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In this week's "Sunday Reboot," Apple's gift bags and artifacts get a close look, China briefly gets Apple Intelligence ahead of schedule, and iPhones go to the Moon. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is in space. Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get the next week underway with a good first step. T…

Submissions to the App Store have jumped by 84% year-over-year, with the growth of vibe coding believed to be behind the surge. Vibe coding has led to more apps being submitted to the App Store in 2025 The continuing growth of AI services like ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude has helped fuel productivity in many fields, including coding. While developers have been assisted by automated tools before…

The lowest price ever is in effect now on Apple's M5 MacBook Air, with a weekend deal at Amazon slashing prices by $150 (and there are numerous 13-inch and 15-inch configurations to choose from). Grab the lowest price ever on Apple's new M5 MacBook Air. Apple's brand-new M5 MacBook Air, which was released in March 2026, is on sale at Amazon today, with multiple 13-inch and 15-inch configurations …

Apple users are encountering issues accessing iCloud , in what is a rare Sunday outage for the company's email, cloud storage, and associated services. Apple service outage icons Users of iCloud, Apple's online services, are reporting issues in being able to access files. Sites including DownDetector and StatusGator show a sudden surge of reports from thousands of users, encountering problems sin…

NASA has started to share images that the crew of Artemis II have taken of their trip to the Moon, including some taken on the iPhone 17 Pro Max. An Artemis II crew member's shot of Earth though a window - Image Credit: NASA Months before the launch of Artemis II, NASA confirmed that the crew would be allowed iPhones to document the journey around the Moon. In galleries released by NASA, those fi…

A British political adviser's stolen iPhone leads to a scandal, pro athletes fall for an iCloud scam, and iCloud evidence is used against a man accused of stalking the FBI director's girlfriend, all in this week's Apple Crime Blotter. The Alderwood Apple Store in Washington. Image Credit: Apple Welcome to an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Continue Re…

As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, Apple employees can check out a private exhibition of products and key moments from the company's history, all in Apple Park . The exhibition in Apple Park - Image Credit: @AlSultan_Meriam/X After weeks of public celebration in the run-up to the 50th anniversary , the festivities are now all internal for Apple now. In the latest event, it has been rev…

Apple has signed a driver for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs connected to Apple Silicon but there are some big caveats, and it won't improve your graphics. Here's what they're for. An earlier time when you could use eGPUs with Macs When Apple announced the use of eGPUs with AMD Radeon cards in 2016, we were pretty excited. Full support shipped in early 2017 and for a few short years, Thunderbolt provided an…

Early images of the Artemis II launch showed an iPhone floating inside the spacecraft. Here's how Apple's smartphone got approved for spaceflight. iPhone 17 Pro Max is now in space following NASA's approval process NASA is very strict when it comes to what items are flown into space with astronauts. With the Artemis II trip around the Moon, it's marking the first time the agency is allowing the c…

First, you can't see why you'd ever want a Stream Deck for your Mac , then you try one, and you will never give it back. Out of all the different models, though, the Stream Deck+ is best, and here's why. Get a Stream Deck+ and you'll never use a Mac without one again Every Stream Deck is a Mac accessory that provides buttons to launch apps, perform entire sequences of tasks, or turn on your smart…

The Apple Vision Pro is being used to help patients in a UK hospital visualize upcoming surgeries, expanding the headset's use in medicine. A patient view from the Apple Vision Pro in a pre-surgery consultation - Image credit: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital One of the problems with medical procedures is explaining what needs to be done to the patients, in a clear and understandable manner. To h…

Though the AirPods Max 2 offer new features, a teardown of the headphones shows they're still plagued by the same flaws of the original 2020 model. Apple's AirPods Max 2 gained the H2 chip, but not much else. Apple's AirPods Max 2 debuted on March 16, with their core feature being the H2 chip. With it, Apple's high-end headphones gained capabilities like Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, an…

Researchers have determined that Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning browser plug-ins and other information without permission, building user profiles using data that the company did not get permission to take. Safari A European advocacy group claims LinkedIn is probing browser extensions through its website code. Fairlinked e.V. published its "BrowserGate" report alleging LinkedIn detects installed…

A new version of the first iOS 26.5 beta has now made its way to developers, but what's been changed is not clear. The first developer beta of iOS 26.5 has received a revised release. Following the full public release of iOS 26.4 on March 24, Apple started beta testing of the next major operating system, iOS 26.5. Monday saw the debut of iOS 26.5 beta 1, which inadvertently enabled Apple Intellig…

Amazon is blowing out M4 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro inventory this weekend, with a staggering $400 discount on the upgraded spec with a 20-core GPU and 1TB SSD. Save $400 on a blowout 14-inch MacBook Pro with 20-core GPU - Image credit: Apple Shoppers on the hunt for the greatest MacBook Pro savings can snap up a $400 discount with a closeout deal on the last-gen M4 Pro 14-inch model with multiple u…