Bring Siri home with this super rare HomePod mini $20 discount

If you want a smart speaker with great sound and a small footprint, you can’t go wrong with a HomePod mini even at its full $99 MSRP. But today it’s an even better value: Best Buy is selling the HomePod mini for $80, savings of $20. This HomePod mini rarely ever goes on sale, so…

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Apple aims to get technology helping with all health issues

Enrollment screen for the US-only Apple Research app Following very many specific studies and research collaborations, Apple has announced a new program that takes a holistic overview of health. Previously, Apple has collaborated with medical researchers on issues ranging from menstrual cycles and even pickelball, to hearing loss and also sleep tracking. Now the company…

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Indonesia wins as Apple considers manufacturing iPhones there

iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Plus -- still banned in Indonesia Four months since Indonesia banned sales of the iPhone 16 and demanded increasing investment from Apple, it is reported that the company is talking to its suppliers about building the iPhone locally. Indonesia banned sales of the iPhone 16 in October 2024, shortly after…

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Apple Maps renames Gulf of Mexico after mounting partisan pressure & official database update

Apple Maps slowly being updated with Gulf of Mexico name change The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America on Apple Maps for users in the United States after a mapping database update and further criticism from Republican lawmakers. It appeared that Apple would take a half-step in renaming the Gulf of Mexico…

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Apple now lets you transfer purchases from one Apple Account to another

Purchases can now be migrated from one Apple Account to another Apple has made it possible for users to move their purchased content, such as apps and music, from one Apple Account to a different one of their choosing. Here's how it works. The change was revealed on Tuesday through a support document on the…

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Apple Vision Pro, iPhone SE 4, & smaller announcements in coming days

Apple Vision Pro announcement coming, but no mention of iPads Apple's 2025 is about to get busy with impending product launches, and new leaked info suggests some news big and small will be shared over the next week, which culminates in the iPhone SE 4 launch. Things have been quiet product-wise for Apple in 2025…

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How to stop macOS Sequoia sharing your Safari and Spotlight searches with Apple

You can turn off sending search data to Apple in System Settings. By default, macOS Sequoia sends your Safari, Spotlight, and Siri searches to Apple. Here's how to turn that setting off. In macOS Sequoia Apple retrieves some of your search data for analysis to improve searches. This info can include (but is not limited…

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Apple Watch Series 10 owners report speaker problems

An unknown number of Apple Watch Series 10 users are finding that the speaker volume is far too low, sometimes after months of it sounding fine. Speaker quality is one of the many reasons AppleInsider concluded that the Apple Watch Series 10 was worth buying. For the first time, this and the Apple Watch Ultra…

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Another Steve Jobs-signed business card hits the auction block

For those looking to add to their collection of Apple rarities, a business card signed by the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs is now up for auction — just be prepared to pay a lot. The card in question is a "highly coveted circa 1983 Apple Computer business card of Steve Jobs, which is signed…

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