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A new Apple-supported study argues that your behavior data (movement, sleep, exercise, etc.) can often be a stronger health signal than traditional biometric measurements like heart rate or blood oxygen. To prove it, the researchers developed a foundation model trained on behavioral data collected from wearables, and it performed surprisingly well. Here are the details.

This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: iPhone 17 Air rumors for colors and more, Apple’s early 2026 product lineup, the M4 Vision Pro, and Apple Vision Air. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

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A federal judge has dismissed the current version of a lawsuit that accused Apple, Visa, and Mastercard of colluding to keep payment processing fees artificially high for merchants. Still, the fight isn’t definitively over.

Apple is planning for a busy start to 2026. A new report from Bloomberg details that Apple is working on updates for various iPhone, iPad, and Mac models destined for the first half of 2026.

Perhaps most exciting for many people, however, is that Apple is also planning to release a new external display for the Mac next year.

Apple’s beta software cycle has had a busy week, with updates like iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 hitting first, then tvOS 26 beta 3 landing a day later. Now today, Apple has released new AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 beta firmware. Here’s what you should know.

Belkin has announced that it is ending support for most of its Wemo smart home products. Customers will lose access to the Wemo app, any features that rely on cloud connectivity, customer support, and more. It’s effectively the end of the Wemo smart home brand.

Benjamin and Chance discuss the Liquid Glass design changes that came as part of iOS 26 beta 3, debate whether it looks better, and whether it retains the spirit of what Apple presented in June. There’s also a handful of other interesting changes in these latest betas for iPad, Watch and Mac. Plus, Apple formally appeals the EU on anti-steering requirements, and Jeff Williams announces his retirement in the latest significant shakeup of the Apple leadership team.

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Everybody’s working for the weekend, but Microsoft Outlook clocked out early. The mission-critical email service is facing a widespread, hours-long outage.

Apple Maps gets new features nearly every year, and iOS 26 is no exception. One brand new addition in iOS 26 could make Apple Maps vital for your daily commute, even if you don’t use it for navigation: proactive commute notifications.

This week, Apple TV+ debuts the critically acclaimed third season of sci-fi saga Foundation. But the next new Apple show launching is similarly epic in scope, yet with a very different focus and heavy on Jason Momoa: Chief of War is coming soon.

Apple trade-in values have been cut for most models of iPhone, all Macs, several Apple Watches, and one iPad.

Additionally, there are two older Apple products the company will no longer accept as trade-in against a new one, making them officially worthless …

Apple’s big iPhone 17 Pro launch event isn’t too far away now, and recently the number of dummy models showing what to expect from the new lineup have been improving. The latest offers a great look at what the iPhone 17 Pro might look like in black, with a redesigned ‘camera bar’ and repositioned Apple logo.

Authorities came under fire when it was suggested there were no warnings of the flash floods in Texas, which resulted in at least 120 lives being lost, with many more people still missing.

In fact, the Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used to send multiple warnings, but a number of issues meant that many Texans didn’t receive them or act on them – and a new report suggests that’s a hard problem to fix …

An iPhone Fold production line is being prepared in readiness for the launch of the first folding iPhone next year, and a new supply-chain report says that this is almost ready to begin production. The news follows a recent report that Apple is currently testing realistic prototypes of the device.

The plant will reportedly have the capacity to produce displays for around twice as many devices as Apple actually expects to sell …

Aqara has announced the release of its new Doorbell Camera hub, the Aqara G410 (use code AQARAG41 to save 15% through 7/13). This smart video doorbell also functions as a Matter smart home hub. For those of us in the Apple ecosystem, the standout feature is full support for HomeKit Secure Video and Matter, making it one of the few battery-powered doorbells on the market to support Apple’s smart home video storage feature.

We’re less than 60 days out from the start of the 2025 NFL regular season, and football fans have something new to get ready for kickoff. Many NFL team iPhone apps are coming to Apple CarPlay, starting with three team apps that are already live.

After briefly taking down its European education stores earlier today, Apple has officially launched its 2025 Back to School promotion across the continent.

Like in the U.S., this year’s offer includes a free pair of AirPods or other accessories with the purchase of a qualifying Mac or iPad through the Apple Store for Education website. Here are the details.

Synology is synonymous with NAS, or network-attached storage, and there’s good reason for that. The DiskStation line of products is reliable and robust with a great community that supports consumer and professional use cases. More recently, Synology has reached beyond traditional NAS solutions with BeeStation, a private and family cloud storage solution. I’ve recently been testing the BeeStation Plus, a somewhat less capable, but much more approachable, product, and the DiskStation DS925+, a traditional NAS with a familiar product name to us at 9to5. Both are great in their own way. Here’s how they perform and compare.

Earlier this week, Ruoming Pang, the executive who until recently led Apple’s AI models team, left the company to join Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Superintelligence Labs, or MSL. Now, as reported by Bloomberg, we know just what it took to lure him away.