Apple CEO Tim Cook Will Attend Trump Inauguration Apple CEO Tim Cook will be one of several tech CEOs in attendance at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, reports Bloomberg. Earlier this month, Cook personally donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, and when Trump won in November, Cook sent congratulations on social media site X. Cook also visited Mar-a-Lago in December, wh…

Review: Four Months With the iPhone 16 Pro Max Four months have passed since Apple released the iPhone 16 lineup. MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera has been using an iPhone 16 Pro Max since launch, and over on our YouTube channel, he did a multi-month review to provide his thoughts on durability, battery life, Camera Control, and other features. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel fo…

Apple Resumes Offering Interest-Free Financing on iPhones in Canada Apple’s financing partner Affirm this month started offering interest-free financing on iPhone purchases in Canada again, after stopping doing so in mid-2023. With a 0% loan from Affirm, you can pay for an iPhone over 24 months with zero interest added. This change, first reported by the blog iPhone in Canada, could help to boost iPhone sales i…

Goldman Sachs CEO Says Contract With Apple May End Early Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that there’s “some possibility” the company’s Apple Card partnership with Apple could end early, reports Reuters. Goldman Sachs and Apple have a contract that is supposed to last until 2030, but the financial services company wants to get out of consumer banking and out of its deal with Apple. Back in Novemb…

The MacBook Air Turns 17 Today Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the MacBook Air 17 years ago today at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, captivating audiences with a groundbreaking design that set new industry standards. Jobs famously revealed the ‌MacBook Air‌ by pulling it out of an interoffice envelope to emphasize its unprecedentedly slim profile. The origina…

Powerbeats Pro 2 Filed in Regulatory Databases Ahead of 2025 Launch In September, Apple said that it would be launching Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025, and now further evidence of the wireless earbuds has surfaced. Powerbeats Pro 2 images found in iOS 18 code Apple submitted Powerbeats Pro 2 regulatory documents to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in mid-December. The documents were made available t…

Apple Makes It Easy to Donate to Red Cross’s LA Wildfire Relief Efforts Apple is making it easier for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users in the U.S. to donate towards wildfire recovery efforts in the Los Angeles, California area. Apple has added an American Red Cross donation flow to the App Store and Apple Music apps. “Our hearts go out to all impacted by the ongoing devastation in LA,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a soc…

‘iPhone 17 Air’ Launching Later This Year With These 10 New Features While the so-called “iPhone 17 Air” is not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the “ultra-thin” device. Overall, the “iPhone 17 Air” is shaping up to be a mixed bag. Due to its thinness, the device is expected to have some limited specifications compared to the iPhone 17 Pro models, including only a sing…

Amazon Takes $200 Off MacBook Air, Starting at $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 neither sale requires any coupon code in order to see the final deal price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon and Best Buy. When you click a…

MacBook Air Likely Apple’s First Product Update of 2025: What to Expect There is a good chance that Apple’s first product announcement of 2025 will be updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip. Last month, Apple released macOS Sequoia 15.2, and in doing so it accidentally confirmed new MacBook Air models are coming this year (unsurprisingly). Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said the new MacBook Air mo…

Apple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 18.3 to Developers Apple today provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming tvOS 18.3 update for testing purposes. The third beta comes a week after the second beta. The beta is available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Settings app on the Apple TV. Apple has also seeded new HomePod 18.3 beta software. There were no notable ne…

Apple Pencil Pro Hits $99.00 for the First Time in 2025 Apple Pencil Pro deals were prevalent in the lead-up to Black Friday last year, but quickly disappeared as the holiday season continued. It’s now been over a month since we last saw a low price on the accessory, but this week Amazon has the stylus for $99.00, down from $129.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click …

Apple Releases Updated MagSafe Charger Firmware Apple today released new firmware designed for the 25W MagSafe Charger that is compatible with the iPhone 12 and later and the latest AirPods and Apple Watch models. The updated firmware is version 2A143, up from the 2A138 firmware that the accessory shipped with. In the Settings app, you’ll see a different version number than the internal firmw…

EU Not Reassessing Apple and Google Antitrust Investigations, But New Administration Could Shift Priorities The European Union is “reassessing” its investigations into big U.S. tech companies like Apple, Meta, and Google, claims Financial Times, though a spokesperson from the European Commission has denied that such a review is taking place. Tech CEOs like Apple’s Tim Cook and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have been cozying up to president-elect Donald Trum…

Apple Seeds Third Beta of watchOS 11.3 to Developers Apple today provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming watchOS 11.3 update for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the second beta. The beta is available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Watch app on the iPhone. There were no notable new features found in the update, but code suggests that Ap…

ChatGPT Gains Support for Reminders and Tasks OpenAI today said that it added a new “Tasks” beta feature to ChatGPT, allowing ChatGPT to provide reminders for upcoming tasks. The feature supports one-time reminders or recurring actions, with users able to use conversational language to set up notifications for tasks. ChatGPT is able to do things like send a weekly global news briefing, pr…

Apple Promotes Severance Season 2 Premiere With Lumon Industries Pop-Up and Visits From Actors Ahead of the season two premiere of hit TV show Severance, Apple is marketing the show with a fun Severance pop-up at the Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Apple has assembled a glass cube with workstations that are identical to the setups that Lumon employees use on the show, complete with employees “working,” doing yoga, playing catch,…

WaterField Designs Debuts Shield Case for Transporting Mac Mini WaterField Designs today introduced the Shield Case, a small, protective case that’s designed for Apple’s latest Mac mini. The shield case has a rugged ballistic nylon or waxed canvas exterior, along with a soft, padded fleece interior that keeps the ‌Mac mini‌ safe during transport. The M4 Mac mini is Apple’s smallest desktop machine to date, …

Here’s the Latest on Next-Generation CarPlay After Missed 2024 Launch Apple said the first vehicles with next-generation CarPlay would arrive in 2024. It didn’t happen. Now what? We are two weeks into 2025, and Apple has yet to update or remove the 2024 timeframe for next-generation CarPlay advertised on its website. Apple also remains completely silent about whether or not it still plans to launch the system. …

First iPhone Chips Made in America Soon to Start Mass Production Apple is nearing the start of mass production for its first U.S.-made A-series chips at TSMC’s Arizona plant, Nikkei Asia reports. The report suggests that test production of the chips at the new TSMC plant near Phoenix has already been completed, and Apple is now in the final stages of verifying their quality and performance. The first batch o…