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Earlier this week, the Financial Times reported that Apple was in active negotiations to acquire the streaming rights for Formula 1 in the United States.

Business Insider now builds on that report and says that “barring a last-minute change,” Apple is poised to secure this deal.

Apple Watch Ultra, outside of a very nice new titanium black, hasn’t been meaningfully upgraded since 2023. But this fall that’s going to change when the Apple Watch Ultra 3 arrives. Here are three new features coming to the next-generation Apple Watch Ultra 3.

Rumors about the iPhone 17’s Dynamic Island are all over the place, with some trusted sources saying it’s not changing this year, while others report otherwise. Now, leaker Majin Bu has just teased the “significant evolution” Apple has planned for the feature.

Apple has updated its list of obsolete and vintage products with a variety of fresh additions (via MacRumors), including the 2013 Mac Pro, 2019 Macs, 2018 iPads, and more. Perhaps one of the most significant changes is that several AirPort products have now been marked ‘obsolete.’ Here’s what that means.

HomeKit dramatically improved the user-friendliness of both configuring and controlling smart homes, by allowing everything to be done though a single app.

But while the Home app was a fantastic breakthrough for its time, technology has moved on, and I think Apple needs to respond. Here are three advanced features I’d like to see in the AI age …

As is tradition, Apple CEO Tim Cook is in attendance at the Sun Valley Conference in Idaho this week. The event, commonly referred to as a “summer camp for billionaires,” attracts executives across media, tech, politics, and many other sectors. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho for one week in July since 1983.

This year, Cook is in attendance alongside Apple’s services boss Eddy Cue.

This is it folks – we are now well into the final day of the Amazon Prime Day sale with the best prices ever on the most sought-after Apple gear. If you’re going to pull the trigger on a pair of AirPods, do it now while AirPods Pro 2 are $100 off and AirPods 4 start at $89. If you’re going to buy a new iPad, the mini 7, iPad (A16), and M3 iPad Air are at the best prices ever. We even have deals on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max at up to $750 off alongside M4 MacBook Air at up to $167 off and Apple Watch Series 10 from $279. Everything awaits below. 

If you’re interested in Apple’s smart home products, one of the most highly anticipated debuts is a brand new ‘HomePad,’ and this cross between an iPad and HomePod just got a launch timing update via Bloomberg.

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It’s the same early-day digital scareware we’ve all seen before: “Your iPhone is infected with (310) viruses. Click here to remove them.” These pop-ups, seemingly always 280p quality and slapped together with stock graphics from a different reality, usually appear on shady websites as malicious ads or junk software, urging people to install a “fix” or be doomed. But one was recently spotted running as an ad on YouTube for a sketchy iPhone clean up app.

Apple silicon debuted in 2020 with the first M-class chip, the M1, which launched in MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. But last year, Apple made a big product shift when it launched the M4, and per a new report, that trend looks set to continue with the upcoming M5 chip.

Colors are often one of the last details to leak about new products, and now that we’re less than two months out from the expected iPhone 17 unveiling, a new leak has revealed what color lineup to expect from two different upcoming models.

For years, I’ve been snickering at foldable phones, the perpetual “next big thing” that never quite gets here. And while I still think Samsung is mostly winning in this market by walkover, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 might have just made Apple’s case for what a foldable iPhone could look like. And I like it.

We have now moved into the final 24 hours of Amazon’s massive Prime Day sale, offering folks one last chance to get in on the best prices of the year. And we are indeed actually getting that for the summer July Prime Day event – AirPods Pro 2 are $100 off for the lowest price they have ever been offered alongside all-time lows on on Apple Watch Series 10, iPad mini 7, and M3 iPad Air lineup. We also have up to $365 off iPhone 16 Pro units, $150 or more in savings across the M4 MacBook Air lineup and even more. Beyond that you’ll find a gigantic selection of discounts the 9to5Toys team has uncovered this week, including iPhone and Mac accessories, gaming gear, e-bikes, power stations, smart home upgrades, and smart TVs. The clock is ticking on this year’s Prime Day event and everything awaits below.