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Meta AI is coming to Threads DMs, giving users a private place to chat with the assistant without placing its responses in the public feed.

iOS 27 is launching this fall, and it adds a new Apple Calendar feature I’ve wanted for years: natural language support when creating events.

Snapchat is giving Snap Map a musical upgrade through a new integration with Spotify. The new feature, simply called Now Playing, lets Snapchat users display what they’re listening to in real time. 

Apple’s unveiling of iPhone 18 models this fall is expected in September, as usual, but there are several ways this year’s launches will reflect the anomaly of COVID-era 2020’s iPhone releases.

Update: 10 days later, Apple and Nvidia have once again swapped rankings with $AAPL overtaking $NVDA. Apple has yet to cross the $5T market cap threshold, though intraday trading has the company around $4.944T.

Apple has officially reclaimed the world’s most valuable company title based on market cap. The company overtook Nvidia during intraday trading on Friday with its stock up 17 points this week.

Over the weekend Apple TV made several announcements at San Diego Comic-Con, including surprise news about when to expect Silo season 4’s release.

Ray-Ban Meta Glasses and the latest cheaper non-designer option are sold on the basis of the built-in AI features, but in early July the company announced a “ridiculous” limit on the free usage you can make of an accessibility feature.

Effectively, Meta has retroactively applied a paywall to a hardware product it already sold to customers. Update: The social network has now said it is “pausing” plans to paywall the feature – see the end of the piece.

Security researchers demonstrated that Claude Cowork could escape the sandbox intended to control the access it gets to your Mac. The exploit, dubbed ShareRoot, could allow an attacker to read and write files stored anywhere on your Mac, as well as access login credentials for online services.

Around half a million Mac users had co-work sessions exposed, and some still remain vulnerable to the exploit today …

A Bloomberg report suggests that Apple Glasses might be launched without the capability to take photos or record video. Apple is said to be considering this option as a way to address privacy concerns.

However, while I do absolutely understand the thinking that would leave the company to mull this option, my own experience of Ray-Ban Meta glasses is that video recording is absolutely core functionality for this type of product …

AppleCare One – a version of AppleCare+ that allows you to protect multiple products for a single monthly payment – is rolling out the the UK.

Additionally, AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss protection is also expanding from iPhone only to iPad and Apple Watch too …

Apple will announce its next-generation Apple Watch lineup in September, including the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4. Here’s the latest on what to expect from this year’s updates.

Apple’s long-awaited AI smart glasses, expected to launch late next year, finally have an expected reveal date.

Apple TV prepared a slew of announcements for its main stage Hall H appearance at San Diego Comic Con this weekend. Leading the charge, its new sci-fi epic Neuromancer (based on the genre-defining William Gibson novel) has finally got a release date: the series will premiere on January 22.

The streamer also released new trailers for season 2 of Dark Matter and upcoming movie Matchbox. Watch them after the break …

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.

NeoCam is a fun, new camera app for iPhone and iPad that brings a Game Boy camera style look to all of your photos. It works in real time, can be adjusted on the fly, and more.

Fernando and Jeff discuss Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8 event in depth, including hands-on experience with Samsung’s newest foldable form factor, the pros and cons of the new 4:3 aspect ratio, efforts to address the crease issue, and what this all means for Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone.

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The price increase in technology is exhausting. With the recent price increases across the Apple lineup, seeing items go down in price is becoming rare. The Amazon Basics smart plug is one of the rare exceptions that seems to be holding the line. With Matter support and a price under $10, it may be my new go-to smart plug. Let’s take a look.

We’re about two months away from Apple’s annual iPhone debut in September. This year, though, will be a bit different. Instead of the entire iPhone lineup debuting at once, only the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and all-new foldable iPhone will launch this September. Here’s why.

Earlier this year, Apple decided to completely discontinue its Pro Display XDR, which was an amazing piece of hardware but hadn’t been updated in years and was still $6,000+. Their new lineup consists of a Studio Display and the new Studio Display XDR, which are impressive in their own right, but now both only offer 27-inch 5K displays. The XDR starts at an insane $3,299 and can be spec’d up to $3,600 before tax. So now the door is open for someone to deliver a larger retina-class monitor for Mac users, and that is exactly what the new Meirro Pro does. The Meirro Pro is a 32-inch, 6K monitor made of a full aluminum construction. It is a single-cable solution and brings an adjustable stand for just $1,199. I’ve been using it as my primary display, and while a few compromises helped Meirro reach that price, this might be the most convincing Studio Display alternative I’ve tested. Here’s what you need to know.

It’s time for your weekend edition of 9to5Toys Lunch Break, and this week it’s a Black Friday in July edition as sale events at Amazon, Best Buy, and elsewhere carry through Sunday.  

Alongside the ongoing price drop on AirPods Pro 3 and $100 off AirPods Pro Max, we also have up to $500 off M5 Pro MacBook Pro models, a series of ongoing discounts on Apple Watch Series 11, and up to $220 off iPhone 17 Pro. Hit the jump for all that and a bunch of discounts on charging and Find My gear. 

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