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We’re probably 132 days away from the iPhone 17 actually being announced, yet it’s starting to feel like the iPhone 17 has been out for that long.

That’s probably because we’ve seen every design of iPhone 17 in various forms ranging from schematics to renderings for months. We’ve also seen cases, dummy units, dummy units in cases, and now dummy units that look so real that they could easily be mistaken for the real thing.

The latest iPhone 17 preview comes from Sam Kohl’s AppleTrack YouTube channel. In the video, Sam compares physical models meant to recreate the rumored iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max designs. At this rate, I’ll be disappointed if we don’t have working models running a recreation of iOS 19 by the first half of May.

For a variety of reasons, Apple’s TV app doesn’t offer the most user-friendly experience. Fortunately, that started changing recently in iOS 18.4, and now Apple has rolled out additional TV app updates that make navigation simpler, more streamlined, and better organized than before.

Out of all of Apple’s 15+ planned product launches for the rest of the year, one product that’s seemed more tentative than the rest is a new Apple Watch SE 3. But a supply chain spotting by display analyst Ross Young seems to confirm a new model is coming, possibly in two new sizes.

Since last summer, Lowe’s has leveraged Apple Vision Pro in select home improvement stores to give customers an immersive viewing experience. Over the weekend, Lowe’s expanded the Apple Vision Pro experience to five home improvement retail locations.

Apple wants to build iPhones in America, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. They’re just “waiting for the robotic arms” to arrive.

Apple Wallet launched support for digital state IDs, including driver’s licenses, all the way back in 2022. Currently only 10 locations support the feature, but we may have just learned what the next three states will be.

Ted Lasso season 4 is currently in active development, with scripts being written and shooting commencing this summer. While most of the creative team from past seasons is returning, Apple has made a key change that should help solve season 3’s biggest problem.

Apple has just launched a new page on its website called ‘Snapshot.’ It’s a discovery tool for following the work of artists, actors, and athletes across three of Apple’s media platforms: Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts.

Meta has released its first standalone AI app on the iPhone and iPad. Meta AI is built on Meta’s Llama 4 model and provides a dedicated interface for text and voice chat. There’s also a social feed for discovering new ways to use AI.

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If you like turning your iPhone into a digital clock while charging but find the options too limiting, there’s an app that can help. Clocks is a new iOS app that works a lot like StandBy mode on the iPhone, but with even more customization and device support.

iOS 18.5 is the next iPhone update being released. With about a month of beta testing completed, the new software update is nearly ready for public launch. Here’s when to expect it.

Security vulnerabilities discovered in Apple’s AirPlay SDK mean that millions of devices could be hacked by attackers. The flaw has been dubbed AirBorne.

Related vulnerabilities would also have allowed hackers to attack Apple devices too, but the iPhone maker says it has issued fixes for these in the past few months. CarPlay devices are also vulnerable, though the real-life risks there are very low …

Trigger warning for brief references to sexual assault.

It’s been discovered that millions of Reddit users were deceived and “psychologically manipulated” by an unauthorized AI experiment performed by researchers from the University of Zurich …

As we inch closer to the release of the iPhone 17 in September, Apple is ramping up its supply chain production. According to a new report from Digitimes today, Apple and its supply chain partners recently completed the Engineering Validation Test (EVT) process for the iPhone 17 lineup…

A leaker with a decent track record says that Apple will be switching to a much better type of integrated memory for the iPhone 18 line-up, offering three benefits over the current RAM spec.

It’s also looking increasingly likely that all iPhone 17 models will get 12GB of integrated memory to boost AI performance …

Key Apple supplier Pegatron has suggested that the US might soon see “empty shelves” in stores due to the impact of Trump’s tariffs.

Pegatron is second only to Foxconn in its role in Apple’s supply chain, as a key assembler for MacBooks, iPads, and the Apple Watch …

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I talk with Dr. Deepak Kumar, Founder and CEO of Adaptiva, about their expansion into Mac and Linux patch management.

Rumors about foldable iPhones have circulated for many years, but recent reports have suggested that Apple is finally getting closer to announcing its new product. Apple is reportedly working on two foldable products, a foldable iPhone with an ~8-inch inner display, and a giant 20-inch foldable iPad. The foldable iPhone is on track to debut first.

AirPods Pro 3 are coming later this year, and out of all the rumored new features, the single best upgrade may prove itself a gift that keeps giving: Apple’s H3 chip.

Last year, a rumor suggested that the iPhone 17 Pro might have a more durable and anti-reflective display technology. As it turns out, that might not be the case after all…

Apple is gearing up to launch AirTag 2 soon, but four years after the first AirTag debuted, a new test of competing options on Google’s ‘Find My Device’ network shows that Apple is still very much ahead in lost item tracking.