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Eddy Cue wanted Apple to acquire two big companies, but Tim Cook said no

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A report from The Information yesterday offered a variety of interesting details about Apple’s potential acquisition targets in the artificial intelligence category.

One thing I found particularly fascinating in the story was the tidbit that Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, has regularly pushed for Apple to make big acquisitions, only to be shot down by Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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Deals: Most affordable 24GB M4 Mac mini $100 off, exclusive M2 iPad Air offer at $350 off, metal/glass Find My wallet card $26, more

Amazon’s Labor Day sale is now in full swing and we have already collected a growing lineup of big-time deals on Apple’s latest gear and more right here, but today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break has some fresh offers to scope out as well. Firstly we are highlighting one of the more intriguing M4 Mac mini deals – the most affordable 24GB model you can buy at $100 off (or $300 under the price of the least pricey 24GB model on Amazon). But we also have an exclusive discount for 9to5 readers on Apple’s 11-inch 512GB M2 iPad Air with a major $350+ price drop as well as a host of Satechi discounts – the M4 Mac mini Stand & Hub and a new all-time low on its aluminum and tempered glass Find My wallet card. Everything awaits below. 

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Mosyle identifies new Mac malware that evades detection through fake PDF conversion tool

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Mosyle, a leader in Apple device management and security, has exclusively revealed to 9to5Mac details on a new Mac malware strain, dubbed “JSCoreRunner”. The zero-day threat evaded all detections on VirusTotal at the time of discovery, spreading through a malicious PDF conversion site called fileripple[.]com to trick users into downloading what appears to be a harmless utility.

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New Chipolo Loop and Card trackers offer Find My compatibility and 400-foot range

New Chipolo Loop and Card trackers (shown) offer Find My compatibility and 400-foot range

The Chipolo POP proved a popular AirTag competitor when it launched earlier this year, and the company has now added two further Find My compatible trackers.

The new models are the Loop and a new version of the Card, with the former essentially a Pop with an integrated silicon loop for even easier attachment to bags, keys, and so on …

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Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time

In what appears to be a marketing effort for its subscription service, Apple has partnered with TuneIn to offer the free Apple Music radio stations outside of the Apple Music app for the first time.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, starting today, all six of the Apple live music radio stations will be made available to listen to on TuneIn. TuneIn reports more than 75 million monthly active users, spanning a variety of platforms and devices.

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14-year prison term sought over theft of trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process [U]

TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process | Photo shows the inside of a hard drive

Six people have been arrested after Apple chipmaker TSMC said that several then-employees tried to steal trade secrets relating to the company’s most advanced chip process. TSMC fired the individuals concerned and is now taking legal action against them.

Update: Three of the six have now been indicted, and prosecutors are seeking a 14-year prison sentence for one of them – see the update at the end

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Security Bite: Viral TikToks promote ‘undetectable’ Find My-enabled GPS trackers for stalking

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TikTok has been found selling GPS trackers through its Shop feature that are being marketed by viral videos explicitly encouraging secretly tracking a romantic partner. What’s most alarming is that these videos have millions of views, and metrics show that over a hundred thousand have been sold.

I usually reserve Security Bite for digital security topics, but this discovery was too riveting to ignore. As first reported by 404 Media, the trackers are being compared to Apple AirTags—but for the wrong reasons…

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9to5Mac Daily: August 26, 2025 – Apple vs Elon Musk, more

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AI skeptics are running out of rope to argue Apple isn’t desperately behind

Whenever a new story comes out detailing yet another setback with Apple’s AI initiatives and roadmaps, without fail, someone shows up and asks: “What exactly is Apple behind on?,” or “Catch up? Catch up to what?”.

And while this sort of comment tends to come from people who seem to spend quite a lot of time and effort trying to make sure that everyone knows they don’t care about something, this specific hill they’re choosing to die on is getting increasingly steep. Here’s why.

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