Nomad Launches New Glow in the Dark Sport Band for Apple Watch Nomad today released a limited edition Glow in the Dark Sport Band that is designed for the Apple Watch. The band, priced at $60, is compatible with the 49mm, 45mm, 44mm, and 42mm Apple Watch models. Like Nomad’s other Sport Band options, the Glow in the Dark model is made from FKM fluoroelastomer rubber, and it is waterproof, so it can be worn…

Deals: Woot Introduces Steep Discounts on M1 iPad Pros, Available From $659.99 Woot today has Apple’s 2021 M1 iPad Pro on sale for record low prices. All tablets in this sale are in new condition and come with a one year Apple warranty. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Woot. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Starting with the 11-inc…

Apple to Invest in British Chip Designer Arm on Initial Public Offering Apple plans to invest in British chip design company Arm when owner Softbank Group floats its shares in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq in September, reports Nikkei Asia. The chip designer’s market capitalization by that time is expected to be more than $60 billion, which would make it the world’s biggest initial public offering so far…

$5 Billion Google Lawsuit Over ‘Incognito Mode’ Tracking Moves Closer to Trial A California judge has denied Google’s request for summary judgement in a class action lawsuit alleging that it secretly tracked the online activity of Chrome users even when they were using the browser in its privacy-oriented Incognito mode (via The Verge). The lawsuit was filed in June 2020 by users alleging that Google hoovers up user data i…

Images of Alleged iPhone 15 USB-C Connector Parts Leak Online Alleged images of iPhone 15 USB-C connector ports have today been leaked online, in yet another indication that Apple is this year preparing to make the switch from Lightning to the USB-C charging standard. The consolidated images below, shared by leakers @lipilipsi and @John011235 on X (formerly Twitter), purportedly show the USB-C connector …

Apple Testing M3 Max Chip With 16-Core CPU and 40-Core GPU Apple is testing the next-generation M3 Max chip, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Apple silicon chip will be a replacement for the M2 Max, and it is set to be used in new MacBook Pro models next year. Signs of the chip were found by a third-party Mac developer in test logs, and it appears to feature a 40-core GPU and a 16-core CPU wit…

Apple Music Gains New Algorithmic ‘Discovery Station’ Apple Music today gained a new “Discovery Station,” which is located under the “Listen Now” section under Top Picks in the ‌Apple Music‌ app. The customized radio station is paired with the personalized radio station featuring your name, and it has the “Made for You” label. As noted by AppleInsider, the radio station appears to play songs of a …

Apple Pay Launches in Vietnam, Coming Soon to Chile Apple Pay today became available for use in Vietnam, which means Apple users with a debit or credit card from a participating bank can add those cards to the Wallet app for ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases. Rumors about ‌Apple Pay‌ coming to Vietnam first surfaced in July, and several banks have been working on support for the payments service. With ‌Appl…

10 Hidden Easter Eggs in macOS In computing lore, an Easter egg typically refers to a secret message, image, or feature intentionally left in software, often (but not always) hidden in plain sight. Since the 1970s, programmers have used them to credit unheralded developers, reference pop culture, sneak games into productivity apps, and generally inject a little bit of humanit…

TSMC Not Charging Apple for Defective 3nm Chips Ahead of iPhone 15 Pro Introduction Chip supplier TSMC has taken the unusual step of not charging Apple for defective 3nm chips ahead of the introduction of the iPhone 15 Pro and the A17 Bionic chip, The Information reports. The ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ is widely rumored to feature the A17 Bionic chip – Apple’s first chip manufactured with a ‌3nm‌ fabrication process. The ‌3nm‌ node allow…

Deals: Apple’s 15-Inch MacBook Air Hits New Record Low Prices at $200 Off, Available From $1,099 Amazon is taking $200 off Apple’s new 15.3-inch MacBook Air notebooks for back to school season, providing fresh all-time low discounts on these computers. You can get the 256GB 15.3-inch MacBook Air for $1,099.00, down from $1,299.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive …

Hyper Debuts ‘HyperDrive Next’ Line of Hubs and Other Accessories Popular accessory brand Hyper has announced the launch of its new “HyperDrive Next” product lineup with a variety of connectivity solutions that embrace the latest standards while focusing on the use of recycled materials. The largest portion of the lineup is a series of USB-C hubs that include USB 3.2 support, SD 4.0 card slots with up to 312…

Apple Watch Fast Charging to Be Mandatory for Accessory Makers Apple has told Apple Watch accessory makers that they will have to switch to its fast-charging module, according to AppleInsider. Apple Watch fast charging was introduced with the Apple Watch Series 7 in 2021, enabling devices to charge rapidly from 0 percent to 80 percent in about 45 minutes. Apple apparently had shortages of the newer chargin…

Deals: Get the AirPods Pro 2 for Low Price of $199 ($50 Off) Amazon has Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 at $199.00 this week, down from the original price of $249.00. Amazon provides an estimated delivery date between August 8 and August 12 for most residences in the United States. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small p…

iPhone 15 Pro Models to Come With 2TB Storage Option, Claims Rumor Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro models will be available with a new 2TB maximum storage option, claims a new rumor coming out of China. According to news aggregator account “yeux1122” on the Korean Naver blog, a supplier source has confirmed that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be available with double the maximum storage capacity as the iP…

Apple May Be Testing an M3 Mac Mini, Based on Developer Logs Apple may be actively testing an M3 version of the Mac mini, based on specifications found in third-party developer logs and reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said Apple is testing a Mac under model identifier “Mac 15,12” that includes eight CPU cores (consisting of four efficiency cores and four per…

Apple’s iPhone 15 Event Expected September 12 or 13, Launch on September 22 Apple’s annual iPhone event is expected to take place on either Tuesday, September 12, or Wednesday, September 13, this year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter. With Apple’s usual timing, pre-orders for the new iPhones would go live a few days later on Friday, September 15, and a launch would c…

Top Stories: New Apple Watch Ultra, AirTag, and iPad Rumors We’re just about a month away from the introduction of the iPhone 15 lineup, but it’s far from the only product in Apple’s pipeline as this week saw fresh rumors about the next-generation Apple Watch models, AirTag, iPads, and more. We also took a glance at some iOS 17 features you might have missed while we look ahead to what we might see with…

iOS 17: What’s New With AirPlay With the iOS 17 update, Apple is updating and refining almost every iPhone app and feature, and that includes AirPlay. ‌AirPlay‌ is Apple’s wireless communication protocol that allows music and video content from iPhones, iPads, and Macs to be beamed to devices like the Apple TV, HomePod, and third-party speakers, smart TVs, set-top boxes, and r…

Apple Card Promotion Offers 6% Cash Back at Panera Apple in August is offering a new Apple Card promotion that will see ‌Apple Card‌ holders entitled to extra Daily Cash rewards for Panera Bread purchases. Through the end of the month, ‌Apple Card‌ users who make a purchase at Panera using Apple Pay can earn 6% cash back instead of 3% cash back. Getting the cash back reward requires Panera cust…