Defines Leadership Vision


Popcorn Time Updater Left 350,000 Macs Exposed


Apple Acquires Agentic AI Startup Ascend.io

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Apple acquires Ascend.io
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Apple Acquires Ascend.io
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AI data handling firm Ascend.io acquired by Apple

HomeView Doubles as HomeKit Security Camera

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Apple HomeView Could Double as a HomeKit Security Camera
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HomeView can behave like a HomeKit security camera
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Apple HomeView Could Double as a Security Camera
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OLED iPad Mini 8 Specs: A20 Pro, Acoustic Display, Details

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Apple Reveals New iPad Mini's Battery Capacity

iPhone Duo First-Week Owner Reviews

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iPhone Duo Review: One Week Later
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iPhone Duo — I still don’t get it!

HomePod mini 2 Arrives in Stores

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HomePod mini 2 arrives in stores with improved audio

MacBook Pro Touch Input Works With macOS Accessibility Controls


Apple Opens Siri AI to Third-Party App Developers

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Siri AI is now open to all developers
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Siri AI’s Evolution Is Both Surprising and Obvious
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Siri AI opens to third-party apps in iOS 27.3 beta

Apple says it’s ‘hard to predict’ when iPhone Duo constraints will improve


Russia Places Apple on State Surveillance Registry

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Russia Demands Apple Hand Over User Messages Under New Surveillance Rules
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Affinity for iPad Launches Free for Individuals

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Canva Launches Free Affinity App for iPad With Pro Design Tools
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Canva releases free all-in-one Affinity for iPad app
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Canva Brings Free All-in-One Affinity App to iPad

HomeView Software Tour, Wallpapers Revealed

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Here's a New Tour of Apple's HomeView Software

Safari 27.3 Debuts Adaptive Dark Mode and Vertical Tabs

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Adaptive Dark Mode Coming to Safari 27.3
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Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3

OLED iPad Mini Launches to Glowing Reviews

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OLED iPad mini review: A modern multitasker

iPhone 18 (2027) Rumored: Bigger Battery, Higher Price

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iPhone 18 rumored to get larger battery, higher price
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iPhone 18 price hike rumored alongside bigger battery

iPhone Duo Launch Inventory Went Mostly to Apple Stores

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Apple Reserved 80% of iPhone Duo Stock for Retail Stores

WSJ: Squeezed Chip Suppliers Get Revenge on Apple


Apple's HomeView Ships With Outdated Software

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Apple's HomeView Ships With Six-Month-Old Software

Apple Reportedly Plans to Drop Non-Touch MacBook Pro Models

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Apple May Phase Out Non-Touch High-End MacBook Pros

Labrinth Livestreams MacBook Pro Music Creation

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Apple Teases Labrinth Live Stream Ahead of MacBook Pro Launch

Apple Seeds New tvOS 27.2 Build for Apple TV 4K Launch

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Apple Warns German Politicians of iPhone Spyware

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Apple Warns German Politicians of iPhone Spyware Threats
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German politicians targeted by iPhone spyware

Apple Cuts Employee AI Spending Budgets

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Apple is Putting Employees on an AI Budget
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Apple employee AI budgets cut to reduce costs

Nine-inch HomeView Ultra again rumored for 2027 or 2028

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Nine-inch HomeView Ultra again rumored for 2027 or 2028
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Apple Watch Veterans Day Challenge Set for November 11

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Apple Watch Challenge set for Veterans Day

Apple Promises Apple Intelligence in China via iOS 27.3

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Apple Intelligence Finally Arrives in China After Two-Year Delay
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Apple Redesigns Health App in iOS 27.3 Beta

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Analysts Forecast 1.5M Touchscreen MacBook Pro Shipments in 2027


Apple R&D Spending Surges 32% to Record $45.77B


Apple Music Gets Selfie Sing and CarPlay Redesign in iOS 27.3

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Apple Music gaining new Selfie Sing video karaoke mode

Apple Bans Employees From Betting on Prediction Markets


Apple Watch Shows Wrong Time After Daylight Saving Change


Apple Cuts App Store Commission in Taiwan

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Apple cuts its take of app sales in Taiwan just a bit

Apple Intelligence Lands in China With iOS 27.3 Beta

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iOS 27.3 Beta Brings Apple Intelligence to China

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General Apple News

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HomePod Mini 2's Amount of RAM Confirmed
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Apple Recovers Most Trump Tariff Refunds, Boosting Q4 Earnings
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Apple Sets Deadline for Dating and Location-Sharing Apps
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Apple’s fiscal 2026 in charts

iPhone

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How USB-C drives can change how you use your iPhone

iPhone Fold

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StandBy on iPhone Duo is even better than you thought
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I Fixed My iPhone Duo with This One Weird Trick

iPad mini

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iPad mini OLED vs. iPad mini: What's new?

Mac

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Mac at Any Scale
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5 Mac Apps For People With Taste (Part 3)
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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 384

MacBook Pro

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The MacBook Pro’s OLED display is nuts
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Apple is advertising PROLED MacBook Pro on Discord
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Apple May Discontinue Non-Touch MacBook Pro Models in 2027

iMac

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We love this iMac G4 to HomeView dupe project

Apple Watch

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Control Your AI Agent from Your Apple Watch

Air Pods

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Here's how to adjust Apple AirPods for small ears
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Modern AirPods got beta firmware today too
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Apple Releases New AirPods Beta Firmware
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Here's how to tell which gen AirPods you own

AppleTV

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Apple TV Adds Interstellar, Anchorman and More Movies for November
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Flying today? Get a cheap Apple TV while you're at it
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How to turn a Siri Remote into a handy Mac controller

HomeView

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Here's What Spotify Looks Like on Apple's HomeView
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Inside HomeView Software

Software

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Why your Mac may struggle to update XProtect
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Apple HomeView OS Reveals Liquid Glass and App Limits

macOS

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How to install macOS Tahoe on unsupported Macs
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Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS
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Lightest-weight macOS virtualisation with Vimy, an update
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Can macOS FM Replace Jev for Fast AI Decisions?
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From click to action: how macOS does what you want

macOS Golden Gate

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macOS 27.3 Makes Markdown Files Easier to Read
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macOS 27.3 Includes an Important Security Fix
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macOS 27 does not support CoreStorage volumes
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macOS 27.3 brings Live Activities to all supported Macs

Siri & Apple Intelligence

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Apple Siri AI Overhaul Faces 2.5 Billion Daily Requests
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Siri AI keeps on improving ↦
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iPadOS 27.3 Expands Siri Mode to Camera App
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Siri Recap and Live Rewind debut in watchOS beta

iOS 27

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iOS 27.3 expands Siri AI to these new languages
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How to use iPhone Duo Reachability in iOS 27.3 beta

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