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Apple is kicking off a new campaign today to promote Safari’s benefits over Chrome. With a new “Switch to Safari” page on its website and a pair of new YouTube videos, Apple wants everyone to know Safari is “a more powerful and private browser than Chrome.”

Epic Games is accusing Apple of “manufacturing” a pause in the legal proceedings over its proposed new App Store commission rates. Apple disagrees. Here are the details.

According to Counterpoint Research, Apple saw its share of global smartphone shipments cross 20% for the first time in a third quarter, despite an industry-wide decline. Here are the details.

Apple has a new M6 MacBook Pro launching later this month with a 14-inch screen and the current industrial design. And with its M6 chip, there are three upgrades we can expect from the new MacBook Pro.

Apple TV today announced “Heart,” an original eight-episode true-crime podcast involving two men linked by a donated heart and the same terrible demise. Here are the details.

iCloud+ is best known for adding iCloud storage, but Apple keeps improving and expanding its suite of benefits for subscribers. Here’s everything new for iCloud+ added in the last few weeks.

My biggest annoyance with all types of wallets is when it This aluminum MagSafe card wallet takes a different approach with a side-mounted eject button that fans your cards up with a single press, so you can grab the one you need one-handed without pulling them all out.

Apple has announced that ‘Remnants,’ the first immersive horror film on Vision Pro, is coming this week. Here’s a teaser video.

iPhone Duo pre-orders officially kick off on Friday, but Apple is letting you prepare now. Starting today, you can head to the Apple Store Online or Apple Store app and save your exact iPhone Duo configuration.

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Who said all privacy protections had to be digital nowadays? In my line of work, traveling can be common, and working from a coffee shop, train, or hotel lounge is something I do on the regular. So when I came across this nifty privacy app that knows to blur your screen the second you look away, I was enthralled.

It looks like Apple’s Beats and Pokémon are teaming up for a Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker collaboration.

A new report by Securities Times in China indicates Apple is now anticipating much higher demand for iPhone Duo than initially expected, despite pre-orders not starting until later this week.

Apple is celebrating ‘Indie Games Week’ on the App Store by recognizing seven new titles that launched recently or will in the near future. Here are the games being highlighted.

A new Apple TV 4K will be unveiled tomorrow as part of Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event. Here are five upgrades it’s rumored to bring.

Apple is working on a second-generation iPhone Air, and it could address several key limitations of the current model. Here’s everything we know about the iPhone Air 2, including features, release date, and more.

Last year, Kuxiu was the first to make chargers that perfectly match the Cosmic Orange iPhone. They released their 3-in-1 X40 turbo and their S4 Solid State battery pack. They both matched the orange color so well that it seemed as if they were 1st-party accessories. This year, the new hero color for the iPhone 18 Pro lineup is burgundy, and Kuxiu is back at it again with a new matching burgundy D5 5-in-1 charging station. With its premium build quality, perfect color matching, built-in cooling, and price, this charger is everything you need from a performance and aesthetic standpoint.

I use iPhone Mirroring every day to quickly access my iPhone directly from my Mac, and it’s even better this year. iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate were released last month, bringing three key updates to iPhone Mirroring. Here’s everything new.

In just a couple days, Apple should be unveiling its long-awaited new lineup of new Home products. That includes an updated HomePod mini, Apple TV 4K, the brand-new smart home hub called ‘HomeView’, as well as a new lineup of smart home accessories, in collaboration with LG. Here’s what to expect with the HomePod mini 2.

iPhone Duo is just about two weeks away from releasing, and according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has big retail plans ahead for its first foldable iPhone, to make sure every customer gets to see it to the fullest.

The current iPad mini sells for $599 in its starting 128 GB configuration. Apple is set to introduce the next-generation iPad mini later this month and — while the starting storage may increase — interested buyers should start probably bracing for a price rise.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says he is hearing that the new iPad mini will be “considerably more expensive”, floating a new price closer to the $799 mark.

Apple will hold its “Welcome home” product launch on Tuesday, with the headlining announcement expected to be the new “HomeView” smart display. A new Apple TV 4K is also on the docket for this week, and Apple has tested two new features for it: microphones and an upgraded Siri Remote.

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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today reported that the Apple home hub – set to be announced on October 13 as part of Apple’s ‘Welcome home’ event experience — will be called the HomeView. The brand would obviously sit alongside the company’s existing HomePod brand for smart speakers.

Gurman also reported on a few other new tidbits for the device, including the news that while it will be announced on Tuesday, it probably won’t be released until the middle of November …