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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…

A dedicated Apple Watch application from automaker Rivian is set to enable vehicle locking, unlocking, window adjustment, and much more, even on cars from 2021. Rivian is set to launch a dedicated Apple Watch app. Apple's Car Key feature has let iPhone and Apple Watch owners unlock and start their cars using mobile devices since 2020. The capability is built into iOS and is supported by more than…

Discord plans to set every user's account to teen-by-default — unless you're willing to undergo an invasive age verification process. Discord will require age verification for adult access On Monday, Discord, a popular social app, announced that it will be rolling out "enhanced teen safety features." According to the company, beginning in March. "[A]ll new and existing users worldwide will have a…

Apple's latest video ad outlines why the iPad and MacBook Pro are necessary tools for England Rugby's performance analysis team. England Rugby uses Apple hardware for game analysis. Image Credit: Apple. Time and time again, the iPhone has proven itself as a useful tool for sporting events, with Major League Soccer already using the device to record matches . Even the Maracana Stadium is set to ma…

Apple will be killing off its original Apple Home architecture on February 10, and it won't matter if you're on old software. Do this to upgrade HomeKit and keep your smart home devices running normally. You really should upgrade your Apple Home, if you haven't already. In May 2025, Apple said it will be cutting support for its original Apple Home architecture as part of what was known as iOS 19 …

Smart ring market leader Oura is trying to convince U.S. lawmakers to loosen some health monitoring regulations for wearable devices, which if successful will benefit Apple too. Users will just need to be careful about what they do with the data. An Oura smart ring, a market that Apple is working to enter. Products going on sale must meet regulatory requirements, and it's something that Apple is …

Save $300 on Apple's high-end M5 14-inch MacBook Pro with an upgrade to 32GB of memory and 1TB of storage. Save $300 on Apple's M5 MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM - Image credit: Apple B&H's MacBook Pro sale continues this week, with a $300 discount on high-end models with 32GB of unified memory. Save $300 on M5 MacBook Pro 32GB RAM Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

On this week's episode of the HomeKit Insider podcast, Garrett Lovejoy joins to talk about smart locks, Aliro, and shared living communities. HomeKit Insider Podcast Guest host this week is Garrett Lovejoy. He serves as SVP and General Manager of Connected Security at Fortune Brands and Innovations, overseeing product lines such as Yale. He's been at the company for years, starting with more prof…

It's not quite what an Apple Car would have been on the outside, but the forthcoming Ferrari Luce looks a lot like it on the inside — and rather like CarPlay Ultra. The Jony Ive-designed dashboard in the Ferrari Luce — image credit: Ferrari As soon as Jony Ive left Apple in 2019 to form his LoveFrom company with Marc Newson, the two were contacted by Ferrari. It then took until 2021 before a form…

The next update to the AirPods Pro is once again rumored to include cameras, but the Apple Intelligence-aiding elements allegedly won't bump the price up. AirPods Pro 3, sans cameras For Apple Intelligence to be more useful for queries about your local environment, it needs to access cameras. In lieu of smart glasses like Apple Glass , the rumor mill firmly believes that the AirPods Pro may hold …

Apple is rumored to be launching a product the week of March 2, with the most likely candidate being MacBook Pro models equipped with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The M5 MacBook Pro could finally get some stablemates in March Apple often holds events in March as one of its earliest of the year. According to one report, that could be just the case in 2026. Writing in Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for…

The iPhone 17e will be hitting store shelves soon, with the update to the iPhone 16e packing the same A19 chip as the iPhone 17. The iPhone 17e should look like the iPhone 16e. Apple is expected to bring out an update to the iPhone 16e in early 2026 , replacing it with a new iPhone 17e model. That update could arrive very soon, if one report is correct. According to Bloomberg's "Power On: newslet…

Apple's Mac desktop lineup should get M5 variants and the Studio Display may finally get its long-awaited upgrade just after M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros arrive. Here's what to expect, and when. Mac Studio and Studio Display could be updated soon Apple Silicon has been on a fairly predictable near-annual update cycle, which means the Mac lineup gets updated at a similar cadence. While some chips a…

The often-rumored budget MacBook is still expected to arrive at some point in the first half of 2026, as Apple prepares to compete directly with Chromebooks. The MacBook should be cheaper than the MacBook Air at launch Rumors have repeatedly insisted that Apple will bring out a MacBook with an iPhone chip running the show instead of an M-series chip. As more forecasts come in, it seems the rumor …

Jeffrey Epstein's Apple Watch gift, an actor followed his stolen iPhone to China, and two iPhone thefts in one day in Texas, all in this week's Apple Crime Blotter The Grand Arcade Apple Store in Cambridge The latest in an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums