Best Buy Takes Up to $500 Off M3 MacBook Pro in New Sale Best Buy this weekend is offering a big selection of discounts on Apple’s late 2023 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, with up to $500 off select models. These deals are available to all shoppers and do not require a My Best Buy Plus or Total membership. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purcha…

AirPods 3 Drop to Record Low Price of $139.99 on Amazon, Plus More AirPods Deals Amazon today has Apple’s AirPods 2, AirPods 3 with Lightning Charging Case, and AirPods Max on sale, with up to $100 in savings on these earbuds. For the AirPods 3, this is the first time we’ve tracked a discount on the device since Father’s Day in June. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purcha…

Apple Reportedly Developing Apple Watch SE With Plastic Casing Apple is developing a new version of the low-cost Apple Watch SE with a plastic casing, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today claimed. Writing in this weekend’s “Power On” newsletter, Gurman mentioned Apple’s work on an ‌Apple Watch SE‌ that features a rigid plastic casing in lieu of anodized aluminum. He postulated that this may be one technique Apple…

New Siri Experience With Apple Intelligence Likely to Debut in Spring 2025 Apple’s revamped version of Siri is unlikely to be available with the initial rollout of Apple Intelligence later this year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his latest “Power On” newsletter, Gurman wrote that the full new version of ‌Siri‌ should arrive with iOS 18.4 in the spring of 2025, preceded by a beta testing period that is due …

Report: Apple Watch Series 10 to Offer Larger Screens and Faster Chip, but New Health Features in Trouble The Apple Watch Series 10 will feature a larger display and a new chip, but new health monitoring features for the device are now in question, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. In the latest edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that the design of the Apple Watch Series 10 is “unlikely to look much different” to its predecessor, but …

Top Stories: iOS 18 Beta Features, Apple Intelligence for Vision Pro, and More With the calendar flipping over to July, public betas of iOS 18 and related operating system updates are right around the corner, so we’re continuing to take a look at what changes and features users can expect to see. Other Apple news and rumors this week included several iconic devices being added to Apple’s list of “vintage” products, a leak…

Apple Approves Epic Games Store for iPhone and iPad in EU Apple today said it has approved the third-party Epic Games Store in the European Union, allowing the Fortnite developer to launch its alternative app marketplace in those countries, reports Reuters. ‌Epic Games‌ had submitted the ‌Epic Games‌ Store to Apple for notarization earlier this week. Earlier today, Epic stated Apple had twice rejected…

The MacRumors Show: Luke Miani Talks Apple Watch X YouTuber and podcaster Luke Miani joins us on this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show to discuss all the latest rumors about the upcoming Apple Watch “Series X.” Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos The Apple Watch Series X, coming ten years after the Apple Watch was originally announced alongside the iPhone 6, was …

Apple Again Rumored to Bring 5x Telephoto Camera to iPhone 16 Pro Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 Pro will gain the tetraprism periscope camera with 5x optical zoom that debuted last year on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, DigiTimes reports. Taiwanese lens manufacturers Largan Precision and Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) are said to be the primary suppliers for the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌’s tetraprism camera components. Sources …

Antitrust Lawsuit Threatens Apple’s Lucrative Deal with Google Apple’s deal with Google that makes it the default engine on Safari faces uncertainty as the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit looms, The Information reports. Apple’s contract with Google, which ensures that Google’s search engine is the default on Apple’s Safari browser, has been a significant source of revenue. In 2022, the arran…

iPhone 17 ‘Slim’: Everything We Know So Far In 2025, Apple is expected to discontinue the iPhone “Plus” device in its iPhone 17 lineup to make way for an iPhone “Slim” – although it may not actually be called this when it debuts in the fall of next year. Even though the iPhone 16 series launch is still over two months away, when you consider that we learned about larger displays on the iP…

Authy Users Urged to Stay Alert After Hack Exposes 33 Million Phone Numbers Twilio has updated its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service after a hacker claimed to have retrieved 33 million phone numbers from its user database. TechCrunch reports that the hacker(s) known as ShinyHunters took to a well-known hacking forum to boast about the theft of 33 million cell phone numbers, achieved by what Twilio described …

Leak Confirms Apple’s Work On ‘Home Accessory’ Code discovered on Apple’s backend by MacRumors confirms Apple is indeed working on a long-rumored home accessory in addition to the HomePod and Apple TV. The code references a device with the identifier “HomeAccessory17,1,” which is a new identifier category. The name is similar to the ‌HomePod‌’s “AudioAccessory” identifier. Interestingly, t…

ChatGPT Mac App Stored User Chats in Plain Text Prior to Latest Update OpenAI has issued an update to its ChatGPT app for Mac, after a developer discovered the app was locally storing users’ conversations with the chatbot in plain text. Pedro José Pereira Vieito told The Verge’s Jay Peters: “I was curious about why OpenAI opted out of using the app sandbox protections and ended up checking where they stored the ap…

Apple’s M4 iPad Pro vs. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra With the introduction of OLED displays, a thinner design, and more in the M4 iPad Pro, we thought it was worth taking another look at Samsung’s flagship OLED tablet, the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, to see how the two compare and which one might be the better purchase for you. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Both tablets off…

Amazon and Best Buy Take Up to $500 Off on Latest MacBook Pro Models Amazon and Best Buy have introduced record discounts on the latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models today, taking up to $500 off of standard prices. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon and Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Starting wit…

Tiptop Provides Instant Trade-In Credit for Apple Products When Shopping Online Tiptop recently announced the launch of its trade-in service, which provides instant credit for over 50,000 items, including Apple products like iPhones and Macs. Online merchants powered by Shopify, Stripe, and more can offer Tiptop at checkout, with launch partners including electronics brand Nothing, game controller maker Backbone, pre-owned…

Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan Netflix is proceeding with its plan to discontinue its cheapest ad-free subscription tier, starting with the UK and Canada, with more countries inevitably to follow. The streaming giant has reportedly begun notifying users via on-screen messages about the last day they can access the service unless they upgrade. One Reddit user shared a notific…

Proton Launches End-to-End Encrypted Alternative to Google Docs Swiss privacy company Proton today launched Proton Docs, which it is pitching to customers as a “secure alternative to Google Drive and Docs.” Proton Docs offers user end-to-end encrypted (E2E) document creation, editing, and collaboration, all of which is integrated with Proton’s cloud storage product, Drive. The implementation of E2E means …

Apple’s Back to School Sale Live in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East Apple today continued with the launch of its annual “Back to School” promotion, debuting back to school deals in most countries in Europe, some countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Mexico. Higher education students and educators in the UK can get up to a £120 Apple gift card with the purchase of select Macs and iPads, which is a similar deal…