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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Chinese iPhone exports to the US are way, way down.

Shipments dropped 76 percent in April 2025 compared to the year before, as those from India grew by the same percentage, according to new figures from Omdia. April’s figures are low overall, but skewed by March’s efforts to rush 600 tons of product into the US before tariffs hit.

The big question is if Apple will keep prioritizing Indian-made iPhones now that Trump has threatened fresh tariffs on all phones that aren’t made in the USA.

Image: CNBC / Omdia
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
This functional Macintosh replica is just 2.4-inches tall.

1-Bit Rainbow, an online store full of spare parts and accessories for keeping vintage Apple computers running, is now selling a functional original Macintosh replica that’s just 2.4-inches tall.

The Pico-mac-nano is powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico which has more than enough power to emulate the Macintosh, and while its creator warns there may be stability issues and incompatibility with some older software, the tiny desktop does support modern USB keyboards and mice.

<em>The Pico-mac-nano features a tiny 480x640 pixel LCD screen with the OS running at just 480x342 pixels.</em>
<em>The tiny Macintosh is fully functional and supports a modern keyboard and mouse through its USB-C port.</em>
<em>An optional power module can run the Pico-mac-nano off a battery instead of USB.</em>
<em>The Collectors Edition comes in a replica of the original Macintosh’s Picasso cardboard shipping box, complete with flexible inserts.</em>
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The Pico-mac-nano features a tiny 480x640 pixel LCD screen with the OS running at just 480x342 pixels.
Image: 1-Bit Rainbow
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Get ready for Apple’s glassy operating systems overhaul.

This year’s rumored redesign for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS is also coming to watchOS and tvOS, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. In an April subscriber edition of Power On, he wrote that watchOS would only get elements of the redesign “here and there.”

It’s expected the updates will take cues from the look of the glassy, translucent visionOS, which, Gurman writes, is also getting tweaks where they “make sense for a headset.”

Summer blockbuster season is here

Plus, in this week’s Installer: a cheap set-top box worth a try, a clever twist on the Stream Deck, where to go post-Pocket, and more.

David Pierce
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Trump’s tariffs threat extends to Samsung.

When asked about his latest tariff threat toward Apple, President Donald Trump said the 25 percent tax would affect Samsung and other phone makers, too. “It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair,” Trump said during a White House briefing.

Last week, Trump warned Apple CEO Tim Cook that he’s “not interested in you building in India,” and instead wants to bring iPhone production to the US — a move many experts have said won’t work.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Reality isn’t a simulation, but the Severance running sequence is.

You’re supposed to pick up on some of the visual uncanniness of Mark S.’ sprint through Lumon HQ in the first episode of Severance’s second season, but this behind-the-scenes breakdown video from Industrial Light & Magic highlights just how much of the scene was created with VFX wizardry.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Chief of War hits Apple TV Plus on August 1st.

Though Apple TV Plus’ upcoming historical drama Chief of War chronicles the real story of how Native Hawaiian warrior Kaʻiana (Jason Momoa) rebelled against king Kamehameha I, the miniseries’ first trailer kinda feels like an audition tape for another project about a (fictional) man at war.