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Apple stock ended trading on Friday as the world's most valuable publicly traded company, overtaking Nvidia for the first time since April 2025 after a sustained recovery for the iPhone maker met a sharp selloff in chip stocks. Apple once again crowned Most Valuable Company Apple shares closed at $333.74, leaving the company with a market capitalization of approximately $4.88 CAP trillion. Nvidia…

Following price increases for Apple Music and two Apple One tiers, Apple One still offers substantial savings for people who regularly use its included services, but the value depends on what they would otherwise buy separately. Apple One The Apple One bundle arrived in 2020 and has become a common option for Apple device owners who subscribe to several of the company's services. It offers three …

Apple Music is raising U.S. subscription prices for the first time since 2022, increasing every paid tier and hitting family subscribers with the largest jump. Apple Music raises prices The Apple Music Individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, up from $10.99. The Family plan rose from $16.99 to $19.99 per month and continues to support as many as six people through Family Sharing. Verified coll…

Apple and the US Justice Department are reportedly in early discussions over the potential for an early settlement of a 2024 iPhone antitrust suit brought about by the Biden administration. Apple hasn't taken the antitrust case lying down. Image source: Apple While discussions are reportedly underway, it's unclear whether an agreement will be reached. However, the Trump administration has been wo…

Existing iPhone owners continue to account for nearly nine in 10 surveyed U.S. purchases, showing how Apple's enormous customer base isn't dwindling under pressure from Google and other Android smartphone manufacturers. iPhone 17 Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimates that 87% of U.S. iPhone buyers in the March 2026 quarter came from another iPhone. The share reached its highest level …

Apple has been accused of "aiding and abetting" the use of "nudify" AI apps on the iPhone, with San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu demanding they be removed from the App Store in a new cease-and-desist letter sent to the company. AI nudity apps are a problem for the App Store A Wired report notes that both Apple and Google have been told to prevent the sale of AI apps that can be used to crea…

Apple's latest iPad Air is $200 off when you opt for the M4 model with 512GB of storage during Amazon's weekend sale. Save $200 on Apple's latest M4 iPad Air with 512GB of storage. The $200 discount at Amazon brings the Wi-Fi 13-inch iPad Air with 512GB of storage in Blue down to $1,049. Save $200 on 13" iPad Air M4 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

AppleInsider can confirm that it's pretty easy to get somebody's real email from Hide My Email, but it's also not much of a concern. If you're using the feature as intended as a spam filter, there's really no issue at all. Hide My Email is supposed to do just that, but it doesn't always The Hide My Email feature allows iPhone, Mac , and iPad owners to sign up for websites and services using an an…

The already tense relationship between Apple and OpenAI reaches a breaking point as trade secret accusations emerge, plus your hosts discuss EU regulations, the future of gaming, and public betas on the AppleInsider Podcast. Apple is set to be in a lawsuit with OpenAI for some time Apple restarted its AI efforts with new Apple Foundation Models built with Google's Gemini Frontier models at the fo…

Apple's Journal app doesn't promise to improve mental health, but its approach to reflective writing closely aligns with what decades of psychological research actually supports. Here's why that matters, and how Apple's approach differs from most wellness apps. Journaling with mindfulness Journal focuses on people's thoughts and experiences instead of their bodies, unlike the data-driven health t…

Apple has reportedly sent legal letters to former staffers now working at OpenAI, warning them against deleting data that could be used in the brewing legal battle over OpenAI's alleged theft of company secrets. Sam Altman of OpenAI Apple filed a lawsuit in early July, 2026, arguing that OpenAI received trade secrets from its former employees. Former executives Tang Tan and Chang Liu were also na…

For many, the best email app is the one that came on your iPhone , Apple's own Mail app. To get the most use out of the Mail app, you can set it up to have all of your email accounts and addresses in one place in it. To keep all of your emails in one place, you'll have to make some additions Whether it be on your Mac or your iPhone, the process of adding an email account to Apple Mail is quick an…

The Baseus PicoGo line has expanded with the AM52 Qi2.2 MagSafe battery packs, which bring more features and faster speeds to the pocketable chargers. One even has a built-in cable. Baseus PicoGo AM52 review: 10,000 mAh packed as small as it can get I already compared the fall lineup of Baseus battery packs to Apple's odd iPhone Air MagSafe Battery, so there's no need for it today. The two I'm re…

Amazon's $400 discount on Apple's high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 Max chip and 2TB SSD is available now, with delivery as early as tomorrow for Prime members. Save $400 on Apple's 2TB M5 Max MacBook Pro at Amazon - Image credit: Apple The M5 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro is on sale for $3,999 at Amazon in your choice of Space Black or Silver. This high-end configuration has Apple's M5 Max chip …

Roblox is putting AI game creation inside its mobile app, giving more people a faster way to turn a written idea into a playable experience without starting in Roblox Studio. Mobile-first AI creation on Roblox The company will begin a public alpha of Build in New Zealand on July 28, 2026. The mobile-first AI tool turns text prompts into playable games inside the Roblox app and will include publis…