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iOS 18.2 introduced a new feature for AirTag and other items in the Find My app, and it may just save you a lot of stress and trouble the next time you lose something important.

Apple’s AirPods Max update this year wasn’t a full-blown AirPods Max 2, but rather a switch to USB-C and color swap. Unfortunately, the new USB-C model also lost a key feature that was supported by the original.

Electricity regulators are concerned that the huge growth in AI usage could lead to power blackouts in the US and Canada as early as next year. The prediction was published shortly after the public release of iOS 18.2 brought many more Apple Intelligence features online.

Artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT and Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers will see data center power usage double in the course of just four years, and power grids will likely struggle to keep up with this demand …

The most popular home internet router brand in the US may be banned from sale in the country over fears that it represents a threat to national security.

Three separate US agencies have opened investigations into TP-Link routers, which account for 65% of the US market, in part because badged versions are supplied to customers by more than 300 ISPs …

Two leakers, each with enough of a track record to give them some credibility, are clashing over the iPhone 17 camera layout.

The first says that the iPhone 17 Pro will adopt a horizontal layout in a module with a similar shape to the Dynamic Island, while the other says that the design of the camera module is indeed changing but the triangular arrangement remains …

Meta this week announced new features coming to its smart glasses designed in partnership with Ray-Ban. Ray-Ban Meta glasses will soon gain new AI capabilities as well as integration with Apple’s Shazam to identify songs.

Meta has been working on a lot of new features for Threads, its microblogging platform, and there’s another one coming soon. The company has now teased a long-awaited option that will let users schedule posts for a later time.

The iPhone 16’s Camera Control feature arrived to mixed reviews, including from me. But iOS 18.2 upgrades the feature in several key ways, making it what it was always meant to be.

Apple Intelligence was first announced this June to much fanfare, and now it’s finally available via iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2. But at least one early report say it’s not really changing the world. Here’s why that’s not a surprise, and it’s also very much not the last word.

Apple has officially started beta testing iOS 18.3. The update comes with minor changes for iPhone users. Here’s everything you need to know.

One of my favorite Apple TV+ shows of the year, Bad Monkey, is officially getting a season 2 from Apple. Here’s the full announcement.

The 2025 lineup for Apple TV+ is starting to come into focus, and the latest revealed project is an Indiana Jones-inspired film starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman. Here are the details on Fountain of Youth.

Apple in June introduced a beta version of Apple Maps on the web, allowing users of other platforms such as Windows PCs to access its map service directly from a web browser. Although the beta was quite limited at launch, it is now getting an important new feature, which is Look Around.

In the US and around the world, Apple has been engaged in a years-long dispute over the App Store, payments, and the like. One big battlefront has been Apple’s prohibition against third-party payment options, but now popular game emulator Delta might just be the first app in the US to support linking to external payment options.

Apple is ready to help start 2025 on the right foot. A new Apple Watch Activity Challenge has been set for January, encouraging you to “Ring in the New Year” by closing all three rings for seven days in a row.

One of the most remarkable Vision Pro experiences involves watching Apple Immersive Video. Content available in Immersive Video has been released at a slower pace than many users hoped, but that may change in 2025 thanks to two big updates coming from Blackmagic.

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed sweeping tariffs on China, where Apple manufactures many of its products. Yet Apple’s stock is hitting all-time highs. Here’s why.

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With the launch of watchOS 11 in September, Apple announced that the latest Apple Watch models would get a new feature capable of detecting possible sleep apnea. The feature was launched in more than 150 countries, and now Brazil is joining that list