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- Monday February 09
- 03:48 pmChatGPT will start rolling out ads today, per report
ChatGPT users might notice one noteworthy change in the app and web version soon: ads will reportedly start rolling out for select users today. more…03:28 pmReport: Imminent Apple hardware updates include MacBook Pro, iPads, and iPhone 17e
High-end Macs and less-expensive iPhones and iPads are all on the docket.03:23 pmAliro, Yale locks, & communal living on HomeKit Insider with guest Garrett Lovejoy
On this week's episode of the HomeKit Insider podcast, Garrett Lovejoy joins to talk about smart locks, Aliro, and shared living communities.HomeKit Insider PodcastGuest host this week is Garrett Lovejoy. He serves as SVP and General Manager of Connected Security at Fortune Brands and Innovations, overseeing product lines such as Yale.He's been at the company for years, starting with more professional security devices, before moving over to consumer-facing residential ones. It's a fast-moving time as new technologies are going mainstream, such as Thread, Matter, and soon — Aliro. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:20 pmJony Ive's Ferrari interior design is as close to an Apple Car as you can get
It's not quite what an Apple Car would have been on the outside, but the forthcoming Ferrari Luce looks a lot like it on the inside — and rather like CarPlay Ultra.The Jony Ive-designed dashboard in the Ferrari Luce — image credit: FerrariAs soon as Jony Ive left Apple in 2019 to form his LoveFrom company with Marc Newson, the two were contacted by Ferrari. It then took until 2021 before a formal deal was struck, but now the results of that partnership are being unveiled with the Ferrari Luce.According to Engadget, It's still only a partial reveal ahead of the car's full launch that's expected in May. But while no details of pricing or availability have been announced yet, Jony Ive has been showing off the car interior he designed — and talking about the problems. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:11 pmApple’s next AirPods Pro will come with cameras, says leaker
Apple is rumored to have new AirPods Pro coming this year, and a leaker just corroborated the main new feature we’ve been expecting: built-in cameras. more…03:00 pmApple scales back plans for new AI-based health coach service
Apple is scaling back its ambitions for an AI-powered virtual health coach, internally code-named Mulberry, as it re-evaluates its strategy… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.02:48 pmThe Studio and Mr. Scorsese directors win big
Apple TV comedy series "The Studio" and documentary "Mr. Scorsese" take home wins at the 78th Annual Directors Guild Awards. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)02:47 pmNew Apple-backed AI model can generate sound and speech from silent videos
The new model, called VSSFlow, leverages a creative architecture to generate sounds and speech with a single unified system, with state-of-the-art results. Watch (and hear) some demos below. more…02:39 pmDiscord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a face scan or submitted ID, or be given teen-level access restrictions. more…02:38 pmAirPods Pro with built-in cameras may not cost more than current earbuds
The next update to the AirPods Pro is once again rumored to include cameras, but the Apple Intelligence-aiding elements allegedly won't bump the price up.AirPods Pro 3, sans camerasFor Apple Intelligence to be more useful for queries about your local environment, it needs to access cameras. In lieu of smart glasses like Apple Glass, the rumor mill firmly believes that the AirPods Pro may hold the answer.In a Friday tweet by repeated leaker Kosutami, Apple's next AirPods Pro will be able to "see around you." This is in reference to rumors that Apple will add cameras to the AirPods Pro. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:01 pmApple CEO Tim Cook plans to continue lobbying lawmakers on immigration
Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees on Thursday that he’s “deeply distraught” with U.S. immigration policy and will continue lobbying… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.02:00 pmMaximum fun: Top 10 multi-Mac setups
Our roundup of the top 10 multi-Mac setups answers the question of why have more than one Mac and has a lot of fun doing it. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)02:00 pmCarPlay in iOS 26 enables ‘video in the car’, but there’s a catch
Apple made a major U-turn with CarPlay after a decade of not allowing video playback. Starting with iOS 26, Apple technically allows apps to display video through the CarPlay screen while parked. more…01:53 pmJony Ive Ferrari interior might be a glimpse of the Apple Car that never was
Jony Ive would have done years of work on the design of the Apple Car interior before the project was finally abandoned. While we’ll almost certainly never see those designs, a new electric Ferrari may provide a good clue as to the aesthetic of the interior. The cockpit of the upcoming Ferrari Luce was designed by Ives’ consultancy Lovefrom, and it likely echoes a number of the elements we could have expected to see in an Apple car … more…01:39 pmApple’s cheapest iPad may soon be getting an AI upgrade
Macworld Apple boss Tim Cook has repeatedly said the company is committed to (and excited about) AI technology, but not every Apple product has gotten the message. Whereas every currently sold iPhone and Mac supports Apple Intelligence, the entry-level iPad still isn’t able to run any of Apple’s AI features. According to a new report, however, the baseline iPad will soon receive an update that gives it the capacity to run Apple Intelligence features, thus bringing it in line with the rest of Apple’s range (minus the Apple Watch, of course). And, crucially, encouraging a large proportion of the company’s customers to use its AI tech. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman discusses at some length what he describes as the “slew” of product launches which Apple has in store for us “over the next several weeks.” This includes updates in the iPhone, Mac, and iPad lines, but most of the iPad announcements will be quite minor, he warns. “For those holding out for design changes,” Gurman writes, “prepare to be disappointed: There’s little new coming to the iPad family this year other than faster processors.” The exceptions to this, he writes, are an OLED screen coming to the new iPad mini (probably later in the year), and the standard iPad’s elevation to AI-ready status thanks to its inclusion of Apple’s A18 processor, up from the current A16. Gurman predicts this upgrade will be central to the iPad’s marketing campaign. It does make sense that Apple would like to finally complete the set and bring the standard iPad into the Apple Intelligence fold. The company’s cheapest products are, for obvious reasons, its best sellers, so the best way to increase take-up of a new feature is to make sure those products support it. Hence the (somewhat ill-advised) push to get Apple Intelligence on the iPhone 16e last year. In fact, it was in many ways a surprise that the 2025 iPad didn’t get AI and a price bump. Just over a year ago, a source predicted confidently that it would. That source’s name was Mark Gurman. So it’s worth remaining skeptical until the announcement is actually made… but he’s probably right this time. You can keep up with all the latest news and rumors with our frequently updated new iPad 2026 superguide.01:11 pmLeak suggests Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max may be the same chip
It’s previously been suggested that the upcoming M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models will allow you to make a more flexible choice of CPU and GPU cores. A recent change to Apple’s website seems to support this theory. A new report suggests that the change could be even more radical, and that the M5 Pro and M5 Max might be not two distinct chips but rather variants of the same one … more…01:00 pmThe Volvo EX60 Signals the End of the Plug-In Hybrid
Volvo’s EX60 combines long range, rapid charging, and software-driven design in a way that challenges the remaining rationale for plug-in hybrids and internal combustion engines. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.12:36 pmCould Apple really press pause on new features in iOS 27? [Poll]
No news isn’t usually good news when it comes to hardware, and the expectations for the new Apple products coming soon are somewhat underwhelming. But when it comes to software updates, sometimes less really is more. A new report says that this will be the case with iOS 27, but is that really a possibility – and would it be the right call for Apple … ? more…12:15 pmThis Apple silicon theory has us even more excited for the M5 MacBook Pro
Macworld On Wednesday, Apple released the OS 26.3 Release Candidates to developers, and not long afterwards, mentions of the M5 Max and M5 Ultra were found hiding in the code. However, references to the M5 Max Pro have yet to be reported, which has us wondering about the status of the chip. Is it the nature of beta software, and the M5 Pro will be put in later? Was it an error? Or is Apple dropping the M5 Pro chip from the lineup? Vadim Yuryev of Max Tech on YouTube has a theory that actually makes a lot of sense. Yuryev posits that Apple is now using 2.5D chip packaging, which would allow for a single chip design for the M5 Pro and the M5 Max. Thus, if the two chips are based on the same design, there’s no need for two separate references in the OS code. Thus, an M5 Pro is basically an M5 Max, but with fewer CPU cores, fewer GPU cores, and a lower upper limit of RAM supported. HOLY SMOKES! Just figured out why Apple's M5 Pro chip did NOT show up in the recent beta code leak:Apple is using new 2.5D chip tech, allowing them to use a SINGLE M5 Max chip design for BOTH the M5 Pro and M5 Max models.This saves Apple LOTS of money on SKUs + Design1/3👇 pic.twitter.com/6oOmEGI0uR— Vadim Yuryev (@VadimYuryev) February 6, 2026 With previous M-series chips, the Pro and Max versions required different designs. However, reports have said that Apple is working with TSMC to implement a SoIC-mH process for the M5 Pro/Max. This process is different from 2.5D, which TSMC also offers. Wccftech thinks that the two processes are being combined to help lower costs. The 2.5D process is one used by other chip manufacturers, such as AMD and Nvidia. Yuryev also muses that the new architecture would “allow the M5 Ultra to be built as a monolithic die with multiple chiplets,” eliminating the need for ultrafusion, which essentially acted as a bridge between two M5 Max chips. Whatever process Apple and TSMC are using, Apple now needs to make only one logic board design. That’s a cost savings for Apple, and considering that Apple is having supply chain challenges, it could only help when it comes to determining prices that customers will have to shell out. Apple is expected to launch the new M5 MacBook Pros soon, possibly before the end of February.11:51 amBad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show set new records
Yesterday’s Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show – which also featured Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin – set new records, according to the iPhone maker. Apple also highlighted the ability to watch a replay of the show and listen to the full set list on Apple Music … more…