Macworld Podcast: The seriousness of Apple’s Siri situation
Apple Intelligence and Siri have been making a lot of noise lately, and all for the wrong reasons. In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about how Apple has made a mess of…
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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale drops Apple’s high-end Mac Mini to a new low-end price
The tiny Mac Mini M4 Pro just dropped to its very best price over at Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. Now available for just $1,249, this micro machine is $150 off its usual $1,399. This is…
Go save $50 on Apple’s massive 140W charger right now
Keeping your devices charged and ready to go is essential, but nowadays, most tech products don’t come with power adapters anymore, including the iPads and iPhones Apple sells. Even if you don’t need one, this…
No joke! Apple’s super-soft $19 Polishing Cloth is just $7 today
Apple’s Polishing Cloth is the butt of many jokes due to its high price, but it’s actually a fantastic cleaning tool and one of the best we’ve ever used. So today’s deal is a great…
iPhone 16e C1 Speedtest results show how impressive Apple’s new modem is
A few weeks ago, we ran all over town comparing upload and download speeds of the iPhone 16e with Apple’s new C1 modem against the iPhone 16 with Qualcomm’s X71M. The results were clear: Qualcomm…
There’s a firmware update for Apple’s new MagSafe charger (but not the old one)
While we’re still waiting for iOS 18.4 to arrive with new emoji and Visual Intelligence for the Action button, Apple issued a slightly smaller update this week that most people won’t notice.: the 25W MagSafe…
Apple’s first foldable iPhone could cost more than the priciest iPad Pro
The Apple rumorsphere is suddenly full of foldables. Yesterday we covered the theory that the iPhone 17 Air, if successful, will be followed by folding (and portless) iPhones starting next year. And on the same…
Apple’s Lockdown Mode is good for security — but its notifications are baffling
As a paranoid journalist, I am an enthusiastic user of Apple’s opt-in “extreme protection” feature, Lockdown Mode. Apple launched Lockdown Mode in 2022, and since then the security feature is considered a must-use for dissidents…
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge
Privacy rights groups have called on Apple’s legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) version of its iCloud storage service to be heard in public, rather…
Apple’s smart home hub delayed to ‘align’ with ‘dramatic’ iOS 19 launch
After a flurry of announcements over the past several weeks, we were wondering if Apple had any tricks left up its sleeve before WWDC in June, most notably its smart-home “HomePad” hub that was rumored…