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 tablet lineup is more complex than ever — but picking the iPad to buy might be simpler than expected. Here’s how to choose the one for you.
The iPhone maker is considering bringing in outside help to bolster its AI-enhanced Siri, according to Bloomberg.
Backyard Baseball 2001 is getting remastered for Steam, iOS, and Android as Backyard Baseball ‘01, releasing July 8th.
The quarter-century-old sports game was the first of the series to include real MLB players, and 28 of the original 31 pros return in the remaster: including Mike Piazza, Carlos Beltran, Derek Jeter, Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco. So you can reunite the The Bash Brothers to take on some kids.
“We are seeking to permanently end anti-competitive behavior on the App Store, and we are joining this lawsuit to ensure that any future settlement enforces real changes to Apple’s practices and policies to benefit all consumers, developers, and competition, and not just cosmetic changes,” Proton says in a blog post.
Luxury automaker Aston Martin is the first OEM to offer support for Apple’s enhanced phone mirroring system, so we hopped in a DBX707 to give the new software a test drive.
That’s what Apple is working on next, at least according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The more affordable MacBook would use the same A18 Pro chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro series, and pack a 13-inch display and colorful finishes like silver, blue, pink, and yellow.
Apparently Apple is aiming to sell 5-7 million of them too, making up more than a fifth of its overall laptop sales.
The Brad Pitt-starring racing drama opened to more than $55 million in the US this weekend, and $144 million worldwide. That’s still a ways short of the movie’s $200-300 million production budget, but it’s easily on track to beat the $221 million-earning Napoleon as Apple’s biggest film yet.
Sadly we may never know how many of those ticket sales came from the unexpectedly pushy ads in Apple Wallet notifications.
The company has released an update to its Ultimate Software V2 that expands the number of devices you can customize using the macOS version, bringing it more in line with the Windows version, it announced on X.
Support on macOS has been expanded to now include the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless, Wired, and Bluetooth controllers, the Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller, the Retro Receivers for the Saturn and Nintendo GameCube, and the Retro R8 Mouse N Edition.
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That is, if the actual phone looks anything like these photos from leaker Majin Bu. What do you think?
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The original source of the report, Cybernews, says that since the start of the year, its researchers have “discovered 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each. In total, the researchers uncovered an unimaginable 16 billion records.”
This isn’t a breach of one company or another’s systems, but compiled records, with some believed to be from “infostealer” malware, as well as previous leaks. As Bleeping Computer points out, what you should be doing hasn’t changed -- using unique passwords with a password manager, enabling two-factor authentication, and adding other forms of security like passkeys and security keys that can replace passwords altogether.
[bleepingcomputer.com]
0According to @NekoMichiUBC on X, and a Reddit thread, the first developer beta of macOS Tahoe does not include support for the IEEE 1394 standard, which Apple calls FireWire. Older external drives, capturing footage from MiniDV cameras, and even the first generation iPod aren’t compatible.
However, it’s still several months before macOS Tahoe is officially released. FireWire support could still return, but the last computer Apple released with the port was the 13-inch 2012 MacBook Pro.
[macrumors.com]
0Apple has released The Parent Presentation, an 81-page slide deck available in Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Keynote format, and a (now set to private) promo video hosted by “nepo baby” / Please Don’t Destroy comedian Martin Herlihy, aimed at getting students a Mac for school next year.
I can’t decide if it’s a solid pitch (who hasn’t held a family meeting to get approval for a high-priced tech purchase?) or if it will miss its target audience because it’s 8 minutes long and not in a vertical video format. Either way, we also have some advice on which laptop is the best option.
(Update: -- The YouTube video is no longer available, but the presentation slides are still there.)
0Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo writes in a post on X that Apple supplier Foxconn could “kick off the project” later this year, targeting a 2026 release. Kuo says the display is “one of the few components” that Apple has finalized so far, but “plans remain subject to change.”
A previous report from the analyst suggests the phone will fold like a book, with a 7.8-inch inner display and a 5.5-inch outer screen.
The hit roguelike Enter the Gungeon is coming to iOS and Android “soon,” Devolver Digital announced today. Exit the Gungeon, which was delisted from Apple Arcade last year, will also be back on iOS and is coming to Google Play. Playing the games on mobile will be a good warmup to next year’s Enter the Gungeon 2.
The dispute between Apple and Optis Wireless Technology is headed for its third trial after an appeals court threw out a 2021 jury verdict due to faulty jury instructions, Reuters reports. The case is based on Optis’ accusation that Apple infringed on its patents for LTE standard-essential technology. The damages award has already been retried once after a judge said the jury that awarded $506 million to Optis hadn’t considered the reasonableness of the amount.
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Streaming platforms might be having a hard time bringing on new subscribers, but according to Nielsen’s most recent Gauge report, services like YouTube, Pluto TV, Roku, and Tubi overtook traditional broadcast TV and cable in terms of viewership for the first time last month.
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9to5Mac and MacRumors point out that Apple just launched a new service program targeting a specific issue, and this time, it’s M2 Mac Minis built between June 16th, 2024, and November 23rd, 2024. That would be just before new M4-powered units supplanted the line.
According to Apple, “a very small percentage of Mac mini (2023) devices with the M2 chip may no longer power on.” Owners experiencing the issue can check eligibility here with their serial number or browse the complete list of active service programs.
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