Apple Begins Discontinuing iPhone SE and iPhone 14 in EU Ahead of USB-C Requirement

Starting today, the third-generation iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus, are listed as unavailable on Apple’s online store in Switzerland, ahead of a regulation that will require smartphones with wired charging capabilities that are newly placed for sale to be equipped with a USB-C port in the European Union (EU). Switzerland is not …
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ChatGPT for Mac Can Now Read Your Apple Notes – Here’s How

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its ChatGPT app for macOS, adding support for Apple Notes and a range of popular third-party apps. The update builds on last month’s release that introduced the ability to read on-screen content from select Mac apps. This expansion should broaden ChatGPT’s utility for both casual users and developers using …
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Apple Teams Up With NVIDIA to Speed Up AI Language Models

Apple has shared details on a collaboration with NVIDIA to greatly improve the performance of large language models (LLMs) by implementing a new text generation technique that offers substantial speed improvements for AI applications. Apple earlier this year published and open-sourced Recurrent Drafter (ReDrafter), an approach that combines beam search and dynamic tree attention methods …
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Apple Launched the Controversial ‘Trashcan’ Mac Pro 11 Years Ago Today

Apple launched the controversial “trashcan” Mac Pro eleven years ago today, introducing one of its most criticized designs that persisted through a period of widespread discontentment with the Mac lineup. The redesign took the ‌Mac Pro‌ in an entirely new direction, spearheaded by a polished aluminum cylindrical design that became unofficially dubbed the “trashcan” in …
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iCloud Backups No Longer Available for iPhones and iPads Running iOS 8 or Earlier

Making a device backup over iCloud now requires iOS 9 or later, which means iPhones and iPads that are running iOS 8 or earlier are no longer able to be backed up using ‌iCloud‌. Apple announced the change in November, and as of this week, it has gone into effect. Support for ‌iCloud‌ backups on …
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Apple’s 10th Gen iPad Returns to Black Friday Price of $249.99 ($99 Off)

Amazon has brought back the all-time low Black Friday price on Apple’s 10th generation iPad (64GB Wi-Fi), available for $249.99 in Silver, down from $349.00. You’ll need to clip an on-page coupon worth $29.01 in order to see the final deal price at checkout. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click …
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Apple Likely to Make Vision Pro Lineup More Affordable in Two Ways

Apple plans to launch its next-generation Vision headsets as early as 2026, and they will likely be more affordable, according to TrendForce. In line with previous rumors, the Taiwanese research firm today said Apple is planning to introduce both a next-generation Vision Pro and a mainstream headset, which would likely be named “Apple Vision” without …
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Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.1.1, Downgrading No Longer an Option

Apple has stopped signing iOS 18.1.1, preventing iPhone users who have upgraded to iOS 18.2 from downgrading to that version of iOS. Apple released iOS 18.2 a week ago on December 11. Apple often stops signing an older version of iOS, usually within a week or two after a new version is released. When an …
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Apple Faces Criticism Over AI-Generated News Headline Summaries

Apple is facing calls to remove its AI-powered notification summaries feature after it generated false headlines about a high-profile murder case, drawing criticism from a major journalism organization. Updated to iOS 18.2? Then you may have received this notification (image credit: BBC News) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged Apple to disable the Apple Intelligence …
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