HomePod with built-in screen now expected in late 2025

An artist's rendition of a HomePod with a display The much-rumored HomePod with a display has been delayed again, claims analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, but will include Apple Intelligence when it launches. Claims of a HomePod with some kind of iPad-like screen affixed to it have been rumored for years, and most recently it's been referred…

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Apple Intelligence is seven years in the making, says Cook

In a new interview, CEO Tim Cook says that Apple began looking into what became Apple Intelligence in 2017, just as Apple Park was opening. It's been repeatedly claimed that Apple is behind the industry on artificial intelligence, and that's just as often been refuted. Now before it became known as Apple Intelligence, Tim Cook…

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Use encrypted apps while US faces hacking threat, says FBI

Image credit: Elchinator on Pixabay The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say that Americans should use encrypted apps such as iMessage and FaceTime to be safe from foreign hackers. It's an about-face for the FBI, which has for years demanded that Apple allow the agency unencrypted access to Messages. The new warning comes…

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What to expect from Apple’s spring releases from M4 MacBook Air to iPhone SE

Apple's early 2025 is packed with possible product announcements Apple is set to have a packed spring with an AirTag refresh, the AI-powered Home Hub, an M4 MacBook Air, iPhone SE 4, iPad 11, and possibly more. Here's what to expect. Rumor season never ends, though it never fails that one leaker or another predicts…

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Apple struggles to fit Apple Intelligence in with China’s demands

Apple Intelligence faces delays in China The deal between Apple and local firm Baidu to bring a form of Apple Intelligence to China is reportedly faltering because of technical and philosophical privacy issues. Apple Intelligence could provide the boost to iPhone sales in China that Apple needs, after years of decline and increasing local competition.…

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Stellantis cars denies hiring Apple’s Luca Maestri to solve its problems

Luca Maestri -- image credit: Apple Netherlands car firm Stellantis may be best known for buying Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and Chrysler, but it says it is definitely not buying ex-Apple CFO Luca Maestri. Stellantis cars waited until its shares rose before denying reports that it has hired ex-Apple CFO Luca Maestri as its new CEO.…

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