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Denon's new line of Siri-enabled Apple Home smart speakers may be what users are looking for in the absence of updated HomePod and HomePod mini. Let's take a listen. Denon Home series speakers review: These new smart speakers support Siri & Apple Home with premium audio Japanese audio brand Denon is out with its latest range of speakers : the Denon Home 200, Denon Home 400, and Denon Home 600. Wh…

Federal prosecutors say three men pulled off a violent hijacking of an Apple delivery truck outside a New York shopping center and escaped with more than a million dollars worth of iPhones, MacBooks, and other products. Federal prosecutors arrested three men accused of carrying out the robbery. The armed January robbery reportedly netted more than $1.2 million worth of stolen Apple products, incl…

Apple retailers are competing for your business with a $200 discount this weekend on the 1TB M5 14-inch laptop with an upgrade to 24GB of memory. Save $200 on Apple's M5 MacBook Pro with 24GB RAM - Image credit: Apple Both Amazon and B&H Photo are offering a $200 discount on Apple's M5 MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, bringing the Space Black model down to $1,699. Buy M5/24GB/1TB …

Apple has seeded a second round of release candidate builds of iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, bringing the updates a step closer to public release with a smaller round of fixes and feature additions. Liquid Glass in iOS 26 The RC builds arrived one week after the fourth betas . Release candidates are typically the final versions Apple ships publicly unless major bugs force additional revisions during …

Apple has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement that will see Intel become a chipmaking partner, helping reduce the company's reliance on TSMC for Mac chips and more. Intel could soon be making Apple's chips. Image credit: Intel Reports had earlier suggested that the two companies were discussing a deal that would help Apple diversify its supply chain. Now, the pair are closer than ever to m…

Apple is having even greater success with the MacBook Neo than expected, and also startling success with its great but cancelled "Schmigadoon!" show, plus there are so many new iPhone rumors, all on the AppleInsider Podcast. Is this "Schmigadoon!" or a party at Apple Park for the hit MacBook Neo? - image credit: Apple It was predicted before, but now it appears to be absolutely true. The MacBook …

Financial analysts at Wedbush have consistently been bullish about Apple, but now has raised its target price by a whopping $50 to $400, making its greatest jump in at least the last five years. The new Siri is coming Back in April 2025 when Trump's tariffs first struck, Wedbush did cut its Apple price target $325 down to $250, but that was a rare drop. Now it's made a similarly large increase, t…

Most of the conversation around iOS 26 got lost behind social media's need for it to be as controversial a change as iOS 7. The bigger story is the lack of a revitalized Apple Intelligence. iOS 26 review: Liquid Glass all the way down My iOS 26 review is going to focus on the changes that actually affected our day-to-day use of the iPhone . There are a lot of new features, app updates, and the Li…

Education customers in the US will need to verify eligibility to make a discounted purchase, as Apple expands its verification process to the US and other countries. Apple is updating its education program with new verification and Apple Watch elligibility Starting on Friday, May 8, Apple has started to more strictly enforce its education pricing. Previously, while Apple Stores would verify eligi…

While Activity Rings are a staple for fitness enthusiasts, there might be times when you need to pause them. Here's how you can do it in watchOS 26. How to pause Activity Rings in watchOS 26 The Activity Rings on the Apple Watch are a great way to keep track of your daily movement, exercise, and standing goals. However, there are situations where keeping them active isn't practical. For instance,…

Instead of complying with an encryption backdoor mandate in the UK, Apple pulled features like Advanced Data Protection. A similar result could occur in Canada if a new bill passes. Apple's stance on encryption remains unchanged Apple won't weaken encryption for any government entity because doing so would allow good guys and bad guys better access to user data. As it argued with the FBI after th…

The GameSir Pocket Taco is an interesting, single-purpose game controller built for retro gaming on iPhone via emulation. Its low price makes its tradeoffs worth it for nostalgia seekers. GameSir Pocket Taco review Since Apple enabled the use of emulators on iPhone, the search for the perfect emulation controller began. We've seen many mounts, attachments, and standard controllers, but the Pocket…

Apple has failed to reduce the scope of a UK class-action lawsuit, and all iCloud users in the country will be owed $95 if the company loses. Apple could be forced to pay $95 to all iCloud users in the UK, if a class-action lawsuit agains the company is successful. Apple has had its fair share of lawsuits in the United Kingdom, with ongoing cases regarding App Store fees, an alleged price-fixing …

The nearly universal 10% tariffs enacted by Trump have been declared illegal, pending appeal, so Apple may get even more cost reduction across its supply chain and additional refunds. Liberation Day tariffs and their follow up are both illegal The so-called " Liberation Day " on April 2, 2025 hit Apple's supply chain like a ton of bricks. A year later, those "reciprocal" tariffs were declared ill…

President Trump wants to show off the executives he has behind him on a trip to China, where he will discuss trade with President Xi Jinping. Still-CEO Tim Cook is rumored to be among the invitees. Apple CEO Tim Cook knows how to manage political environments If there's one well-understood policy held by the Trump administration, it's to show up when requested. One of the few times that Apple CEO…