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Leaker Fixed Focus Digital gained credibility for being one of the first to report the iPhone 16e naming, and continues to insist that an iPhone Air 2 will launch this year despite contradictory reports.

In a new Weibo post today, they double down on a claim made last month and add a little more detail …

Late last year, a Reddit post caused something of a furore. A user posted a photo of their Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro that had turned pink. A few other examples followed.

However, while you should continue to follow Apple’s advice on how to avoid this, tests have shown it’s unlikely to happen accidentally …

Apple’s Mac icons in Tahoe have come under fire from quite a few people. Adjectives that have been applied to them include terrible, awful, amateurish, dumbed down, and objectively bad.

With the announcement of Apple Creator Studio, the company has gone even further in terms of minimal icons for its creative apps, provoking further controversy …

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An effort led by security research lab CovertLabs is actively uncovering troves of (mostly) AI-related App Store apps that leak and expose user data, including names, emails, and chat history. Here are the details.

Apple may have replaced standalone 3-month trials of Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro with Apple Creator Studio’s 1-month test period, but there’s one way to still get up to 90 days of access, at least for now. Here’s how to do it.

Over the holiday break, I finally decided to take the plunge and get a new iPhone after four years holding on to my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Here are the main differences I’ve been noticing so far.

Google is working on an on-device data migration feature on iOS that will let Safari users import their browsing data directly into Chrome. Here are the details.

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One of the longest-standing wishlist items for users of the web-based version of WhatsApp is at last on the way. Here are the details.

I recently pulled the trigger on a new iPhone 17 Pro and upgraded from my iPhone 15 Pro. I spent a lot of time debating between the Pro Max and the smaller screen for extra battery life, but I ultimately decided to stick with the smaller screen for portability.

Personally, I’d love to buy an iPhone 17 mini, but nevertheless. The Max is just too big for my front pocket, and I prefer being able to use the phone with one hand. However, sticking with the smaller battery forced me to rethink my EDC kit. Since I wasn’t going to have the massive cell of the Pro Max, I needed a reliable way to top up during heavy usage days without carrying a massive MagSafe battery in my pocket. I wanted a battery that was slim enough to disappear until I needed it. That search led me to the Anker Nano Power Bank, and I used it heavily at Universal Studios this past weekend.

A new report today from ETNews sheds light on a pair of new display features allegedly destined for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max this year.

There’s also still a big unanswered design question about the iPhone 18 Pro: will it have a Dynamic Island?

Anyone who has ever owned a conventional robocleaner with mopping function will know that it takes multiple passes to get a completely clean home. That’s due to a number of factors, including the fact that the mop itself gets dirty during a full-home cycle.

The Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow is different, however. It has five features designed to ensure a complete clean in a single pass, starting with a real-time self-cleaning mop …

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Talk of the largest grocer in the world not supporting Apple Pay or any Tap to Pay solution for that matter is making the rounds on social media again, as 9to5Mac noted yesterday. It is worth mentioning that there are real security benefits behind this technology. While the vast majority of users choose tapping for payment because it is quick and easy, there is a lot happening behind the scenes to keep your information private.

2026 may turn out to be the year of OpenAI’s first hardware product, according to the company’s policy chief. Meanwhile, Jony Ive’s ‘io’ team at OpenAI has made a notable Apple veteran hire.

Apple released the new M5 MacBook Pro last October, but we’re still waiting on the more powerful M5 Pro and M5 Max variants of that machine. Here’s when to expect that update to be released …

In an annual tradition, Apple is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day on its homepage, with quotes from the civil rights champion.

This year’s featured quote is “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” …

One of the biggest visual changes we’re expecting with this year’s iPhone 18 Pro is a punch-hole selfie camera, with the Face ID module invisibly embedded into the display.

Until recently, we’d been expecting this to be centered in the same way as the current camera and Face ID module. However, one report has suggested that the punch-hole selfie camera would instead be relocated to the top-left corner, where the clock currently lives. If so, logically the Dynamic Island would move with it, and this is shown in a new video render …

We’re likely less than two weeks away from the launch of the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models. Performance estimates based on extrapolating from the difference between the base M4 and the more powerful variants suggests that the M5 Max MacBook Pro could deliver “astounding” Geekbench scores.

The analysis suggests that the M5 Max chip may be the first Apple GPU ever to break 250,000 on the Geekbench 6 compute test …

A new market intelligence report suggests that Threads is now more popular than X on iPhone and Android, although X still has a strong overall lead when web usage is taken into account.

Separately, the controversy over Grok generating non-consensual explicit images – including CSAM – has intensified, as xAI is now being sued by the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children …