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- 03:14 pmLeaker: Foldable iPhone with liquid metal hinge undergoing carrier testing
A prominent leaker says Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone may use a liquid metal hinge -- currently undergoing testing by mobile carriers. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)03:07 pmAirPods drop to as low as $99 as Prime Day 2026 approaches
Prime Day 2026 starts in three weeks, but AirPods are already on sale, with every option from AirPods 4 to AirPods Max 2 marked down.Save up to $50 across AirPods earbuds & headphones - Image credit: AppleDiscounted AirPods prices start at $99 today, with both in-ear and over-ear options eligible for price cuts. Whether you're looking for AirPods 4 or AirPods Max 2, the latter of which were released in 2026, you can save double digits on Apple headphones. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:04 pmApple TV unveils trailer for third season of its globally acclaimed drama ‘Silo,’ premiering July 3rd | Mac Daily NewsApple TV unveils trailer for third season of its globally acclaimed drama ‘Silo,’ premiering July 3rd
Apple TV on Tuesday debuted the trailer for season three of “Silo,” the hit world-building drama created by Emmy Award winner Graham Yost… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.03:03 pmiPhone Ultra might have tech innovation over 15 years in the making
iPhone Ultra is launching this fall, and a new leak says it will feature a tech innovation that’s been over 15 years in the making within Apple: liquid metal. more…02:34 pmNintendo Music comes to CarPlay with latest app update
Nintendo has released a big update to its popular Nintendo Music app. The update adds three new features, including CarPlay support, Siri integration, and a dedicated iPad app. more…02:19 pmFolding iPhone Liquid Metal hinge may pay off 16 years of Apple research
A new leak backs up recent claims that the folding iPhone hinge will use Liquid Metal, which is technology Apple has been working on since at least 2010.Render of a possible iPhone Fold, showing the hingeIn March 2025, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple would "use liquid metal materials for key components" of the iPhone Fold, such as the hinge. Now leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Chinese social media site Weibo, claims that this is confirmed.The leaker also says, in machine translation, that a prototype has been sent to "global operators" for testing. It presumably means a version with such a hinge is in manufacturing testing, although it's not clear whether it's the same one that has reportedly been causing problems. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:10 pmApple TV reveals Silo season 3’s split-timeline plot, here’s the trailer
Apple TV just unveiled the trailer for Silo season 3, which premieres next month, and it reveals the split-timeline plot that’s coming. more…02:01 pmAnthropic expands Glasswing as it promises public Claude Mythos-class model releases
Anthropic unveiled its Claude Mythos AI model in April, only sharing access with select partners like Apple. The controlled release is part of Anthropic’s Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative. Now Anthropic says it’s sharing Claude Mythos access with more partners in more countries. Meanwhile, the company says Mythos-class models will be available to all customers in a matter of weeks. more…02:00 pmMorgan Stanley: Apple’s WWDC 2026 a ‘key catalyst’ for AAPL stock
With Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference just days away (June 8-12), the usual pre-WWDC buzz is growing louder. Morgan Stanley is… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.01:53 pmUpgrade to Apple’s AirPods Max 2 and save $40 in rare discount
Macworld Apple AirPods Max 2 View Deal (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick - pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); The price of Apple’s over-ear headphones haven’t much below their $549 asking price since the second generation launched in April, but today you can get a pair for just $509, a savings of $40 and the best price we’ve seen so far. The new AirPods Max feature the H2 chip, which powers better Active Noise Cancellation than the previous generation. The audio quality also gets a bump, with deeper bass. Overall, these are some of the best-sounding over-ear headphones you can buy whether you’re in the Apple ecosystem or not. But it helps to have an iPhone, of course, as the day-to-day features are where these headphones shine. Along with hands-free Siri support, you’ll get excellent features such as Adaptive Audio, for instance, which reads your environment and automatically adjusts how much outside sound bleeds through. The Conversation Awareness mode drops the volume the moment you start talking to someone, which is one of those small things that make headphones genuinely easier to live with. Perhaps the best thing, however, is the Transparency mode because it allows you to keep an ear out for potential dangers around you. The headphones have a battery life of about 20 hours with ANC and Spatial Audio running, so you won’t have to worry about charging. And if you’re traveling, Live Translation will let you communicate in a foreighn language without needing to whip out your iPhone. The one thing we hate about the AirPods Max 2 is the price. But with this discount, it’s much easier to swallow. At $509, this is the right buy for Apple users who want the best over-ear headphones in that ecosystem and have been waiting for the price to move.01:45 pmThis folding e-bike will change your commute — and it’s $300 off right now
The Riley RB1 electric bike combines a compact, folding design with up to 50 miles of range, a removable battery and smart features. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)01:30 pmGoogle delivering on Gemini promises means Apple Intelligence can do the same
Tests to determine whether Google’s agentic AI system Gemini Spark can deliver on the promises made on stage at last month’s I/O event shows that, for the most part, it can. Since this is the model Apple will be using to power the new Siri, that’s equally good news for the Cupertino company and its customers … more…01:30 pmCongress pressures Apple to keep first unionized U.S. store open
With a stern letter sent to Tim Cook and John Ternus Monday, Congress pressures Apple to keep the first unionized U.S. store open. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)01:21 pmiPhone 18 Pro leak points to smallest battery gain since 2020
Macworld Apple’s iPhones are sometimes accused of offering only minor upgrades between generations, but there are a few improvements customers can generally rely on when a new model comes out. Such as a faster chip, a better camera, and a bigger battery. That is likely to remain the case this fall, when the iPhone 18 Pro arrives, but the latest report suggests that the latter upgrade will be very minor indeed. According to the prolific Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station, who posted about the topic today, the battery capacities for the U.S. (or eSIM-only) and Chinese (or nano-SIM) versions of the iPhone 18 Pro will be 4056 mAh and 4288 mAh respectively. If those figures are accurate, and despite the leaker’s claim in the comments that this is “a normal iteration,” those would represent the smallest year-on-year increases since the iPhone 12 Pro in 2020, both as a percentage and in absolute numbers. The iPhone 17 Pro, the first model to take advantage of the extra space left by removing the SIM tray, offered capacities of 3998 mAh (nano-SIM) and 4252 mAh (eSIM). So this year’s models would offer an increase of just 1.5 percent and 0.8 percent. By contrast, the nano-SIM version of the 18 Pro saw an increase of 11.6 percent on the 16 Pro, which was in turn up 9.4 percent on the 15 Pro. Those two generations received particularly impressive battery boosts, but the 15 Pro, 14 Pro, and 13 Pro all managed to outperform the claimed improvements of the 18 Pro too. In fact we have to go all the way back to the iPhone 12 Pro in 2020 to find a Pro-branded handset that offered less of an increase in battery capacity. That year the capacity actually went down, dropping to 2815 mAh from 3046 mAh on the 11 Pro. Other than the speculative 18 Pro specs, the following figures all come from GSMArena: iPhone 18 Pro (eSIM): 4056mAh (+58 mAH/1.5%) iPhone 18 Pro (nano-SIM): 4288mAh (+36 mAH/0.8%) iPhone 17 Pro (eSIM): 4252 mAh (+670 mAh/19%) iPhone 17 Pro (nano-SIM): 3998 mAh (+416 mAH/11.6%) iPhone 16 Pro: 3582 mAh (+308 mAh/9.4%) iPhone 15 Pro: 3274 mAh (+74 mAh/2.3%) iPhone 14 Pro: 3200 mAh (+105 mAh/3.4%) iPhone 13 Pro: 3095 mAh (+280 mAh/9.9%) iPhone 12 Pro: 2815 mAh (-231 mAh/7.6%) iPhone 11 Pro: 3046 mAh It’s worth pointing out that this is just a rumor, so the numbers may be off, as Digital Chat Station themselves acknowledge. They include a ± symbol after each one, indicating that they are only rough, and refer to them as prototypes. There are still at least three months to go before the handsets are unveiled, and Apple may yet tweak the tech specs before launch. Or, as is always a possibility with unsourced reports on social media, the claimed specs may never have been accurate in the first place. Readers should also bear in mind that lower battery capacities do not necessarily correlate with lesser battery performance. The new phones will benefit from software optimisations and the new more powerful processors. For all the latest news and rumors as we count down to the launch, bookmark our regularly updated iPhone 18 Pro superguide.01:04 pmPSA: A security breach means you must update the ChatGPT Mac app [U]
If you use the ChatGPT desktop app on Mac, you’ll be forced to update it sometime between now and June 12. That’s due to a security breach involving two OpenAI employee devices. As of June 2, the company is emailing users to remind them to accept the update when offered. more…01:01 pmA new high-tech display might give a future Apple Watch better battery life
A future Apple Watch battery could last even longer in the future. That is, assuming Apple adopts display partner LG's new screen technology.Apple Watch UltraApple actively works with its supply chain partners to improve the components used in its products. With the display being an extremely important part, it comes as no surprise that Apple has considered what the next big screen tech switch should be.Industry sources cited by The Elec on Tuesday claim that LG Display is developing and validating high-mobility oxide (HMO) thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane technology. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums01:00 pmMelius Research hikes Apple price target to $385 ahead of WWDC
The Apple bulls are at it again, and this time they’re not mincing words. Melius Research just cranked their price target on Apple from… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.01:00 pmNew Research Suggests Apple Could Expand the Foldable Market
A new study suggests Apple could expand the foldable smartphone market by attracting mainstream buyers who have yet to embrace the category. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.01:00 pm10 Apple Watch settings everyone should change
You may think that the simplicity of the device means that there aren’t a lot of Apple Watch settings to set. But you would be mistaken. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)12:23 pmNext-gen OLED Apple Watch displays could lead to longer battery life
Next-gen OLED Apple Watch displays coming as soon as next year could mean better power efficiency, leading to longer battery life. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)