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Apple TV’s ‘Shrinking’ Cast Wins Newport Beach TV Festival Outstanding Comedy Ensemble Award

Apple TV’s “Shrinking” cast has won the Newport Beach TV Festival Outstanding Comedy Ensemble Award. The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) is an annual film festival in Newport Beach, California. In addition to juried awards, NBFF distributes honors to distinguished...

Hardware/accessory announcements for the week of June 8-12

Here are some of the latest hardware and accessory announcements: ° OtterBox has introduced the new Sole Series Pack phone cases. They feature a built-in bungee cord system designed to keep small essentials like keys, lip balm and sunscreen secure and within...

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Apple cuts back number for AV drivers, so the first ‘Apple Car’ almost certainly won’t be self-driving

macReports says that, for the first time in two years, Apple has reduced the size of its autonomous vehicle (AV) driving team. Just last month, in March, Apple had 201 drivers licensed by the California DMV to pilot its self-driving test cars. macReports...

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Thursday June 11
01:00 pm
Even if your aging iPhone can run iOS 27, it won’t get these advanced AI features | Cult of Mac
Even if your aging iPhone can run iOS 27, it won’t get these advanced AI features
iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 support plenty of older devices, but many headline features require Apple’s newest hardware. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)
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01:00 pm
Investors are misreading Apple’s latest AI announcement. Apple got it right this time. | Mac Daily News
Investors are misreading Apple’s latest AI announcement. Apple got it right this time.
Despite lukewarm initial reviews calling Apple’s latest AI announcements uninspired and derivative, the company’s pragmatic approach to… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.
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12:52 pm
Apple Vision Pro's biggest problem isn't addressed in visionOS 27, but progress is progress | AppleInsider
Apple Vision Pro's biggest problem isn't addressed in visionOS 27, but progress is progress
In spite of the AI-heavy WWDC, Apple Vision Pro still got plenty of attention with visionOS 27. Here's what Apple got right and where it still needs work.Apple Vision Pro gets another great update with visionOS 27I've been asked to provide my first impressions of visionOS 27, and honestly, I think it's a good release. The quality-of-life work continues in this release alongside some really interesting new features.There was some talk about Apple basically abandoning Apple Vision Pro. However, visionOS 27 proves that it is a platform Apple is interested in developing, even if new hardware is years away. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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12:16 pm
Apple announces Slow Horses season 6 release date and first look | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple announces Slow Horses season 6 release date and first look
Apple TV today announced the release date for the sixth season of its popular spy drama series Slow Horses, based on the books by Mick Herron. The show stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a ‘dumping ground’ division inside MI5 known for its blunders more than its successes. Season 6 will premiere on September 16, with new episodes dropping weekly through October 21. The first look image featured above shows Oldman in his iconic form as Jackson Lamb.
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12:11 pm
Siri AI is powered by Gemini models, but is not Gemini – what does that mean? | 9 to 5 Mac
Siri AI is powered by Gemini models, but is not Gemini – what does that mean?
We know that Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features are powered by Google’s Gemini models, but Apple has been at pains to point out that this is not the same as running Gemini on iPhone. While there are still some unknowns, a far clearer picture is emerging about exactly what all of this means …
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12:06 pm
AirPods Pro 3 drop to their best price ever as Apple announces new iOS 27 features | 9 to 5 Mac
AirPods Pro 3 drop to their best price ever as Apple announces new iOS 27 features
While we are still slightly under a couple weeks out from Amazon’s massive summer sale event, the best Prime Day deal of the year might already be live right now – Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 have now dropped to the best price ever at $179 shipped. Plus, Apple just announced a bunch of new iOS 27 features for AirPods coming this year … so there’s no better time to jump in.
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12:03 pm
iPhone Stolen Device Protection is thwarting prolific London thieves | AppleInsider
iPhone Stolen Device Protection is thwarting prolific London thieves
The number of iPhones stolen in London that have been reactivated by thieves has plummeted in recent weeks, preventing them from being sold and, hopefully, making iPhones less likely to be stolen in the future.Apple's Stolen Device Protection is getting the job doneThe theft of iPhones has become a real problem for London in recent years. So much so that some thieves have been known to hand back a stolen phone if it turns out not to be an iPhone.Thieves typically use mopeds to ride up to a victim before snatching their iPhone and riding off. But the thieves don't want the iPhone itself; they want to sell it on for cash. And that only works if they can unlock and reset it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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11:56 am
Photographers get a dramatic RAW update with iOS 27 | AppleInsider
Photographers get a dramatic RAW update with iOS 27
Apple has told developers that iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate feature revised RAW image processing, which they can exploit to bring better sharpness and color in camera and image editing apps.Apple has upgraded its RAW processing for photographers.In principle, RAW photos are ones where there hasn't been any of the kind of processing that JPEG or PNG ones do. But in practice, Apple takes the RAW sensor data and does some processing to make it viewable.Now in one of WWDC's developer sessions, the company has revealed a comprehensive update to this RAW processing. The new version 9 of its Core Image RAW improves denoising, color correction, and more, across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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11:15 am
Amazon’s ‘Story so far’ feature rolling out to US Kindles and iPhone app | 9 to 5 Mac
Amazon’s ‘Story so far’ feature rolling out to US Kindles and iPhone app
Kindles have long offered a recap feature intended to act like the “Previously …” feature often seen on TV shows. It’s intended to remind you of a book’s story and characters when restarting reading after a lengthy gap. Amazon last year announced a far more sophisticated Story So Far version, and the feature is now finally rolling out to Kindles and the iPhone app in the US …
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10:55 am
Apple working with British police to tackle iPhone theft | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple working with British police to tackle iPhone theft
The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has described how the service is working with Apple to tackle iPhone theft. The partnership includes sharing data with each other to measure the effectiveness of Apple’s anti-theft protections, with significant successes noted to date …
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10:45 am
How much Gemini is really inside Siri AI? | Macworld
How much Gemini is really inside Siri AI?
Macworld Apple this week announced a dramatically improved version of Siri, aptly named Siri AI. But instead of accolades, among the Apple enthusiasts in places such as X and Reddit, it’s already been decided: Siri AI is just a slightly older version of Google’s Gemini, with its own interface and voice. You’d be forgiven for believing this. After months of rumors that Apple was turning to Google’s Gemini technology to bring Siri up to speed, and a purposefully vague joint statement to that effect this January, it certainly seemed like the new Siri would be exactly that. But then the big WWDC keynote came and went, and Gemini was barely mentioned at all. Following the keynote, Apple held a private “technical deep dive” for journalists after the event (which was not officially recorded and streamed), where Craig Federighi and three Apple VPs in charge of Siri and AI explained Siri’s relationship with Google in greater detail. As it seems is always the case with AI, the truth is complicated, and every company involved is using very precise and opaque language that is more about what they don’t say than what they do say. But there’s a lot of information out there that can help us get a clearer picture of what Apple’s new Siri AI actually is, how it works, and how Google’s Gemini is involved. Apple’s new Foundation Models Let’s start at the bottom. Apple used the term “Foundation Model” a lot during WWDC. In a nutshell, it’s a big AI model that is trained on a huge amount of data that is then used in whole or in part to deliver specific AI experiences in apps. They can be language models, vision models, image generation models, or audio processing models, though modern foundation models are what are called multi-modal, which means they understand and produce results among all these things together. Most companies scale their big foundation models to different sizes. The most advanced version of the model is so big it can only fit in and run well on huge AI servers with hundreds of gigabytes of RAM and massive, expensive, high-powered processors. So companies produce smaller versions with fewer “parameters” that can run on smaller servers, desktop computers, and laptops, and even little models that run directly on a smartphone. Apple has five foundation models that handle tasks related to Siri and Apple Intelligence.Apple Apple has five new third-generation Foundation Models, as explained in a post on Apple’s Machine Learning research site. The first two are the small models made to run directly on device: AFM 3 Core: The next generation of our 3-billion-parameter dense model that delivers a step up in quality. AFM 3 Core Advanced: Apple’s most powerful on-device model. It’s natively multimodal, enabling helpful features like expressive voices and higher-accuracy dictation. Built on cutting-edge Apple research, this 20-billion-parameter model uses a sparse architecture, activating just 1 to 4 billion parameters at a time depending on the request. This model only runs on the latest Apple devices. Those two are made to run directly on-device for all supported hardware. The AFM 3 Core Advanced model requires an iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone Air, Macs with an M3 and at least 12GB of RAM, or iPads with M4. You’ll notice that Apple says it has a “sparse architecture,” which means that it is broken up into chunks that specialize in different areas, and only the pieces that are needed are loaded up when you make a request. For example, a piece devoted to math wouldn’t be loaded if you ask how tall the Burj Khalifa is, but would be when you follow up to ask how many Burj Khalifas fit between the Earth and the moon. The on-device models are joined by three new cloud-based models: AFM 3 Cloud: Apple’s server-side model, optimized for speed, efficiency, and performance. ADM 3 Cloud (Image): Devoted to image generation and editing, which unlocks advanced photo-editing tools, the all-new Image Playground, and more. AFM 3 Cloud Pro: Apple’s most capable server-based model, which powers our most demanding use cases, including agentic tool use and complex reasoning. AFM 3 Cloud is the big server model that handles most things, but for the really complicated requests, there’s an AFM 3 Cloud Pro. They are joined by a special image-centric model that is used for Image Playground (and all the apps that call on the Image Playground framework), genmoji, and all the new AI image editing tools: Clean Up, Extend, and Reframe. Apple used its own Private Cloud Compute to keep requests encrypted and secure.Apple Apple is using its own servers (mostly) The first important point is that the first four models—the on-device models and the first two cloud models—run on Apple Silicon. The cloud models use Apple’s Private Cloud Compute architecture that makes the code open for researchers to ensure that the only data sent to the cloud is necessary to complete the request. After the query, the data is deleted and never retained. The biggest cloud model, AFM 3 Cloud Pro, requires more muscle than the current Apple Silicon-based servers can provide. It is built to run on Google’s cloud infrastructure with Nvidia GPUs, but this is not off-the-shelf server leasing. Apple is running its Private Cloud Compute infrastructure here, too. All the core PCC requirements are met: stateless computation, no privileged runtime access, non-targetability, and verifiable transparency. You can about how Apple is extending Private Cloud Compute to Google’s servers with Nvidia hardware on Apple’s Security Research site. Siri is Apple. Apple is Siri. What you see on your iPhone has nothing to do with Gemini.Apple How does Siri AI even work? When you make a request to Siri, it first gets interpreted, either by typing or through a voice recognition model. Then, a component called the System Orchestrator turns what you said into a sort of underlying invisible prompt and decides which model or models it should go to. If you’re asking Siri to turn on a light at home, start a timer, or tell you the weather, the on-device model handles that. But if you want to generate a few paragraphs of text, the system orchestrator will send the prompt to the Private Cloud compute cluster for processing. It will also send the appropriate data necessary to fulfill that request. Screenshot Foundry For example, if you’re writing an email with a menu of items guests are bringing to a potluck, the system orchestrator might first pull relevant text messages from the search index. Perhaps it could include a screenshot of what’s on your iPhone’s screen if it includes relevant info. After the text is generated and sent back down to your device, the request and any associated data are deleted. All of this happens with as much encryption and pseudonymity as possible, so nobody at Apple or Google can access your requests, data, or results. This is one reason why some of the new AI image processing tools seemed slow in the iOS 27 demos, because images and data need to be uploaded and processed in the cloud. Turn on Airplane mode and disconnect from Wi-Fi, and you can’t use the new AI image tools at all. Where does Gemini come in? In the post-keynote discussion at WWDC, Federighi explained why Siri AI is not Gemini: Of course, we don’t have the Gemini app as our app. In fact, none of that client code is part of how we run on iOS. For these models, we use none of the models that Google deploys to their customers, nor do we use the infrastructure and means by which they deploy models to their customers. And then, when it comes to the knowledge base, we of course don’t use Google Search or anything like that as the foundation of our system. So I hope that’s clear. The amount of the Google Assistant we use is none. Read Craig’s words carefully, and you’ll notice he’s specifically saying that the client experience (the app and assistant) is not Gemini, nor are the specific servers the same ones Google uses to serve Gemini to its customers. Furthermore, Siri AI doesn’t pull info from Google’s web search or knowledge graph; it uses its own. However, Federighi is not claiming that Apple’s models themselves are not based on Gemini code. In fact, he explicitly says the four models made to run on Apple Silicon are “trained using proprietary data with reinforcement learning and refined using outputs from Gemini frontier models.” It’s likely that the biggest model is trained using both Google and Apple’s proprietary data, or has some other distinguishing characteristic other than its size that made him leave it out of that statement. Apple So what does that mean? It seems like Apple started with Gemini’s foundation models, optimized and rebuilt them for Apple Silicon and the model sizes it needs, and retrained them with its own data, weights, and guardrails. As a user, you shouldn’t expect the same performance, capabilities, and results from Siri AI on your iPhone as you would get from Google’s Gemini on a Pixel phone. An analogy I like to use: Apple used Unix (technically, the Unix-derivative called Darwin) as the core for every operating system going back to Mac OS X. But that doesn’t mean Apple’s OSes share the same compatibility, features, or characteristics as Unix. Nor does it mean Apple lacks the world-class operating system engineers necessary to make a great OS. Unix is merely a foundation to start on, and a quicker way to get a leg up on development. In much the same way as it did back in 1999 and 2000 when building Mac OS X (and then later iPhone OS and so on), Apple used someone else’s work to get started and then built its own thing that’s indistinguishable from where it began.
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10:30 am
Apple’s OS 27 releases are out of the ordinary–in a good way | Macworld
Apple’s OS 27 releases are out of the ordinary–in a good way
Macworld The last two years at WWDC, Apple has felt like it’s been in a hurry. In 2024, in a hurry to catch the AI wave before it entirely passed them by. (They didn’t catch that wave–they wiped out, lost their surfboard, and may have been partially gnawed on by a shark.) Then last year it felt like it was trying to cover up its embarrassment about AI failures by rushing out a new design scheme that felt ill conceived, especially when it came to the Mac. This year feels different. Apple is unveiling a second take on its AI plans, but it feels like they’ve spent the intervening two years trying to make sure that this time, it sticks. And when it comes to almost every other announcement at WWDC, it feels like the company is taking stock, measuring twice, and cutting once. As famed basketball coach John Wooden warned his young charges, it’s important to be quick but not to hurry. Snow Leopard memories It’s been 17 years since OS X Snow Leopard (and yes, that’s a link to my review of it for this very site), but its memory looms large. It is famously one of Apple’s relatively rare OS releases that mostly avoided huge tentpole features in favor of a focus on speed, efficiency, and quality-of-life tweaks that make the experience of being a Mac user better. It’s easy to understand why these sorts of releases are rare. Just look at the reaction to this week’s WWDC: I’ve seen several people refer to the keynote as “boring.” I wouldn’t go that far, but the presentation’s initial segment about platform updates was really hard to focus on… because it didn’t have a focus! It really couldn’t, unless you count the slide that contained a hundred little blurbs of text detailing individual changes or additions across all of Apple’s operating systems. There’s a lot of good stuff in this list of changes accross Apple’s operating systems.Apple It’s hard to sell “we fixed lots of stuff.” It’s a lot easier to hype people about a handful of high-profile features. And so lots of tech companies tend to prioritize the shiny objects rather than “sweating the details,” as Apple’s Craig Federighi said right at the top of the WWDC keynote. This week at Apple Park, I heard more than one Apple person explicitly reference Snow Leopard, as well as iOS 12, as inspiration for the current set of OS releases. Changes big and small macOS Golden Gate feels like a real apology to Mac users. Say what you will about macOS Tahoe–for the record, I really loved the productivity features–there’s no denying that its implementation of Liquid Glass was half-baked at best. While Apple’s official position on Liquid Glass is, unsurprisingly, that it’s just in need of some tweaks based on user feedback, the story on the Mac is more dramatic. The Mac gets a rollback of several Liquid Glass missteps, including the disastrous sidebar design and the reintroduction of an actual toolbar. Corners? Who cares about corners on windows? Software developers do.Apple And while you couldn’t hear it on the live stream, at Apple Park, there was loud applause from the audience when Apple announced that it was standardizing the corner radius on all Mac windows. Seems esoteric, right? But realize, every single one of those developers doesn’t just write software for Apple platforms, but uses the Mac to write that software. They are Mac users who are technical enough to recognize some of the biggest design messes of the 26-era OSes, and knew to applaud when those goofs were being addressed. You can’t predict what will arrive for all users in the fall based on the first developer beta, but when I booted into macOS Golden Gate on a spare laptop this morning, I was taken back to the very earliest days of OS X. Yes, the sidebars in Finder feel like coming home, and toolbars are much clearer. But it’s the glass effect on buttons–they’re bright, with highlights and an outline–that really brought on the nostalgia trip. It’s starting to feel like Liquid Glass is intentionally riffing on Aqua, the original OS X design language. Nothing says Aqua like big glossy buttons, and while I made no attempts to lick the Golden Gate interface, I did get some serious early-2000s vibes. But honestly, the new feature that gives me the biggest flashback to the olden days is actually one of the most cutting edge of all the features Apple announced this week. Apple has always, from the very beginning, been guided by the principle of bringing high technology to regular people to solve their problems. And from the days of HyperCard in the 1980s through the introduction of AppleScript in the 1990s and Shortcuts in the 2010s, Apple has attempted to find ways to put the power of programming and automation in non-programmers. I experienced the closest Apple has ever come to fulfilling this dream last Monday, as I sat in front of an iPad typing normal English sentences into Shortcuts, pressing Return, and watching as Apple’s AI model fashioned those requests into entirely functional Shortcuts, complete with scheduling. Typing “give me a summary of my day’s events and to-do’s every day when I wake up” actually just… worked? “Go into Do Not Disturb when I connect to my shower speaker,” too. Even a more complex command like “ask me for text and add it to a text file with today’s date on it, saved on the Desktop, prepended with the time, and create the file if it’s not already there” generated an entirely functional Shortcut. There are a lot of caveats. The model creating Shortcuts can get a little confused, it doesn’t always work (especially with more complex actions), and it doesn’t work with third-party apps. But leaving all that aside, it’s a new-school solution to an old-school problem, one Apple’s been trying to solve forever. For a supposedly quiet operating-system release cycle, it was a pretty revelatory experience. If these are the sorts of features we have to look forward to this summer and fall, it’s going to be a pretty great cycle–regardless of the lack of flash.
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10:19 am
iOS 27: Your iPhone can now boot into a new Mac-like recovery mode | 9 to 5 Mac
iOS 27: Your iPhone can now boot into a new Mac-like recovery mode
iOS 27 introduces a new device recovery mode. This is a Mac-like recovery feature where the iPhone is able to boot into an alternative UI that doesn’t involve loading the entirety of the main operating system. In the new recovery mode, you can use restore your software, enter diagnostics mode, erase the device, and perform some automated fixes using Recovery Assistant.
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10:00 am
My favorite Android feature just landed on my iPhone and I’m in love | Macworld
My favorite Android feature just landed on my iPhone and I’m in love
Macworld Apple talked a lot about its brand-new AI-powered Siri during its iOS 27 unveiling at its WWDC keynote, but the update also adds many small new features and improvements aimed at enhancing the user experience. Buried among all these improvements is a specific feature that Apple quietly introduced with iOS 27 and is already my favorite: the ability to paste copied content directly from the keyboard. And honestly, it’s kind of shocking that this took so long. Fixing the little things For years, copying and pasting on the iPhone has felt unnecessarily clunky. Now Apple is finally catching up with a small improvement that really makes a big difference in productivity. If you copy text or an image in iOS 27, the keyboard now shows a dedicated paste suggestion right above the keys where text suggestions usually appear. Instead of long-pressing a text field and hunting for the Paste option, you can simply tap the new button instantly. It also works for quickly sharing a screenshot with someone, which is quite useful. That may sound a tiny improvement, but it removes one of those annoyingly repetitive interactions people do dozens of times every day. iOS 27 includes a new shortcut for pasting clipboard content between apps.Foundry Android keyboards like Gboard have supported clipboard suggestions and quick paste shortcuts for years. On many Android phones, copied content automatically appears above the keyboard so users can paste it instantly. It’s one of those features you stop thinking about once you have it. Yes, iOS already has other text management features that are great. Universal Clipboard is a great example, since it lets you copy and paste between your Apple devices wirelessly. Still, the copy-and-paste process felt really outdated. And after using Android devices with Gboard over the years, going back to the iPhone always made copy-and-paste feel slower than it should. That’s why this iOS 27 change matters more than it sounds. Simple upgrades that matter Aside from how useful it is, what’s best about this feature is that it reflects a broader trend in iOS 27. This year’s update isn’t really about dramatic redesigns or overwhelming users with features they probably won’t use. Instead, Apple seems focused on refining everyday interactions. The company improved performance across the system, sped up animations, rebuilt search experiences, and made older iPhones feel faster again. The new paste button fits perfectly into that idea. And honestly, those are often the best kinds of software updates. iOS 27 is available now as a developer beta, with a public beta to arrive next month. The official release will land on iPhones this fall.
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08:00 am
Cancel your VPN—this one’s only $25 for life for the next 3 days | Macworld
Cancel your VPN—this one’s only $25 for life for the next 3 days
Macworld TL;DR: Through June 14, you can get a FastestVPN Pro lifetime subscription for only $25. Most VPNs charge you every month, and the bill never stops. FastestVPN Pro takes the opposite route. One payment covers your Mac and up to 14 other devices for good, and it’s on sale for $24.97 right now (reg. $600). A single FastestVPN Pro account protects 15 devices at the same time, so your MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and router can all run it together. The network spans more than 900 servers across 100-plus countries with unlimited switching and no data caps, all locked down with 256-bit AES encryption and a zero-logging policy that keeps your browsing activity off the books entirely. The Pro tier adds protection you don’t get on the standard plan. Double VPN routes your traffic through two servers when you want an extra layer, and a kill switch cuts the connection instantly if the VPN drops, so your real IP never leaks. A NAT firewall, ad blocker, anti-malware, split tunneling, and IPv6 leak protection are all included rather than sold as separate add-ons. Nobody likes throttled bandwidth when you’re just trying to watch a movie. Dedicated streaming servers keep Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and BBC iPlayer running smoothly, and P2P-optimized servers handle fast downloads. This deal also throws in a free one-year Passhulk password manager subscription, so you can store logins, bank details, and card numbers in one encrypted vault, which is a whole lot better than writing them on sticky notes. Get a FastestVPN Pro lifetime subscription for $24.97 (reg. $600). Offer ends June 14 at 11:59 p.m. PT. FastestVPN PRO: Lifetime Subscription (15 Devices)See Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.
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07:31 am
Macworld Podcast: New Siri AI and WWDC26 keynote impressions | Macworld
Macworld Podcast: New Siri AI and WWDC26 keynote impressions
Macworld The WWDC26 keynote was filled with AI. What do we think about the new features in the xOS 27 software? That’s in this episode of the Macworld Podcast. This is episode 987 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross, and Roman Loyola. Watch episode 987 on YouTube Listen to episode 987 on Apple Podcasts
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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02:12 am
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models | 9 to 5 Mac
Apple’s iPadOS 27 beta downloads briefly included two unsupported iPad Pro models
Apple briefly listed iPadOS 27 beta 1 restore images for two older iPad Pro models before removing them from its developer downloads page. Here are the details. more…
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05:46 pm
Apple Seeds First Public Betas of iOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6 and More | MacRumors
Apple Seeds First Public Betas of iOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6 and More
Apple today provided public beta testers with the first betas of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, watchOS 26.6, and tvOS 26.6, with the software coming two days after Apple seeded the betas to developers. After signing up to beta test the software updates on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the new software using the Software Update section in the Settings app on each device. iOS 26.6 has a feature that will let you know when you have blocked too many contacts, but the limit is in the thousands so most users may not ever see the messaging. No other major new features have been found in any of the software updates, with Apple likely focusing on bug fixes and security improvements. We're nearing the end of the "26" software cycle, with Apple planning to unveil iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and more in 11 days.Related Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS TahoeRelated Forums: iOS 26, macOS TahoeThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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05:38 pm
Hold Off on Purchases, Students: Apple's Back to School Sale Is Coming Soon | MacRumors
Hold Off on Purchases, Students: Apple's Back to School Sale Is Coming Soon
Apple has started preparing for its annual Back to School promotion in the U.S. and Canada, according to backend Apple code seen by MacRumors. Apple holds a Back to School sale each June, providing teachers and students with free accessories or gift cards when purchasing a Mac or an iPad. The added bonus is in addition to Apple's educational discount. Back to School sales typically start around the middle of the month, but we don't yet know the start dates for this year's sale. The sale continues through the end of September, so students do not need to rush to prepare to return to school. Apple's Back to School promotions have varied. Last year, Apple offered eligible students, educators, and parents accessories worth up to $199 when purchasing a Mac or an ‌iPad‌. Free options included the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, Apple Pencil Pro, and more. Looking back at Apple's past Back to School dates gives us an idea of when this year's sale will take place. 2021 - June 17 to September 27, free AirPods 2022 - June 24 to September 26, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2023 - June 5 (U.S.)/June 26 (Canada) to October 2, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2024 - June 20 to September 30, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2025 - June 17 to September 30, free accessory worth up to $199 The Back to School sale typically takes place around WWDC, and in three of the last five years, it has started 8 to 10 days after the WWDC keynote. With the 2026 keynote set to take place on June 8, we're likely to see the sale start the week of June 15. Students who are planning to purchase a new Mac or ‌iPad‌ may want to hold off until Apple's Back to School sale begins to get an added accessory or gift card. In past years, MacBooks, iPads, and iMacs have been eligible for a free add-on with purchase. Apple holds the promotion through its online education store and Apple retail locations. Students attending or accepted to a higher-education institution, parents purchasing on behalf of an eligible student, and employees at K–12 schools and higher-education institutions are eligible. Earlier this year, Apple began requiring UNiDAYS verification for educational discounts in the United States and Canada. Educational purchases now require academic status verification through an email address from an educational institution, a student or staff photo ID, or another valid educational document. Apple actually holds two Back to School sales per year, with one aimed at students in Australia, New Zealand, and other Southern Hemisphere markets. This year's January Back to School sale saw Apple offering students free AirPods, Apple Pencils, and other accessories. After the U.S. and Canada Back to School sales launch, Apple typically extends them to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia a few weeks later.Tag: Back to School PromotionThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Hold Off on Purchases, Students: Apple's Back to School Sale Is Coming Soon | MacRumors
Hold Off on Purchases, Students: Apple's Back to School Sale Is Coming Soon
Apple has started preparing for its annual Back to School promotion in the U.S. and Canada, according to backend Apple code seen by MacRumors. Apple holds a Back to School sale each June, providing teachers and students with free accessories or gift cards when purchasing a Mac or an iPad. The added bonus is in addition to Apple's educational discount. Back to School sales typically start around the middle of the month, but we don't yet know the start dates for this year's sale. The sale continues through the end of September, so students do not need to rush to prepare to return to school. Apple's Back to School promotions have varied. Last year, Apple offered eligible students, educators, and parents accessories worth up to $199 when purchasing a Mac or an ‌iPad‌. Free options included the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, Apple Pencil Pro, and more. Looking back at Apple's past Back to School dates gives us an idea of when this year's sale will take place. 2021 - June 17 to September 27, free AirPods 2022 - June 24 to September 26, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2023 - June 5 (U.S.)/June 26 (Canada) to October 2, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2024 - June 20 to September 30, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2025 - June 17 to September 30, free accessory worth up to $199 The Back to School sale typically takes place around WWDC, and in three of the last five years, it has started 8 to 10 days after the WWDC keynote. With the 2026 keynote set to take place on June 8, we're likely to see the sale start the week of June 15. Students who are planning to purchase a new Mac or ‌iPad‌ may want to hold off until Apple's Back to School sale begins to get an added accessory or gift card. In past years, MacBooks, iPads, and iMacs have been eligible for a free add-on with purchase. Apple holds the promotion through its online education store and Apple retail locations. Students attending or accepted to a higher-education institution, parents purchasing on behalf of an eligible student, and employees at K–12 schools and higher-education institutions are eligible. Earlier this year, Apple began requiring UNiDAYS verification for educational discounts in the United States and Canada. Educational purchases now require academic status verification through an email address from an educational institution, a student or staff photo ID, or another valid educational document. Apple actually holds two Back to School sales per year, with one aimed at students in Australia, New Zealand, and other Southern Hemisphere markets. This year's January Back to School sale saw Apple offering students free AirPods, Apple Pencils, and other accessories. After the U.S. and Canada Back to School sales launch, Apple typically extends them to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia a few weeks later.Tag: Back to School PromotionThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Hold Off on Purchases, Students: Apple's Back to School Sale Is Coming Soon | MacRumors
Hold Off on Purchases, Students: Apple's Back to School Sale Is Coming Soon
Apple has started preparing for its annual Back to School promotion in the U.S. and Canada, according to backend Apple code seen by MacRumors. Apple holds a Back to School sale each June, providing teachers and students with free accessories or gift cards when purchasing a Mac or an iPad. The added bonus is in addition to Apple's educational discount. Back to School sales typically start around the middle of the month, but we don't yet know the start dates for this year's sale. The sale continues through the end of September, so students do not need to rush to prepare to return to school. Apple's Back to School promotions have varied. Last year, Apple offered eligible students, educators, and parents accessories worth up to $199 when purchasing a Mac or an ‌iPad‌. Free options included the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, Apple Pencil Pro, and more. Looking back at Apple's past Back to School dates gives us an idea of when this year's sale will take place. 2021 - June 17 to September 27, free AirPods 2022 - June 24 to September 26, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2023 - June 5 (U.S.)/June 26 (Canada) to October 2, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2024 - June 20 to September 30, gift card up to $150 U.S. 2025 - June 17 to September 30, free accessory worth up to $199 The Back to School sale typically takes place around WWDC, and in three of the last five years, it has started 8 to 10 days after the WWDC keynote. With the 2026 keynote set to take place on June 8, we're likely to see the sale start the week of June 15. Students who are planning to purchase a new Mac or ‌iPad‌ may want to hold off until Apple's Back to School sale begins to get an added accessory or gift card. In past years, MacBooks, iPads, and iMacs have been eligible for a free add-on with purchase. Apple holds the promotion through its online education store and Apple retail locations. Students attending or accepted to a higher-education institution, parents purchasing on behalf of an eligible student, and employees at K–12 schools and higher-education institutions are eligible. Earlier this year, Apple began requiring UNiDAYS verification for educational discounts in the United States and Canada. Educational purchases now require academic status verification through an email address from an educational institution, a student or staff photo ID, or another valid educational document. Apple actually holds two Back to School sales per year, with one aimed at students in Australia, New Zealand, and other Southern Hemisphere markets. This year's January Back to School sale saw Apple offering students free AirPods, Apple Pencils, and other accessories. After the U.S. and Canada Back to School sales launch, Apple typically extends them to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia a few weeks later.Tag: Back to School PromotionThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete' | MacRumors
Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'
On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian's software chief Wassym Bensaid explained why the EV maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian does not want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. "The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take over every single pixel in the car," he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with "end-to-end integration." Bensaid added that "deep AI integration into the car" will eventually make the debate over offering CarPlay in vehicles "completely obsolete." He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto. "I really believe that the way you interact with apps which are mono-threaded, single buttons, single icons, a lot of that will be now completely reshaped into a world where it will become an agentic integration that presents itself into a wholesome user experience to the user," Bensaid explained. However, he admitted that an AI agent becoming an "alternative solution" to CarPlay apps will take time to materialize. Already, Rivian owners are increasingly less interested in CarPlay, according to Bensaid. He said that Rivian's internal statistics showed that more than 70% of customers wanted CarPlay when their vehicles first launched around five years ago, but he said a recent survey showed that figure is apparently less than 25% now. "With the level of features that we have shipped to customers, with the level of end-to-end integration, with the level of convenience that we are bringing, CarPlay is, or Android Auto to that extent, is no longer the topic of discussion," he said.Related Roundup: CarPlayTag: RivianRelated Forum: HomePod, HomeKit, CarPlay, Home & Auto TechnologyThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete' | MacRumors
Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'
On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian's software chief Wassym Bensaid explained why the EV maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian does not want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. "The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take over every single pixel in the car," he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with "end-to-end integration." Bensaid added that "deep AI integration into the car" will eventually make the debate over offering CarPlay in vehicles "completely obsolete." He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto. "I really believe that the way you interact with apps which are mono-threaded, single buttons, single icons, a lot of that will be now completely reshaped into a world where it will become an agentic integration that presents itself into a wholesome user experience to the user," Bensaid explained. However, he admitted that an AI agent becoming an "alternative solution" to CarPlay apps will take time to materialize. Already, Rivian owners are increasingly less interested in CarPlay, according to Bensaid. He said that Rivian's internal statistics showed that more than 70% of customers wanted CarPlay when their vehicles first launched around five years ago, but he said a recent survey showed that figure is apparently less than 25% now. "With the level of features that we have shipped to customers, with the level of end-to-end integration, with the level of convenience that we are bringing, CarPlay is, or Android Auto to that extent, is no longer the topic of discussion," he said.Related Roundup: CarPlayTag: RivianRelated Forum: HomePod, HomeKit, CarPlay, Home & Auto TechnologyThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete' | MacRumors
Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'
On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian's software chief Wassym Bensaid explained why the EV maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian does not want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. "The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take over every single pixel in the car," he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with "end-to-end integration." Bensaid added that "deep AI integration into the car" will eventually make the debate over offering CarPlay in vehicles "completely obsolete." He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto. "I really believe that the way you interact with apps which are mono-threaded, single buttons, single icons, a lot of that will be now completely reshaped into a world where it will become an agentic integration that presents itself into a wholesome user experience to the user," Bensaid explained. However, he admitted that an AI agent becoming an "alternative solution" to CarPlay apps will take time to materialize. Already, Rivian owners are increasingly less interested in CarPlay, according to Bensaid. He said that Rivian's internal statistics showed that more than 70% of customers wanted CarPlay when their vehicles first launched around five years ago, but he said a recent survey showed that figure is apparently less than 25% now. "With the level of features that we have shipped to customers, with the level of end-to-end integration, with the level of convenience that we are bringing, CarPlay is, or Android Auto to that extent, is no longer the topic of discussion," he said.Related Roundup: CarPlayTag: RivianRelated Forum: HomePod, HomeKit, CarPlay, Home & Auto TechnologyThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete' | MacRumors
Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'
On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian's software chief Wassym Bensaid explained why the EV maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian does not want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. "The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take over every single pixel in the car," he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with "end-to-end integration." Bensaid added that "deep AI integration into the car" will eventually make the debate over offering CarPlay in vehicles "completely obsolete." He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto. "I really believe that the way you interact with apps which are mono-threaded, single buttons, single icons, a lot of that will be now completely reshaped into a world where it will become an agentic integration that presents itself into a wholesome user experience to the user," Bensaid explained. However, he admitted that an AI agent becoming an "alternative solution" to CarPlay apps will take time to materialize. Already, Rivian owners are increasingly less interested in CarPlay, according to Bensaid. He said that Rivian's internal statistics showed that more than 70% of customers wanted CarPlay when their vehicles first launched around five years ago, but he said a recent survey showed that figure is apparently less than 25% now. "With the level of features that we have shipped to customers, with the level of end-to-end integration, with the level of convenience that we are bringing, CarPlay is, or Android Auto to that extent, is no longer the topic of discussion," he said.Related Roundup: CarPlayTag: RivianRelated Forum: HomePod, HomeKit, CarPlay, Home & Auto TechnologyThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete' | MacRumors
Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'
On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian's software chief Wassym Bensaid explained why the EV maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian does not want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. "The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take over every single pixel in the car," he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with "end-to-end integration." Bensaid added that "deep AI integration into the car" will eventually make the debate over offering CarPlay in vehicles "completely obsolete." He believes that Rivian owners will be able to access the core functionality of many apps through an AI agent, rather than needing to rely on CarPlay or Android Auto. "I really believe that the way you interact with apps which are mono-threaded, single buttons, single icons, a lot of that will be now completely reshaped into a world where it will become an agentic integration that presents itself into a wholesome user experience to the user," Bensaid explained. However, he admitted that an AI agent becoming an "alternative solution" to CarPlay apps will take time to materialize. Already, Rivian owners are increasingly less interested in CarPlay, according to Bensaid. He said that Rivian's internal statistics showed that more than 70% of customers wanted CarPlay when their vehicles first launched around five years ago, but he said a recent survey showed that figure is apparently less than 25% now. "With the level of features that we have shipped to customers, with the level of end-to-end integration, with the level of convenience that we are bringing, CarPlay is, or Android Auto to that extent, is no longer the topic of discussion," he said.Related Roundup: CarPlayTag: RivianRelated Forum: HomePod, HomeKit, CarPlay, Home & Auto TechnologyThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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04:22 pm
Oura Ring 5 Unveiled With Smaller Design and Blood Pressure Tracking | MacRumors
Oura Ring 5 Unveiled With Smaller Design and Blood Pressure Tracking
Oura today unveiled the Oura Ring 5, a significantly smaller smart ring with new health-monitoring capabilities including blood pressure trend detection, nighttime breathing analysis, and tools for GLP-1 medication tracking. The Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, measuring 6.09mm wide and 2.29mm thick compared to 7.99mm and 2.88mm on the previous model. Oura says the reduction was achieved by redesigning the mechanical, electrical, optical, battery, and sensing architectures, and the company claims the new form factor more closely resembles a traditional wedding band. Despite the smaller size, Oura says battery life remains at approximately one week per charge. The ring's sensing system has also been overhauled. A new signal architecture uses precision-engineered sensor domes for better skin contact, more powerful LEDs, and twelve signal pathways that Oura says deliver greater accuracy across more finger types and skin tones. The headline software addition is "Health Radar," a proactive health-monitoring feature that builds on the company's existing Symptom Radar tool, which launched in 2024 to flag early signs of illness. Health Radar includes two initial capabilities: Blood Pressure Signals and Nighttime Breathing. Blood Pressure Signals continuously monitors for patterns that may indicate cardiovascular strain, surfacing nighttime blood pressure trends. Nighttime Breathing provides a 30-day rolling view of sleep-related breathing disturbances, with guidance on when to seek further evaluation. A new Health Records feature allows U.S. users to import diagnosed conditions, medications, lab results, and allergies directly into the app. Oura has also partnered with Counsel Health, an AI-powered virtual care platform, to let eligible users in 43 U.S. states ask health questions and connect with licensed physicians from within the app for an additional fee. New GLP-1 Insights tools let users track medication dosing, side effects, weight changes, and biometric data in one place. A Lab Uploads feature lets users import blood biomarker results alongside Oura's biometric data. Other new features include live workout tracking with real-time pace, distance, and heart rate via a connected device, a Brain Health Study through Oura Labs pairing cognitive assessments with biometric data, and a time-based Data Deletion tool allowing users to erase data from specific periods without affecting their full history. An optional new Charging Case accessory provides one month of battery and supports wireless charging, priced at $99. Oura is also introducing a Locate feature to track misplaced rings and charging cases. The Oura Ring 5 is priced at $399 in Silver and Black, with Gold, Stealth, Brushed Silver, and Deep Rose finishes priced at $499. The Oura Ring 4 in ceramic remains available at $349. An Oura Membership is required for full functionality at $5.99 per month or $69.99 annually. Global pre-orders open today, with shipping beginning June 4. Tags: Health and Fitness, Health TechnologiesThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Report: Apple Plans to Make On-Device AI a Key WWDC Focus | MacRumors
Report: Apple Plans to Make On-Device AI a Key WWDC Focus
Apple reportedly plans to use next month's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to highlight its on-device AI capabilities as a competitive advantage, leaning on 15 years of custom silicon expertise to make the case for running AI models locally rather than in the cloud. People familiar with Apple's plans speaking to The Information say the company is expected to showcase how the chips designed for iPhones, Apple Watches, and Macs give it an edge in processing AI queries directly on devices. While cloud-based processing will remain necessary for complex queries, Apple will position local inference as a privacy-preserving, cost-saving alternative to the massive data center buildouts its rivals have pursued. As part of its agreement with Google, Apple is apparently set to use a large version of Google's Gemini model to train a smaller, distilled version capable of running locally on Apple hardware. Apple is also said to be scouting acquisitions to help advance its model-shrinking work, with one company it has reportedly considered being Liquid AI, a Massachusetts startup focused on running AI locally on devices. Some queries will still require cloud processing. Apple is believed to have approved the use of Nvidia's confidential compute technology within Google Cloud to handle processing of the larger Gemini-based model. The security feature encrypts data and AI models during processing, adding a modest performance cost but offering stronger privacy protections. The arrangement represents a noticeable departure from Apple's original Apple Intelligence announcement, in which the company said all cloud-bound queries would be handled exclusively by its own Private Cloud Compute infrastructure running on Apple silicon. Apple is likely to retain the Private Cloud Compute branding despite the change, people familiar with the partnership told The Information. There are also said to be material limits to how far Apple can push on-device processing. Google's full Gemini model runs into the trillions of parameters, and The Information claims that Apple has struggled to run it on its own Private Cloud Compute infrastructure, which uses the same Apple silicon chips found in Mac computers. ‌Apple Intelligence‌ was first announced at WWDC 2024, but the rollout has been hampered by a tepid response to initial features and a protracted delay to the more personal version of Siri. Apple is now expected to use WWDC 2026, which runs from June 8 to reframe the narrative, reintroduce the delayed features, and debut new ones. Related Roundup: WWDC 2026Tags: Apple Intelligence, The Information, WWDC 2026Related Forum: Apple, Inc and Tech IndustryThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Amazon Takes $199 Off Nearly Every M5 MacBook Air, Starting at $899.99 | MacRumors
Amazon Takes $199 Off Nearly Every M5 MacBook Air, Starting at $899.99
Earlier this week, Amazon introduced a new $199 discount on the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air, and this sale has now expanded to include nearly every model of the computer on sale at record low prices. You can get the 512GB 13-inch M5 MacBook Air for $899.99, down from $1,099.00, available in all colors. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You'll find $199 off every model of the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air on Amazon, with free delivery around early June for most models. In terms of other 13-inch models, Amazon also has the 16GB/1TB model for $1,099.99, and the 24GB/1TB model for $1,299.99. Both of these represent $199 discounts and are new all-time low prices for each model. $199 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (512GB) for $899.99 $199 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,099.99 $199 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,299.99 Regarding the 15-inch models, you'll also find $199 off the larger M5 MacBook Air, with multiple color options on sale for each configuration. Prices start at $1,099.99 for the 512GB model, down from $1,299.00, and rise to $1,499.99 for the 24GB/1TB model, down from $1,699.00. As of writing, we aren't tracking any discounts on the 16GB/1TB model of the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air. $199 OFF15-inch M5 MacBook Air (512GB) for $1,099.99 $199 OFF15-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,499.99 If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2026? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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01:32 pm
First Look at AI Camera and Photos Features in iOS 27 Revealed | MacRumors
First Look at AI Camera and Photos Features in iOS 27 Revealed
Apple is planning sweeping AI-driven upgrades to its Camera and Photos apps in iOS 27, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Image via Bloomberg. The report offers a first look at the appearance of several major ‌iOS 27‌ features that Apple plans to announce at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8. The images are based on information viewed by Bloomberg and people said to be familiar with Apple's plans. The Camera app is set to gain a dedicated Siri mode, positioned alongside existing options like Photo and Video. Gurman reports the feature would replace the current Visual Intelligence experience, allowing users to photograph objects and have them analyzed by a third-party AI agent or run through a Google reverse image search. By elevating the capability directly into the Camera app rather than restricting it to the Camera Control button, Apple reportedly aims to increase adoption and help acclimate users to visual AI ahead of future products, including smart glasses and camera-equipped AirPods. The Camera app is also said to be getting a new "Add Widgets" panel that makes the interface more customizable. The top row of shortcuts currently displayed across capture modes would become replaceable, letting users prioritize more professional controls such as depth adjustments, or surface tools like timers and Night mode more prominently in the interface. Gurman says the changes are aimed at making Apple's camera software more appealing to advanced photographers. Image via Bloomberg. The ‌Photos‌ app is set to receive new Apple Intelligence tools called "Reframe" and "Extend." Reframe would allow users to change the perspective of a photo, while Extend uses AI to generate additional portions of an image, such as filling in the lower half of a building that was cut off in the original shot. Apple is also said to be testing natural language prompt-based photo editing, which would let users request specific edits by voice or text, such as cropping or adjusting colors. Gurman notes that this specific feature may not arrive in the first version of ‌iOS 27‌. Elsewhere in ‌iOS 27‌, the Shortcuts app is said to be getting a significant overhaul that would allow users to create automations using natural language. Instead of manually building workflows step by step, users can describe what they want to happen; Gurman's example has a user setting up a routine that automatically starts a music playlist and sends a spouse an ETA when they begin driving home from work. Bloomberg previously reporte ond AI-created wallpapers, a systemwide grammar checker for text input, and a revamped Image Playground app offering improved quality for AI-generated pictures and Genmoji custom emoji. See Bloomberg's full report for more information.Related Roundup: iOS 27Tags: Apple Intelligence, Bloomberg, iOS 27, Mark Gurman, PhotosThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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12:28 pm
iOS 27's New Siri App and 'Search or Ask' Feature Leaked in Screenshots | MacRumors
iOS 27's New Siri App and 'Search or Ask' Feature Leaked in Screenshots
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today shared a series of re-created screenshots that reveal iOS 27's all-new Siri app and "Search or Ask" functionality. With the Siri app, iPhone, iPad, and Mac users will be able to interact with Apple's assistant in both text and voice modes. The app will allow for back-and-forth conversations, complete with messaging history that can be set to expire. Overall, the Siri app would function similarly to chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. Siri app: Search or Ask: More details to follow.Related Roundup: iOS 27Tags: Bloomberg, Mark Gurman, SiriThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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12:06 am
YouTube Will Now Automatically Label AI Videos Even When Creators Don't | MacRumors
YouTube Will Now Automatically Label AI Videos Even When Creators Don't
YouTube today said it is introducing automatic AI detection, with automatic AI labeling applied to videos with "significant photorealistic AI use." Creators are still expected to manually disclose when realistic AI is used for videos even with the new automatic labeling system. Creators who think their content was incorrectly identified as AI-generated can update the disclosure status in YouTube Studio, but disclosures are permanent for content created with YouTube's AI tools like Veo and Dream Screen or content with C2PA metadata indicating fully generative AI. YouTube is also improving labeling for AI-generated content, making it clearer when a video has "photorealistic and meaningfully AI altered or generated content." An AI label will be shown just below the video player and above the description for long-form videos with AI content, and for shorts, the label will appear as an overlay on the video. The updated labeling applies to content that is photorealistic and may fool people, rather than unrealistic content. Disclosures for content that is "unrealistic, animated, or slightly altered" will continue to be tucked in the expanded description of the video. Separately, YouTube added a new customizable content feed that users can shape based on interests, moods, or preferred topics. Users can type in a custom prompt covering what they want to see, and a content feed will be generated. Custom content feeds have been in testing since November, but they are now rolling out to signed-in viewers in the U.S. on the YouTube mobile app and desktop. YouTube search and watch history must be turned on for the feature to work.Tag: YouTubeThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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11:32 pm
Amazon to Acquire Apple's Globalstar Stake in Satellite Deal | MacRumors
Amazon to Acquire Apple's Globalstar Stake in Satellite Deal
Amazon is acquiring Apple satellite provider Globalstar, and it has worked out a deal to take over Apple's stake in the satellite company. According to an FCC filing noticed by PCMag, Amazon is initiating a merger structure. It will create a new subsidiary called Grapefruit Acquisition Sub II to absorb Globalstar's operations, and then the new subsidiary will acquire Apple's equity. Apple has 20 percent equity and 20 percent voting interests in Globalstar Licensee LLC, a Globalstar subsidiary that operates the satellite system that delivers satellite connectivity to iPhone users in the U.S. Apple invested $450 million in Globalstar back in 2022 to fund Globalstar's satellite buildout for the Emergency SOS via satellite feature. Apple received 20 percent equity and 85 percent of Globalstar's network capacity in return. Apple's Globalstar stake required Apple and Amazon to enter into separate negotiations, but the two companies worked out a deal. Amazon's Leo satellite network will power existing iPhone and Apple Watch satellite features like Emergency SOS, Messages via satellite, Find My, and Roadside Assistance via satellite. Apple stands to make more money than it invested, and has secured a partnership with a better-established satellite operator. Amazon will support iPhone and Apple Watch models that use Globalstar's low Earth orbit constellation, and the two companies will work together on future satellite services running on Amazon's expanded Leo network. Amazon's Globalstar purchase is said to be worth around $11.57 billion, and it is expected to close in 2027 as long as it earns regulatory approval.Tags: Amazon, GlobalstarThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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09:29 pm
Roku Unveils Redesigned Home Screen | MacRumors
Roku Unveils Redesigned Home Screen
Roku today announced that its home screen is receiving its biggest redesign in more than a decade. The new home screen will begin rolling out to Roku TVs and streaming devices across the U.S. starting today, with more countries to follow later. The changes will appear automatically, with no software update required. At the top of the home screen, a new "Top Picks for You" section provides recommendations based on your watch history and what is trending on Roku. A new AI-powered "Quick Access" section surfaces the apps you use most, such as the Apple TV app. There is still a separate page containing a complete list of apps that you have installed on your Roku device if you need it. New curated hubs called "Destinations" offer content organized by genres and moods, such as comedy, reality, movies, sports, documentaries, and more. The menu on the Roku home screen now has a collapsed design with icons, rather than expanded text labels. Roku says this change provides a cleaner canvas for discovering content, but it also results in a large ad being shown persistently on the right side of the screen. Previously, the ad would only appear in certain views. A new "Shortcuts" section provides quick access to features like Continue Watching, Sleep Timer, Save List, and more, all in one place. If you are a fan of the Roku City screen saver, there is now an on-screen tile that you can select to view it at any time. You can explore the screen saver's iconic cityscape, plus access Daily Trivia and other mini-games.Tags: Home Screen, RokuThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Apple Developing iPhone Anti-Snatching Feature That Locks Stolen Phones Instantly | MacRumors
Apple Developing iPhone Anti-Snatching Feature That Locks Stolen Phones Instantly
Apple is developing a new feature that will lock your iPhone if it's snatched from your hand by a thief, according to Apple code seen by 9to5Mac. The option will use the gyroscope, accelerometer, and other sensors to determine when an iPhone has been grabbed. It'll also rely on a paired Apple Watch to detect when the iPhone has suddenly moved away from the owner's wrist. Once the iPhone is yanked from your hand, it will lock and activate Stolen Device Protection to prevent thieves from accessing information on it. Stolen Device Protection adds extra security to your iPhone when you're away from familiar locations like home or work. It requires biometric authentication for actions like accessing stored passwords or credit cards, and there are built-in hour-long delays for actions like changing an Apple Account password. The feature was originally designed to protect iPhone users from stealthy thieves who observe someone's passcode and then snatch an iPhone. With a passcode, thieves could get into apps and access bank account data and other sensitive information, but Stolen Device Protection prevents that from happening. Android already has a Theft Detection Lock feature that locks a smartphone in a snatch-and-grab theft situation. There is no word on when the new feature might be added to the iPhone.This article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Meta Wants You to Pay for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Now | MacRumors
Meta Wants You to Pay for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Now
Meta is rolling out paid Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus plans worldwide as of today. Instagram Plus is priced at $3.99 per month, Facebook Plus is priced at $3.99 per month, and WhatsApp Plus is priced at $2.99 per month. According to TechCrunch, the paid plans provide features like profile customization, super reactions, and story insights. Instagram Plus lets users see how many people have rewatched a Story, and it adds unlimited audience lists for Stories for creating groups other than Close Friends. Users can spotlight a story once a week for extra views, use Super Heart animated reactions, choose custom app icons, add customized fonts to a profile bio, extend a story beyond 24 hours, and search a story viewer list to see who is watching. Subscribers will also be able to post straight to their profiles without having the post show up in their followers' feeds, and they will be able to stealthily "preview" Instagram stories without showing up as a viewer. Facebook Plus includes most of the same features as Instagram Plus, while WhatsApp Plus includes app themes, custom ringtones, more pinned chats, list customization, and premium stickers. Meta head of product Naomi Gleit said the company is also exploring new subscription plans for creators and businesses, along with plans for AI users. The new plans are being offered under "Meta One" branding that combines subscription offerings from multiple Meta platforms. The $7.99 Meta One Plus plan and the $19.99 Meta One Premium plan are aimed at Meta AI users. Both plans unlock higher compute queries, reasoning, and image/video generation, but Premium offers more capacity, including deeper reasoning for complex tasks. A Meta One Essential plan priced at $14.99 per month is designed for creators and businesses. It includes a verified badge, impersonation protection, better analytics, and a linksheet that lets users link to their online profiles on the web and on other social media networks. The $49.99 Meta One Advanced plan includes the Essential options plus features in the Facebook feed, optimized scheduling tools, notifications when others reuse a creator's content, higher rankings in Instagram and Facebook search, a bolder Follow button on Reels, and automatic follow invitations for people who engage with a creator or brand's content. Meta is going to start testing the AI Meta One plans in Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia next month. The business plans will be tested in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Thailand, and Bangladesh starting later this week. Gleit described Meta One as a place that brings Meta subscriptions "together" across all Meta apps. She said Meta's new plans were "just the beginning with a lot more value to come."Tags: Facebook, Instagram, Meta, WhatsAppThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Samsung's 2026 Monitors Launch With $50 Discounts and Credit Towards Future Purchases | MacRumors
Samsung's 2026 Monitors Launch With $50 Discounts and Credit Towards Future Purchases
Samsung's newest monitors are now available to purchase this week, including the Odyssey G8, ViewFinity S8, and Movingstyle Essential. All of these are available with a $50 launch discount, plus your choice of extras including up to $300 in Samsung credit on a future purchase, a free Music Studio speaker, or free Galaxy Buds4 Pro. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Samsung. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Starting with the Samsung Odyssey G8 monitors, you will find $50 discounts across every model of the new 2026 devices. Prices start at $899.99 for the 27-inch Odyssey G8 5K Monitor, and also include Samsung's first 6K monitor with the 32-inch Odyssey G8 5K Monitor for $1,549.99. $50 OFF PLUS EXTRASSamsung 2026 Monitors Samsung also has a new 40-inch ViewFinity S8 Curved Monitor on sale for $1,349.99 for launch week, as well as the Movingstyle Essential Monitor for $849.99, both $50 discounts. Additionally, the company announced a 27-inch model of the ViewFinity S8, but it's not yet available for purchase. 43-inch Movingstyle Essential - $849.99 ($50 off), plus $200 Samsung credit 27-inch Odyssey G8 5K Monitor - $899.99 ($50 off), plus $200 Samsung credit 32-inch Odyssey G7 4K Monitor - $1,049.99 ($50 off), plus $200 Samsung credit 27-inch Odyssey OLED G8 4K Monitor - $1,049.99 ($50 off), plus $200 Samsung credit 32-inch Odyssey OLED G8 4K Monitor - $1,249.99 ($50 off), plus $300 Samsung credit 40-inch ViewFinity S8 Curved Monitor - $1,349.99 ($50 off), plus $300 Samsung credit 32-inch Odyssey G8 6K Monitor - $1,549.99 ($50 off), plus $300 Samsung credit If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2026? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Apple Just Expanded iPhone Driver's License Feature to 14th U.S. State | MacRumors
Apple Just Expanded iPhone Driver's License Feature to 14th U.S. State
In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, and then use it to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps. Starting today, the feature is available in Arkansas, which is the 14th state to offer it. However, it may take some time to roll out to all users. To set up the feature, open the Wallet app on the iPhone and tap on the plus sign in the top-right corner. Next, tap on Driver's License and ID Cards, select Arkansas from the list, and follow the on-screen steps to complete the process. Supported States The following states offer driver's licenses in the Wallet app:Arizona (since March 2022) Maryland (since May 2022) Colorado (since November 2022) Georgia (since May 2023) Ohio (since July 2024) Hawaii (since August 2024) California (since September 2024) Iowa (since October 2024) New Mexico (since December 2024)Montana (since August 2025) North Dakota (since September 2025) West Virginia (since October 2025) Illinois (since November 2025) Arkansas (since May 2026)The feature is also available in Puerto Rico. Future States Apple or local DMV offices previously announced that the following U.S. states had signed on to adopt the feature, but no timeframes were disclosed:Connecticut Kentucky Mississippi Oklahoma Utah VirginiaParticipating Airports Apple Wallet IDs are accepted at TSA checkpoints in more than 250 airports in the U.S., for domestic travel. Given that Apple Wallet IDs are not accepted by law enforcement, and lack many other use cases, carrying a physical ID is still necessary. Here are just some of the airports that offer the feature — there are hundreds of others:Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) Denver International Airport (DEN) Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) San Francisco International Airport (SFO) San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) Los Angeles International (LAX) Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) Des Moines International Airport (DSM) Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) Lea County Regional Airport (HOB) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) Great Falls International Airport (GTF) Missoula International Airport (MSO) Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) Richmond International Airport (RIC) Norfolk International Airport (ORF) Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport (PHF)Travelers should refer to TSA signage to confirm availability of the feature. Digital Passport If you live in a state that does not yet offer Apple Wallet IDs, you can now create a Digital ID based on your U.S. passport, and present it at the same participating TSA checkpoints, for age and identity verification purposes during domestic travel. It is not a replacement for a physical passport, and it cannot be used for international travel. This feature requires iOS 26.1 or watchOS 26.1 and later.Tag: Apple WalletThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Atlanta's MARTA Breeze Card Now Available in Apple Wallet | MacRumors
Atlanta's MARTA Breeze Card Now Available in Apple Wallet
Starting today, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)'s Breeze Card can be added to the Apple Wallet app, allowing commuters in the Atlanta, Georgia area to tap an iPhone or Apple Watch to pay their fare at train stations and on buses. To add the Breeze Card to Apple Wallet, open the app and tap on the plus sign in the top-right corner. Next, tap on Transit Card and scroll down and select the Breeze Card. Then, follow the on-screen steps to complete the setup process. Funds can be added to the Breeze Card directly in Apple Wallet, with both pay-per-ride and discounted passes for multiple rides available. Express Mode allows commuters to simply hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near a payment reader to pay for their ride, without needing to unlock or wake the device. This mode even works for up to five hours after an iPhone runs out of battery. Express Transit can be enabled per card in the Settings app under Wallet & Apple Pay. Breeze Card has been available in the Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet apps since earlier this month, but Apple Wallet support was just added now.Tags: Apple Wallet, Express TransitThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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02:43 pm
First Cases for Apple's Foldable iPhone Surface Online | MacRumors
First Cases for Apple's Foldable iPhone Surface Online
Accessory maker iFunSmart has begun listing the first protective cases for Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone, corroborating rumors about the device's design. Case makers routinely begin mass producing accessories ahead of a new iPhone announcement, working from dummy units or leaked CAD files to size their molds. Their designs are speculative, but they have historically proven accurate to the millimeter, since accessory makers cannot afford to be left without product on launch day. Leaker Sonny Dickson shared images of foldable iPhone dummy units in April, providing the kind of reference template that typically circulates among case manufacturers. The listings, spotted by French Apple site iPhoneSoft, show an unobtrusive rear camera plateau housing two lenses, a slim profile, and a circular cutout for MagSafe-style magnets. iFunSmart describes the cases as offering military-grade drop protection, integrated N52 magnets, a translucent matte finish, and 1.5mm raised camera lips alongside a 1mm raised screen bezel. The design broadly corroborates the design outlined in rumors and seen on dummy units, suggesting the foldable's exterior is increasingly clear. Only two camera lens cutouts are present, in line with reports that Apple plans to skip the telephoto camera. A cutout for a Camera Control button is also visible, but there is no Action button. The listing depicts a multi-part case with separate snap-on sections rather than a single-piece shell owing to its folding design. The presence of magnets in the case does not necessarily mean Apple has built MagSafe into the foldable iPhone itself, and there has previously been speculation that the device could lack the feature. The N52 magnets could simply be embedded into the case to attach to external ‌MagSafe‌ accessories such as wireless chargers and car mounts, without aligning with a corresponding magnet array inside the device. iFunSmart's listings are likely to be among the first of many. Accessory makers typically flood the market with cases in the months ahead of a new iPhone launch, and further variants from competing brands should appear in the run-up to the device's announcement. Apple is widely expected to launch the device alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max in fall 2026. Leaks point to a 5.5-inch external display, a 7.8-inch inner display, a folded thickness of around 9.5mm and a thickness of about to 4.5mm when open, the A20 Pro chip with 12GB of memory, dual 48-megapixel rear cameras, and Touch ID in the side button rather than Face ID. The device is expected to start at around $2,000.Related Roundup: iPhone FoldTag: Foldable iPhoneThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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02:23 pm
iPhone Air MagSafe Battery is Just $59 | MacRumors
iPhone Air MagSafe Battery is Just $59
Amazon is still offering the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery for $59.00, down from $99.00. We started tracking this deal earlier in the month, and it beats the previous low price by about $20. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. The iPhone Air MagSafe Battery is only compatible with the iPhone Air, and it can add up to 65 percent additional charge to the smartphone. The MagSafe Battery supports up to 12W of fast wireless charging, and it sports a thin and light design similar to the iPhone Air. $40 OFFiPhone Air MagSafe Battery for $59.00 If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2026? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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11:00 am
Apple Updates Trade-In Values for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch | MacRumors
Apple Updates Trade-In Values for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch
Apple today updated its U.S. trade-in estimates, raising values for most current iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models while reducing several Android offers. The headline iPhone trade-in figure rises from $685 to $695, with every iPhone 16 model gaining value: iPhone 16 Pro Max: $685 to $695 iPhone 16 Pro: $550 to $560 iPhone 16 Plus: $455 to $465 iPhone 16: $435 to $460 Every current ‌iPad‌ also gains value, with the headline range shifting from $40 to $670 up to $45 to $690: iPad Pro: $670 to $690 iPad Air: $445 to $460 iPad: $220 to $235 iPad mini: $250 to $265 Mac changes are mixed, with most current models gaining value: MacBook Pro: $685 to $690 MacBook Air: $485 to $520 Mac mini: $340 to $375 iMac: Unchanged at $355 Despite those increases, the top of Apple's Mac trade-in range slips from $2,090 to $2,045, suggesting a reduction for a higher-end model not shown in Apple's summary table, such as the Mac Pro or Mac Studio. The Apple Watch lineup also gets a mix of revisions: Apple Watch Ultra 2: $295 to $305 Apple Watch Series 9: $120 to $130 Apple Watch Series 10: Unchanged at $150 Apple Watch Ultra: $215 to $205 Android trade-in offers have largely been cut, with the headline range narrowing from $30 to $370 down to $30 to $360: Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: $230 to $200 Google Pixel 8 Pro: $170 to $165 Samsung Galaxy S23: Unchanged at $125 OnePlus 12: Unchanged at $200 All Apple-listed values are estimates, with final offers determined after the device is received and inspected. Customers can apply trade-in credit toward a new purchase or receive the value as an Apple Gift Card, and Apple will recycle ineligible devices for free.Related Roundup: Apple Watch 11Tag: Apple Trade-InBuyer's Guide: Apple Watch (Caution)This article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Cloudflare Access AI control – MCP server creation impacted | CloudFlare
Cloudflare Access AI control – MCP server creation impacted
May 19, 22:09 UTCUpdate - We are continuing to investigate this issue.May 19, 21:59 UTCInvestigating - Customers may experience issue adding new MCP Servers or authenticating existing ones through the Zero Trust Dash
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09:53 pm
PHX (Phoenix) on 2026-05-21 | CloudFlare
PHX (Phoenix) on 2026-05-21
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 21, 09:00 - 11:00 UTCMay 19, 21:40 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in PHX (Phoenix) datacenter on 2026-05-21 between 09:00 and 11:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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United Kingdom Account Security Carrier Partner Maintenance – EE | Twilio
United Kingdom Account Security Carrier Partner Maintenance – EE
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 21, 14:00 - 21:00 PDTMay 19, 13:44 PDTScheduled - Our carrier partner EE United Kingdom is conducting a planned maintenance from 21 May 2026 at 14:00 PDT until 21 May 2026 at 21:00 PDT. During the maintenance window, there could be intermittent API request failures for EE United Kingdom customers.Impacted Products: Verify Silent Network Auth, Lookup Identity Match, Lookup SIM Swap, Legacy Identity MatchAndAttributes
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08:52 pm
Russia SMS Carrier Maintenance – MegaFon | Twilio
Russia SMS Carrier Maintenance – MegaFon
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 21, 13:00 - 17:00 PDTMay 19, 13:38 PDTScheduled - The MegaFon network in Russia is conducting a planned maintenance from 21 May 2026 at 13:00 PDT until 21 May 2026 at 17:00 PDT. During the maintenance window, there could be intermittent delays delivering SMS to MegaFon Russia handsets.
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07:48 pm
Emerging Service Issue – GPU Deployment | Linode
Emerging Service Issue – GPU Deployment
May 19, 19:48 UTCIdentified - Our team is investigating an emerging service issue affecting GPU provisioning in all regions. At this time deployment of RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell plans in unavailable. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
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07:16 pm
Intermittent Cloudflare Dashboard SSO login failures with Okta | CloudFlare
Intermittent Cloudflare Dashboard SSO login failures with Okta
May 19, 19:16 UTCInvestigating - Cloudflare is investigating reports of intermittent authentication failures when logging into the Cloudflare Dashboard using SSO with Okta as the identity provider. Affected users may see a "failed to fetch" error during the login process.Dashboard access via other identity providers and direct username/password login are not currently reported as affected. Cloudflare Access application authentication is not currently reported as affected.Cloudflare Engineering is actively investigating the issue and will provide updates as more information becomes available.
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03:54 pm
Cloudflare Dashboard and Cloudflare API service issues | CloudFlare
Cloudflare Dashboard and Cloudflare API service issues
May 19, 15:54 UTCMonitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.May 19, 15:36 UTCIdentified - Cloudflare is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs. These issues do not affect the serving of cached files via the Cloudflare CDN or other security features at the Cloudflare Edge. Customers using the Dashboard / Cloudflare APIs are impacted as requests might fail and/or errors may be displayed.
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03:25 pm
Digital Experience in Cloudflare Zero Trust Latency | CloudFlare
Digital Experience in Cloudflare Zero Trust Latency
May 19, 15:25 UTCInvestigating - Actions related to Digital Experience are delayed, Cloudflare is aware and investigating.
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12:54 pm
PER (Perth) on 2026-05-19 | CloudFlare
PER (Perth) on 2026-05-19
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 19, 14:00 UTC - May 20, 21:00 UTCMay 19, 12:40 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in PER (Perth) datacenter between 2026-05-19 14:00 and 2026-05-20 21:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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12:22 pm
SIN (Singapore) on 2026-05-27 | CloudFlare
SIN (Singapore) on 2026-05-27
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 27, 16:00 UTC - May 28, 00:00 UTCMay 19, 12:00 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in SIN (Singapore) datacenter between 2026-05-27 16:00 and 2026-05-28 00:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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11:09 am
Workers AI availability issues | CloudFlare
Workers AI availability issues
May 19, 11:09 UTCIdentified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.May 19, 10:56 UTCInvestigating - Cloudflare is investigating availability issues with several workers AI models.
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08:22 am
Degraded latency for Durable Objects and R2 buckets in WNAM | CloudFlare
Degraded latency for Durable Objects and R2 buckets in WNAM
May 19, 08:14 UTCUpdate - We are continuing to investigate this issue.May 19, 08:13 UTCInvestigating - Durable Objects and R2 buckets in WNAM may see increased latency, reduced throughput and slightly increased error rates.
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07:22 am
Philippines SMS Carrier Maintenance – Globe Telecom | Twilio
Philippines SMS Carrier Maintenance – Globe Telecom
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 24, 12:00 - 14:00 PDTMay 19, 00:02 PDTScheduled - The Globe Telecom network in the Philippines is conducting a planned maintenance from 24 May 2026 at 12:00 PDT until 24 May 2026 at 14:00 PDT. During the maintenance window, there could be intermittent delays delivering SMS to and from Globe Telecom Philippines handsets.
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05:52 am
Planned Maintenance for Flex Insights Historical Reporting | Twilio
Planned Maintenance for Flex Insights Historical Reporting
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 23, 01:00 - 04:00 PDTMay 18, 22:48 PDTScheduled - The Flex Insights Historical Reporting dashboard visualization partner in the US will be conducting planned maintenance on Sat, May 23rd, 2026, at 1:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time. The maintenance window is expected to last up to 3 hours. During this time, Flex Insights Historical Reporting Dashboards will be unavailable and scheduled ETLs will be affected.
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03:52 am
NRT (Tokyo) on 2026-06-03 | CloudFlare
NRT (Tokyo) on 2026-06-03
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Jun 3, 15:00 - 23:00 UTCMay 19, 03:33 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in NRT (Tokyo) datacenter on 2026-06-03 between 15:00 and 23:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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03:22 am
NRT (Tokyo) on 2026-05-26 | CloudFlare
NRT (Tokyo) on 2026-05-26
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 26, 15:00 - 23:00 UTCMay 19, 02:57 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in NRT (Tokyo) datacenter on 2026-05-26 between 15:00 and 23:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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Monday May 18
09:23 pm
CMH (Columbus) on 2026-05-20 | CloudFlare
CMH (Columbus) on 2026-05-20
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 20, 06:00 - 09:00 UTCMay 18, 21:18 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in CMH (Columbus) datacenter on 2026-05-20 between 06:00 and 09:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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08:23 pm
YUL (Montréal) on 2026-05-20 | CloudFlare
YUL (Montréal) on 2026-05-20
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 20, 06:00 - 14:00 UTCMay 18, 20:06 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in YUL (Montréal) datacenter on 2026-05-20 between 06:00 and 14:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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06:57 pm
FOR (Fortaleza) on 2026-05-19 | CloudFlare
FOR (Fortaleza) on 2026-05-19
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT May 19, 14:00 - 16:00 UTCMay 18, 18:40 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in FOR (Fortaleza) datacenter on 2026-05-19 between 14:00 and 16:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.
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06:37 pm
All US Deployments: AI Assistant failures | Duo Security
All US Deployments: AI Assistant failures
May 18, 14:37 EDTInvestigating - We are currently investigating an issue with AI Assistant not functioning on all US deployments and are working to correct the issue as soon as possible.Please check back here or subscribe to updates for any changes.
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By Pete Collins

I’ve been a huge fan of the Wacom Cintiq 21UX, so when I heard that the new 24HD was coming out, I couldn’t wait to try it. The only downside of the 21UX is that after using it for an extended period of time, my back becomes tight due to the way it sits on the stand.

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Refurbished 24-inch iMac Apple M4 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU – Purple – FWUH3LL/A – $1,099.00
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Refurbished 24-inch iMac Apple M4 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU – Purple – FWUH3LL/A – $1,099.00
Refurbished 24-inch iMac Apple M4 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU - Purple – FWUH3LL/A $1,099.00 $1,299.00 −15% Originally released October 2024 24-inch 4.5K Retina display 16GB unified memory 256GB SSD 12MP Center Stage camera with support for Desk View Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports Product page on the Apple Store…
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Trade in your old iPhone, iPad, Mac or watch and bag a 10% discount on a wide selection of accessories. View the full list of eligible trade-in and promotional items on page. Shipping is free Shop Now at Apple
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TabletKeyer A16 11″ Magic Keyboard for iPad for $35.90 + free shipping | DealNews Accessories
TabletKeyer A16 11″ Magic Keyboard for iPad for $35.90 + free shipping
Apply coupon code "9L9NJ4X6" for a savings of $36. Buy Now at Amazon Features Compatible Devices Floating Cantilever Design: Your Personal Viewing & Typing Station Precision Touchpad & Shortcut Keys: Master Your Workflow 7-Color RGB Backlit & Breathing Light: Type in Style, Day or Night
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Apply coupon code "9L9NJ4X6" for a savings of $36. Buy Now at Amazon Features Compatible Devices Floating Cantilever Design: Your Personal Viewing & Typing Station Precision Touchpad & Shortcut Keys: Master Your Workflow 7-Color RGB Backlit & Breathing Light: Type in Style, Day or Night
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At eBay, get the Refurb Apple iPad Pro 11″ 256GB WiFi Tablet (2018) for $255. You’d pay $25 more elsewhere. Shipping is free and it’s backed by a 1-year Allstate warranty. Buy Now at eBay
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Refurb 4th-Gen. Apple iPad Air 10.9″ 64GB WiFi + Cellular Tablet (2020) for $230 + free shipping
At eBay, get this refurb Apple iPad Air 10.9″ 64GB WiFi + Cellular Tablet for $230. It’s the best deal we’ve seen for this model in any condition. A 1-year Allstate warranty is included. Buy Now at eBay
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