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Apple, in tandem with Etsy, has announced a new holiday Apple Pay promotion. Etsy users can get a US$15 discount when making a purchase using ‌Apple Pay‌ as the payment method in the Etsy app and entering the promo code APPLEPAY at checkout. Only one discount is...

Apple TV has revealed first look images and the season two premiere date for its critically acclaimed Jon Hamm-led drama “Your Friends & Neighbors.”  From creator Jonathan Tropper, the 10-episode sophomore season will make its global debut on Apple TV with...

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Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: Apple’s willingness to stand up to governments is notably absent in China. ° From MacRumors: Apple is preparing to bring support for its digital car key...

And another one jumps ship. Alan Dye, who has led Apple’s UI design team since 2015, is leaving to join Meta as its chief design officer, Bloomberg ‘s Mark Guman reports.  Apple’s most prominent design exec is “a major coup that underscores a push by the social...

Recent reports suggest that the core iPhone 17 models have enjoyed strong early demand, with sales momentum outpacing last year’s launch. In contrast, the iPhone Air appears to have struggled from the outset, with coverage from outlets like IBTimes pointing...

Apple has rolled out release candidates of macOS Tahoe 26.2, iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2, and visionOS 26.2. A release candidate (RC), also known as gamma testing or “going silver”, is a beta version with the potential to be a stable product, which...

Apple Books has announced its personalized 2025 Year in Review experience for Apple Book as well as its curated best books of the year. The Year in Review features users’ top books and audiobooks of the year. You can find it inside the Home tab of the Books App. The...

Moonlock by MacPaw has released its annual macOS Threat Report. (Moonloock is a cybersecurity app for the Mac.) This year’s key finding: the cybercrime economy in the macOS landscape is rapidly catching up to Windows. Many threat actors have shifted their focus to...

Apple’s App Store has lost around half of its growth momentum since July “in what is a fairly predictable outcome of allowing third-party app stores to eat into its lunch in the European Union,” reports Wccftech. The article says that, based on data from Sensor Tower,...

Following pushback from a mandate requiring phones in India to come pre-installed with a state-owned, undeletable app, the government is now saying that the app may be deleted if users choose to do so, reports 9to5Mac. However, as the article notes, this move isn’t...

The upcoming iPhone 17e  — expected to arrive in early 2026 — will sport slimmer display bezels while retaining the iPhone 14–based OLED panel used in the 16e, according to The Elec. ° Here are other rumors about the iPhone 17e (which Apple hasn’t officially...

Apple has released new firmware for the iPhone Air‘s MagSafe battery accessory. As MacRumors points out, accessory firmware updates are done quietly without the user knowing about them, so Apple doesn’t offer installation instructions. ‌MagSafe‌ Battery firmware...

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Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: A well-known security researcher reports that Apple has slashed its bounties for finding vulnerabilities in macOS. Many have been halved, with one of them...

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the tech giant will be donating to relief efforts in Asia following separate disasters, including multiple building fires in Hong Kong and a series of severe storms and flooding across Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Last week in...

Apple can’t escape a class-action antitrust lawsuit over anticompetitive App Store fees in the Netherlands, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) said, reports Reuters. The decision could see Apple facing hundreds of millions of euros in damages. An Apple spokesperson...

Corporate climate action continues to show remarkable resilience and measurable impact, according to DitchCarbon’s new analysis, “Scaling the Impact: RTZ Companies’ Journey in Corporate Climate Action,” The platform “that turns supplier data into actionable,...

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 1.5% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 1.25 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.  This is an increase from 1% growth in prior forecast,...

Future Apple Watches may be able to tell if you’re drinking enough water. Apple has been granted a patent (number US 12484847 B2) for “hydration measurement with a watch.”  About the patent In the patent, Apple notes that portable electronic devices have become...

This bodes well for the “iPhone Fold”: global foldable smartphone shipments grew 14% year-over-year (YoY) in the third quarter (Q3) 2025, marking the highest quarterly volume ever for the category, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Foldable Smartphone Market...

Apple has released its 2025 Apple Music year-end charts, highlighting new global listening trends, expanded analytics, and several unexpected chart-topping performances across streaming, radio, lyrics, and Shazam activity. The charts reflect a broader set of data...

Germany’s antitrust authority said it’s testing Apple’s proposed changes to its app tracking rules, seeking feedback from publishers, media groups and regulators to assess whether the new measures address competition concerns, reports Reuters. Apple said it had agreed...

New data from Omdia has revealed that China’s tablet market continued its strong momentum, with shipments increasing 9% YoY to 8.8 million units in the third quarter of 2025. Apple sold 2 million iPads during the quarter for 23% market share. That compares to sales of...

Apple doesn’t plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app and will convey its concerns to New Delhi, reports Reuters. Yesterday The Indian Express reported that India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked...

Apple has announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in Singapore. With it, merchants can accept contactless payments through a supporting iOS app on an iPhone Xs or later running the latest iOS version. At checkout, the merchant will simply prompt the...

Apple TV has debuted the trailer for the all-new holiday special “The First Snow of Fraggle Rock,” set to premiere globally on Friday, December 5.  The special features a cameo appearance by musical artist Lele Pons that includes a duet of the classic, beloved...

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Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From MacRumors: New or Updated Apple Stores set to open in Barcelona, Montréal, and India. ° From AppleInsider: The United States wants big tech companies like Apple to...

According to a new report from Bloomberg (as noted by 9to5Mac) covering six months of Apple TV signups this year, it appears sports is a surprisingly strong driver of new subscribers. From the report: Major League Baseball games drove more sign-ups for Apple TV than...