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Apple appears to be putting its money where its mouth is with artificial intelligence. According to a new report, the company has floated offers worth $50 million in licensing multiyear agreements with news publishers in order to train its AI models.

Despite a 10% drop in the number of new titles introduced this year, Apple TV+ boasts twice as many viewing hours compared to last year. That’s according to a new report from Deadline, which also says that total viewership is up 42% in 2023.

Update 12/19: AirPods 3 have received a firmware upgrade to build 6A317. The story from December 11 follows.

Following the launch of the iOS 17.3 developer beta, Apple has seeded new builds of developer beta firmware for the AirPods line as well.

The next Apple Watch Activity Challenge is set for January to celebrate the New Year. Apple Watch Activity Challenges increase awareness about fitness features and healthy habits while observing holidays and other notable occasions.

Apple is partnering with AAA and Verizon to help provide roadside assistance for iPhone customers experiencing car trouble without cellular coverage. Here’s what to know about the new Roadside Assistance via satellite feature on iPhone 14 and later.

Apple has released iOS 17.2.1 for iPhone. The software update includes bug fixes to iOS 17.2.

Apple also released macOS 14.2.1 beta. The macOS update comes just a few weeks after macOS 14.2 officially arrived with enhanced AutoFill and more features.

With Vision Pro just around the corner, Apple continues to offer media demos. Brian Tong includes some new developments with visionOS after his most recent hands-on time with the device. This includes a first impression after typing with the Vision Pro virtual keyboard.

Update: Two days later, iOS 17.3 and macOS Sonoma 14.3 are now available for public beta testers. For iPhone users, the update includes Stolen Device Protection.

Boom. iOS 17.3 beta 1 has arrived alongside the seventh developer beta version of visionOS. The new beta releases come one day after Apple pushed out iOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, and tvOS 17.2.

Instagram is building on its Notes feature with new ways to post and reply. Notes is Instagram’s messaging feature that lets you set a short status update with friends.

Salesforce has announced three new ways that it is deepening its strategic partnership with Apple. The effort builds on a strategy that kicked off between the two companies in 2018. The first development is Salesforce integration with Apple Business Messaging.

Ever drive around and wonder about that home listing you just passed? There’s finally a CarPlay app for that …

Apple hasn’t made it official yet, but it sounds like the buddy comedy series Platonic on Apple TV+ will return for a second season.

Apple has released the tvOS 17.2 software update that introduces new design changes to the TV app on Apple TV.

Apple has officially released macOS Sonoma 14.2, introducing promised new enhancements to Autofill for PDFs. The update also adds new features to Messages, Clock, and more.

Apple has released iOS 17.2 for iPhone. The new version introduces Apple’s Journal app, which was first shown off at WWDC in June. It also adds new functionality to the Action button and introduces spatial video capture on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

It looks like we have more release candidate version 2 updates upon us. tvOS 17.2 RC 2 for Apple TV has just arrived alongside the second RC version of the upcoming HomePod software update. We’ll update our coverage if/when iOS 17.2 reaches RC 2 as well.

Apple has just seeded developer beta and public beta testers with the second macOS Sonoma 14.2 release candidate this week. The build increases from version 23C63 to version 23C64. Release notes follow:

Mammoth is making no bones about it. The Mastodon client for iPhone strives to be good enough to viably replace Twitter/X. Mammoth 2 is taking on the challenge with curated Smart Lists with content to follow based on category, a For You timeline, and much more.

Screens, the excellent VNC remote desktop app for Apple devices, has finally gone universal with Screens 5. The new version launched this week, making Screens easier to discover on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Screens 5 also introduces new toolbar controls on iPhone and iPad, Mac lock screen enhancements, and better ways to organize remote desktops.

Apple’s Podcasts app appears to be coming to Tesla infotainment systems as an independent app in an upcoming software update, according to a new leak. This officially puts the Apple Podcasts app experience everywhere but Android.