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Amazon's $500 discount brings the upgraded M5 Pro MacBook Pro down to $2,699, the lowest price available. Apple's 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro is marked down to $2,699 - Image credit: Apple The $500 markdown applies to Apple's current 14-inch MacBook Pro with an upgraded M5 Pro chip that boasts an 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU. This configuration, which is discounted to $2,699 in Space Black, also has 24…

Attendees to the September 9 iPhone 18 Pro event are being invited to warm up the night before, with a fun walk, run, or wheelchair lap at Apple Park. Apple Park Apple has just confirmed that its September special event titled "Surprise and shine" will be taking place on September 9. However, for those who turn up the night before, they get to take part in another activity. Attendees to the Wedne…

A new cryptically-named heist drama starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan is poised to pull off its Apple TV debut in Fall 2026. Image credit: Apple TV According to Apple TV, the story of "12 12 12" unfolds across three separate timelines of the heist. The 12 months it takes to plan, the 12 hours of the heist itself, and the 12 days following the heist. It follows a disgraced FBI agent, played…

Apple has confirmed its September special event will be held on September 9. It won't just be the iPhone 18 Pro or folding iPhone launch, but also the first event with John Ternus as CEO. Here's what to expect. The Apple logo accompanying the 2026 event invite Regular as clockwork, Apple holds an event in early September to launch new iPhone models and other products. Apple has just confirmed tha…

In a growing number of states, now including Virginia, you can add your ID to Apple Wallet . Here's how to add them, how they work, where they are, what the limitations are, and what they can do. A digital driver's license in the Apple Wallet app We're moving closer and closer to a world where you can ditch your physical wallet. You can already add your credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, t…

If this is not how Apple presents the iPhone Ultra , perhaps it should be. A YouTuber has produced a concept video showing how the new device might be used, and launched. Detail from a concept video showing what the iPhone Ultra could be like - image credit: Gunho Lee. It will probably be September 9, 2026 when John Ternus presents the long-awaited foldable, the iPhone Ultra. He'll do it in a pre…

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and to make changes to Facebook and other online services, all to settle a federal lawsuit alleging teenagers are being harmed by social media. Instagram, one of Meta's online social properties Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has been dealing with a trial concerning the mental and social effects of social media for a while, but it's seemingly no longer a problem. T…

Figures for the second quarter of 2026 show that the iPhone 17 is once more the biggest selling smartphone around the globe, and that Apple takes the next two spots as well. The iPhone 17 is the world's best-selling smartphone According to previous figures from Counterpoint Research, the iPhone 17 was the best-selling smartphone in Q1 2026. But that was predicted, since in the months after launch…

Apple has kept iPhone Ultra production details under lock and key better than it did with the iPhone Air, but at last there's a component leak. Or an over-detailed hoax. AppleInsider has long argued that if the much-rumored folding iPhone were to be launched in September, that we should be seeing leaked components. There's now been so much other evidence that it seems inevitable, but finally ther…

Apple's Mac Studio just got updated with M5 Max chip. Unlike the Mac mini, there's a strong argument to get or keep the prior model instead. M5 Max Mac Studio vs. M4 Max Mac Studio: Specs, hardware, price. After debuting in the MacBook Pro in March 2026, the M5 Max chip has made its way to Apple's top-of-the-line desktop, the Mac Studio. Though the Mac Studio hasn't undergone any visual changes, …

Apple has pushed back against OpenAI's trying to delay the trade theft lawsuit while the AI company continues to profit from allegedly stolen information. Apple continues to press for expedited discovery in its case against OpenAI. Apple first filed suit against OpenAI over alleged mass IP theft in July 2026 . Since then, Apple has pressed for a faster start to the proceedings, and OpenAI has bas…

The upgrades to Find My in iOS 27 are more than just graphical. Now there's more granular control over location sharing, and you can even pause sharing temporarily. Find My's changes in iOS 27 Like a lot of other apps in iOS 27 , the updates to Find My are not really groundbreaking in nature. But they are still useful. The obvious changes this time are a refinement of the design. The Liquid Glass…

The Asus ROG Kithara brings Hifiman's planar-magnetic drivers and signature design to the Mac gaming world with aplomb that's sometimes undermined by unfortunate complexities. ROG Kithara review: Few headsets are quite so big In a world that's full to the brim with mediocre gaming headsets, this Asus ROG and Hifiman collaboration is certainly different. Hifiman is known for its premium headphones…

Apple just announced the Mac mini with M5 Pro and you'll need one with 64GB of RAM to run the Junie Local model, a free 27B parameter coding agent that compares to Sonnet 4.5 or GPT-5. Junie Local needs a powerful Mac to run, but doesn't cost any tokens JetBrains developed Junie as a coding agent that runs on your Mac and calls out to models the user chose. That always required some configuration…

Apple Maps ads have finally arrived after months of buildup, with the first sponsored listings rolling out on iPhones across the US and Canada. An example of an Apple Maps ad In March, Apple confirmed it would bring ads to Apple Maps. The ads were part of the greater Apple Business rollout. It wasn't known exactly when Apple would begin rolling out the ads, but the company had set a tentative rel…