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  • Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations

    11:00am By Emma Roth
    Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesSens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are putting pressure on big tech firms to explain their motives for donating to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. In letters to Amazon,…
  • Here are the best iPad deals right now

    Thu 4:52pm By Quentyn Kennemer
    Apple’s latest iPad Mini is currently on sale for an all-time low of $399. | Photo: David Pierce / The VergeWhile the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many great iPad deals are attainable outside…
  • Apple is pausing notification summaries for news in the latest iOS 18.3 beta

    Thu 2:42pm By Emma Roth
    Photo: Allison Johnson / The VergeApple has temporarily stopped showing notification summaries for news and entertainment apps as part of the iOS 18.3 developer beta released Thursday, according to reports from MacRumors and 9to5Mac. The Apple…
  • Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now

    Thu 2:34pm By Brandon Widder
    The last-gen Series 9, which isn’t all that different from the Series 10, is on sale starting at $279. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeIn September, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black…
  • The best deals on MacBooks right now

    Wed 3:45pm By Quentyn Kennemer
    MacBooks are almost always on sale, including newer M4 models. | Photo by Antonio G. Di BenedettoApple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for…
  • Adam Scott on using Severance’s weird, retrofuturistic computers

    Wed 12:00pm By Andrew Webster
    Image: AppleMuch of Severance — the sci-fi workplace thriller on Apple TV Plus — takes place in a brightly lit office, with characters huddled over strange computers where they do work they’re told is both mysterious and important. In the show, that work…
  • Apple and Samsung are neck-and-neck in global smartphone sales with Xiaomi gaining

    Wed 5:15am By Dominic Preston
    Xiaomi was the fastest growing of the major manufacturers last year. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeWorldwide smartphone sales grew in 2024 following two consecutive years of decline according to reports from Counterpoint, Canalys, and IDC. The bulk of…
  • Parallels is testing x86 emulation on Apple silicon Macs

    Tue 4:39pm By Wes Davis
    Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeParallels has added support for x86 emulation in Parallels Desktop 20.2, product manager Mikhail Ushakov wrote in a blog post last week. The “early technology preview” will let you emulate Intel-based hardware on…
  • Apple’s latest iPad Mini is down to its lowest price to date

    Mon 7:17pm By Sheena Vasani
    The seventh-gen iPad is the cheapest tablet in Apple’s current lineup to support Apple Intelligence. | Photo: David Pierce / The VergeIf you’re in the market for a highly portable tablet, Apple’s smallest tablet has fallen to its lowest price to date at…
  • The iPhone Air could be coming later this year

    Sun 10:02am By Wes Davis
    Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeApple may have settled on iPhone 17 Air as the name for the rumored skinny iPhone that’s expected this fall, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. He writes that the phone will be “a testing…