Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple is best known for making some of the world’s most ubiquitous consumer devices, software, and services: the iPhone, iPad, iMac and MacBook computers, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iOS, iCloud, iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and many more. Led by CEO Tim Cook since 2011, Apple is one of the largest technology companies in the world alongside Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
Apple’s expected to announce a new lineup of iPhones, which could include its first foldable phone.
‘Lake America’ now shows up across Apple and Google’s navigation apps.
TikTok user CatJacks created an app for Apple’s headset that allows him to see through walls. When he’s running cable in a house, he’ll peek in the attic, mark where the studs are, then come around the other side and be able to see them and the cavity in 3D.
Along with the chargers and cables, Belkin showed off matching power banks for its colorful laptop at IFA this week. The UltraCharge Pro 20K Power Bank ($99.95) and BoostCharge Pro Magnetic Power Bank 5K ($59.95) in matching Neo colors are Apple Store exclusives. The entire collection could really cheer up my desk on a dreary Monday morning.
Following its season three finale this week, Apple released a teaser for Silo’s fourth season, premiering in less than a year — but watch out for spoilers if you haven’t seen this week’s episode yet.
Developer Benjamin Stark (ZodTTD) has been making emulators for iOS since long before Apple officially allowed them in its app store. Following their well-featured Gamma PS1 emulator comes Psimulator that plays Dreamcast games with features like cloud syncing, Bluetooth controller support, and a skin designer right within the $4.99 app.
Ahead of Apple’s September 9th launch event, Gurman compiled everything he’s heard so far about the company’s upcoming devices, which could include a foldable “iPhone Ultra,” a touchscreen MacBook, AirPods with cameras, and a redesign for the Apple Watch.
According to Omdia, Apple has canceled plans for 16.1-inch and 18-inch foldable MacBooks, as well as 14.4-inch and 16.1-inch OLED models. But Omdia also says Apple’s adding a new 13.8-inch OLED MacBook that will sit between the MacBook Air and an OLED MacBook Pro.
According to MacRumors, Apple gave macOS app developers permission to drop support for Intel-based Macs, which got their final OS update last year with macOS Tahoe. Intel Macs won’t get updates for any apps that drop support, but as MacRumors notes, the last compatible version of those apps will continue working.
Before Tuesday’s handover, Tim Cook spoke to the staff in the store at the Apple Visitor Center. He also assured them he would be making many more Apple Store visits in the future, which Bloomberg notes comes with a salary cut, going from $3 million to $2 million annually. An SEC filing from Apple revealed Cook is in line for a compensation package worth around $47 million, while Ternus’ is about $58 million.
Xiaomi, Apple, Huawei, and more are all launching flagship phones this month.
An executive summary to get John Ternus up to speed.
Cook’s 15-year tenure as Apple CEO was filled with ups and downs.
According to Mark Gurman, the company built a stubbier Apple Pencil that magnetically attached to the side of the phone for storage and charging. But it was awkward in certain positions and could leave marks on the delicate foldable screens. Ultimate Gurman says:
It seems unlikely that Apple will actually launch this accessory when it rolls out the foldable iPhone next month. Moreover, I would be surprised if the company abandons the position of Steve Jobs, who famously said, “Nobody wants a stylus” when he unveiled the original iPhone in 2007.
As Phoronix reports, the project’s contributors said in a blog post that they recently enabled full webcam and microphone support in Linux running on M3 Macs, and are planning to share more about releasing M3 support “in the coming weeks.” They’re also working on getting Linux running on M4 and M5 Macs.
[Asahi Linux]
I certainly didn’t expect one of Cook’s final tweets as Apple’s CEO to star Pikachu. Wonder what his favorite Pokémon game is.
Usually buying new hardware ahead of a revision is a bad thing, but some Mac Mini orders are getting a free upgrade as a result, probably due to RAM and other component shortages.
Some have reported M6 upgrades, while this poster on Reddit is now receiving an M5 Pro. The only downside? While some delivery dates have moved up, MacRumors points out that at least one student says theirs will now ship several weeks later.
Apple made the slightly controversial decision to put the power button on the bottom of the M4 Mac Mini, and that’s still the case on the newly announced M6 and M5 Pro models.
If you find that irksome, a workaround on macOS 26.5 and later is to set your Mac to always automatically turn on when it receives power — handy after a power outage.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple’s little desktop computer — which has grown scarce due to its popularity as a local AI host — “will debut as soon as the coming days.” It could feature both M5 and new M6 processors.
In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman muses about how far Apple might go with price hikes for new iPhones, without much of an answer yet, as well as how the macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC revealed camera-equipped AirPods by accidentally merging an internal branch.
He also mentions that the long-rumored foldable has impressed people with the “how it fits in a pocket, the feel and durability of the advanced hinge mechanism, and the new iPad-like app layouts that take advantage of the larger internal display,” despite lacking a telephoto camera lens.
That’s according to an email seen by The Hollywood Reporter. They’re seemingly visible versions of the voluntary “Transparency Tags” that Apple Music introduced in March. Apple doesn’t say how it will enforce the labels, but it did clarify what they’ll apply to:
“Content providers will be required to include AI Transparency Tags in any instance where AI was used to create a material portion of the content, including tracks that are AI platform generated.
