Tim Cook - Image credit: Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook was entrepreneurial from an early age, using money from a paper route to save toward his college education. As the head of a major tech company, Tim Cook has a lot of experience dealing with business decisions and with money. In an interview discussing his…
Amazon issues new price cut on the latest MacBook Air - Image credit: Apple Amazon's hidden MacBook Air discount drops the price of the current M3 model to just $849.99 with an on-page coupon. If you're shopping on a budget and want the portability of the Air, this model has the M3 chip with an…
The U.S. investment bank TD Cowen has published a report (via AppleInsider) breaking down the individual parts of the iPhone 16 handsets and analyzing their respective costs. This bill of materials, or BOM, reveals the device’s pure manufacturing costs. (There are obviously other expenses, from R&D to marketing and shipping. But this is how much…
We’ve been wondering if Apple will hold a traditional event for its upcoming Mac announcements or release products directly to the web, perhaps over the course of several days. A post from Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing, seems to confirm the latter and strongly hints at what will be announced. He says…
Apple Intelligence launches with iOS 18.1. Image credit: Apple Apple head of software Craig Federighi was asked about Siri and Apple Intelligence, and while he couldn't discuss the future, he was sure Siri was never going to become some kind of sentient pal. Apple Intelligence will launch alongside iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia…
We know Black Friday is still weeks away, but this M2 MacBook Air deal looks like it might have been pushed early. Why? Because we’ve never seen this laptop down to $700 before. Yes, you read that right. The M2 MacBook Air is down to $699.99 at Amazon, its best price yet, and a solid…
Apple has a contentious relationship with allowing users to choose default apps on iPhone and iPad, and it has been the subject of a lot of legal action around the world. Imagine our surprise, then, when the company introduced some changes in the iOS 18.2 beta that make it easier to change some of your…
Apple has issued a new firmware update just for AirPods Pro 2. The firmware, version 7B19, applies to both the USB-C and Lightning version of the AirPods–the previous firmware version was 7A305. Most AirPods updates are just bug fixes, but this one enabled the new Hearing features of iOS 18.1, and Apple has release notes…
The System Settings app in macOS Sequoia Security policies are provided in macOS to restrict which apps can run outside of the usual protective system policies. Here's how macOS Sequoia can override system policies in some cases. Apple's macOS is one of the most secure operating systems in the world. Even so, no operating system…