Apple’s updated M4 MacBook Air could arrive sooner than expected

M4 MacBook Air could arrive earlier in 2025 than initially expected Apple is set to have a busy spring with new iPads, iPhone SE 4, and M4 in MacBook Air, but those new MacBooks could come earlier according to a new rumor. Mountains of rumors indicate that Apple is set to announce a handful of…

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Apple planning iOS 18.2.1 update with general bug fixes

Apple could release an iOS 18.2.1 update in the near future. Apple appears to be working on a minor update for its iPhone operating system, with different claims hinting towards the release of iOS 18.2.1 in the near future. Although iOS 18.3 was made available for developer testing on December 16, iOS 18.2 remains the…

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Apple Pay campaign raised $3 million for fight against AIDS

Apple has donated $3 million to fight AIDS worldwide. The annual Apple Pay donation campaign, which serves to help vulnerable communities affected by AIDS, has raised a total of $3 million in 2024. Apple has a long-standing partnership with the Global Fund, an organization that provides healthcare and distributes funding to people affected by HIV,…

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iPhone 18 Pro expected to have a variable aperture camera system

The rear cameras of a Pro-tier iPhone Apple's rumored iPhone 18 Pro camera update has surfaced again, with the use of a variable aperture wide-angle lens expected to offer improved depth of field effects in photography. The iPhone 17 was rumored in July to gain a variable aperture system, which can change the way photographers…

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App Store age ratings process isn’t enough, say child safety organizations

Apple's age rating system in the App Store is not doing enough to protect children, a report claims, after a day's worth of research found a high proportion of apps deemed acceptable to children actually posed a risk. Apple has various systems and mechanisms in place to make the use of an iPhone, iPad, or…

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Apple’s smart home plan, 18.3 changes, & xBloom smart coffee maker review on HomeKit Insider

On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your hosts talk through even more smart home rumors from Apple, talk about the new 18.3 releases, and review the xBloom smart coffee maker. This week on AppleInsider we rounded up all of the most recent Apple rumors for the smart home and tried to put them…

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M5 Pro may separate out GPU and CPU for new server-grade processors

TSMC has just announced an all-new chip production process called "A16" Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will move away from its current processor designs that keep the CPU and GPU cores on the same chip — and see a performance gain. One of the reasons for Apple Silicon's speed over the previous Intel processors…

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This macOS app converts video to MP4 and compresses 4K video

Easily convert videos, audio files and DVDs with Video Proc Converter - Image credit: Digiarty VideoProc Converter lets you convert videos to MP4, MOV and other universally supported formats that work seamlessly across Apple and Windows devices. For Mac users, dealing with unsupported video formats or oversized files can be frustrating. File types like WMV,…

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Apple’s smart home push could include an Amazon Ring killer

After largely ignoring the smart home for years, Apple is poised to make a grand entrance in 2025. Rumors claim Apple is gearing up to launch a new iPad-like home controller in 2025 as well as smart home-centric updates to the HomePod mini and Apple TV. And now there’s a new rumored product on the…

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