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Apple has had a strong spring of new TV shows, and heading into the summer there’s no slowing down. Coming next month, the golf comedy Stick looks like the next Apple TV+ attempt at striking Ted Lasso gold.

Reddit has announced plans to fight back after a large-scale AI fraud was carried out against users of the highly popular Change My View subreddit.

However, the company’s plans to take to fight AI bots may not be popular with users, as it could compromise the platform’s long-standing approach to privacy …

Apple was recently hit with a $570 million fine from the EU for alleged violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The company has said it will appeal the EU’s decision, and now per a new report, we may know some of the arguments Apple’s lawyers plan to use in the case.

Over the last decade, CarPlay has become ubiquitous on almost all makes and models of cars. Consumers love it too. In fact, Apple has said before that 80% of new car buyers require CarPlay as a specification before making their purchase.

However, this argument is less satisfactory when it comes to electric vehicles. Aside from Tesla or Rivian, almost all EVs come with CarPlay installed, but its utility is greatly diminished. CarPlay support for electric vehicle routing is just weak. Apple really needs to step on the gas and get its act together …

Despite the fact that the iPhone Fold display is being made by Samsung, it looks like it might be more advanced that the one so far used in the Korean company’s own Galaxy Z Fold series.

A leaker with a decent track record cites supply-chain sources as saying the upcoming Apple device will use a thinner and more advanced display than used in any of Samsung’s own products …

If you used Siri between 2014 and 2024, and the voice assistant was ever activated by something random you said, you may be entitled to a cut of a payout from Apple.

Apple agreed back in January to settle a class action privacy lawsuit for unintended Siri activations between September 17 2014 and December 31 2024, and US residents can now register a claim …

Apple SVP Eddy Cue yesterday suggested that we might not need an iPhone ten years from now. It echoes a report back in 2019, where the company’s execs were cited saying the same thing – also with a decade-ish time-frame.

Apple is absolutely right to take this possibility seriously. It’s the job of the company’s leadership to think long and hard about future scenarios, and there are four very good reasons why this possibility cannot be ignored …

In court testimony yesterday, Apple SVP Eddy Cue told the judge that usage of search in Safari fell for the first time ever in April, suggesting users are turning to AI alternatives like ChatGPT instead.

This led to Google investors getting cold feet on the search giant’s outlook, with the company stock dropping about 8% in response. However, Google has now formally contested Cue’s comments in a company blog post.

Apple has asked the U.S. District Court in Northern California to pause the enforcement of new App Store rules following its recent loss to Epic Games.

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Apple acquired Shazam nearly seven years ago, and since then the music discovery service has had a number of integrations with Apple Music. The latest: a ‘Viral Chart’ playlist for Apple Music users that’s powered by daily Shazam data.

There are few individuals better positioned to make a major impact on personal computing’s future than Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO. And some of his recent comments appear very much aligned with what a top Apple exec shared earlier today about AI’s influence on our computing habits.

Spotify has announced a handful of updates rolling out to its music streaming service starting this week. Among the changes are improvements to queuing songs, customizing playlists, and more.

There’s one feature, however, that stands out most to me: Snooze.

Eddy Cue is in court today giving testimony as part of Google’s antitrust case related to search. And in addition to confirming an upcoming shift toward AI providers in Safari, Apple’s services head shared a fascinating quote related to the iPhone’s future.

Apple is going to add AI search providers to the Safari browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Bloomberg reports Apple SVP Eddy Cue made the disclosure in court testimony today, stating “we will add them to the list — they probably won’t be the default” in reference to providers like Perplexity and Anthropic.

Cue also revealed that the number of searches through Safari fell for the first time ever in April, suggesting users are looking to AI sources as alternative ways to find information.

Foundation season 3 is coming soon. Apple TV+ just announced the release date for the next chapter of its sci-fi epic, and debuted the first teaser trailer.

Apple is nearly ready to ship its next iPhone update: iOS 18.5 is coming next week and will bring a handful of new features to users. Here’s what’s coming.

Today Netflix unveiled a big overhaul to its tvOS app, and a couple experimental features coming to iOS too. The new features are rolling out soon, here are all the details.

An update to the Matter standard will make it much easier to set up HomeKit-compatible smart home devices. In particular, it should make tap-to-pair a far more common feature, rather than something supported by only a handful of devices.

Multi-device QR codes will also make setup much easier for things like multi-packs of smart light bulbs, which will let you set up all of them at once, rather than having to do each one individually …

While some companies, including Spotify, Amazon, and Patreon, have been quick to jump at the opportunity to add external payment links to their apps, Netflix is taking a slower approach.