The AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Health are $70 off right now

Sure, the AirPods Pro 2 might be a couple of years old, but Apple keeps making them better through firmware features. The latest turns them into a bonafide hearing aid with iOS 18.1, but what’s even better, however, is the fact that you can get these $249 earbuds for just $179 right now. When we…

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Apple’s record Q4 2024 earnings: Services, iPhones sales up; tax hit eats into profit

Apple on Thursday announced its fourth quarter 2024 earnings, posting revenue of $94.9 billion for the quarter, a 6 percent increase year over year, and a record for the quarter. Quarterly earnings per diluted share are $0.97. Diluted earnings per share was $1.64, up 12 percent year over year. The company reported $14.7 billion in profit. Apple…

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New Macs, new Apple Intelligence, and more money for Apple, on the AppleInsider Podcast

An Image Playground-generated image of Tim Cook (right) next to the logo for the new Mac announcements In a week, Apple announced three new Macs, shipped Apple Intelligence, and made its quarterly earnings report. There's so much to examine on this episode of the AppleInsider Podcast, including the future of the iMac. The iMac was…

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Podcast #797 – Ryzen 7 9800X3D Details Revealed, AMD Financials, Supermicro Fiasco, 24H2 Issues, Google cookies & fines!

Welcome to the creepiest PC hardware podcast on the net, and that's on a NORMAL week. We've got Intel Core Ultra, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Windows 24H2 ... but will we surpass our… Source

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Apple makes $1.1 billion commitment to expanding satellite messaging

Apple is committing over a billion dollars more to its existing satellite provider GlobalStar in order to have it expand its ground bases and add more satellites for iPhone messaging. Now its satellite provider GlobalStar has announced a new expansion of its Apple deal, which comes in two parts. The first has Apple paying up…

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First M4 Max benchmark tears apart the M2 Ultra Mac Studio

The MacBook Pro line now includes M4 Max chips The M4 Max is the most powerful chip in Apple's collection, with an early benchmark showing the MacBook Pro leaving the Mac Studio or Mac Pro with M2 Ultra in its dust. Late on Thursday, supposed benchmarks for the M4 Pro surfaced on Geekbench, seemingly showing…

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College football teams enthuse about nano-texture iPad Pro

Using the iPad Pro with nano-texture during a game Apple has highlighted how three college football conferences have adopted the iPad Pro, and say the nano-texture display makes them useful on the sidelines. It was in May 2024 that Apple released the first iPad Pro with a nano-texture display that was designed to cut down…

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Apple acquires the team behind Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator - Image credit: Pixelmator In a surprise Friday announcement, Pixelmator, the team behind the Mac image editing app, announced that it is being acquired by Apple. Posted to the company's blog on Friday, Pixelmator shares the news that it has been picked up by Apple. The acquisition, the terms of which are unknown, brings…

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