Anker Valentine’s Day Sale Offering Big Discounts on Charging Accessories Anker this week debuted a new Valentine’s Day sale, offering the chance for you to buy one Anker accessory and get another for 50 percent off. In addition to the BOGO offer, there are a few regularly discounted Anker devices in this sale. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Anker. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receiv…

You Can Now Use ChatGPT Search Without Signing In ChatGPT’s search engine feature can now be accessed by anyone, OpenAI announced on Wednesday. Previously, users needed an account to use ChatGPT search, but the sign-in requirement has now been removed. ChatGPT Search is available on the ChatGPT website and in the desktop and mobile apps. Searches can be initiated based on what you ask or by cl…

Get Rid of Contact Photos in iPhone’s Mail App When Apple released iOS 18.2, it introduced a major change to the Mail app with its new Categories and priority messages features. Categories automatically sorts your emails into four distinct sections: Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions. The change also adds contact photos and business logos for conversations in your inbox, but if y…

Apple’s Base 128GB iPhone Storage Tier Needs to Go Remember when 16GB felt like an ocean of storage on the original iPhone? Those were simpler times. Apple initially offered the OG device in storage capacities of 4GB and 8GB, but just months after launching, Apple nixed the 4GB model, eventually replacing it with a 16GB option. Fast forward to 2025, and Apple offers 128GB as the base storage tie…

Disney+ Loses 700,000 Subscribers Following Price Increase Disney+ lost 700,000 subscribers worldwide in recent months, according to Disney’s earnings results for the first quarter of 2025. Disney said it now has 124.6 million Disney+ subscribers, a decrease of 0.7 million compared to its subscriber numbers in the fourth quarter of 2024. The drop in subscribers comes after Disney+ prices increased in t…

‘Stealers’ Are an Increasingly Common Mac Malware macOS stealers are becoming an increasingly common type of malware on the Mac, according to the 2025 State of Malware report that Malwarebytes shared this week. Most Mac malware has historically been VSearch adware or the Genieo browser hijacker, but more malicious malware is on the rise, and 2024 saw a new wave of information stealing malware …

Malware With Screen Reading Code Found in iOS Apps for the First Time Malware that includes code for reading the contents of screenshots has been found in suspicious App Store apps for the first time, according to a report from Kaspersky. Dubbed “SparkCat,” the malware includes OCR capabilities for sussing out sensitive information that an iPhone user has taken a screenshot of. The apps that Kaspersky discovered …

Amazon Plans to Unveil Next-Generation Alexa AI Later This Month Amazon today sent out invites for an AI-focused event that will be held on February 26, and according to Reuters, the company plans to introduce its next-generation Alexa generative AI service. Since Amazon introduced Alexa in 2014, it has become one of the most widely available voice assistants, but it has been falling behind with the prolifer…

Sonos Lays Off 200 Employees After App Failure Sonos is laying off 200 employees in an effort to streamline its product teams, reports Bloomberg. The layoffs come as Sonos continues to recover from a failed app redesign last May that alienated longtime customers. Following widespread criticism over the app’s buggy interface and missing features, Sonos temporarily suspended development on ha…

Google Launches New Versions of Gemini, Including ‘Thinking’ Model Google today announced updates to Gemini, the company’s AI product that competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Apple Intelligence. Starting today, Gemini app users can access Google’s 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model, which is trained to break down prompts into a series of steps to improve its reasoning capabilities. The new model s…

An Apple TV Refresh is Coming in 2025 – Here’s What You Should Know Apple hasn’t refreshed the Apple TV since 2022, but rumors suggest that we’re finally going to get an update in 2025. We don’t have a full picture of what to expect yet, but we have some hints on what’s coming. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Updated A-Series Chip The current ‌Apple TV‌ 4K uses the A15 Bionic chip th…

Threads Now Lets You Share Custom Feeds – Here’s How Threads is rolling out the ability for users to share custom feeds they’ve made, the social media platform announced on Tuesday. “Shared feeds are a new way for you to connect with people around similar interests and find profiles and conversations that are relevant to you,” said the Meta-owned company in a newsroom post. The change means tha…

M5 Apple Silicon Chip Reportedly Enters Mass Production Apple has begun mass production of its next-generation M5 chip, according to South Korean media, with the processor expected to arrive in devices potentially as soon as this year. ET News reports that Apple began packaging the M5 chip last month. Packaging is the final step in semiconductor manufacturing after fabrication, and involves the proc…

macOS Sequoia 15.3 Fixes SuperDuper Bootable Backups Bug Apple’s latest macOS Sequoia 15.3 update appears to have resolved a bug that prevented popular backup utility SuperDuper from creating bootable backups, according to developer Dave Nanian. The fix addresses an issue introduced in macOS 15.2 that caused SuperDuper to fail during the final stages of creating bootable backups due to a “Resource Bu…

Apple’s M4 iMac (8-Core/256GB) Drops to $1,149.99 on Amazon, More Models at Up to $175 Off Amazon today has up to $175 off a collection of Apple’s M4 iMac computers, and it’s matching a few all-time low prices on multiple models. The cheapest M4 iMac available is the 8-core/16GB RAM/256GB 24-inch iMac at $1,149.99 with an on-page coupon, down from $1,299.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link an…

Apple’s Do-It-Yourself Repair Store Now Offering Parts for M4 Macs Apple this week added parts and tools for all M4 Macs to its self-service repair store in the U.S. and many European countries. This includes parts for MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini models with M4, M4 Pro, and/or M4 Max chips. Since launching in 2022, Apple’s self-service repair program has given customers access to the same genuine Apple par…

Apple Faces Potential App Store Antitrust Probe in China Apple could be facing a potential Chinese antitrust investigation into its App Store policies and developer fees, reports Bloomberg. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is said to have been critically examining Apple’s practices and holding discussions with the company since last year, specifically about its 30% commissio…

WhatsApp Users Can Now Send Images and Voice Messages to ChatGPT OpenAI has announced a couple of new ChatGPT features for WhatsApp users, adding support for voice messages and image-based interactions when communicated with the chat bot via the Meta-owned chat platform. Users can now send voice messages or upload images directly in their WhatsApp conversations with the AI assistant, said OpenAI in a post o…

Samsung is Working on a Tri-Fold Smartphone Samsung has been making foldable smartphones since 2019, but we have yet to see a foldable iPhone from Apple. Rumors suggest that Apple’s first folding ‌iPhone‌ could come out in 2026 or 2027, but by then, Samsung will be even further ahead in foldable device development. Huawei’s tri-fold Mate XT Ultimate Right now, Samsung has the Galaxy Fo…

Nomad Launches Universal Cable That Can Charge Apple Watch and USB-C Devices Nomad today announced the launch of a unique cable that isn’t quite like anything else on the market. The Universal Cable for Apple Watch includes a built-in Apple Watch fast charging puck along with two USB-C connectors. Priced at $100, the 1.5 meter cable is able to charge an Apple Watch and another device like an iPhone or iPad at the same t…