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Apple's UK headquarters at the famous Battersea Power Station has added a new Apple Music venue for live concerts and Spatial Audio recording. The new Apple Music Hall - image credit: Apple Apple Battersea is home to both an Apple Store and the company's main UK offices, each housed within the iconic Battersea Power Station . Now there's also Apple Music Hall, a 600-seat auditorium with 48-speake…

Mac mini SSDs see a regression while Mac Studio continues to have slotted SSDs with serialized components, though it is clear Apple doesn't want the user messing with either. Getting to the SSD storage module in a new Mac Studio - image credit: Apple. Apple always used to solder its Mac storage in place, making it a permanent and so unchangeable, unrepairable feature. Given that Apple charges mor…

Amazon's 2026 Mac mini and Mac Studio deals deliver the lowest prices as the new desktops hit store shelves. Grab 2026 Mac mini, Mac Studio deals on release day. Despite releasing today, Amazon has issued deals on the brand-new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Save $30 on Apple's M6 Mac mini when you opt for 512GB of storage, bringing the upgraded spec down to $1,069.99 . This configuration has the new M…

The Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode aims to use Apple Intelligence to prioritize notifications to cut them down, yet not have you miss anything important. Here's how to use it. The Reduce Notifications Focus Mode A strength of Apple Intelligence is that rather than some separate ChatGPT-like app, its features are woven into all aspects of the iPhone , iPad , and Mac . But that also makes it confu…

The Boox Tab X C wants to be your eReader, notebook, and laptop all at once — but it's not quite pulling it off. Boox Tab X C ePaper tablet At this point, I think I may just be AppleInsider's resident Boox expert. I've reviewed a lot of Boox's lineup, from the tiny little Palma to the Note Air 3 and everything in between. And I really appreciate what Boox is trying to do. As a person who routinel…

Apple is testing an iPhone security feature designed to recognize snatch-and-grab theft and lock the device before the thief can exploit it. Find My helps you track your devices, but don't use it to chase thieves. There's a name for snatching someone's smartphone from their hands in a brazen theft attempt: Apple picking. And Apple's been working on a way of protecting its customers from the act. …

GM has cleared up confusion over its CarPlay plans, confirming that its EV lineup will remain off-limits to Apple's in-car interface. GM confirms CarPlay still isn't coming back to its EVs GM hasn't offered CarPlay in electric vehicles for three years , and apparently it's not planning on starting anytime soon. There was a bit of confusion earlier after it was learned that the company would keep …

Apple shares closed at a new record high of $339.64 after investors responded both to how improved Siri AI is, and how much attention the firm has had for its iPhone Duo . Apple stocks closed at a new record high Back in May 2026 , Apple's shares twice hit record highs, taking it over the psychologically significant $300 mark. Since then, John Ternus has taken over as CEO in a particularly smooth…

Apple is now on the second round of its developer betas for iOS 27.2 , iPadOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, and macOS 27.2. iOS 27 on an iPhone The second post-milestone release developer beta is here. After the first developer builds of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, watchOS 27.2, visionOS 27.,2 and tvOS 27.2 landed on September 16 , Apple is now on the second rou…

Apple's newest hardware is off to a rocky start, with Neural Engine timeouts crashing Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 models as a smaller group of iPhone 18 Pro owners reports Face ID-related kernel panics. iPhone 18 Pro The new watches reached customers on September 18. Within hours, owners began describing sudden restarts that displayed the Apple logo before returning them to the …

Newly minted Apple CEO John Ternus has praised the Apple Vision Pro , calling it an amazing device that is finding more users, but also that it's in its very earliest days. Apple CEO John Ternus - image credit: Canal+. John Ternus has been criticized for laying off workers in the company's Apple Vision Pro division, but in a new interview for French television, he says he's enthused about the dev…

Amazon's month-end MacBook Air deals are heating up, with a $150 discount on the high-end 24GB/1TB spec . Save on Apple's M5 MacBook Air with an upgrade to 24GB RAM - Image credit: Apple Amazon is knocking $150 off Apple's current 13-inch MacBook Air with a 10-core M5 chip. The laptop, which is discounted to $1,649 in Sky Blue, features an upgrade to 24GB of unified memory and 1TB of storage to b…

On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we go hands on with the new Aqara FP400 spatial sensor, walk through new betas, and more of the latest Apple Home news. Smart Home Insider Podcast Following the launch of iOS 27 , Apple has released the first beta of iOS 27.2. The major change was the inclusion of the new Health app, but it also had at least one tangentially-related featur…

The graphical and AI performance of the M5 Ultra in the new Mac Studio is on a par with graphics cards like the Nvidia RTX 5080, early benchmarks indicate. Mac Studio The first reviews of Apple's new Macs are starting to surface, and so too are the benchmarks. With the M5 Ultra being Apple's newest high-performance chip, the Mac Studio update is of particular interest to those in the field of AI.…

The first reviews of the new M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studio are out, and if they quibble about the pricing, there's no questioning that these are the most powerful Macs ever. The new Mac Studio retains the familiar design but features new processors. Apple announced the two new editions of the Mac Studio at the end of August, but with a long wait before pre-orders would start. Now in the week tha…