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New Apple CEO John Ternus is reportedly planning layoffs ranging from small-scale ones in large teams, but also cancelling projects. John Ternus at the "Ted Lasso" launch - image credit: Reuters Apple has recently laid off some staff from Apple Vision Pro development, but a new report says that employees across the company are expecting more serious numbers of redundancies to come. According to B…

Since the iPhone 18 Pro went on sale, police in Hong Kong have dealt with over 1,500 cases of buyers using suspicious credit cards. They think Apple can stop it. Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max. Hong Kong criminals have been involved in international theft before, and the Apple's progress in China at least initially faced bribery and fraud . Now according to local news site The Standard , fraudsters ar…

Only Apple knows what it expected for yields, but manufacturers are claiming that the iPhone Duo is difficult to manufacture at scale, with its folding screen and hinge complicating production. iPhone Duo production struggles as assembly yields suffer Assembly yields for the iPhone Duo remain low, while component delays have shortened the time available to refine production. Apple now faces a fam…

Get nostalgic and take a stroll down the iOS memory lane by emulating the iPod touch 2G on your Mac , all thanks to Light Touch. Here's how to do it. Light Touch for macOS While learning and experiencing earlier versions of Apple's operating systems is best done using old hardware that runs it, sometimes that's hard to do. Unless you're an avid collector and preserver of Apple's hardware, you may…

Apple has doubled down on its claims that removing ICEblock and similar apps from the App Store was necessary for safety, though chiefly because it was never going to admit to bowing to government pressure. ICEBlock in the App Store, pre-removal In July 2025, the Department of Justice publicly threatened the developer of ICEblock, an app that let users say when Immigration and Enforcement Officer…

There are some interesting choices to make, if you're looking at buying a 2026 Mac Studio. There is one clear choice for Mac-centric workflows, and one for a AI powerhouse. Mac Studio review: On the desk Despite the drama on the Internet about the Mac Studio, Apple has always had $5000+ computers to sell you. The 2026 Mac Studio lineup is not an exception, but rather an exemplar. There was the Ma…

Lawyers for the winning side, Taction Technology, say that they expect Apple to negotiate the loss down and so also cut back the law firm's profits. How terrible for them. Inside a haptic engine - image credit: Taptic Technology. Apple was found guilty of infringing the patents of Taction Technology in its Taptic Engine, as used in the Apple Watch and many more devices, with a jury awarding damag…

If you don't want keep paying Adobe, switch to Gimp. Here's how to make Gimp have a user interface very similar to Photoshop with PhotoGimp. Make Gimp more like Photoshop with PhotoGimp The creative industry is a heavy user of Adobe's Creative Cloud, with it a staple in production houses and studios around the world. Photoshop is one of the many tools within that package, and is widely used withi…

The Huion Kamvas Pad 12 is a portable drawing tablet for artists on the move. While it does compete with the iPad , it offers a lot if you're prepared to suffer through Android to Apple data transport foibles Huion Kamvas Pad 12 Review: Laid flat Huion's quality and versatility have improved by leaps and bounds over the past few years, and it is back again with the Kamvas Pad 12. It's a new porta…

The first granular updates to Apple's milestone operating system releases have arrived, with 27.0.1 updates now here for iOS , iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. iPhone 18 Pro Apple released its major yearly operating system revision on September 14, bringing iOS, iPadOS , macOS , watchOS , tvOS , and visionOS to the 27 generation. Two weeks later, Apple's released the first small update to the public.…

In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. Meta's Muse mascot | Image credit: Meta/Alexandr Wang If you use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or WhatsApp, you've probably been inundated with prompts to try out Meta's next big questionable service: Muse. And it's no…

The forthcoming iPhone Duo has more features than Apple has revealed, including a whole series of faces for its StandBy mode. Here's what to eventually look for. Editing one of the new StandBy faces - image credit: pdfu While pre-orders for iPhone Duo don't start until October 16 , and the Xcode betas still don't show developers everything, one has found many new options coming to iOS 27 for this…

Amazon continues to unveil month-end deals, with Apple's M5 15-inch MacBook Air falling to $1,399, and upgraded models up to $150 off. Grab month-end MacBook Air deals at Amazon - Image credit: Apple If you're looking for the lowest 15-inch MacBook Air price, Amazon's month-end $1,399 deal is worth checking out. It slashes $100 off the standard M5 spec with 16GB of unified memory and 512GB of sto…

On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we go through a slew of new Apple smart home leaks before covering the news from Anker's security event. Smart Home Insider Podcast After digging through more of Apple's code, Aaron Perris was able to uncover several new references to unreleased smart home devices. This includes Apple TV 4K , HomePod mini , and possibly a full-size HomePod…

A lawsuit accusing Apple and Amazon of colluding to limit sales of products to consumers in the UK is being revived, with both companies potentially facing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Apple and Amazon logos In 2018, Apple and Amazon reached an agreement that allowed regional Amazon stores to sell Apple and Beats hardware. The agreement has been legally problematic for both tech gi…