The display technology transition from mini-LED to OLED is scheduled to happen late next year when Apple will unveil the M6 MacBook Pro series. The upgrade should also allow these machines to sport a thinner design, but a YouTuber has found evidence which hints that these two changes will not arrive for the smaller 14-inch model, pretty much baiting customers into spending the extra sum on the newer models. The base 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro has a similar unique identifier to the M5 MacBook Pro, highlighting that it will not feature the OLED upgrade or a design change In a […]

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Apple’s reputation as the world’s most privacy-centric company is being put to the test, as two neuroscience authors have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming it used pirated versions of their books to train Apple Intelligence. For a company built on trust and ethics, the accusation damages its reputation, especially when the company is preparing to take artificial intelligence seriously. The lawsuit accusing Apple of using pirated books to train Apple Intelligence challenges its long-standing privacy-first reputation According to the lawsuit, Apple allegedly relied on Books3, a dataset within The Pile, which is a massive collection of thousands of pirated works […]

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Apple is not generally known for splurging on fancy acquisitions. Yet, the Cupertino giant appears poised to make an exception in the case of Prompt AI, whose talent and intellectual property might just be the adrenaline shot that Apple needs to regain its footing in the AI sphere. Here Is What We Know So Far As per the reporting by CNBC, Apple is nearing a deal to acquire Prompt AI. Relevant details include: For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Prompt AI has been working towards developing ambient AI that leverages computer vision and natural language to […]

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The M5 iPad Pro unboxing video has thrown some positive signals that Apple could also announce the M5 MacBook Pro before 2025 draws to a close, but a more solid confirmation has been provided in leaked macOS Tahoe code that suggests a potential launch could happen later this month. Unfortunately, Apple will go against its typical unveiling strategy because the M5 Pro and M5 Max versions are expected much later. Code details unearthed in macOS Tahoe hint that M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models will launch in early 2026 A Mac with the unique identifier J704 was spotted in […]

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Apple is shaking things up again, and this time around, its artificial intelligence leadership is in the spotlight. According to a new report, the company is actively searching for a replacement for John Giannandrea, its long-time head of AI strategy. The move signals that Apple may be planning to take its AI efforts more seriously, possibly ending the damage it has incurred over the past year. The leadership shake-up signals Apple’s renewed focus on artificial intelligence If you are not familiar, Giannandrea joined Apple back in 2018 and was brought in to modernize Siri and strengthen the company’s machine learning […]

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Apple Security Bounty program, which commenced in 2020, has already disseminated a whopping $35 million to over 800 security researchers, averaging $43,750 per researcher. Even so, the Cupertino giant is now all set to make its bounty rewards a lot more lucrative. Apple has now published a blog post, detailing a major evolution of its bounty program: Over the years, the bounty program has helped Apple substantially improve its security profile, which now includes: Of course, Apple takes pains to note that, as a result of these measures, the only system-level iOS attacks now originate from extremely sophisticated mercenary spyware […]

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As TSMC ramps up production of its 2nm wafers, a host of customers, including Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, have lined up to secure the initial shipment. MediaTek appears to be in the lead so far as it has completed the tape-out of its 2nm SoC, with an official launch happening in late 2026. As for Qualcomm, it was rumored to skip a generation and jump straight to the more advanced N2P variant, but a tipster says that no such releases are happening next year. Qualcomm was previously rumored to stick with TSMC’s 2nm ‘N2P’ process for its Snapdragon 8 Elite […]

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Tim Cook recently surpassed Steve Jobs as Apple’s longest reigning CEO, but there is no denying that both these individuals were instrumental to the company’s success, but exactly how much? Throughout the firm’s history, there was always the surrounding noise on how Cook had stifled Apple’s innovation prowess, but a detailed infographic comparison provides a closer look at the two executives’ contributions during their 14-year career. However, before we begin, would you like to guess which one increased the company’s value by a mammoth 13,900 percent? Tim Cook might have only raised the company’s value by 966 percent, but under […]

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Apple’s first foldable iPhone might be its most ambitious hardware project yet, and a new report suggests that it could combine aluminum and titanium in its frame. According to analyst Jeff Pu, the iPhone 18 Fold will adopt a hybrid metal design to strike the perfect balance between weight, strength, and heat management. Apple's first foldable iPhone aims to balance durability, weight, and innovation with a hybrid titanium and aluminum body In the past, Apple has reserved titanium for its premium devices like the iPhone 15 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra. However, the iPhone 17 Pro returned to aluminum this […]

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Apple’s iOS 26 update brings a small but extremely practical feature to the iPhone - the ability to view your entire call history with an individual contact. iPhone users were previously limited to seeing only a handful of recent calls, but that restriction has finally been lifted. You can now access a detailed timeline of every incoming, outgoing, or missed call, complete with date, time, and duration. iOS 26 finally lets iPhone users view complete call logs for each contact with date and duration details The iPhone’s call history has been one of its most limited features, as previous versions […]

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A decade and a half ago, when Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 sporting a gorgeous stainless steel frame, with a chemically-strengthened aluminosilicate glass, coupled with the unibody chassis to make it perhaps the most desirable device of its time. Unfortunately, its unrivaled beauty was overshadowed by a problem that has been immortalized in technology history as ‘Antennagate.’ It was found that when users gripped the iPhone 4 in a specific manner, the device’s cellular reception dropped, with the number of bars reducing dramatically. At the time, Steve Jobs famously suggested that people were holding the handset incorrectly, but that did […]

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Microsoft’s security bumping efforts for its Windows 11 operating system are commendable, but the technology giant’s progress holds no advantage over Apple’s Mac range, which the latter called out in the latest video ad. A software-related outage impacts a company’s workers who are about to showcase various products at their trade show, with fictitious Apple employees coming to the resource, despite being rivals. The end of the video shows a person handing out multiple Mac mini units to avoid another massive BSOD-based outage, with the end of the ad reading ‘There’s no security like Mac security’ If you remember, during […]

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The efficiency side of the iPhone 17 Pro Max should be talked about more often, because rivals like the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max that are kitted out with the best-in-class hardware, along with a humongous-sized battery capacity of a 7,500mAh battery, cannot match the ‘performance per watt’ aspect of Apple’s flagship. In the latest battery test, the iPhone 17 Pro Max powers off just 5 minutes before the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, but the latter sports a 55 percent bigger battery. iPhone 17 Pro Max tested against the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max features a smaller battery because it is the non-eSIM […]

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Police in the UK have made their biggest breakthrough yet in the fight against phone theft, uncovering a massive international network that smuggled 40,000 stolen phones from London to China. The entire operation came crashing down thanks to Apple’s Find My feature, which helped trace one victim’s missing device straight to the source. The UK’s biggest phone theft crackdown began when one victim tracked their stolen iPhone through Apple’s Find My feature It all began on Christmas Eve when an iPhone user in London tracked their stolen iPhone to a warehouse near Heathrow Airport. When officers raided the building, they […]

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Today, Apple has seen fit to release the second beta of its upcoming iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 to developers for testing purposes and bug curation. Developers can install the latest beta through the Settings app on their compatible devices, and be mindful that you are required to connect your Apple ID to your Developer Account to receive the update over the air. Developers can now install iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 beta 2 with performance enhancements and stability fixes As mentioned, registered developers can download the latest iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 beta […]

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The conversation related to Apple’s future leadership has silently intensified, and as per recent reports, John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, has emerged as the leading internal candidate. Ternus will potentially take over from Tim Cook as Apple CEO, and while the transition timeline is unknown at this point, his name keeps coming up more than anyone else. As Apple reshapes its leadership structure, John Ternus is reportedly emerging as the strongest internal choice for CEO While Apple has not made any official announcements, there are subtle indications that the transition is nearing. The news was shared […]

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France continues to scrutinize the activities of US tech giants with a proverbial magnifying glass in a bid to enforce its Digital Services Tax and ensure compliance with EU-level regulations, such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA). Now, Apple has fallen afoul the French regulators for the second time in 2025, with voice recording retentions by Siri serving as the casus belli this time around. To wit, the Paris prosecutor's office has now opened an investigation into Apple's handling of voice recordings by its on-device digital assistant, Siri. This follows a complaint filed in […]

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It has become a pseudo axiom of late - at least among industry commentators - that Apple has fallen behind, some think chronically so, in its AI-related efforts. But, what if Apple was following its now-perfected rule book all along, waiting for others to perfect the tech before leveraging it? What if, in this rabbit vs. tortoise race, it was playing the tortoise, betting on its own elaborate 4D chess play to unlock the next level of margin expansion. Apple Intelligence: From Missing Features And Delayed Timelines To Renewed Focus There is a perception that Apple was caught off-guard by […]

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Meta is already ahead of Apple in the smart glasses race, forcing the company to reportedly divert resources and manpower from the second-generation Vision Pro to its own pair of spectacles, which are scheduled to arrive in 2026. Unfortunately, the first iteration is said to ship without an AR screen, as this feature will arrive with the second model. Developers will have time to prepare their apps for Apple’s first smart glasses, because the report claims that these spectacles are due to release sometime in 2027 The exact month of Apple’s smart glasses announcement was not mentioned by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman […]

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