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Walmart's $74 AirPods 4 deal delivers the lowest price available, with Amazon sold out of the popular holiday gift idea. Pick up a last-minute holiday gift with Walmart's $74 AirPods 4 deal. Save $55 on Apple AirPods 4 at Walmart, bringing the price down to just $74 this weekend. This is within $5 of the lowest AirPods 4 price to date, making it a great time to pick up a holiday gift or a treat f…

The locking of an Apple Account and the difficulty one loyal Apple customer has experienced in regaining access is a stark reminder to be vigilant when buying gift cards for the holidays. A selection of Apple Gift Card designs - Image Credit: Apple While holiday presents tend to involve physical items or cash, gift cards are often included in the mix, especially as a last-minute purchase. However…

A leaked internal iOS 26 build allegedly includes references to a new Health app, more accurate AirPods tracking in iOS 26.4, and even some details about iOS 27 and iOS 28. A leak may have revealed Apple's intended changes for iOS's future updates Apple often tests many features due in future software updates well in advance of their eventual release. One recent leak may have hinted at what's com…

The TP-Link Deco line offers Wi-Fi 7 at a reasonable price, and the BE68 is a tri-band unit with 10Gbps Ethernet, wired backhaul, and a 6 GHz band for more advanced users. TP-Link Deco BE14000 review My home networking setup has evolved twice in 2025, first to move away from an aging Linksys setup, then a second time to test a more powerful tri-band system. While the first upgrade was a night and…

Apple has expanded its company real estate with the addition of two office buildings in Cupertino, which ended up costing the company $216 million. Apple now owns two additional office buildings in Cupertino. Image Credit: Google Street View. In 2025 alone, the iPhone maker has spent more than $1 billion on property acquisition. In June 2025, Apple added a $350 million campus to its growing list …

Apple's iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 updates include a variety of fixes, introduced to keep user data secure. Here's what you need to know, and why you should consider updating right away. Update your devices to the OS 26.2 versions to avoid active exploits On Friday, after a series of developer betas and two separate release candidate builds , Apple made iOS 26.2 available to the general public. Whi…

It's time to update your Apple TV once again — Apple's just rolled out a tvOS 26.2 for Apple TV and the HomePod line. Apple TV 4K Typically, whenever Apple releases an update for the Apple TV, it tends to focus on bug fixes and stability improvements, rather than adding new front-end features. And yet, this time around, there are two noteworthy new features added to tvOS . The first feature allow…

The watchOS 26.2 update arrives with a tighter sleep-scoring system and a required Wi-Fi change for users in the European Union. Apple Watch Series 10 Apple adjusted the sleep score ranges in watchOS 26.2 to better match how people feel after a night's rest. The highest score now reflects a genuinely restorative night instead of a generous rating. Users who track sleep daily may see different num…

Not every point update comes with a bunch of user-facing features, and that's the case for visionOS 26.2 , available now with a range of bug fixes. visionOS 26.2 is a bug fix update Apple Vision Pro got a lot of important updates with visionOS 26, including persistent spatial widgets and support for more types of immersive content. The visionOS 26.1 update was a minimal bug fix update and visionO…

The latest version macOS Tahoe 26.2 is now available, and alongside performance improvements, brings new features for video calls, Reminders, and dividing AI work across multiple Macs. The new macOS Tahoe brings new features such as Edge Light Following the release of macOS 26.1 on November 3, 2025 , Apple has now issued the next update. After multiple rounds of testing, macOS 26.2 is now the cur…

Apple has released iPadOS 26.2 to the public, with the changes including more tweaks to the now-returned Slide Over. Slide Over, revived in iPadOS 26.1, now works by drag-and-drop in iPadOS 26.2 The latest iteration of developer beta testing has concluded with Apple releasing an update to iPadOS, bringing it to version 26.2 alongside its other operating systems. While the iPadOS 26.1 update broug…

Apple's iOS 26.2 update is now available to all, with new one-time AirDrop codes, more toggles for Liquid Glass, and improvements to system apps. Here's what's new. iOS 26.2 is now available for download. Following the public release of iOS 26.1 on November 3, Apple has deployed its next major operating system update. iOS 26.2 builds upon many of the user interface enhancements and features previ…

Better-than-Black Friday pricing has hit Apple's M4 MacBook Pro, with the 14-inch laptop marked down to $1,249. This blowout M4 MacBook Pro deal is likely to sell out - Image credit: Apple The $350 discount beats Black Friday pricing by $50, with the laptop in stock in Silver with delivery by Christmas. Buy for $1,249 ($350 off) Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

So many people are leaving Apple that it's a wonder it can still function with only 164,000 employees. But it's still bringing out new iPads , while Pebble has a smart ring, and the legend of Snow Leopard is back again on the AppleInsider Podcast. With all the staff going, Apple might as well demolish Apple Park — image credit: Matthew Roberts The news is that more senior people are leaving Apple…

Swiss regulators are examining what conditions Apple puts on third-party firms before it allows them to use the same NFC technology that enables Apple Pay . NFC payments are to be investigated by Switzerland's competition regulator In June 2024 , the European Union forced Apple to open up its NFC payment processes to rivals. Apple then granted the same access to companies in a range of regions in…