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Today — 26 February 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 up to $168 off, M4 iPad Pro $150 off, Powerbeats Pro 2 trade deals, Apple DockKit stand, more

26 February 2025 at 08:52

Alongside ongoing rare price drops on the Nomad iPhone 16 cases and Apple Watch bands, today’s collection of deals is kicking off with some deep discounts on Apple Watch Series 10. You’ll now find open-box units with full Apple warranties at as much as $168 off the going rates – these are some of the best prices ever and they might not last long. From there, we move over to the return of $150 price drops on the mid-ranger 512GB M4 iPad Pro alongside deals on Belkin’s wireless auto-tracking Apple DockKit 15W MagSafe charging stand and Apple’s latest blue Trail Loop with the black titanium finish, not mention some trade-in discounts on the new Powerbeats Pro 2. All of that and more awaits below. 

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Neural: Amazon announces Alexa+ AI, ChatGPT expands Deep Research access, Claude 3.7 is here to code

By: Zac Hall
26 February 2025 at 08:47

Welcome to NeuralAI moves fast. We help you keep up. Much has unfolded in AI Land since we last spoke. Amazon has officially announced Alexa+, OpenAI has made a feature cheaper that used to cost $200/month, Anthropic unveiled and released Claude 3.7, and Perplexity has previewed its new AI-driven Comet browser for agentic search.

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This is every Apple Intelligence feature that’s available now

26 February 2025 at 08:42

Apple Intelligence is an umbrella term for Apple’s vast suite of AI-powered features across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and soon Vision Pro. New features have rolled out across several releases of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS and changed many aspects of how our devices work. Here is a full list of every current Apple Intelligence feature, plus a look at what’s coming next.

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9to5Mac Daily: February 26, 2025 – Apple doorbell rumors, more

26 February 2025 at 07:37

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts appStitcherTuneInGoogle Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

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iOS 18.4 hints at a tentpole feature of Apple’s new ‘HomePad’

26 February 2025 at 07:03

iOS 18.4 is now available in beta, and one of its main additions came as a total surprise: a new Food hub and cooking experience for Apple News. However, there’s a new Home product launching soon—I call it ‘HomePad’—that the cooking feature seems perfectly built for.

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Trump wants Apple to ‘GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS’

By: Zac Hall
26 February 2025 at 06:49

President Trump has calmly suggested that Apple should consider reevaluating its policies around diversity, equity, and inclusion, while making the case that meritocracy could yield better results and reduce workplace division. Wait, scratch that, President Trump has blasted Apple on social media in an all-caps message, demanding that “APPLE SHOULD GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM.”

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Apple TV+ announces Bono documentary, the first feature-length Apple Immersive film for Apple Vision Pro

26 February 2025 at 06:22

Apple TV+ today announced a new documentary film called Bono: Stories of Surrender, which streams worldwide on May 30, and will also be available in an immersive 3D format viewable in the Apple Vision Pro headset.

In fact, this will be the first feature-length Apple Immersive film; all previous made-for-Vision-Pro content has been short-form fare. Apple and U2 have always had a close relationship, and this project is the latest example of that.

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Brits unmoved by loss of Advanced Data Protection – and Apple needs to change that

26 February 2025 at 04:53

In a world in which privacy is a hot-button issue, we might have expected Brits to be outraged that their government was responsible for Apple withdrawing Advanced Data Protection from the UK. In reality, it’s gone largely unremarked.

A new Bloomberg piece suggests that’s because people care far less about privacy than they claim. While I do think there’s some truth to that, it’s not the primary reason …

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Mac market share growing faster than top three PC brands; Apple leads in AI

26 February 2025 at 03:51

A new market intelligence report indicates that Mac market share grew at a faster rate that the top three PC brands during the final quarter of last year.

Apple also dominates the AI-capable computer market, with a 45% share against 15% for the nearest Windows PC competitor …

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Return to inbox: this new iPhone Mail setting fixes one of the app’s most annoying quirks

26 February 2025 at 03:10

One of the longest standing feature requests for Apple Mail on iPhone is for the app to change how it behaves when a user moves a message to a different folder, or sends it to the trash.

Until iOS 18.4, the Mail app would always automatically move on to the next message in the inbox, which would annoyingly cause that unrelated message to be marked as read in the process. What many users have asked for, is for the app to simply return to the inbox list instead. iOS 18.4 finally makes that possible.

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Yesterday — 25 February 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

Opera One now lets users access Discord, Slack, and Bluesky from the sidebar

25 February 2025 at 15:11

Opera released an update on Tuesday for Opera One, the company’s web browser focused on AI tools. With the new version, Opera One makes it easier for users to access Discord, Slack, and Bluesky directly from the sidebar with just a click.

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Apple’s rumored smart home doorbell may feature MagSafe

25 February 2025 at 14:20

A Bloomberg report last year revealed that Apple has been working on a new smart doorbell to compete with . Although the device is still in the early stages of development and won’t come to the market anytime soon, a new rumor suggests that Apple’s doorbell will feature MagSafe.

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Ubiquiti launches three new 10G cloud gateways for next-level networking

By: Bradley C
25 February 2025 at 14:00

Ubiquiti continues to be a leader in the enterprise networking industry with three new 10-gigabit UniFi Cloud Gateways designed to future-proof networks. In the last five years, the company has been on a roll with new products and services; these new gateways are a prime example. I’ve had great experience over the years with Apple fleets and UniFi networking, so let’s take a look at each of them.

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Apple blames ‘phonetic overlap’ for iOS dictation replacing ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’ 

25 February 2025 at 13:51

Apple says that “phonetic overlap” is to blame for a peculiar glitch in the iPhone’s dictation feature.

Over the last several days, the “bug” has gained traction on various social networks including TiKTok. In one video on TikTok, you can see an iPhone user using the built-in dictation feature to clearly say the word “racist,” only for the iPhone to moementarily transcribe it as “Trump.” The transcription quickly corrects itself before being finalized.

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iPhone 16e has five key upgrades to entice iPhone 15 users

25 February 2025 at 10:06

Apple’s new iPhone 16e isn’t quite as budget-friendly as the iPhone SE it replaced, but it’s still a fantastic option for users looking to upgrade without breaking the bank. For iPhone 15 owners specifically, there are five big upgrades that come with the iPhone 16e vs. your current 15.

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Apple investors reject proposal to end DEI program as Tim Cook commits to a ‘culture of belonging’

25 February 2025 at 09:13

Apple is holding its annual shareholder meeting today as investors vote on several proposals and hear updates from CEO Tim Cook.

Most notably, Apple shareholders rejected an outside proposal calling for the company to end its DEI initiatives.

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Deals: M4 Pro MacBook Pro 48GB $300 off, iPhone 15 Pro $500 off, Nomad Apple Watch bands, more

25 February 2025 at 08:46

Deals on the M4 Mac mini continue as well as Apple Pencil Pro and M4 iPad Pro models, but there’s more to come today. Starting off with the M4 Pro MacBook Pro, we now have configs with 48GB of RAM at $300 off the going rate joining the entry-level model at $200 off. From there we move to Amazon Renewed Premium iPhone 15 Pro units at over $500 off the original price as well as rare deals on Nomad iPhone 16 cases and Apple Watch bands. Everything else awaits down below. 

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