#Mac Rumors

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Apple TV+ Introduces ‘Sunday Night Soccer’ With Weekly MLS Matches

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Apple TV+ Introduces ‘Sunday Night Soccer’ With Weekly MLS Matches Apple and Major League Soccer today introduced Sunday Night Soccer. Apple TV+ subscribers will be able to watch a featured MLS match every Sunday evening during the upcoming 2025 season, at no additional cost. In the U.S., Apple TV+ is priced at $9.99 per month or $99 per year, and it is also included in all Apple One subscription bundles. Appl…

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Get the 13-Inch M2 MacBook Air for the Record Low Price of $799

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Get the 13-Inch M2 MacBook Air for the Record Low Price of $799 Amazon and Best Buy are discounting Apple’s 13-inch M2 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and 256GB SSD storage down to $799.00 in every color. This is a $200 discount on the M2 MacBook Air, and the sale does not require any coupon code in order to see the final deal price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon and Best Buy. When you cli…

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iPhone 17 Air Design, Specs, and More: All the Rumors So Far

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iPhone 17 Air Design, Specs, and More: All the Rumors So Far This year, Apple is expected to discontinue the iPhone “Plus” device in its iPhone 17 lineup to make way for an iPhone “Air,” so-called because of its thin profile. Below is a compilation of every rumor and leak we have registered from reputable sources thus far about Apple’s new entry in its flagship smartphone lineup. iPhone 17 “Air”?About…

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OpenAI Alleges DeepSeek Used Its Models for AI Training

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OpenAI Alleges DeepSeek Used Its Models for AI Training OpenAI says it has uncovered evidence that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used its proprietary models to train a competing open-source model, potentially violating the company’s terms of service. The discovery centers around a technique called “distillation,” where developers use outputs from larger AI models to train smaller ones. The practice is…

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WhatsApp Critical Privacy Bug Fixed in Latest iOS Update

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WhatsApp Critical Privacy Bug Fixed in Latest iOS Update WhatsApp has released version 25.2.3 for iOS devices to patch a significant privacy vulnerability that affected its “View Once” feature. The bug allowed users to access photos and videos that were meant to disappear after a single viewing. The security flaw, which only impacted iPhone users, allowed anyone to view supposedly ephemeral content b…

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iOS 18.3 Adds Starlink Support to T-Mobile iPhones

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iOS 18.3 Adds Starlink Support to T-Mobile iPhones As of iOS 18.3, T-Mobile subscribers with a compatible iPhone and Starlink beta access are able to connect to Starlink satellites, reports Bloomberg. Apple quietly worked with SpaceX and T-Mobile to add support for Starlink to its ‌iPhone‌ lineup, and T-Mobile’s website confirms the new integration. T-Mobile announced a partnership with Starlin…

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iPhone SE 4 to Have Notch Instead of Dynamic Island

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iPhone SE 4 to Have Notch Instead of Dynamic Island The upcoming iPhone SE 4 will feature a notch instead of the Dynamic Island, respected display analyst Ross Young said today. The device will have a “notch like the iPhone 14,” according to Young, which contradicts a recent leak that depicted a ‌Dynamic Island‌. Earlier this month, leaker Evan Blass shared images said to feature the ‌iPhone SE‌…

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CVS Tests Letting iPhone Users Unlock Product Cabinets Without an Employee

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CVS Tests Letting iPhone Users Unlock Product Cabinets Without an Employee CVS is testing a new feature that is designed to allow iPhone and Android users to unlock product cabinets to retrieve an item without the need to summon an employee, reports The Wall Street Journal (via The Verge). Many stores like CVS use locked cabinets for items that are often shoplifted, cutting down on retail theft. Locking items up, thou…

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Apple to Patch Web Browser Vulnerabilities Affecting Recent Macs, iPads and iPhones

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Apple to Patch Web Browser Vulnerabilities Affecting Recent Macs, iPads and iPhones There are two new speculative execution attacks that impact recent Apple chips, according to data shared today by Georgia Tech students that discovered the vulnerabilities. Named SLAP and FLOP, the two security flaws could allow an attacker to use a malicious webpage to spy on the contents of other webpages, giving attackers remote access to br…

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Camera Comparison: iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. Galaxy S25 Ultra

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Camera Comparison: iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. Galaxy S25 Ultra Samsung just recently announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, its latest flagship smartphone that’s designed to compete with the iPhone. We did a hands-on video last week, but this week we’re back with an in-depth camera comparison. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. In this article and our accompanying video, we’ve included bl…

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iPhone 17 Camera Redesign Rumors Conflict on Spatial Video Support

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iPhone 17 Camera Redesign Rumors Conflict on Spatial Video Support Rumors about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 series have so far sparked a good deal of discussion regarding a potential redesign of the rear camera module. Leaks suggest the cosmetic changes could be big, but whether they would impact the iPhone camera’s existing capabilities is a question for which no-one has yet provided an adequate answer. The Cam…

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Apple Promotes Beats Pill With Valentine’s Day-Themed Ad

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Apple Promotes Beats Pill With Valentine’s Day-Themed Ad Apple is continuing to promote the Beats Pill speaker, today sharing a new Valentine’s Day-themed short ad that uses the cute anthropomorphized “Pill People” characters to highlight battery life. The spot features the red Beats Pill holding up a be mine sign and playing music in a Say Anything-esque scene. The white Beats Pill walks by and ask…

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Save 7GB Storage Per Device by Disabling Apple Intelligence

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Save 7GB Storage Per Device by Disabling Apple Intelligence Apple this week released iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, software updates that enable Apple Intelligence on supported devices by default. Whether you own an iPhone, iPad, Mac – or indeed all three – regardless of what you think about Apple Intelligence, there’s one reason why you may want to disable Apple’s AI features at the earl…

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Hundreds of Unique iPods From Karl Lagerfeld’s Collection Now on Auction

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Hundreds of Unique iPods From Karl Lagerfeld’s Collection Now on Auction Hundreds of unique Apple iPods that belonged to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld are being auctioned by Sotheby’s (via MacStories). Lagerfeld was a renowned German fashion designer who passed away in 2019. The auction features a range of custom iPods, including uniquely decorated models and rare first-generation devices. Each iPod is meticulous…

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Amazon’s New iPad Sale Has Up to $300 Off M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air, and iPad Mini 7

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Amazon’s New iPad Sale Has Up to $300 Off M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air, and iPad Mini 7 Today we’re tracking a few iPad discounts on Amazon, including the new iPad mini 7, M2 iPad Air, and M4 iPad Pro. These deals include multiple all-time low prices on Apple’s tablets, matching the prices we tracked over the holiday season in many cases. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase…

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Marvel Snap Returns to App Store After TikTok-Related Ban

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Marvel Snap Returns to App Store After TikTok-Related Ban Marvel Snap, a popular game that was caught up in the TikTok ban, returned to the App Store today and it is once again available for download. The game was published by TikTok parent company ByteDance, which led to it being removed from the ‌App Store‌ when a law banning ByteDance apps from being distributed in the U.S. went into effect on Janu…

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Apple Breaks watchOS Updates On Older Apple Watch Models

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Apple Breaks watchOS Updates On Older Apple Watch Models With today’s watchOS 11.3 update, Apple accidentally broke watchOS updates for some older Apple Watch models, according to information circulating on social networks. For Apple Watch models that are unable to be updated to watchOS 11, such as the Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 5, there is an unintended bug that prevents some of them from insta…

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iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3

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iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3 iOS 18.3 is the third major update to the iOS 18 operating system, and while it isn’t as feature rich as iOS 18.1 or iOS 18.2, there are some Apple Intelligence changes worth knowing about, as well as as some other tweaks, bug fixes, and security updates. This guide covers everything new in iOS 18.3. Apple Intelligence After updating to iOS 18…

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Update Now: iOS 18.3 and macOS Sequoia 15.3 Include 20+ Security Updates

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Update Now: iOS 18.3 and macOS Sequoia 15.3 Include 20+ Security Updates Along with new features, the iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 updates that Apple released today include multiple security fixes, including a fix for vulnerability that may have been actively exploited on some devices. According to Apple’s security support document, there was a CoreMedia bug that could be used to elevate privileges….

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Apple Finally Explains How to Install New Firmware on Your AirPods

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Apple Finally Explains How to Install New Firmware on Your AirPods Apple regularly releases new firmware for the AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max, but the company has historically provided limited information on how to initiate an update. That changed today, and Apple updated its AirPods firmware support page with more specific instructions. Prior to today, here’s what Apple said on the subject: Firmware …

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