Apple Brings in New Exec to ‘Fix’ Siri and Apple Intelligence Apple is making an internal staffing change that it hopes will improve Siri and its artificial intelligence offerings, reports Bloomberg. Kim Vorrath, a 37-year Apple veteran, will join the AI team to work under AI chief John Giannandrea. Vorrath is a program management VP, and has a reputation for meticulously managing software projects at App…

Apple Announces New In-App Purchase API Apple yesterday announced a new API to expand in-app purchase capabilities on the App Store, providing developers with new ways to support large content catalogs, creator-driven experiences, and customizable subscription models. The new “Advanced Commerce API” addresses three broad use cases: Apps offering extensive libraries of one-time purch…

Apple finally admits next-gen CarPlay isn’t coming in 2024 Better late than never. | Image: AppleNow that we’ve almost hit the second month of 2025, Apple has finally updated its CarPlay webpage to say it won’t be arriving in 2024. As noted by MacRumors, the 2024 timeframe for the first vehicles to support CarPlay 2 has been removed from the website without adding a new launch date. Apple first announce…

Does any Android brand handle HDR video the convenient way Apple does? I love the idea of HDR video, but the reality is messy. It’s not convenient to share or upload with websites. And HDR on a display that doesn’t support HDR or has very poor capabilities (like Vesa HDR400), is just so bad that SDR should be used instead. So then you have to transcode your HDR video into a new file. Such a pain. Today I read about…

Apple Watch Bands Are Safe to Wear, Says Apple, After Lawsuit Filed Following a class action lawsuit that alleges some Apple Watch bands contain toxic “forever chemicals,” also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Apple has ensured that Apple Watch bands are “safe for users to wear.” Apple’s full statement today:Apple Watch bands are safe for users to wear. In addition to our own testing, we als…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 212 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 212 includes fixes and updates for Authentic…

Epic Games Store Lures EU Developers With Promise to Pay Apple Fees Epic Games is planning to pay the Apple fees that EU developers incur when distributing their apps through the ‌Epic Games‌ Store, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney told The Verge today. ‌Epic Games‌ added almost 20 third-party games to its app store on iOS devices in the European Union, where alternate app stores are allowed to operate. Epic also debuted i…

Apple and Google’s massive mobile empires face dual UK antitrust probes Britain’s competition regulator launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems to assess whether they’re in breach of strict new tech laws.

Apple Removes ‘2024’ Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page Apple’s website said the first vehicle models with support for next-generation CarPlay would “arrive in 2024,” but that did not happen. A little more than three weeks into 2025, Apple has now updated its website in the U.S. to remove that 2024 timeframe from the next-generation ‌CarPlay‌ section of its overall CarPlay page. The fact that Apple …

Apple Says Several Car Makers Still Plan to Support Next-Generation CarPlay Apple today confirmed that “several” car makers still plan to support next-generation CarPlay in future vehicle models. Apple said each car brand will share more details as they near the announcements of these vehicles, but it did not provide a timeframe. Apple previously said next-generation ‌CarPlay‌ would launch in 2024, but that did not happ…

Some Apple Watch Bands Contain Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Per Lawsuit A class action lawsuit filed against Apple this week in a California federal court accuses the company of false advertising and violating various consumer laws, by failing to disclose that some Apple Watch bands contain toxic materials. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Apple misleads customers into thinking the Apple Watch has health an…

Apple Releases Beta Firmware Updates for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 Apple today released new beta firmware updates for both AirPods 4 models and the AirPods Pro 2 with both Lightning and USB-C charging cases. The firmware has a build number of 7E5067b, and it is only available to developers at the current time. It is not immediately clear what new features or changes are included in the new firmware, but we’ll …

What is your experience using Apple Photos as your camera photo library? Taking more and more pictures with my smartphone, I would like to unify my photo libraries. I must not be the only one, and I’m curious to know your setup and if you believe it’s good. By adding extra storage to iCloud I could import all my 50.000 camera pictures (500GB), allowing editing and sorting from my smartphone as well. Does anyone have …

Apple, Google Face UK Antitrust Probe Into Mobile Ecosystem Power UK regulators on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s smartphone ecosystems to assess whether they have “strategic market status” (SMS), a designation that if imposed would subject the companies to specific conduct requirements set by the Competition and Markets authority (CMA) to improve competition. The investigation wil…

Apple Expected to Release iOS 18.3 Next Week With These New Features iOS 18.3 should be released to the public next week, following beta testing since mid-December. While the software update is a relatively minor one, it still includes a handful of new features, changes, and bug fixes for iPhones. Below, we recap everything new in iOS 18.3. Notification Summary Changes Apple Intelligence notification summaries …

Apple Introduced the LaserWriter 40 Years Ago Today Apple introduced the LaserWriter 40 years ago today, forming a cornerstone of what became known as the desktop publishing revolution. The LaserWriter was Apple’s first laser printer and among the first on the market to incorporate Adobe’s PostScript technology, a page description language that allowed for precise and scalable rendering of text,…

Walmart Stands Firm on Why It Doesn’t Accept Apple Pay in the U.S. Walmart still does not accept Apple Pay at its more than 4,600 stores across the U.S., and it stood firm on its reasoning for that today. A spokesperson for Walmart today informed MacRumors that its position on contactless payments has not changed since we last reached out about the matter in 2022. The big-box retailer said it remains focused o…

Apple Pressed by India to Pre-Install Government Apps on iPhones Apple and other smartphone makers are being pressed by India to pre-install government-developed apps on devices before sale, echoing a similar 2021 demand from Russia that Apple ultimately complied with. The request came during a meeting last month where government officials outlined plans for expanding access to state digital services, accor…

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Will the iPad 11 Support Apple Intelligence? New Leak Adds Uncertainty Earlier this month, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said the iPad 11 will support Apple Intelligence, but a new leak has added uncertainty to the rumor. According to a private account on social media platform X, with a good track record of sharing iOS-related information, the iPad 11 will be equipped with a chip that has the identifier T8120. That iden…