Apple has released a new beta 3 update. Just hours after the recent debut of beta 3 for tvOS and HomePod only, watchOS 11.3 has received its beta 3 update too.

Apple introduced Face ID on iPhone all the way back in 2017, and Touch ID quickly became absent from all but the budget iPhone SE. Now, the SE is about to lose it too. But I think it’s actually the perfect time to bring Touch ID back across the entire iPhone lineup, and Vision Pro is why.

OpenAI on Tuesday announced a new feature coming to ChatGPT, which will turn the chatbot into a reminder app. Called “Tasks,” the feature will let users ask ChatGPT to remind them about their tasks and even create periodic alerts for specific situations.

Apple Watch Ultra 3 is coming later this year. It will reportedly feature satellite connectivity, 5G cellular, and high blood pressure detection. But the thing that might win me over isn’t hardware, and it isn’t even actually new at all.

Apple released new betas today, but only for two of its platforms. tvOS 18.3 and HomePod 18.3 have received new developer beta 3 updates, bringing them ahead of the rest of Apple’s platforms in the beta cycle. Update: Public betas have been released too, about three hours after the developer betas.

Apple has officially gained a board seat on the Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium, a group of more than 65 members developing next generation AI accelerator architecture. Apple’s involvement will allow the company to influence the new standard and push for its adoption. That basically means that Apple will be involved in creating and promoting a standard for connecting a bunch of GPUs together in data centers powering AI tasks.

Severance season 2 arrives this Friday, and Apple TV+ is having a fun time promoting the long-anticipated return. Today, what appear to be Lumon employees have been spotted working inside a glass cube at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Apple’s Photos app employs multiple features to help you find images in your library and learn more about what’s shown in those images. One of those features is called Enhanced Visual Search. Here’s how it works and how Apple protects your privacy when you use it.

Solid $100 price drops across the entire iPad mini 7 lineup continue today alongside the return of Black Friday pricing on Apple Pencil Pro. Those offers also now sit alongside a $200 price drop on Apple’s 16GB M4 MacBook Pro with the 1TB SSD as well as a massive up to $800 (or more) in savings on the 36GB RAM/1TB M3 Pro MacBook Pro and a series of deals on Apple Watch bands, including the 2024 Apple Watch Milanese Loop in black. All of that joins a host of deals on iPhone 15, chargers, MagSafe wallets, and more – everything awaits down below. 

Apple has a huge year ahead with 20+ new products launching. One product we haven’t heard a lot about is an upgraded Studio Display, but there are at least three reasons to believe Apple has a new model coming in 2025.

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CarPlay’s major next generation still isn’t here yet, despite Apple’s website currently saying that the first models would arrive in 2024. But now, a widget interface for CarPlay 2 has leaked in new images and given a glimpse into Apple’s ongoing development.

Apple is facing tougher export checks by Chinese authorities as part of a claimed crack-down on technology with potential military applications.

While the increased scrutiny is said to be for security reasons, many believe the real reasons are both economic and political …

The European Union has denied a report that it has paused action against Apple and other US tech giants in the light of anticipated pressure from the incoming US president.

The report claims that the EU is “reassessing” antitrust investigations of Apple, Meta, and Google and that all decisions and fines will be paused until this process is complete …

Waterfield Designs, one of my favorite leather goods and bespoke accessories companies, has just released its Shield Case for the M4 Mac Mini. I wrote an article last month about how I turned my Mac Mini into a portable computer, and although I could do that successfully, this new Mac Mini case takes it to a whole new level. This case was made purely for the M4 Mac Mini with protection and accessories in mind. Here is everything you need to know.

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the USB-C port controller fitted to the iPhone 15 and 16. However, exploiting it would be so complex that both Apple and the security researcher who discovered it concluded that it is not a real-world threat.

However, a security concern that does pose a threat to iPhone users is a tactic scammers are using to bypass one of Apple’s built-in protections …

The first US plant to make A-series chips for Apple devices is expected to begin mass production as early as this quarter, says a new report.

It implies that test production by TSMC has already begun, with Apple said to be in the final stage of verifying the chips produced in Arizona …

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently shared a video in which he announced a series of changes coming to the company’s platform policies such as Instagram and Threads. Among them, the executive revealed that it will switch from fact-checking to a Community Notes model – and it seems that this is already being implemented in the Threads app.

TikTok risks being banned from the US in the coming days as a bill signed by President Biden requires its parent company ByteDance to divest from the app. Amid the risk of a potential ban, users are already looking for alternatives – and another Chinese social network has just topped the US App Store rankings.