Even without any announcements from Apple, CES dominated tech news this week with a host of upcoming products and technologies being demonstrated at the annual expo in Las Vegas. Other news in the Apple world this week included official word that the Apple Card will shift from Goldman Sachs to Chase, while iOS 26 appears …
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Apple’s MacBook Pro Turns 20 Years Old
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the MacBook Pro, unveiled by Steve Jobs as a “One More Thing” segment at the end of his Macworld San Francisco keynote on January 10, 2006. The MacBook Pro was an evolution of the previous PowerBook as the professional-level laptop in Apple’s lineup, but with the …
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Apple Reminding Users of Pending Home App Upgrade Requirement
Back in late 2022 and early 2023, Apple rolled out a new architecture for its Apple Home platform to deliver improved performance and compatibility, although the rollout came with some hiccups that forced Apple to pull and later re-release the upgrade. Three years later, Apple is now on the verge of ending support for the …
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U.S. Senators Ask Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok Apps Over Sexualized Image Generation
In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Ben Ray Lujan, and Edward Markey have requested that Apple and Google remove X Corp’s X and Grok apps from their app stores over recent incidents of “mass generation of nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children.” X …
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Apple Wins Another Round in AliveCor Legal Battle Over Heart Rate Tech
Apple this week secured another victory in its ongoing legal dispute with heart monitoring company AliveCor, after a federal appeals court upheld a 2024 ruling that found Apple’s changes to the Apple Watch were lawful product improvements rather than anticompetitive behavior. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision that rejected AliveCor’s …
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Apple Is Expected to Launch These Four MacBooks in 2026
2026 could be a bumper year for Apple’s Mac lineup, with the company expected to announce as many as four separate MacBook launches. Rumors suggest Apple will court both ends of the consumer spectrum, with more affordable options for students and feature-rich premium lines for users that seek the highest specifications from a laptop. Below …
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Best Apple Deals of the Week: Save on Anker’s Newest Nano Chargers, Plus Steep Discounts on M5 MacBook Pro and More
We tracked big discounts during the first full week of 2026, including a new record low price on the Apple Pencil Pro and pre-order discounts on Anker’s just-announced collection of Nano chargers. Below you’ll also find solid discounts on iPad mini 7, AirPods 4, and M5 MacBook Pro. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with …
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Get Your iPhone to Ask Callers Who They Are Before You Answer
Spam and cold calls have become such a nuisance that many people simply don’t answer their phone unless they recognize the number. In iOS 26, though, you can learn about who’s calling before you respond, thanks to a clever feature that intercepts unknown calls and asks the caller to identify themselves before your iPhone even …
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Squinting Face, Pickle, and Lighthouse Among New Emoji Coming to iOS
The Unicode Consortium has published a draft list of emoji that could come to smartphones and other devices in the future. The list shared by Emojipedia outlines 19 emoji candidates under consideration for Emoji 18.0, which is expected to be finalized in September 2026. Among the proposed additions are a squinting face emoji, left- and …
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iPhone Fold to Pave Way for Thinner, Brighter Display on iPhone Air 2
The iPhone Fold will be the first Apple device to adopt a Samsung-made OLED technology called CoE (Color Filter on Encapsulation), which could make the display brighter and thinner than previous panels, reports The Elec. In a traditional OLED panel, a polarizing film sits above the display to cut reflections and improve contrast. The drawback …
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