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XChat, the standalone messaging app from X, now has a new release date.

After exclusively sharing details with 9to5Mac last September on ModStealer, a cross-platform infostealer invisible to every major antivirus engine at the time, Mosyle, a leader in Apple device management and security, is back with two more macOS threats that are flying completely under the radar.

In new details again shared with 9to5Mac, the Mosyle Security Research Team says it has identified two previously undetected samples: Phoenix Worm, a cross-platform stager, and ShadeStager, a modular macOS implant built for credential theft. The two aren’t directly connected in how they work, but together show just how sophisticated Mac malware is getting.

Last year Apple made the base iPhone 17 extremely compelling, in part due to display upgrades like ProMotion. But rumors about the iPhone 18 indicate it could regress in minor ways to be more like Apple’s budget ‘e’ model.

A new post from a reputable Weibo leaker highlights four new camera upgrades Apple reportedly has in development, at least one of which is coming with iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

Apple’s CEO transition will undoubtedly impact the whole company to varying degrees, including its services division. A new report sheds light on how John Ternus might approach the Apple TV streaming service specifically.

Last week we got a report on some of the colors that may be available for iPhone 18 Pro. But now a new leak offers a unique description of the one color Apple is expected to market as its flagship.

The new Framework Laptop 13 Pro has been described by the company’s CEO as “the MacBook Pro for Linux users” (though you can also run Windows on it). It even claims to beat the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro for battery life.

The new machine copies a number of key Apple features, but is the complete opposite in terms of its underlying philosophy …

We learned yesterday that Apple was at risk of losing Mike Rockwell, the exec tasked with rescuing the new Siri project after Tim Cook lost confidence in former AI head John Giannandrea.

A deal appears to have been struck to retain Rockwell long enough to deliver the Siri upgrade, and Ternus and Cook also notched up an even important retention win …

Bloomberg reports that amid recent leadership changes at Apple, Mike Rockwell, who created the Vision Pro and now oversees efforts to revamp Siri, has considered leaving or reducing his role at the company. Here are the details.

While it had long been expected that John Ternus would succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO, a key detail in the transition process shows that the company can still keep things under wraps when it counts. Here’s why.

Meta is expanding its in-app AI-powered summaries feature on WhatsApp to include unread context across multiple chats. Here are the details.

Apple announced its major leadership transition yesterday, with John Ternus officially set to take over as CEO from Tim Cook later this year.

Following that announcement, tech leaders (and others) have taken to social media to congratulate Cook on the news.

Oliver Jones, an Apple TV executive who worked on shows including Masters of the Air and Disclaimer over the past six years, is leaving for Amazon MGM Studios. Here are the details.

CarPlay has improved a lot lately, and following two major new app debuts a few weeks ago, there have been three more exciting app updates very recently. Here’s what’s new.

TechCrunch reports on why Apple removed Cal AI from the App Store over what it described as “multiple rule violations.” Here are the details.

OpenAI is announcing its upgraded ChatGPT image generation model with ChatGPT Images 2. The company is also scaling up Codex for enterprise with a new Codex Labs initiative.

Apple’s Tim Cook and John Ternus held an all-hands meeting with employees today in Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, according to Bloomberg. The meeting comes one day after the announcement that Ternus will take over as Apple CEO later this year.

During the meeting, Cook offered more insight into why he decided to begin the transition now — and what his plans are for his role as Apple’s executive chairman.

People love to compare Tim Cook’s tenure to that of Steve Jobs’. They say that Apple hasn’t been able to innovate under Tim Cook and that he never had his iPhone-level moment. In Cook’s defense, no other company or CEO has had an iPhone-level moment since that 2007 announcement. But just because he never had his iPhone moment doesn’t mean nothing happened. Under Tim Cook, Apple didn’t just coast. It built on what Steve Jobs created, and instead of chasing one massive breakthrough, Apple built multiple billion-dollar businesses, expanded into new categories, and turned its ecosystem into one of the most powerful in tech. Think about it, AirPods, Apple Watch, the transition from Intel to Apple silicon, all market disruptors that happened under Tim Cook. So let’s take a look back and see everything from the Tim Cook era.

Apple has just published a new support document that warns of a network security change coming in iOS 27, macOS 27, and more with action steps for IT administrators.