Apple Watch to get ‘major overhaul’ next year, says leaker
This fall’s Apple Watch Ultra 4 is rumored to have major design changes, but per a new leak, the Apple Watch ‘Series’ line could get its own big upgrades next year.

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Today in Apple history: Apple Music 1 radio station brings free 24/7 radio to Apple Music
On June 30, 2015, Apple launched Beats 1, a 24/7 music radio station as part of Apple Music. It's still streaming daily as Apple Music 1. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Save $450 on Apple's M5 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro with 2TB SSD
Amazon's month-end price cut on Apple's M5 Pro MacBook Pro with an upgrade to 2TB of storage delivers a 15% discount off retail.Save $450 on an upgraded 2TB 14-inch MacBook Pro today - Image credit: AppleAmazon's post-Prime Day MacBook Pro deals are selling out quickly as shoppers scramble to grab aggressive discounts on the heels of Apple's price increases.We're following this $450 discount on Apple's latest 14-inch MacBook Pro. This M5 Pro model has 24GB of RAM and 2TB of storage, a bump up from the 1TB SSD found in the standard configuration. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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UK regulator’s push to weaken Apple and Google app store controls risks user security for uncertain gains
Britain's CMA announced proposals that would allow app developers to steer users toward alternative payment methods outside Apple and… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Amazon just slashed Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Touch ID to an all-time low
Macworld Rare Price Cut Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad View Deal (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick - pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); Apple’s gorgeous Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numpad is on sale for $144 right now at Amazon, a rare sale that cuts $35 off the usual price. This is due to a 13 percent discount and an extra $12 coupon that gets added at checkout. That’s the best price we’ve ever seen and a rare sale for the full-sized Apple keyboard. We’ve seen quite a few keyboards that look like this one, including the Logitech MX Keys S, but none have this one feature that helps you unlock your Mac with just a finger. Touch ID is a truly magical feature that lets you unlock, authenticate apps, approve purchases, and more right from your keyboard. If you’re one to lock up your device every time you get up from your desk, this will make your life so much easier—like having MacBook keyboard at your fingertips all day long. The Magic Keyboard has a full layout with a numeric keypad, arrow keys, and function keys. The keys have a low profile and make little noise when you’re typing away on them. Plus, it’s wireless and rechargeable, with a single charge lasting about a month or more, so you won’t go hunting for a cable every day. When buying the Apple Magic Keyboard, you do have to keep in mind that this is a made-for-Mac peripheral, so if you also have some Windows gear, you won’t be able to use Touch ID with it. It’ll work as a keyboard, but that’s about it. But if you have a Mac, go grab one of these Apple Magic Keyboards for $144 while this sale is still live at Amazon.

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Apple is delivering security updates faster to beat AI hackers
AI is now helping hackers find and exploit security issues faster than ever before. Apple says it will no longer wait to include updates in the next scheduled releases of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.Apple's latest iOS update comprises security updates.Following a trio of security updates to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, Apple has announced that it now intends to cut the time between discovery of an exploit and the update to address it. Normally some more minor security updates would have been held until the next regular release, but now they should be issued as soon as possible.According to Reuters, Apple says that this is why there was a release of iOS 26.5.2 on Monday. Previously, the company would typically have included these security updates in iOS 26.6, which is expected in July 2026. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Law proposed to ban AI companies from selling your health data
People commonly disclose all kinds of personal data to AI chatbots, including the highly inadvisable practice of asking them for health advice. In addition to the grave medical dangers of obtaining inaccurate advice, users are also running significant privacy risks. Most AI chatbots have terms and conditions that allow any of your conversations with them to be used as training data, and often app terms that allow data to be collated and sold. Democrats now propose to update a privacy law to prevent the sale of health data …

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Hey old school Mac gamers, Bolo is back!
Classic game "Bolo" died on Mac more than two decades ago. It's back for modern Macs for free on Steam now, and on the App Store for iPhone later. You need to try it.Bolo, on classic hardware - Image Credit MacMuseum.auAges and ages ago, when I was still in the Navy and transferring from one duty station to another, my brother was visiting. It was freezing and snowing, and we were basically stuck in the hotel room, with a U-Haul outside with everything I owned in it.In a hotel in Saratoga Springs, we hooked up a very rudimentary network with Farallon PhoneNet connectors between my Classic II and a Mac Portable obtained from, I think, Shreve Systems, and played network games all afternoon. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Tons of new features in Photos help sort your massive library in iOS 27
The new Photos app in iOS 27 clearly did not get the memo that this was a small year of bug fixes — there are tons of excellent new features. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Apple accelerates security updates to counter AI-powered cyber threats
Apple has announced it is fast-tracking software security updates, making them available to users well ahead of the usual major OSes… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Apple's legal team is striking social media sharing stolen iPhone 18 Pro data
Apple is going after anyone leaking iPhone 18 Pro footage and imagery stolen from Tata, with DMCA claims deleting social media posts.The iPhone 18 Pro in the videos was silver in color, similar to this iPhone 17 Pro. The hack of one of Tata's iPhone assembly plants in India led to over 630 gigabytes of data being stolen, including some from Apple. With that data being shared online, Apple is now working to take it all down.On Monday, videos were being circulated on X depicting an iPhone 18 Pro undergoing drop testing. The silver-colored smartphone was shown without the iPhone 17 Pro's two-tone aesthetic, but retained elements such as the three-camera plateau and the Apple logo. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Netflix ramps up account sharing protections via new email requirement
Netflix has been trying to clamp down on password sharing for years now, and it has just added an additional barrier in the form of a new requirement for each profile to have a unique email address. In other streaming news, Amazon is being sued for forcing Prime Video members to watch ads without reducing the subscription fee to compensate them …

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Crackdown raises red flags over ‘biggest leak in Apple’s history’
Macworld There’s still more than two months to go until Apple unveils its flagship iPhones for the year, which made it all the more surprising when a respected leaker this week posted a video supposedly showing the iPhone 18 Pro undergoing a drop test. Leaks from the supply chain aren’t unknown ahead of an Apple launch, but they’re rarely this revelatory. Another leaker, Ice Universe, was so impressed that they shared the post and described it as “easily the biggest leak in Apple’s history.” Now the leak itself is under some scrutiny, though it’s unclear whether it’s because of the doubtful origins of the account that originally shared it or the video itself. The video does appear plausible, though we’re not embedding or linking to it because it’s believed to have come from a ransomware attack reported by Reuters on Monday. The report claimed that iPhone 18 Pro drop tests were part of the leaked files, and lo and behold, the video making the rounds on X and other social media outlets, shows an iPhone 18 Pro being dropped in what appears to be a laboratory setting. However, the source of the video has also been called into question. Part of the reason why commentators paid attention to the video in the first place was due to the credentials of the account. Evan Blass, known as @evleaks, is a prolific leaker with lots of big scoops and an excellent track record of predictive accuracy. If the video came from Blass, the media reasoned, there was a fair chance it was legitimate. However, Blass shut down his evleaks account in May due to health concerns and hasn’t posted anything about smartphones or anything else since then. After the so-called “drop test” video posted under the @evleaks account, Blass resurfaced to post on his personal account that he is not associated with the iPhone leak or the @evleaks account. As if to back this up, Twitter/X has since suspended the @evleaks account, and Ice Universe deleted their own tweet. Twitter allows Premium+ users to “explore inactive handles” and “participate in rare handle drops,” so it’s likely the @evleaks account was simply handed off to someone else. There’s some speculation that Apple is behind the scrubbing of the video, and Blass quipped that it “Looks like Apple may have done what Samsung never could…” when the account was suspended. So maybe this video is real; maybe it’s not. But the fact remains that there was an attack on one of Apple’s manufacturers, and iPhone 18 Pro documents were among the stolen files. For all the real news and verifiable rumors as we head towards the big launch, along with our expert analysis of what you should believe and what you should take with a pinch of salt, bookmark our comprehensive iPhone 18 Pro superguide.

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License Plate Reader Adds Device Snooping Feature
A new automatic license plate reader upgrade links nearby electronic devices to vehicles, raising privacy, Fourth Amendment, and cybersecurity concerns. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.

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License Plate Reader Adds Device Snooping Feature
A new automatic license plate reader upgrade links nearby electronic devices to vehicles, raising privacy, Fourth Amendment, and cybersecurity concerns. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.

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Three AirDrop vulnerabilities discovered, with Apple working on a full fix
Three AirDrop vulnerabilities have been discovered by security researchers, affecting both iPhone and Mac, with similar ones found in Android’s Quick Share. An attacker could easily exploit the vulnerabilities to cause AirDrop, AirPlay, Handoff, Universal Clipboard, and Continuity Camera to crash and remain unavailable for as long as the attack continues …

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UK ponders copying more EU App Store rules
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is considering forcing Apple and Google to open their App Stores and allow rival payment systems, exactly like the European Union.UK Parliament - image credit: ParliamentIn February 2026, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) got agreements from Apple and Google over changes to their app stores. It was an easy win for the UK, since it just meant the two firms agreeing to issues over transparency that they already did in the EU.According to Reuters, however, the CMA is now proposing that the UK adopts much more of the EU's positions. In a post-Brexit UK, politicians will never say they're emulating the European Union, but that is exactly what is being considered. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple may have to allow 3rd-party app payments and Apple Pay rivals in UK
Britain’s antitrust regulator has proposed forcing Apple to allow developers to link to third-party payment options to purchase apps and subscriptions outside of the App Store. The proposal would specifically ban Apple from using the same forms of “malicious compliance” it has tried in both the US and EU …

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Apple won’t go broke for us, so why should we go broke for Apple?
Macworld Boy, it seems like it was just a month ago that we were making fun of the competition’s prices, doesn’t it? The MacBook Neo came out at the low, low price of just five dollars and ninety-nine cents (okay, it was actually $599, but it seemed crazy cheap), causing a seismic wave in the PC industry. And, oh, the fun we had. The Macalope may have had a little too much fun as karma apparently read what he wrote, sat back in its chair, said “Is that right? Well, we’ll just see about that.” and wrote the Macalope’s name in a ledger. But it wasn’t just since the introduction of the MacBook Neo that Apple fans have been reaping price benefits. It’s actually been since the introduction of Apple Silicon. Apple’s price to performance ratio has been pretty staggering since then. When the Macalope finally decided to upgrade from his M1 MacBook Air to an M4 last year (and is he glad he did), it was less because the M1 was slow than it was simply five years old. Well, the horny one hoped you gathered ye rosebuds while you had Mayesth (?) because the party’s over! You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay at Apple’s Amazing Price-to-Performance Ratio, The Bar, because it’s shutting down for the foreseeable future. As you may have heard (and if you didn’t hear you probably felt a great disturbance in the Force as if millions of voices cried out “Why didn’t I buy it yesterday?!”), Apple raised prices last week on everything that didn’t end with “Phone” or “Watch” or start with “AirPod”. They’re all fairly significant increases but in some cases–some very surprising cases!–the increases are really quite something to behold. Apple TV 4K was hit particularly hard on a percentage basis, with the 64GB base model going up 54 percent and the 128GB model … rising 67 percent. If it had only been two more percent we could have said “Nice.” and at least been able to laugh about it a bit. C’mon, Apple, work with us here. Of course, Apple could have absorbed the price increase and taken a hit on margins but, let’s be honest, does that even remotely sound like Apple? High margins are just who Apple is. We don’t have to like it, but something something person who brought you to the dance. And also happens to own the dance hall. If you’d like to receive regular news and updates to your inbox, sign up for our newsletters, including The Macalope and Apple Breakfast, David Price’s weekly, bite-sized roundup of all the latest Apple news and rumors. Foundry Even the low-priced Neo had relatively good margins at the $599 price point because Apple was able to make it by sweeping up the chips that were unceremoniously dropped to the factory floor when making iPhones. The company could have just buried these chips out in the desert with all those copies of E.T. – The Video Game, but instead it stuck them in some leftover aluminum and sold it as a MacBook. Step 3: profit. Despite having basked in the glory of a great price to performance ratio for a number of years and enjoyed the benefits of it, we do not need to like this, we don’t need to be happy about this, we don’t need to be shy about mean mugging Tim Cook the next time we pass him in the cereal aisle at the Piggly Wiggly. Just make really long, extended eye contact as you bend down the bottom shelf to get a bag of generic “Legally Distinct Früt Circles”. Then look pointedly at the family-sized box of “Froot Loops” in his cart and whisper “Must be nice.” as you walk away, one wheel of your cart squeaking and spinning wildly, the “JU” and “CY” emblazoned on your short shorts moving in opposite directions, the “I” simply lost in the mix. The Macalope doesn’t know what you wear to grocery shop; that’s just what he wears, so he assumes you wear something similar. The horny has actually been trying to tell people for years that they should not feel the need to get the latest and greatest Apple products. And the benefit of Apple Silicon is you don’t have to get them as often. The Macalope writes about tech but even he has never owned an iPhone with the “Pro” monicker. And when it comes time to upgrade from his iPhone 17, there’s a good chance it’ll be to an iPhone 18e. Apple is not going to go broke for us. Think twice before you go broke for Apple.

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Proton launches Lumo 2.0 with image generation, memory, private web search, more
Today, Proton is introducing Lumo 2.0, in what the company says is the largest upgrade to its privacy-first AI assistant to date. Here are the details.

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