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.
With glued-in components that are difficult to access, iFixit has some major criticisms of the AirPods Pro 3 that echo what it said about the first AirPods Pro and even about the very first set of AirPods.
Apple just released a new trailer for its upcoming five-part documentary on legendary director Martin Scorsese, and it looks filled with an appropriate amount of drama. The series is helmed by director Rebecca Miller and starts streaming on October 17th.
As Mark Gurman noted in a tweet, the lawsuit claims the management of an Apple Store in Reston, VA, “failed to accommodate an employee’s Jewish faith and subsequently fired him because of his religion and in retaliation for complaining of religion-based discrimination.”
The free iOS app is now available to download worldwide today, following its announcement earlier this month, bringing Premiere Pro editing features to mobile devices. An Android version is also in development, but Adobe hasn’t said when it will arrive.
There are fixes for bugs that some new iPhone 17 / Pro / Air owners have noticed, like wonky Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios, as well as camera artifacts experienced “under certain lighting conditions.”
One iOS 26 issue addressed is blank custom tinted icons, plus one security flaw for a “maliciously crafted font.”
Apple’s CEO was facing allegations that he violated workers’ rights by imposing rules that “restrain or coerce employees” and even surveilled employees. The NLRB decided to withdraw many of those accusations on Friday. We’re sure it had nothing to do with any gifts, donations, or flattering remarks Cook may have made to a certain someone.
Current AI spending means the industry needs $2 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, according to estimates from Bain & Co. That’s “more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market,” write Eliot Brown and Robbie Whelan. But there’s a plan: 1. Build data centers. 2. ???? 3. Profit. Anyway, I’ve been wondering about this for a while now.
He’s already handing out free passes on chip tariffs and security concerns if chipmakers make him look good or pay a possibly illegal export tax. Now, he apparently wants chipmakers to “manufacture the same number of semiconductors in the U.S. as their customers import from overseas producers.” WSJ reports:
Under the new system, if a company pledged to build one million chips in the U.S., it would essentially be credited with that amount over time so the company and its customers could import until its plant was completed without paying tariffs, the people said.
Sources tell Bloomberg that Intel and Apple held discussions about “how to work more closely together,” though the talks are reportedly still at an early stage. Nvidia, SoftBank, and the US government have already injected billions of dollars into Intel as it attempts to revitalize its struggling chipmaking business.
Apple has updated its iOS 26 website to say that a planned feature that lets you make a digital ID using your US passport will arrive sometime this year, MacRumors reports.
Android users can finally (it only took them 17 years!!!) mark emails as read directly from the Gmail notification, clearing the alert at the same time. Meanwhile iPhone notifications now include the sender’s picture, another bafflingly basic feature Gmail hasn’t offered until now.
In addition to a new documentary that highlights MotoGP rider Johann Zarco’s Le Mans win, Apple is also launching a World of Red Bull series surrounding extreme sports, as well as CNN’s journey to find emperor penguins in Antarctica. You can see the full lineup of upcoming experiences on Apple’s website.
