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New research from Omdia reveals that the semiconductor market surpassed $830 billion in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of more than 20% annual revenue growth.  For the first time since Omdia began tracking the semiconductor market in 2001, the industry...

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: Apple has raised the price of external hard drives in its stores, as its retail efforts feel the pinch of the increased cost of storage. ° From MacRumors: Now...

Apple plans to open a store at the Mítikah shopping mall in the south of Mexico City, according to a recently-deleted page on real estate company Allux’s website — as noted by MacRumors. Mítikah is a mixed-use building complex with Mexico City’s tallest skyscraper in...

Here we go again: the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) is calling for smart TV platforms and virtual assistants to be designated as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Marketing Act (DMA), reports Reuters. ACT says Apple,...

Apple has announced that its 2026 Worldwide Developer Conference will kick off on Monday, June 8. Open to all developers at no cost, it will be online as it has been for years and run through Friday, June 12.  WWDC kicks off with the Keynote and Platforms State...

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) revealed the winners of the 51st Gracie Awards on Monday morning. Rhea Seehorn of Apple TV’s “Pluribus” was among the winners, reports The Wrap. The annual list from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF)...

The iPhone Air has been controversial to say the least. However, crowdsourced Speedtest data published by Ookla says that, while the device has struggled to move beyond a niche role in markets like the United States, it’s found greater traction in regions where...

Apple considered buying a company called Lux Optics to enhance the Camera app in the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro with the company’s Halide app. However, last summer’s discussions about the acquisition fell through last September and now there’s a legal brouhaha between the...

The entry level iPad is expected to be updated to version 12 with Apple Intelligence support later this year, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says in his latest “Power On” newsletter. He said it will pack an A18 processor and is almost “ready to go.” Gurman says no major...

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Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From MacRumors: Apple and the Sydney Opera House in Australia announced a collaboration, and it turns out this will tie into Apple’s 50th-anniversary celebrations. ° From...

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of March 16-20. ° iOS 27 will purportedly focus on bug fixes, performance tweaks, and stability rather than new features. ° No, wait, the second generation MacBook Neo might have a...

The Apple Studio Display XDR is far and away the best display I’ve connected to my Mac, but I can’t recommend it for most folks. But first, an article from Greg Benz Photography does an excellent job of offering the reasons why some people will be willing to fork out...

In an X post, Apple CEO said the Mac just had its best launch week ever for first-time Mac customers. “We love seeing the enthusiasm,” he said. Those sales are almost certainly attributed to the MacBook Neo, which Apple unveiled on March 4. With its starting price of...

Smartphone storage is quietly turning into a paywall, according to All About Cookies. As file sizes grow and available space shrinks, more people are being pushed into paying just to keep their phones functioning normally.  In its latest report, All About Cookies...

The Mimms Museum of Technology and Art (Mimms Museum), a nonprofit metro Atlanta attraction that is home to one of the world’s largest collections of digital-era artifacts and rotating art exhibits, will host its fifth annual BYTE fundraising gala on Saturday, March...

Apple has been granted a patent for “systems and methods for generating an interactive user interface.” It involves vehicles, but also other machines, especially those that involve robotics. In the patent filing, Apple notes that autonomous machines,” including...

Apple may be behind in AI, but it’s still making a fortune from artificial intelligence. Between January and August 2025, App Store revenue from generative AI apps nearly tripled, largely driven by ChatGPT subscriptions, reports the Wall Street Journal (a subscription...

OpenAI has a Mac “superapp” in development that unifies its ChatGPT app, Codex coding platform, and Atlas browser, reports The Wall Street Journal (a subscription is required to read the article). From the report: An OpenAI spokeswoman said the new “superapp” will...

Here are some of the latest hardware and accessory announcements: ° Satechi has expanded its range of keyboards and mice with the Slim LX3 Wired Keyboard and Slim LX Wired Mouse. They’re designed for users who work across platforms such as macOS, Windows,...

Here are some of the latest software announcements: ° TLGS has rolled out a “major update” to its patented multi-video player app “MOVINdow Multi Video Player” for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Designed for sports and motorsports video analysis, the update...

In March, JFrog Security Research documented a malware campaign titled GhostClaw/GhostLoader.  Since the original documentation of this campaign, Jamf Threat Labs examined multiple GitHub repositories associated with this same activity, including at least eight...

Johnathon Schaech and Eric Lange have joined the cast of “Greyhound 2,” the Apple TV sequel to the World War II hit starring Tom Hanks, reports Deadline. Production is underway in Australia. Stephen Graham and Elisabeth Shue are also on board...

Apple TV‘s untitled series based on Metropolis, from Philip Kerr’s globally bestselling book series Berlin Noir, has added seven more to its cast, reports Deadline. They are Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Baby Reindeer breakout Jessica Gunning, along with BAFTA...

Google is developing a native Gemini app for the Mac, reports Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. If/when it arrives, Mac users will no longer have to use a web browser to use Gemini. The app is designed to match other “personal AI assistants” such as ChatGPT and Claude. And it...

The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit has just affirmed the original ITC ruling in the Masimo vs Apple legal battle, reports IPFray. That means Apple’s appeal was unsuccessful. However, IPFray notes that Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Monica...

In a new support document, Apple is using iPhone users running iOS 13 or iOS 14 to update the operating systems. From the document: Security researchers recently identified web-based attacks that target out-of-date versions of iOS through malicious web content. For...

China’s smartphone sales declined 4% year-over-year (YoY) in January and February 2026, largely due to weak demand and a Lunar New Year promotions season that underperformed compared with last year, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. The research group...

Book publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul sued several Big Tech companies — including Apple — in California federal court late Tuesday for allegedly misusing its content to train their artificial intelligence systems, reports Reuters. The publisher said that...

AppleVis has released its 2025 edition of the Apple Vision Accessibility Report Card — and it’s mixed news for Apple. The report focuses specifically on the needs of people who are blind, DeafBlind, or who have low vision. AppleViz’s survey results indicate that...