The Best Early Prime Day Deals on Apple Products Amazon is soon to be back with its annual summertime Prime Day event, lasting for just two days from July 16-17. As it does every year, Prime Day offers shoppers a huge selection of deals across Amazon’s storefront, and there are already many deals you can get on sale ahead of the event. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When …

iOS 18: What’s New With Safari iOS 18 includes updates for many of Apple’s built-in apps, and Safari is no exception. Apple’s browser has some useful new features for more quickly getting to the information that you want most from websites. This guide highlights everything that’s new in Safari. Highlights Highlights detects relevant information on a webpage that you’re visi…

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Software Chief Eddy Cue Attend Sun Valley Conference Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple Software and Services chief Eddy Cue are attending the annual Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, this weekend. The media finance conference is well-known for attracting some of the biggest names in tech. Image via Reuters The Sun Valley Conference has been likened to a camp for billionaires, where tech and …

Apple Shares ‘Suerte’ Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max Short Film Apple recently shared Suerte, a new short film that was shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro. The film follows singer-songwriter Iván Cornejo, known for albums Alma Vacía, Dañado, and Mirada. In the film, Cornejo goes on a journey to Mexico to seek inspiration from his roots for a new hit, and he ends up on a great adventure. His song “Intercambio I…

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Charger From Lululook For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an Apple Watch Ultra 2 and a Lululook 3-in-1 Charger to go along with it. Lululook has a range of Apple device charging options, and the $65 3-in-1 Wireless Charger can charge an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods at the same time, so it’s a useful …

The MacRumors Show: Samsung’s Latest Challengers to Apple On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss all of the major new device announcements from Samsung’s 2024 Galaxy Unpacked event and how they compare to Apple’s offerings. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos The Galaxy Z Fold6 features a 7.6-inch main screen and a 6.3-inch cover display, both enhanced wit…

Amazon Prime Day Deals Arrive for Portable Power Stations From Anker and Jackery Amazon today has introduced a big selection of discounts on Anker’s and Jackery’s best portable power stations, with as much as $2,300 in savings on these devices. These accessories are high-capacity portable batteries that can provide backup power to a wide variety of things, from laptops to RVs. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Ama…

Apple no longer taking OpenAI board seat ↦ Camilla Hodgson and George Hammond, writing at the Financial Times (paywalled): Apple had also been expected to take an observer role on OpenAI’s board as part of a deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone maker’s devices, but would not do so, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.…

Apple’s next-gen HomePod could change everything we know about Siri (Macworld/Dan Moren) At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple gave a little bit of time to its major platforms: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS—even tvOS got some love. But one device was conspicuously absent: the HomePod.…

(Podcast) Clockwise 562: Famously a HomePod Hater Our interest in the new Amazon Echo Spot, our current charging setup and thoughts on Nomad’s new 65W GaN charger, thoughts on a HomePod with a display, and which dead property we’d like to see AI revive from any medium.…

(Podcast) The Rebound 503: At Least 38 Seconds Slowing that AI roll.…

Accessing inflight Wi-Fi for free via your air miles account’s “name” field ↦ I don’t know what to say about this other than that it is technological insanity in the absolute best way. This meant that on my next flight I could technically have full access to the internet, via my airmiles account.…

Apple to enable third party NFC payments in the EU ↦ European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager has announced that Apple has committed to allowing third-party payment apps use the same NFC features as Apple Pay in Europe.…

(Podcast) Downstream 73: Must-Stream TV Vulture’s Josef Adalian returns to discuss the ramifications of the sale of Paramount, and where the company might go next. We also once again consider that classic streaming question—to binge or not to binge?…

Hackers Steal Phone Records of ‘Nearly All’ AT&T Customers Hackers broke into a cloud platform used by AT&T and accessed the phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular customers, AT&T announced on Friday. AT&T said the stolen data contains phone numbers of both cellular and landline customers, as well as AT&T records of calls and text messages across a six-month period between May 1, 2022 and Octobe…

Apple Vision Pro Launches in UK, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia Apple’s Vision Pro spatial computing headset today arrived at Apple Store locations in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia. The device was previously only available in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, mainland China, and the United States. Consumer interest in the $3,499 headset has slowed at home, and Apple will be hoping it…

Refurbished USB-C Apple Pencil Now Available in U.S. and Canada The USB-C Apple Pencil that was launched in November 2023 is now available from the Apple Refurbished Store in the United States and Canada at a discount. Refurbished USB-C ‌Apple Pencil‌ models are available for $69 in the U.S., which is $10 off of the standard $79 price. In Canada, the refurbished USB-C ‌Apple Pencil‌ is available for $89, dow…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Uses Vision Pro Every Day Apple CEO Tim Cook uses the Apple Vision Pro every day, according to an interview he did with The Sun to highlight the headset’s launch in the UK. Cook said that he uses the Vision Pro “in all aspects of daily life.” For specifics, Cook said he used the headset to watch Ted Lasso season three, and that he also watches other Apple TV+ cont…

Review: Anker and Belkin 3-in-1 Chargers Offer New Qi2 Options for Desk and Nightstand Charging With Qi2 chargers hitting the market in increasing numbers, I’ve recently spent some time testing out two similar “tree-style” 3-in-1 desktop chargers from Anker and Belkin. 3-in-1 chargers like these, which are capable of charging an iPhone, and Apple Watch, and another device such as AirPods, all wirelessly, have been my go-to bedside charger …

Samsung’s New Smart Monitor M80D Gets First Discount at $150 Off, Plus More Savings Samsung this week opened up a new sale on monitors and other devices, including one of the first discounts on the 32-inch Smart Monitor M80D, which just launched last month. You can get this brand new monitor for $549.99, down from $699.99. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Samsung. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may re…