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Apple has officially announced the new HomePod mini 2 smart speaker. The new product was announced by Apple today alongside the new HomeView smart display and fourth-gen Apple TV 4K.

Today Apple unveiled a brand new Apple TV 4K model as part of its ‘Welcome home’ product launch event. Here are the full details from the announcement.

Beats is teaming up with The Pokémon Company for a special-edition version of the Beats Pill. Beats says this collab is “here to unleash the energy of your music, inspired by the power of Pikachu’s brightest spark and the depths of Mimikyu’s mystery.”

Apple today officially unveiled its new HomeView smart display. HomeView features a 7-inch square display and comes in two versions: one with a speaker base and another for wall mounting.

You can pre-order HomeView today for $299. It will start arriving to customers on November 13.

Here’s everything you need to know about HomeView.

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While a folding iPhone posed a new challenge for Apple’s thermal engineering team, they came up with a creative way to leverage the device’s hinge to their advantage. Here are the details.

Apple TV today released the official trailer for “Being Heumann,” an Apple Original Films release from “CODA” director Siân Heder. Watch it below.

Apple officially confirmed that it will hold a product launch event tomorrow, October 13. With a “Welcome home” tagline, the launch is expected to focus on new smart home products. Here’s everything to expect at tomorrow’s Apple event.

Just days after Apple’s stock took a hit over reports of iPhone 18 Pro production cuts, JP Morgan has raised its AAPL price target by $20. Here are the details.

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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.