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.
Some code spotted in a recent Apple Music beta for Android includes messages referring to “Premium Access” and a “skip limit.” That suggests a free or low-cost plan is in the works. Right now, Apple Music is an all-or-nothing affair after retiring the Voice Plan in 2023.
The Luce could be the most universally disliked Ferrari ever unveiled. How did the Maranello-based automaker get it so wrong?
According to leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson, that is, who shared photos of iPhone 18 dummy units — though these look like Pro models, due this fall, with the regular 18 likely launching next spring. Dickson got last year’s iPhone 17 colors almost dead-on, meaning this brand new cherry color is probably accurate.
In a brief order, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Texas to move forward with implementing its App Store Accountability Act while the case seeking to block it plays out. It’s an early test of a method that is being considered across several states, and in Congress.
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The Apple TV series returns for season 2 next month, and the new trailer makes it clear John Sugar is getting pulled into yet another far-reaching mystery. Interestingly, the trailer barely hints at the show’s sci-fi nature, which — spoiler warning! — you can read about here if you’re curious.
Sonny Dickson is back with what’s purported to be one of those non-working, physically accurate replicas used by accessory makers ahead of launch. The folding Galaxy’s passport-like design is set to take on Huawei’s Pura X Max and Apple’s long-rumored foldable iPhone later this year.
According to Mark Gurman, the next version of iOS will have native support for third-party casting services to satisfy the requirements of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. Users will be able to set AirPlay, Google, or something else as the default for beaming audio and video from their iPhones.
The Major League Soccer match between the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC will stream live on Apple TV this Saturday and will be the first “major professional live sporting event broadcast” captured entirely using iPhones, according to Apple.
iPhones were first used to capture parts of a live MLB game between the Red Sox and Tigers last year. Here’s what their setup looked like then.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was a commencement speaker for Grand Valley State University a few weeks ago, and managed to mention AI without being booed or completely ruining the event.
With Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, there’s a trend brewing on Apple’s streaming service.
The changes are intended to help Apple’s chip teams work better with its product teams, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Srouji got chief hardware officer job after former SVP of hardware engineering John Ternus was tapped to succeed Tim Cook as CEO.
Apple’s dedicated sports app (where betting odds may be on by default until you turn them off) has expanded to 90 new markets. Apple also says that new features include a tournament bracket view for the World Cup stages, visual formations of each starting lineup, and one-tap links to Apple News coverage.
iPhone and iPad users in the European Union, Japan, and other countries can now download Fortnite directly from the App Store, Epic Games announced on Tuesday:
Fortnite is returning to the App Store now because we are confident that once Apple is forced to show its costs, governments around the world will not allow Apple junk fees to stand.
Epic Games brought Fortnite back to the US App Store last year following a legal win against Apple. It’s still not available in Australia, however.
At Bloomberg, Mark Gurman has more AI-related rumors ahead of WWDC, saying that, along with a reworked version of Siri, Apple plans to build Grammarly-like grammar checking and suggestions into the next iPhone and iPad updates (hopefully, without using our AI slopplegangers for an “expert review”).
Other changes include a Shortcuts upgrade that builds automations based on whatever requests you describe, and an AI wallpaper generator similar to what Samsung and Google already offer.
While Google’s I/O developer event is about to start tomorrow, Apple’s own event is scheduled to begin on June 8th, as it just reminded potential attendees.
Apple event invites can sometimes tease what we’ll see, but your guess is as good as mine as to what these visuals might mean.
Digital Foundry put the $600 laptop through some benchmarks and came away underwhelmed. It was possible to get a playable 30FPS out of Control and Death Stranding with quality dialed back. But, more demanding titles required dropping to 720p or, in the case of Cyberpunk 2077, refused to play at all.
Replit CEO Amjad Masad announced on Friday that the app got its first iOS update in four months. In March, Apple reportedly blocked Replit and other vibe coding apps from publishing App Store updates unless they made changes, potentially including moving generated app previews to web browsers.
Researchers at the security firm Calif say they used Anthropic’s cybersecurity AI to create a privilege escalation exploit, the Wall Street Journal reports:
Last September, Apple said it leveraged its hardware and operating system expertise into a technology called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), which it described as “the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort, spanning half a decade.” With Claude, building the code that exploited the two MacOS bugs took five days, Calif says.
It was reported last week that Intel and Apple struck a deal for unknown chips. Now supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports Intel is manufacturing “low-end/legacy” chips for iPhones, iPads, and Macs, the majority for the phones. The scale is small though, with TSMC set to retain 90 percent of Apple’s chip supply.
OpenAI thought it would get more subscribers from how ChatGPT was baked into Apple’s operating systems and that there would be deeper integration, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The company is considering taking legal action against Apple, which could include “sending the iPhone maker a notice alleging breach of contract without necessarily filing a full lawsuit at the outset,” Gurman reports.
Apple says draft measures proposed by the EU — which would force Google to give competing AI services more access to Android — would “create profound risks” for user privacy, security, device integrity, and performance. Given Apple has long protested its own interoperability obligations, its interest in Google’s case isn’t surprising.
The new extended scene from episode 4 of Pluribus doesn’t include any major revelations, but it is an entertaining three minutes of Rhea Seehorn tripping out.
The Studio Display is barely changed from 2022, but now it has competition.
In a January filing spotted by MacRumors, Apple disclosed its purchase of Color.io — a grading tool used by filmmakers and photographers — and the hiring of its sole developer. Color.io shut down last year after its creator, Jonathan Ochmann, said he’s “been offered an opportunity to work alongside a company whose products have shaped and inspired me.”
In theory, this means you could get a subscription with a reduced annual fee but without having to pay for the full subscription in one go. The new type of subscriptions are available on iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4 or newer, Apple says.
After it was announced last year, from noon ET today you can buy packs of the commemorative coin that features the late Apple co-founder and CEO “sitting in front of a quintessentially northern California landscape of oak-covered rolling hills.” Prices start from $61 for a 25-coin roll.
It supports foveated streaming, which will show you the sharpest image right in front of your eyes, according to an iRacing blog post.
If you’re more of a flight sim person, there’s also now a public beta of X-Plane with support for the Vision Pro, too.
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When Instagram’s iPad app launched last year, it would open up to a feed of Reels instead of the usual mix of posts you might be familiar with from the iOS app. Now, though, the iPad app has a more familiar home feed that works like the one in the iOS app, as reported by 9to5Mac.
If you’re hoping Apple will reverse course, hate to break it to you: it ain’t happening. That said, the company could address some of its most glaring issues, including transparency and shadows that make text-heavy areas harder to read on desktop. According to Mark Gurman:
Liquid Glass itself isn’t going away, as I’ve said before. It’s simply being refined. I also expect iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 to include a range of interface tweaks, though nothing will be too dramatic. The goal is more of a cleanup and refinement effort aligned with the company’s wider push to polish its software this year.
