Amazon is again offering steep price cuts on Apple's current MacBook Pro line, with a $500 discount in effect this weekend on a high-end M5 Max model with a spacious 2TB SSD. Save $500 on Apple's M5 Max 14-inch MacBook Pro - Image credit: Apple This weekend's $500 discount applies to the M5 Max MacBook Pro 14-inch with an 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 36GB of RAM. The Space Black laptop also has 2TB of storage, providing extra space for files and apps over the entry-level 1TB M5 Pro . Save $500 ..

Apple may raise the prices of the iPhone 17 roster on August 10, bringing the smartphones in line with other products affected by the memory pricing crisis. The iPhone 17 will be around for a while longer, but it could soon get a price rise. After months of being insulated from the rapidly rising cost of memory plaguing the tech industry, Apple increased the prices of most products in late June. A month and a half later, the iPhone could do the same. According to a Friday post to Weibo, leaker ..

One of Apple's memory suppliers is making a massive investment to expand chip production amid global shortages, but it won't make your next iPhone any cheaper. Apple supplier SK hynix invests $38B in AI memory Image credit: SK Hynix On Friday, SK hynix announced that it has approved a 54 trillion won ($38.3 billion) investment to build two new semiconductor fabrication plants in South Korea. The investment includes 35.2 trillion won ($24 billion) towards the Yongin Y2 facility, which will ..

Apple obviously knows, and perhaps some of its retail staff have at least a clue, but for the rest of us, here's the best estimate of when the iPhone 18 Pro will be announced. Mockup of a possible iPhone 18 Pro Max, which is rumored to come in a dark cherry red. No question, it'll be in September. Apple has held its iPhone launches in October, but since 2011 the only time it has done that was during COVID. The question is when in September we'll find out the all-important updates and, more than ..

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro is right around the corner, and the rumor mill started earlier than normal. Here's what you need to know. Apple's iPhone 18 Pro will feature numerous improvements over the iPhone 17 Pro. In 2025, Apple gave its high-end iPhone a major redesign, with the iPhone 17 Pro featuring a distinct pill-shaped camera plateau, an aluminum frame, and a bright orange color option. Inside, the A19 Pro chip bumped up the RAM to 12GB, and the phone even gained a vapor chamber cooling ..

The original Mac Pro is 20 years old today and even though the whole range is now gone, people are still celebrating this old, favorite workhorse from a time when it was the clear top of Apple's lineup. The distinctive 2006 Mac Pro Apple finally killed off the Mac Pro in March 2026 , just shy of its 20th anniversary, but its death throes really began six years earlier as Macs transitioned to Apple Silicon . The Mac Pro was the last to make the leap away from Intel, and by then it didn't matter. ..

Someone has to pay for all this AI, nothing is foolproof, and Apple's lawsuit with OpenAI is only just beginning, all on the AppleInsider Podcast. The cost of iPhone components is only getting higher. As Wesley briefly covered on the previous episode, artificial intelligence is costing companies billions with very little return. Every new tool comes with a new cost, sometimes money, sometimes privacy. It's a grab bag of topics with people putting iPhones in freezers, getting Uber email scams, ..

You may like Pages and you may tolerate Microsoft Word, but text editor BBEdit has been rightly earning devotees on the Mac for 34 years. Here's how. Software used to come in boxes. I know. Image credit: Bare Bones Software. There are very few Mac apps that go back this far, and even fewer that remain both actively developed and actually beloved by its users. And there is only one with the trademark "It doesn't suck." BBEdit is just a text editor, but rather than this meaning it is limited, it ..

For smartphones selling at over $600, Apple owns 65% of that market and grew 9% year over year in the first half of 2026. However, Chinese brands are making a dent in local market share. iPhone demand increases Apple's premium market share Apple ships 23% of all smartphones sold globally and captures 49% of all profit . It's a behemoth on its own, but when accounting for smartphones in the $600 plus range, it's the clear leader in market share. According to a report from Counterpoint Research, ..

Jon Prosser was sued by Apple over the alleged theft of pre-release information, saw a default ruling due to inaction, had that overturned, and is once again failing to provide discovery materials. There's a reason this time. Jon Prosser in his latest video about Apple. Image source: FPT Life hasn't been easy for Jon Prosser since a July 2025 lawsuit from Apple accused him and Michael Ramacciotti of stealing information from Apple employee Ethan Lipnik's test device. He says he's not guilty, ..

OpenAI continues to churn out upgrades to its various GPT models, the latest GPT-5.6 promises to be more succinct and provide confident wrong answers less often. Here's what's new. ChatGPT gets a slider for compute intensity Apple and OpenAI have a relationship where ChatGPT is an extension for the previous version of Siri, though that could come to an end soon. The latest updates don't affect users of that specific function, but the Mac utilities and iOS app will gain new features and ..

Details have leaked about OpenAI's new hardware, and by all accounts, it's going to be shaped and sized a lot like a second-generation Alexa Dot, be battery-powered, and retail for between $300 and $400. Amazon Echo Dot, second generation The rumor mill has been loaded with rumors about OpenAI's hardware. A new accounting of the device says it will be a smart speaker without a display. Furthermore, it is rumored to be about the same size as a hockey puck, like the second-generation Echo Dot ..

Fans of "Widow's Bay" in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco can catch a free screening of the series' final three episodes of the first season at select AMC theaters. Image Credit: Apple TV "Widow's Bay" made its debut in April, quickly becoming an Apple TV hit. The series has been praised for blending genuine horror with character-driven comedy. Even with its late premiere date, it earned 19 Emmy nominations. That includes the coveted Best Comedy Series. ..

Apple has rolled out another round of security updates for macOS Tahoe , macOS Sequoia, and macOS Sonoma. Apple releases security updates for Mac operating system lineup Thursday's update is the second round of macOS updates to be released in less than two weeks. According to Apple, the patch solves an issue with Screen Sharing. The patch note reads, "An attacker on the network may be able to authenticate to Screen Sharing without valid credentials." Apple says that the issue was addressed with ..

Time is running out to grab limited-time deals on Apple's latest MacBook Air laptops, with M5 models now up to $200 off. Many deals end this weekend. Save up to $200 on Apple's M5 MacBook Air today - Image credit: Apple Both Amazon and B&H; are running back-to-school deals on M5 MacBook Air notebooks, resulting in discounts of up to $200 off. Whether you're in the market for a premium 15-inch configuration with 24GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 70W USB-C power adapter that's marked down to $1,819 or ..

Adobe's newest AI ChatGPT plugin shows that the company doesn't care where people create, but more on ensuring they create with Adobe. Image generated with Adobe and ChatGPT On Thursday, Adobe and OpenAI rolled out a new feature. A new ChatGPT tool that would combine more than 70 of Adobe's creative tools into a single plugin, accessible by typing @Adobe. If you've got an Adobe account , you can go to ChatGPT, install the Adobe plugin, and begin generating... Well, whatever you want, really. ..

ChatGPT maker OpenAI wants Apple's lawsuit dismissed, calling it "rotten to the core" and a pretext for how the firm is failing in AI and at keeping its staff. ChatGPT is in the App Store now While Apple went back to court to ask that its lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft be sped up, OpenAI initially turned to the court of public opinion. But it has now responded to Apple's latest filing with one of its own, presented to a US judge with the request that the case be ..

Researchers have uncovered Mac malware that can steal credentials and drain all or a selected percentage of a cryptocurrency wallet, in yet another reminder not to paste random commands from the internet into Terminal. New malware via ClickFix The Go-based malware arrived through a ClickFix attack , which disguises a malicious instruction as a CAPTCHA or error message. Instead of exploiting macOS , the attackers persuaded the victim to run the command that installed their malware for them. Once ..

Apple's new A20 Pro processor isn't being cranked out as fast as it could be because of RAM shortages, and that is reportedly slowing assembly of the iPhone 18 Pro , and the folding iPhone. That's not great. Render of a possible iPhone 18 Pro - image credit: AppleInsider The fact that there's a RAM crisis and supply problem isn't a new revelation. What is, however, is the fact that in Apple's and TSMC's most complex processor, that uses a new manufacturing technique, RAM supply may be gumming ..

Amazon has launched a steeper AirPods Pro 3 discount this August, dropping the earbuds to a 30-day low of $189.99. Grab AirPods Pro 3 at a 30-day low price of $189.99. Amazon has dropped AirPods Pro 3 down to $189.99 , reflecting a $60 discount off the premium earbuds. This is the lowest price we've seen since Prime Day 2026. Buy AirPods Pro 3 for $189.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider Discuss on our Forums

The high-profile television version of Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities" will reportedly no longer be made for Apple TV because of creative differences. Apple TV will not go ahead with a series dramatization of "The Bonfire of the Vanities." This would have been the third version of Wolfe's famous 1980s novel about greed and Wall Street, and it was to be made by "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" writer/producer David E. Kelley. Now according to Deadline , the deal is off and the ..

Apple has been testing memory made by China's CXMT as a lower-cost supplier as its regular suppliers hike up prices, but CXMT is demanding what Samsung gets paid for RAM. A Samsung LPDDR5X memory chip - Image Credit: Samsung It was an idea that would help Apple in the short term at best, and it was one that got it repeated criticism from US senators and memory firms . But with the global chip shortage only getting worse because of demands from AI firms, Apple asked Trump to allow it to buy from ..

No, your Uber payment method didn't expire, it's just a scam attempting to steal your payment information. Here's how to spot such scams. Spotting a scam email isn't always easy, but knowing what to look for goes a long way Email is a ubiquitous tool that everyone needs for basic web access and account creation. While some tools like Hide My Email attempt to reduce spam, they aren't foolproof . Users across social media and some staff at AppleInsider have received a bogus email claiming to be ..

A one-line command in your macOS terminal can get you access to Meta's Muse Code, which aims to be a transparent AI coding tool that can work across large repositories. Meta's Muse Code is a new AI coding tool for macOS. Image source: Meta There are already coding agents like Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex available for macOS, but Meta wants to enter the ring with its latest AI toolset. Unlike the others, it doesn't have an app interface and runs through the Terminal. According to an ..

Apple's employee lottery for the September iPhone launch doesn't mean it will be a return to a live-presented event. It'll probably be the same pre-recorded presentation with press in the room as usual. John Ternus will introduce Apple's event in September. It will probably be prerecorded. It's barely a month away from Apple's regular fall event, which will see the launch of products like the iPhone 18 Pro , the iPhone Fold , and other long-rumored items. It is always a major event, with most ..

Apple is preparing some smart home updates, with a new HomePod mini expected soon. Here's what to expect from Apple's small wireless speaker. HomePod mini 2 shouldn't change much from the first-gen's external appearance. Apple's HomePod mini is a key part of the smart home. While it is obviously a great and compact speaker and a way to communicate with Siri without using your iPhone , it's also a hub to manage all of your smart home devices using Apple Home . However, since its release in 2020, ..

A new study covering wearing an Apple Vision Pro during certain surgeries has concluded that it is superior to existing medical equipment, and is very much worth the relatively small cost. The Apple Vision Pro has proven to be a useful tool for cataract surgery. Apple Vision Pro has been used for surgery since it first came out, and surgeons have already said that it is so light it saves them pain and injury . Now a study conducted at the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Institute, has directly compared ..

Even though Apple now supports RCS to let Android users join in iMessage conversations, the risky Sunbird app is back to persuade them to route everything through its servers anyway. Don't do it to yourself. That would be Android phones it's talking about. You're on an iPhone, you're fine. Image credit: Sunbird Previously on Sunbird... it was an Android app that let users partake in Apple iMessage conversations without a green bubble , and with myriad security problems. It came and it went, and ..

Apple's powerhouse 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 Max chip and 40-core GPU is $500 off today, the largest discount currently available across the 16-inch lineup. Save $500 on Apple's loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon - Image credit: Apple Amazon is slashing $500 off Apple's premium 16-inch MacBook Pro with a top-of-the-line M5 Max chip. Equipped with an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU, the high-end model also has an upgrade to 48GB of RAM and a spacious 2TB SSD. Save $500 on M5 Max 16" MacBook ..

Boat owners are getting a new entertainment option as they bob on the water, as Crest Marine and Balise bring CarPlay to pontoons. Savvy Navvy on CarPlay, on a boat's infotainment system - Image Credit: Savvy Navvy Apple CarPlay is intended as a way to interact with your iPhone safely through a vehicle's infotainment system. While that vehicle has been cars, vans, and trucks so far, it's about to go very off-road, and off-land too. Announced during the annual dealer meeting of Crest Marine on ..

Apple's Newton handheld computer was both the company's biggest failure and its greatest peek into the future. Now, 33 years after launch, AppleInsider reminisces about what Newton was, what it meant, and where it went wrong. Apple's original Newton - image credit: Apple Back in 1993, Apple's press officers did the rounds of every technology magazine there was. When they reached one in London, they had the speech down pat. In particular, they knew how to fend off criticisms by asking questions ..

Shockwaves from the global RAM and SSD crisis continue to echo through home electronics pricing, and RAM manufacturers are reaping massive profits. A fix is coming, but it is a long time away and may not make any difference at all to consumers. This is what it feels like buying RAM these days. It's been a long time since RAM pricing at retail has been something that we've needed to keep an eye on. We still don't need to track sales on DIMM sticks, given how Apple sells and packages RAM on the ..

As it generally goes with social media advice, viral posts telling iPhone owners to refrigerate overheated devices should be ignored as that will cause more damage than the heat itself. Here's why, and what you should do instead. Don't put your iPhone in the refrigerator or freezer. It's been a hot summer. Record-smashing high temperatures have been responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths and made it miserable for hundreds of millions of people. But it's not just people, pets, ..

TikTok boasted about adding measures to protect teenagers from harmful content, but deliberately kept them from 15 million Americans until one killed himself, and then lied about being responsible. TikTok intentionally disabled new safety features for a control group of around 15 million Americans. Even before the US questioned the security of Chinese social media platform TikTok, the service's parent company was regularly under fire over child safety fears . All social media platforms were ..

Apple's memory supply woes are going to continue, as suppliers have already sold their entire production capacity of memory at high prices for all of 2027. Expect iPhone upgrades to cost more this year, and next. A Samsung LPDDR5X memory chip - Image Credit: Samsung The tech industry's ongoing nightmare of memory pricing is expected to be a long-term problem. It seems that it will still be an issue until the end of 2027 at a minimum. According to industry insider sources of DigiTimes on Tuesday ..

Ahead of producing the iPhone 18 Pro and the folding iPhone , Apple's main manufacturer Foxconn has announced the greatest monthly earnings in its 52-year history, and says it's all down to AI demand. A Foxconn factory - image credit: Foxconn In late July 2026 , Foxconn began its annual recruitment drive to get enough workers to produce the forthcoming iPhone 18 Pro . But according to Reuters , the company has now reported figures for July that already saw it earn $29.6 billion. It's the ..

If you've been dying to run macOS on iPad hardware natively, a jailbreak solution has emerged for M1 and M2 iPads running iPadOS 16, though it is extremely experimental. Get macOS on an iPad via jailbreak There has been an endless debate surrounding the iPad since Apple debuted the first iPad Pro . It runs iPadOS , a branch of iOS , which is much more locked down compared to macOS. Users that want to use macOS on an iPad can finally give it a try, but it'll be a limited experience. The GitHub ..

Apple requires all browsers to use WebKit on iPhone, so a report suggests every browser is affected by three separate leaks that can hand off information around a proxy or iCloud Private Relay . WebKit browsers can leak data past proxies and iCloud Private Relay When users install proxy browsers or Tor, they expect absolute privacy while navigating the web. However, one developer has discovered that three separate data leaks can occur while using WebKit browsers on iOS or macOS . According to ..

Apple has introduced new beta firmware for AirPods , AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max, so that developers can continue testing out inbound iOS 27 features. AirPods Pro Apple will be introducing a number of new features for select AirPods models this fall, as part of the iOS 27 and other 27-gen operating system releases. Ahead of that release, it is testing out the features via beta firmware builds. The new firmware, build 9A5336b, replaces the previous build , 9A5314b, which Apple seeded on July 7. ..

The brief removal and restoration of Telegram from the App Store was a targeted attack by a "takedown extortionist," and it's something the company's CEO says can be weaponized against other apps, too. Telegram On Monday evening, Telegram was removed from the App Store for a number of hours, following a report that CSAM material was posted to it. The following day, the fallout of the event revealed it was a worse situation than first thought. It apparently wasn't a user, but someone weaponizing ..