
A new variant of the XCSSET macOS modular malware has emerged
A new variant of the XCSSET macOS modular malware has emerged in attacks that target users’ sensitive information, including digital wallets and data from the legitimate Notes app, reports Bleeping Computer. The malware is typically distributed through infected...

Report: iPhone SE models lose nearly half their value in the first month after launch
Apple’s new iPhone SE 4 is expected to launch very soon, possibly this week, and will likely be a big hit for budget-conscious buyers. But there’s a catch—it’s also one of the fastest-depreciating recent iPhones. For years, the iPhone SE lineup has offered Apple fans...

Despite pressure from the U.S., European Commission won’t delay antitrust actions against Apple, Meta
Despite pressure from the U.S., the European Commission won’t delay antitrust actions against Apple and Meta. The European Union’s competition chief told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump has upended the “trustful relationship” between the United States and...

Apple’s celebrates the 2025 MLS season with a custom logo for each team
Apple is celebrating the kick off of the 2025 Major League Soccer season with a custom logo for each team. The new designs have dropped ahead of the 30th season of MLS, notes TechRadar. Emeka Ofodile, Apple’s global head of sports marketing says the logos reflect the...

Apple’s celebrates the 2025 MLS season with a custom logo for each team
Apple is celebrating the kick off of the 2025 Major League Soccer season with a custom logo for each team. The new designs have dropped ahead of the 30th season of MLS, notes TechRadar. Emeka Ofodile, Apple’s global head of sports marketing says the logos reflect the...

Apple’s celebrates the 2025 MLS season with a custom logo for each team
Apple is celebrating the kick off of the 2025 Major League Soccer season with a custom logo for each team. The new designs have dropped ahead of the 30th season of MLS, notes TechRadar. Emeka Ofodile, Apple’s global head of sports marketing says the logos reflect the...

Apple has 15% of the premium smartphone market in the Middle East (excluding Turkey)
Canalys, now part of Omdia, reports that the Middle East (excluding Turkey) smartphone market surged in 2024, recording a robust 14% annual growth, nearly double the global recovery rate of 7%. Apple retained its 15% market share in the premium segment, though...

Apple TV+ offers sneak peek at animated comedy series, ‘BE@RBRICK’
Apple TV+ has announced the premiere of “BE@RBRICK,” a new CG animated comedy series for kids and families, set to debut globally on Friday, March 21. Based on the iconic BE@RBRICK figures from MEDICOM TOY, the 13-episode series, produced and animated by...

Apple TV+ debuts trailer for ‘Dope Thief’ crime drama
Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for “Dope Thief,” its new eight-episode crime drama executive produced by Academy Award nominee Ridley Scott, who also directs the first episode. “Dope Thief” is created and executive produced by Academy Award nominee Peter...

Emburse Brings Apple Pay to Customers in the UK
Emburse has brought Apple Pay to UK customers. Cardholders who live in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland can now add Emburse Cards to their Apple Wallet and make purchases in-person or online wherever tap or Apple Wallet is accepted. An Emburse Card...

News items you should out: February 18
Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From MacRumors: Apple’s software engineers have been internally testing iOS 18.5 since at least the start of February. ° From The MacObserver: A new leak from Digital Chat...

Apple’s iPhone led the premium price segment of the global smartphone market with a 67% sales share in 2024
Apple led the premium price segment of the global smartphone market with a 67% sales share, followed by Samsung at 18% in 2024, according to Counterpoint Research’s Global Handset Model Sales Tracker. Within the premium segment, the contribution of Ultra-Premium (a...

Apple TV+’s ‘Palm Royale’ wins award for ‘Best Period and/or Character Make-Up’
Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale” took home the award for “Best Period and/or Character Make-Up” at the 12th Annual MUAHS Awards. The awards are given by the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, and recognize excellence in the artistry and creativity of Make-Up Artists...

Apple wants to make it easier to pair its devices with smart home accessories
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New retail store, Apple Downtown Detroit, is coming soon
Apple has announced that a new retail store, “Apple Downtown Detroit, is “coming soon.” Hiring is now underway for the store. It will be Apple’s third retail store in the city. With the opening of the store, Apple should have (by my count) 540 stores spread...

Keyla Monterroso Mejia joins season four cast of Apple TV+’s ‘Acapulco’
Keyla Monterroso Mejia (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “You’re Cordially Invited”) has joined the season 4 cast of the Apple TV+ bilingual comedy series “Acapulco,” led by Eugenio Derbez. The show will premiere later this year. Monterroso Mejia will recur as Memo’s (Fernando...

News items you should out: February 17
Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From MacRumors: There have been several alleged leaked details of the iPhone 17 Air, Apple’s rumored new slim iPhone, but images have been limited to grainy shots taken in...

Top Apple-related stories February 7-14
Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of February 7-14. ° Apple’s “HomePad/Command Center” smart home device likely won’t launch until after April. ° Apple has updated its Sports app for the iPhone to version 2.5 with NASCAR...

Apple TV+’s ‘Severance’ and ‘Silo’ make Reelgood’s top 10 streaming lists
Apple TV+’s “Severance” ranks second in this week’s list of streaming TV shows as ranked by Reelgood, a streaming services guide. And the streaming service’s “Silo” ranks eighth. What’s more, “Severance” ranks second in the overall top 10 lists of TV shows AND...

NBA Apple Vision Pro app now offers a Tabletop view
The official NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has Tabletop, a diorama-scale virtual representation of the live game you’re watching, reports UpLoadVR. Tabletop offers a 3D diorama-style view of the game that’s powered by motion capture technology from NBA arenas. The app...

Sales of foreign-branded smartphones, including iPhones, rose 0.6% in China in December year-on-year
Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including iPhones, in China rose 0.6% in December year-on-year, according to data released on Friday by a government-affiliated research firm. Reuters reports that calculations based on the data from the China Academy of...

Apple capitulates to Chinese government (again) in its efforts to bring Apple Intelligence to the country
Today it was reported that Apple hoped to have Apple Intelligence on its devices in China by May. However, that may be coming at a price. Apple will be working with China-based Alibaba and Baidu to make this happen. As noted by the Independent such collaboration will...

Apple TV+ has two shows crack the top 10 originals chart for the first time
Netflix has a comfortable cushion in the streaming wars, but could we be in for a shake-up at the top? It’s a long shot, but new streaming data from Nielsen suggest Apple is on the right track, according to Forbes. Fresh off the launch of its second season, Apple’s...

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg reportedly out to ‘hurt Apple’
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg’s open effort to curry favor with President Donald Trump has rattled employees, and the company is censoring their criticism internally, according to CNBC. Quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” the article says while Zuckerberg is...

TikTok is back on the Apple and Google app stores
TikTok is back on the Apple and Google app stores, reports Bloomberg (a subscription is required to read the article). The article says Apple’s decision to start distributing TikTok again comes after a letter sent from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, . On January 10,...

Apple patent filing involves ‘Wireless Charging Control and Coordination’
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Apple hopes to bring Apple Intelligence features to China as early as May
Apple hopes to bring its Apple Intelligence features to China as early as May, according to a Bloomberg report (a subscription is required to read the article). The article says the tech giant will work with China-based Alibaba and Baidu, which will act as local...

Three more join Apple TV+’s ‘For All Mankind’ spinoff, ‘Star City’
Solly McLeod (“House of the Dragon”), Agnes O’Casey (“Black Doves”) and Alice Englert (“Bad Behaviour”) have joined the cast of “Star City,” Apple TV+’s upcoming spinoff from the streamer’s space drama “For All Mankind,” reports Deadline. They join previously...

Jeff Daniels To Star In ‘Dilettante’ drama for Apple TV+
Apple TV+ will develop“Dilettante,” a series starring Jeff Daniels as a fictional magazine character, reports Deadline. The project, from Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Berlanti Productions, is inspired by Dana Brown’s memoir about working for former Vanity...

‘The Gorge’ movie premieres today on Apple TV+
The thriller “The Gorge,” starring Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver debuts today on Apple TV+. Here’s how the film is described: Two highly-trained operatives (Teller and Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast...