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Apple has confirmed to The New York Times that Jay Blahnik, the company’s vice president of Fitness Technologies, will retire in July. Here are the details. more…

Amazon is reportedly “in talks” to acquire Globalstar, the company that connects Apple’s iPhone and Apple Watch satellite features. Apple’s 20% stake in the company is a key factor in negotiations. more…

Apple has updated the Apple Sports app to support the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to kick off on June 11 at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Here’s how to follow your favorite teams. more…

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Italy’s Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) reports that Meta has issued an alert to approximately 200 users who were tricked into downloading a fake version of WhatsApp. Here are the details. more…

Apple is doubling down on the adorable mini-Finder character it created for the MacBook Neo campaign. Watch the ads here. more…

It’s a big day for Apple, as the company marks 50 years since its founding. To celebrate, you can find a great set of wallpapers made by Basic Apple Guy featuring Apple’s 50th anniversary artwork. more…

Apple has added the plain M5 MacBook Pro to its refurbished store for a discounted price. However, the base storage change from last month means the value compared to new discounted hardware might not be as competitive as usual. more…

The long-awaited AirPods Max 2 are finally here. Below you’ll find a comparison of all the differences between AirPods Max 2 and the previous AirPods Max models with both USB-C and Lightning. more…

iOS 26.4 arrived last week , and with it Reminders got three improvements that make the app’s recently added urgent task feature easier to use. Here’s how. more…

This story is part of 9to5Mac’s series celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary. Aluminum was once a cheap metal to consumers, primarily used in soda cans, kitchen foil, cookware, and window frames. It also lived a double life as an industrial material used in aerospace. It was simultaneously a disposable commodity in everyday products and an engineering marvel that helped get humans to the moon. Tha…

Apple’s 50th anniversary celebration continues, this time with a fascinating new video from The Wall Street Journal . In the video, WSJ columnist Ben Cohen to takes a walk down memory lane alongside Tim Cook, including rare Apple prototypes and other archival material that even Cook himself had never seen before. “A lot of this I’ve seen for the first time in preparing for the 50th anniversary,” …

Apple has released a new version of App Store Connect for iPhone and iPad. The new version includes accessibility improvements, support for 11 new languages, and more. more…

Apple shipped new AirTag firmware yesterday , the first update since AirTag 2 launched earlier this year. And now thanks to official release notes, we know that the new firmware improves AirTag’s anti-stalking feature. more…

As promised , Apple has released a new version of iOS 18 for all iPhone users. The update comes in response to the growing proliferation of a new exploit chain known as DarkSword. Today’s update comes in the form of a new build of iOS 18.7.7 with build number 22H340 for all iPhone models. more…