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Today — 24 May 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Bandbreite’ is the best way to track an Apple Watch band collection

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.


Apple Watch, allowing users to learn more about Apple Watch bands and keep track of their collection.

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Limited-time Apple Card sign up bonus offers new users $150 back on $150+ spent at Nike

For a limited time, Apple is offering new Apple Card users a special sign up bonus through Nike. Now through June 15th, users can receive $150 in cash back after spending over $150 on Nike purchases in the first 30 days of account opening.

This stacks on top of the limited time 6% cash back offer that started earlier this month.

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Apple @ Work: Spike’s AI Feed is a solid example of workplace AI done right

By: Bradley C
24 May 2025 at 06:50

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There’s a lot of hype around AI right now. Every product is “AI-powered” and every app promises to help you do more by doing the work for you. However, I think that real productivity improvements don’t come with bolted-on functionality. They come from building smarter tools that live where people already work and letting them focus on what humans do best. That’s why I think Spike’s new AI Feed is a solid example of workplace AI done right.

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This ultra-thin Qi2 charger belongs in any travel pack [Hands-on]

24 May 2025 at 06:30

With the expected release of the iPhone 17 Air later this year and the recent release of the S25 Edge from Samsung, it looks like the theme of 2025 is all about thinness. Companies are doing all they can to flex their design and physics-defying muscles to show off just how thin they can make products without sacrificing significant features. Now, accessories companies are getting in on the fun, and Kuxiu’s new X41Q charger is impressively thin while staying efficient and powerful. Here is what you need to know!

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Politico: California AG considers suing Trump over new Apple tax

24 May 2025 at 05:22

Speaking at a press conference Friday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he’s “prepared to sue if appropriate” after President Trump threatened to slap Apple with a 25% tariff unless the company moves its iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.

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Here’s the TV shows and movies coming in June on Apple TV+

24 May 2025 at 02:45

While Apple regularly gets lambasted for lack of promotion for its streaming service, Apple TV+, the company seems to be trying harder in recent weeks. It just dropped a ‘New for June’ sizzle reel, hyping what users can expect to stream on the service in the next month.

The new premieres include comedy series Stick, movie Echo Valley, season two of The Buccaneers, and Taron Egerton drama Smoke. Watch the sizzle reel promo roll after the break below …

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Yesterday — 23 May 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

Apple brings back quirky ‘There’s more to iPhone’ British campaign

23 May 2025 at 10:49

A few years ago, Apple published a series of short videos on its British YouTube channel that were very different from the company’s usual campaigns. Now, the company is at it again, with a new set of futuristic and oddly hypnotic ads.

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Canalys: Xiaomi overtakes Apple as the world’s top wearable vendor

23 May 2025 at 10:19

Xiaomi has retaken the digital crown in the global wearable band market, surpassing Apple to become the top vendor in Q1 2025, according to new data from Canalys.

The research firm says Xiaomi pulled it with a more mature ecosystem strategy than the one it had back in mid-2021 (the last time it led the pack), while Apple’s wearable strategy has grown stale.

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If you skipped The Studio, do yourself a favor and give it a shot

23 May 2025 at 09:36

I don’t usually watch trailers, but Apple TV+ makes it nearly impossible to avoid them with how aggressively it peddles its own content.

After the umpteenth time that sharp trumpet note from The Studio’s trailer blared through my TV while I was just trying to watch something else, I gave in. My first thought? Yeah, no. Looks way too over the top. Eleven episodes later, I can confirm: it absolutely is. And it’s glorious. Give it a shot and you’ll thank Sal Saperstein later

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ChatGPT and Mac app integrations point to an exciting future

23 May 2025 at 09:00

The long-term promise of Apple Intelligence and next-gen Siri is that it will be able to access all our apps, and the data stored in those apps, to become massively more helpful.

ChatGPT has effectively given us a preview of this type of capability through its integration with a handful of Mac apps, and I’ve been putting it to the test …

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Deals: M4 iPad Pro $300 off, M2 iPad Air $350 off, Apple Watch Series 10 from $299 ($160 off upgraded models), more

23 May 2025 at 08:45

While and Best Buy’s Memorial Day sales before we even kick off the holiday weekend, there are some additional deals to add to the list today. Amazon has now dropped a sizable $300 off the 2TB M4 iPad Pro, while more affordable models start from $809. That deals joins some notable offers on Apple’s Magic Keyboard as well as a giant price drop on the originally $1,049 iPad Air down at $699 shipped. Apple Watch Series 10 deals continue from $299 while upgraded models are up to $160 off alongside discounts on Twelve South’s TimePorter Apple Watch band organizer. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Apple offering limited-time boosted trade-in values for iPhones

23 May 2025 at 05:54

Apple has announced that it is running a limited-time promotion offering boosted trade-in values on iPhones. The promotion will run through June 18 and is available in multiple countries around the world, including the United States and China.

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Trump demands Apple make iPhones in the United States, threatens new 25% tariff if they don’t

23 May 2025 at 04:48

President Trump has just blasted Apple in a post on his account on TruthSocial. The president said that he has “long ago informed” Apple CEO Tim Cook that iPhones sold in the United States should be manufactured and built in the United States, “not India, or anyplace else”.

He continues by threatening that if this does not happen, “a tariff of least 25% must be paid by Apple”. The details of the ‘tariff’ are unclear, but the outburst has nonetheless shook investors and Apple company stock has already dropped 3% in response to the announcement.

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Apple absolutely cannot miss its smart glasses swing

22 May 2025 at 15:29

Apple is in a tough spot. While the company is painfully behind the competition when it comes to getting a solid handle on AI development, it seems to be speeding up the timeline to release its first AI-powered smart glasses. That’s… quite a gamble.

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