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- 02:48 pmApple debuts new Mac video that says ‘Great ideas start here’
Apple has debuted a new video today to promote the Mac, with students the prime target. It has the tagline ‘Great ideas start here.’ more…02:30 pmNew Apple ad pitches college students on buying a Mac
Most US schools aren't out for the summer yet, and Apple is already looking at back to school computer purchase time with a new ad showing college students achieving success with MacBooks, rest, and possibly a shower.Student working successfully at her MacBook - image credit: AppleApple has tried being straight with just listing Mac features in its ads for students. It's tried being funny about talking parents into buying Macs, which did not go well.Now with a 93-second ad on YouTube, Apple is going for conveying how hard working college students have to be. And so therefore how hard-working all Mac laptops are. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:20 pmHit Apple TV comedy just achieved a feat that no show ever has before
Apple TV’s hit series The Studio has consistently won every major award this season, and now it’s achieved something historic that no comedy ever has before. more…02:14 pmNew Denon Home speakers bring Siri smarts and audiophile sound
The impressive new Denon Home series speakers could seriously tempt Apple users waiting for better HomePods. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)02:02 pmApple TV’s ‘The Studio’ sets record as the most-awarded series of the year with 2026 BAFTA win | Mac Daily NewsApple TV’s ‘The Studio’ sets record as the most-awarded series of the year with 2026 BAFTA win
Apple TV’s smash hit “The Studio” on Sunday evening landed a 2026 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Award in the… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.01:37 pmvisionOS 27 will bring these new Vision Pro upgrades: report
Apple’s next major software versions are being unveiled at WWDC 2026 on June 8, including the new Vision Pro update, visionOS 27. Here’s what to expect from visionOS 27, per Bloomberg. more…01:35 pmMajor W200 update, new smart gear, & third-party Siri speakers on Smart Home Insider
On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, YouTube host Shane Whatley joins to discuss the upcoming Unify conference, smart speakers, and more.Smart Home Insider PodcastShane Whatley is this week's guest host. He has his own YouTube channel where he tests and reviews smart home products.This episode also happens to be the first episode that we're launching with native support for video within the Apple Podcasts app. Users of Apple Podcasts can freely switch between audio and video versions directly from the app instead of going over to YouTube. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums01:06 pmVenmo privacy finally being fixed eight years after ‘alarming’ fails
Problems with Venmo privacy were first highlighted way back in 2018. A security researcher demonstrated how the API could be used to obtain an alarming amount of personal data about users of the digital cash app. A related vulnerability was still in place in 2024 when it was used to highlight potentially embarrassing information about JD Vance. A new report says that the company is very belatedly fixing the problem … more…01:02 pmApple to refine macOS 27 with ‘Liquid Glass’ design tweaks after macOS 26 Tahoe backlash | Mac Daily NewsApple to refine macOS 27 with ‘Liquid Glass’ design tweaks after macOS 26 Tahoe backlash
Apple’s macOS 26 Tahoe has sparked more controversy than its iOS 26 and iPadOS counterparts, and the company is now moving… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.01:01 pmiOS 27 adding new way to manage your Safari tabs, per report
We’re less than a month away from Apple announcing iOS 27 at WWDC. A new report today corroborates that Apple is adding a new feature to Safari to help you manage your tabs and stay organized … more…12:45 pmNetflix’s AI experiment gives us a glimpse of Apple TV 4K’s future (we hope)
Netflix tests a powerful new AI voice search that shows just how badly the Apple TV 4K needs an upgrade. Smarter Siri could get us there. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)12:40 pmSorry haters, Liquid Glass on the Mac isn’t going anywhere
Macworld With WWDC on the horizon—Apple’s annual software extravaganza begins on June 8, less than a month from now—thoughts are turning to the OS updates owners of Apple products can expect this year. And there’s one big question: What will happen to Liquid Glass? As part of the 26 updates unveiled at last year’s WWDC, Apple brought in a new unified interface design across all of its operating systems called Liquid Glass. This proved divisive. Many users thought that the new look, which uses transparency effects to make the interface look like shimmery glass, was gorgeous and futuristic. Others felt that it drew attention to itself, worsened legibility, and reflected a broken design process. Apple responded to the legibility complaints by giving iOS 26 a toggle to tone down the transparency effects, but has shown little inclination to backtrack in a broader sense on the aesthetic change of direction. Which should come as little surprise to long-term followers of the company: iOS 7 was highly controversial back in 2013, but was retained despite widespread complaints and ended up influencing an entire generation of mobile interfaces. A new report reiterates the consensus view that Liquid Glass isn’t going anywhere, at least for the next year of software updates, but it does offer a glimmer of hope for any Mac owners who are sick of the Tahoe look. Apple is going to “refine” the interface for macOS 27. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says Apple is working on a “slight redesign” for macOS 27. Or, at any rate, that employees regard it as a slight redesign. It’s possible users will feel differently. The redesign will address the shadows and “transparency quirks,” Gurman writes, as part of a “cleanup and refinement effort.” This echoes the company’s approach with iOS 8 more than a decade ago, when the radical changes in iOS 7 were polished and refined to make them more palatable to users, without losing the underlying design principles. The interesting part of Gurman’s claim is that macOS 27 won’t reflect a change in direction on even a small scale. Rather, he reports, this year’s update will bring the Mac closer to the original vision the designers had last year but weren’t able to achieve. “[This year’s] changes to macOS are meant to make Liquid Glass look the way Apple’s design team intended it to from the start,” he writes. “Last year’s operating systems didn’t necessarily suffer from design problems, I’m told, but rather a not-completely-baked implementation from Apple’s software engineering team.” In the longer term, Gurman says, Apple hopes that Liquid Glass will become more palatable as Mac hardware evolves. In particular the OLED screen on the upcoming touchscreen MacBook Pro will suit the interface style better than the screens of current LCD-based Macs. For all the latest news and rumors about this year’s software updates, bookmark our regularly updated WWDC 2026 superguide.12:31 pmSmart AirPods cameras could be a killer feature – if they work
It’s more than two years since we first started hearing reports about AirPods with cameras and the latest of these seems to suggest we’re getting relatively close to launch. There have so far been conflicting reports about the purpose of the cameras, but Bloomberg does now very clearly indicate that it’s to support Apple intelligence features … more…12:00 pmThe AI Alignment Problem Is No Longer Theoretical
As AI systems take on more autonomous roles, concerns about alignment, oversight, and hardware-level safeguards are becoming more urgent across both enterprise and defense environments. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.11:57 amApple Watch won't be getting on-device Touch ID anytime soon
The Apple Watch won't be getting any extra biometric security measures anytime soon, because it's an engineering nightmare.Apple Watch SELike other Apple products, there are security measures in place on the Apple Watch to make sure only the owner can use it. However, while it is one of the few Apple products to not include biometric security, it's going to be that way for a long time.In a Monday post to Weibo, serial leaker Instant Digital denounces apparent rumors of Apple bringing some form of biometric security to the Apple Watch as pure speculation. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums11:45 amApple Creator Studio may get better color correction features from a tiny acquisition | AppleInsiderApple Creator Studio may get better color correction features from a tiny acquisition
A German firm run by just one developer has been bought by Apple, giving it software to do with color grading and management which may find its way into Final Cut Pro or Pixelmator Pro.Apple has acquired grading app Color.io - image credit: Nick GunnIt's still the case that the biggest single acquisition Apple has ever made is when it bought Beats for $3 billion, and got itself Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. While the figures for Apple's latest buy is unlikely to be revealed, it should surely be one of the least the company has ever paid out.That's because as confirmed by European Union listings, Apple has acquired the German firm Patchflyer and its one employee. According to German business filings, that one employee is managing director Jonathan Marvin Ochmann. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums11:20 amApple has reportedly rejected Touch ID for the Apple Watch for two reasons
Way back in 2020, a patent application revealed that Apple was considering adding Touch ID to the Digital Crown of the Apple Watch. Leaked code last year appeared to suggest that the new feature might be coming soon. However, a leaker with a decent track record now says the company has rejected this idea over cost and battery life concerns … more…11:20 amApple has reportedly rejected Touch ID for the Apple Watch for two reasons
Way back in 2020, a patent application revealed that Apple was considering adding Touch ID to the Digital Crown of the Apple Watch. Leaked code last year appeared to suggest that the new feature might be coming soon. However, a leaker with a decent track record now says the company has rejected this idea over cost and battery life concerns … more…11:20 amApple has reportedly rejected Touch ID for the Apple Watch for two reasons
Way back in 2020, a patent application revealed that Apple was considering adding Touch ID to the Digital Crown of the Apple Watch. Leaked code last year appeared to suggest that the new feature might be coming soon. However, a leaker with a decent track record now says the company has rejected this idea over cost and battery life concerns … more…11:15 amiOS 26 broke my iPhone. A fix is coming (I hope)
Macworld With iOS 26, Apple introduced one of the most significant changes to its operating system interface, arguably the most radical since iOS 7. However, this change has also led to many users experiencing annoying bugs and performance issues. Not only that, but Apple still hasn’t delivered on many of the Apple Intelligence features it promised two years ago at WWDC 2024. That’s why, when Apple unveils iOS 27 at WWDC in June, my only wish is that it focuses on fixing iOS instead of changing it even more. iOS 26 has been a troubled release Every time Apple releases a new version of iOS, some bugs are to be expected. That’s why Apple is always releasing updates to refine its software. No platform is immune to bugs, especially when it has just undergone major changes. But if you ask many iPhone, iPad, or Mac users, they’ll likely tell you that iOS 26 was one of the most buggy releases of recent times. It’s not hard to find reports online about broken features, interface glitches, or slow performance (especially on older devices). Since September, Apple has released 10 software updates for iOS 26, including major updates and smaller security and bug fixes. We’ve gotten three in just the last month, with iOS 26.4 adding new features, followed by minor updates iOS 26.4.1 and iOS 26.4.2 that focused on bugs and security updates. Still, iOS 26 doesn’t feel as polished as iOS 18 did. For me, one of the most annoying things about iOS 26 has been how hot my iPhone 17 Pro Max with the new vapor cooling chamber gets even when running basic apps like Messages. As a result, the battery has also been draining very quickly. There are also a few minor but very unpleasant bugs, such as icons disappearing or showing up in a different style than the one I chose (like a light icon when dark mode is on), Face ID taking longer to authenticate, and extremely sluggish animations when Low Power Mode is enabled. I could also mention how unreliable the virtual keyboard has become, even with all the fixes in iOS 26.4, and how the Liquid Glass interface has made some text unreadable. Liquid Glass has made some text all but unreadable with certain backgrounds.Foundry Liquid Glass might be to blame The problems all seem to come down to Liquid Glass. Apple’s new shiny interface demands a lot of hardware resources, especially graphics resources, since we see translucency and distortion happening in real time. When Craig Federighi introduced Liquid Glass at WWDC 2025, he made sure to mention how the chips inside Apple devices have evolved in terms of performance in recent years, enabling the company to run a more demanding and complex interface. And that’s true, but it seems that Apple didn’t take the time to fine-tune the performance of this interface on devices that rely heavily on battery power. To test just how resource-intensive the Liquid Glass interface is, I used my MacBook Pro with an M4 Pro chip since it’s easier to measure GPU and power usage on macOS than it is on iOS. Here, my Mac usually runs at around 3W when idle. It’s pretty impressive. Apple Silicon chips really shine here. And even when I’m doing simple things like scrolling through a webpage in Safari or opening a Finder window, power consumption rarely exceeds 5W. But this is where things start to get interesting. When I open the Messages app in a chat with an animated background, power consumption spikes to 10W. At the same time, GPU usage, which typically ranges from 0% to 5% when idle, reaches 40 percent when the Mac is rendering animations in the Messages app. Animated Messages backgrounds are neat, but impact performance and battery life.Foundry Since not everyone uses animated backgrounds in their chats, I ran another test with something that most people use: Control Center and Notification Center. And I set my widgets and icons to the “Clear” option. Here, the results were even more shocking. When I opened both Control Center and Notification Center on my Mac, it recorded a peak power consumption of 15W, with GPU usage reaching up to 40 percent to render the animations.