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The team behind Apple’s Shortcuts app has unveiled its latest project: an AI helper called “Sky” that can assist Mac users with everything they do on their computer. The two developers, Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, created Workflow before it was…

In what could have been an even more surprising twist than the ill-fated Apple Car, Apple once toyed with the idea of becoming a satellite internet service provider (ISP).While we know Apple’s satellite ambitions go back to at least 2017, when it reportedly…

A little over three years ago, Apple introduced a self-service repair program that allowed people to fix their own devices. The program offered genuine parts, repair manuals, and even renting the necessary tools — everything you needed to conduct a…

Apple has plans for a standalone app for games, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The new app will be pre-installed in iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16, and tvOS 19.The app will act as a launcher for gaming titles and offer centralized access to in-game…

It’s been nearly 16 years since WhatsApp first came to the iPhone. It launched on the App Store in August 2009, two years before Apple introduced iMessage. Apple unveiled its first iPad in early 2010, but to say that WhatsApp has been slow to embrace…

With the App Store business model under siege by big developers, courts, and government regulators, Apple is emphasizing one of its closed marketplace’s most significant benefits for iPhone users: fraud prevention.In a recent newsroom announcement, Apple…

Nearly four years ago, developer Cyan reimagined the legendary Myst for Apple Silicon, and now it’s giving the same treatment to the entire franchise. While Apple Silicon delivered enough groundbreaking performance improvements over prior Intel chips to turn…

Earlier this year, we finally got official confirmation that Ted Lasso is returning for a fourth season. Now it looks like Apple’s Emmy award-winning series is set to start filming in the next few weeks, according to a new report from Deadline.Very subtle…

Although Apple is at the forefront of child privacy and safety features, many legislators still feel that the company isn’t doing enough to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content. Earlier this year, Utah passed a law that requires Apple to…

Even though Apple makes it clear that AirTags aren’t designed to track pets, many folks use them for this, and it’s not a bad idea as long as you understand the limitations involved.For one thing, an AirTag can only be tracked when other iPhones and iPads…

Whoops. Casey Flay of Devon, UK, was recently pursuing his passion for skydiving when he lost his iPhone. After a jump a couple of weeks ago from 14,000 feet, Flay realized he had landed without his iPhone 13 Pro Max and assumed he had left it on the plane.…

Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Friday said Apple would be better off financially by simply absorbing a threatened 25% import tariff on iPhones sold in the United States rather than moving its iPhone assembly operations to the US. Kuo, who has a…

President Donald Trump hasn’t exactly been mincing words when he insists that Apple should manufacture iPhones in the US — and he “absolutely” believes it’s possible. So, it’s not a big surprise that he’s looking for ways to “persuade” Apple…

Apple is putting legendary director Martin Scorsese in front of the camera for a change, thanks to an upcoming five-part documentary series that will provide an in-depth portrait of his 60-year legacy. Award-winning filmmaker Rebecca Miller, known for 2002’s…

This week, Apple added two more iPhone models to its list of vintage products, including the last traditional flagship model, the iPhone 8. Apple considers a product “vintage” when it hasn’t been distributed for sale for more than five years. At that…

There’s been another massive password leak, which means you may want to check the Apple Account you use for iCloud and any other critical accounts for email and banking to ensure that they haven’t been compromised. Earlier today, cybersecurity researcher…

Legendary Apple designer Jony Ive has been a busy guy since he left the building in 2019 to pursue other adventures. After teaming up with fellow designer and close friend Marc Newson to form his own design studio, LoveFrom, he expanded to offer his design…

A goodly number of stolen iPhones end up in a building in a drab grey-and-brown tower in the Huaqiangbei district of Shenzhen. Social media commenters and victims of phone theft have identified the building as China’s “stolen iPhone building,” according…

While we’re waiting for Apple to smarten up Siri in iOS 19, Google has unveiled some powerful improvements to its Gemini iPhone app, which enables its powerful chatbot to do even more for iPhone users.Last year, Google introduced “the Gemini era” when it…

It’s no secret that Apple is keen to move away from China as its primary iPhone manufacturing and assembly hub. This week, there’s some news that’s sure to upset the Trump administration and, specifically, the president himself. According to a filing…

The European Commission’s new Digital Markets Act deserves much of the credit for Apple’s recent moves to open up long-restricted aspects of the iPhone, like app distribution and mobile payments. However, the company has been somewhat magnanimous in…

After nearly five years of absence — almost as long as The Blip from Avengers: Endgame — Fortnite has returned to iOS devices in the United States. The popular battle royale game was removed from Apple’s App Store in 2020 due to a legal dispute between…

Popular online game Fortnite has returned to the US App Store after Apple relented and approved Epic Games’ recent resubmission of the app. This marks the first time Fortnite has been available in the iOS App Store since 2020.Apple had dragged its feet in…

Since picking up the rights to it for Apple TV+ nearly five years ago, Apple has revitalized the Peanuts franchise. From its start with STEM content like Snoopy in Space to more character-focused holiday specials, Apple has breathed new life into Charlie…