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Today β€” 8 January 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

New Mythic Quest season 4 trailer just arrived from Apple TV+

8 January 2025 at 07:33

Apple TV+ has two big returning series coming this month: Severance and Mythic Quest. The two shows are polar opposites, but both promise to be a treat for viewers. Today, Apple has released the first trailer for Mythic Quest season 4β€”and it looks very good.

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Two new smart rings offer AFib detection for $380, or gold for $1,900

8 January 2025 at 07:08

Oura remains the king of the smart ring business – at least until Apple enters the arena – but two competitors are trying very different approaches in launching their own models.

French branch Circular hasn’t made much progress to date, thanks to a plastic construction and an absence of wireless charging, but it has fixed both issues in its latest model …

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This new Apple product could be the sleeper hit of 2025

8 January 2025 at 06:38

Apple’s AirTag item tracker has been a huge hit since it was first released in April 2021. Look around, and you’ll see the circular accessory attached to keys, backpacks, and suitcases everywhere.

This year, Apple will release AirTag 2 – its first-ever hardware upgrade to the product. I think it has the potential to be an under-the-radar success.

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Washington State suing T-Mobile over data breach impacting 79 million people

8 January 2025 at 06:29

Washington State is suing T-Mobile over a 2021 security breach which exposed the personal data of some 79 million people, including 2M Washington residents. Data exposed included social security numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver’s license information.

The carrier is accused of failing to follow industry-standard cybersecurity processes, which allowed the breach to go unnoticed for four months …

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RayNeo X3 Pro AR take us another step closer to Apple Glasses

8 January 2025 at 05:41

Apple’s long-term goal for Vision Pro is believed to be an Apple Glasses product, in which an ordinary-looking pair of glasses will be able to display both text and AR content.

We’ve seen some competitors take early steps in that direction, and the RayNeo X3 Pro AR glasses look like the closest thing we’ve yet seen in a real-world product …

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Multiple Apple employees fired for Matching Grants fraud; six charged so far

8 January 2025 at 05:13

Around fifty Apple employees have been fired for allegedly defrauding the company via its Matching Grants program, in which the company agrees to match charitable donations made by employees.

So far, six of the former Bay Area employees have also been charged with tax fraud relating to fake donations …

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Plugable dock lets even an M1 MacBook Pro support five external monitors

8 January 2025 at 04:46

Depending on the model, an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro officially supports between one and three external displays, but a software workaround lets you boost that number.

The new Plugable UD-7400PD dock takes advantage of that fact to provide a very neat way to allow even an M1 MacBook Pro to simultaneously drive up to five external monitors …

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A billion dollars later, the iPhone 16 is still banned in Indonesia, for a bizarre reason

8 January 2025 at 04:07

The iPhone 16 is still banned from sale in Indonesia, despite Apple promising to invest a billion dollars in the country’s economy.

Apple had initially had offers of first $10M and then $100M rejected by the Indonesian government, before offering a cool billion dollars’ worth of manufacturing – which is exactly what the country demanded …

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Yesterday β€” 7 January 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

When will Apple Intelligence arrive on Apple TV and Apple Watch?

7 January 2025 at 16:20

Google recently announced that it’s bringing the Gemini AI assistant to Google TV. At the same time, our sister site 9to5Google found evidence of Gemini coming soon to Wear OS – Google’s operating system for smartwatches. On the Apple side, devices like Apple TV and Apple Watch don’t have Apple Intelligence support, and some people are starting to wonder when that will change.

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ESR launches an affordable Apple Pencil alternative with Find My support

7 January 2025 at 16:09

At CES 2025, ESR unveiled the new , an affordable iPad stylus. It supports the Find My network, allowing you to locate your pencil virtually anywhere if it gets lost, similar to the new Apple Pencil Pro unveiled early last year.

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iPhone SE 4 and new iPads expected to be launched β€˜by April’

7 January 2025 at 15:28

Different sources have already reported on the possible launch of new iPads and iPhone SE 4 in the first half of 2025. While Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously said that these products will be launched in the spring, he has now specified that Apple expects to launch the new iPads and iPhone SE 4 β€œby April.”

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Apple continues prepping next-gen CarPlay after missing 2024 deadline

7 January 2025 at 14:05

Apple in 2022 announced a new CarPlay experience that became known as β€œCarPlay 2.0.” However, this new version of CarPlay has yet to see the light of day – and many wonder if Apple quietly scrapped the project as the company missed the deadline twice. But 9to5Mac has found evidence that Apple is still working on it.

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Next year’s MacBook Pro could be Apple’s biggest Mac upgrade ever

7 January 2025 at 13:34

Apple’s MacBook Pro just received an , and there’s an M5 version expected in late 2025. But it’s the model coming in late 2026 that sounds especially compelling. This new MacBook Pro could even be the biggest Mac upgrade ever. Here’s what’s coming.

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You can manually disable certain Apple Intelligence features, here’s how

7 January 2025 at 11:31

Apple Intelligence’s ever-growing feature set has brought additional storage requirements on your device, but it’s also come with new controls over which features are enabled. Here’s how to manually disable certain Apple Intelligence features on your iPhone and more.

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ShiftCam unveils PLANCK: An ultra-tiny SSD for recording ProRes video on your iPhone

7 January 2025 at 11:15

, a company behind many great iPhone accessories for content creators, unveiled PLANCK at CES 2025. The company calls it the world’s smallest portable SSD, and it’ll be great for helping you record large videos on your .

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iOS 18.3 beta 2 fixes key Calculator issue introduced last fall

7 January 2025 at 10:38

Apple has just released iOS 18.3 beta 2. While so far we haven’t seen a ton of changes in iOS 18.3, the latest beta does bring one fix for the Calculator app that has been asked for often since iOS 18’s redesign.

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Satechi unveils new essential OntheGo collection for 2025 [Hands-on]

7 January 2025 at 10:12

As someone who’s been using Satechi products for years, I’ve always admired their sleek designs and focus on functionality. At this year’s Pepcom event, I had a chance to go hands-on with their latest OntheGo collection β€” a lineup of premium travel chargers that make staying powered up on the move easier than ever. From power banks with built-in stands to versatile wireless chargers, Satechi continues to deliver practical, beautifully crafted tech accessories.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new OntheGo lineup:

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