Apple’s Latest iOS Beta Quietly Kills AI News Notifications Apple is taking its AI Notification Summaries back to the drawing board.

Apple’s Website Lists Unreleased tvOS 18.2.1 Update A minor software update for the Apple TV may be coming soon. Apple listed an unreleased tvOS 18.2.1 update on its website today, with a build number of 22K160. Based on the version number, this would be a minor update that fixes bugs and/or patches security vulnerabilities. Apple already released iOS 18.2.1 and iPadOS 18.2.1 with “important bu…

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’s Top 100 Albums Sucks (NoMad) submitted by /u/Nostalgist32X

Apple’s latest iPad Mini is down to its lowest price to date The seventh-gen iPad is the cheapest tablet in Apple’s current lineup to support Apple Intelligence. | Photo: David Pierce / The VergeIf you’re in the market for a highly portable tablet, Apple’s smallest tablet has fallen to its lowest price to date at multiple retailers. Right now, the latest iPad Mini is on sale at Amazon and Best Buy with W…

Apple’s Global Smartphone Share Slips as Chinese Rivals Surge Apple’s global smartphone market share declined to 18% in 2024, down from 19% the previous year, while Chinese manufacturers expanded their presence in the global market, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. The iPhone maker saw a 2% decline in year-over-year sales, despite the broader smartphone market seeing 4% growth, as Chinese…

LPT: Accessing other regions/locations on Apples App Store If you’ve ever wondered how you can access other countries app stores from an apple device, you’ll need two things: 1- a bank account and card from the issuing country 2 – a foreign address that matches above bank details. You can Open the Settings app > hit name > then Media & Purchases > Tap View Account > Country/Region. Select a payment me…

Apple’s market share slides in China as iPhone shipments decline, analyst Kuo says Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a post on Friday that Apple is losing market share in China due to declining iPhone shipments.

Apple’s Annual Shareholders Meeting Will Take Place on February 25 Apple’s 2025 shareholders meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 25 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, according to an SEC filing that was released today. Apple shareholders of record as of January 2, 2025 can attend, vote, and submit questions during the meeting by logging in to Apple’s virtual meeting website 15 minutes before it kicks off. A cont…

Apple’s weird iPhone alarm problems are still happening Image: SatechiApple acknowledged issues with the reliability of the iPhone’s built-in alarm feature last April after a report by NBC’s Today morning show and said it was working on a fix, but some people are still having trouble. Android Authority points out this Reddit post by bryanlolwut in the r/iPhone subreddit from Wednesday with a picture …

Apple’s Student Offer With Free AirPods Returns in These Four Countries Apple’s annual “Back to School” or “Back to Uni” promotion has returned this week in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and South Korea. From January 8 through March 13, qualifying higher-education students and staff in these countries can receive free AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation with the purchase of any new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, …

Apple’s WWDC 2025 Swift Student Challenge Starts on February 3 The 2025 Swift Student Challenge that’s taking place ahead of WWDC is set to begin on Monday, February 3, Apple announced today on its developer website. With the Swift Student Challenge, students from around the world can showcase their coding skills and creativity by developing app concepts using Swift Playgrounds or Xcode. The contest also p…

Apple’s AirTags are matching their best price to date Apple’s handy location trackers are a no-brainer if you’re an iPhone user. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeIf you’re the type of person who always forgets where they parked or put their car keys, it’s probably a good idea to invest in a location tracker like Apple’s AirTag. They can help you quickly locate just about anything, and they’re cur…

New Schlage Smart Lock Supports Apple’s iOS 18 Hands-Free Unlocking With UWB Schlage today unveiled a new Sense Pro Smart Deadbolt that’s able to connect to smart home platforms like HomeKit using Matter-over-Thread. The device has no key hole as it is exclusively designed to be unlocked with a smartphone. The Sense Pro Smart Deadbolt supports hands-free unlocking over NFC and it integrates Ultra Wideband (UWB) technolo…

Get $70 Off Apple’s 10th Gen iPad at Amazon, Starting at $279 Amazon this week has a huge collection 10th generation iPads on sale, with the sole exception of a few colors of the cellular models not being discounted. These deals have been automatically applied and do not require an on-page coupon to be clipped. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, …

India Plans Subsidies to Boost Apple’s Production Efforts India is set to implement a series of subsidies and tariff reductions designed to lower production costs for Apple and other smartphone manufacturers as part of its broader effort to become a global electronics manufacturing hub (via Bloomberg). India is proposing $2.7 billion in financial incentives and tariff adjustments targeting the electro…

BBC Calls Out Apple’s AI Feature for Creating More Fake News Headlines Apple is once again under scrutiny after its AI-powered notification system generated false news summaries on Friday, including an erroneous claim about a darts player winning a championship and a fabricated story about tennis star Rafael Nadal. BBC News reported that Apple Intelligence incorrectly notified users that Luke Littler had won the PD…

Finally, a real contender for Apple’s pricey Thunderbolt 4 cable is here OWC has released two new super-long active optical USB4 cables, available in lengths of nearly 10 feet (3 meters) and 15 feet (4.5 meters) and offering up to 40Gbps of data throughput. According to OWC’s press materials, they’ll set you back $98.99 and $129.99, respectively, though its website currently lists them for slightly less. That’s a bar…

Review: Apple’s M4 Mac Mini is the Best Desktop Mac Apple refreshed the Mac mini back in November, adding M4 chips and increasing the base storage. We did a hands-on impressions video at the time, but we thought we’d follow that up with a more in-depth review now that we’ve had more time to spend with Apple’s cheapest desktop machine. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. P…

Apple’s Historically ‘Bumpy Relationship’ With Nvidia Detailed in Report Nvidia has become one of the world’s most valuable companies thanks to strong demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) server chips from big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. However, one tech giant that is not a major Nvidia customer is Apple, and a new report attempts to explain why this might be. The Information’s Wayne Ma…