Month:August 2025

Apple’s iOS 26 update, currently in beta, brings a nice optional upgrade to screen capture quality with HDR (High Dynamic Range) capture support. The new feature captures or video-records what’s on your iPhone’s screen while preserving rich colors and detail. HDR screenshots are particularly valuable when capturing content with high contrast – like bright app …
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Apple executives have reportedly discussed acquiring Mistral AI and Perplexity, The Information reports. Services chief Eddy Cue is apparently the most vocal advocate of a deal to buy AI firms to bolster the company’s offerings. Cue previously supported propositions of Apple acquiring Netflix and Tesla, both of which Apple CEO Tim Cook turned down. Other …
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Amazon this week is providing low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. Colors on sale at this price include Purple, Space Gray, and Blue. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, …
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Parallels Desktop 26 for Mac has just been released, bringing new features and performance enhancements to the virtualization software, including full support for Apple’s forthcoming macOS Tahoe operating system. In an effort to reduce user confusion, Parallels Desktop 26 now follows the same new versioning practice that Apple’s operating systems have adopted this year. This …
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Spotify is rolling out a new direct messaging feature that allows users to share music, podcast, and audiobook recommendations directly within the app. Messages is launching this week in select markets for Free and Premium users aged 16 and older. The feature integrates into Spotify’s existing sharing functionality – tap the share icon while listening …
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Apple hasn’t updated the AirPods Pro since 2022 other than a shift from Lightning to USB-C, and the earbuds are due for a refresh. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple will launch AirPods Pro 3 later this year, and apart from new features like heart rate monitoring, we’re also expecting a few design changes. The …
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Apple has quietly expanded availability of its music transfer tool to six additional countries, allowing users to import playlists and libraries from competing streaming services directly into Apple Music. The feature initially launched in Australia and New Zealand in May 2025, and is now available in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, …
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Apple is planning to completely change the design of the iPhone over the course of the next three years, leading to a radically different “‌iPhone‌ 20” to celebrate the ‌iPhone‌’s 20th anniversary in 2027. Here’s what’s coming. 2025 In 2025, Apple plans to debut the iPhone 17 Air, a much thinner version of the ‌iPhone‌. …
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Apple today released the fifth public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and tvOS 26, allowing the public to test the updates ahead of their September launch. The fifth public betas come a week after the fourth public betas, and the updates correspond with the eighth developer betas that were released earlier today. …
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Apple today provided developers with iOS 26 beta 8, which means that beta testing is likely coming to an end. Apple typically only seeds eight developer betas of an iOS update before the software gets a final launch. Apple did not go beyond eight betas for iOS 18, iOS 17, iOS 16, iOS 15, iOS …
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