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Today — 14 January 2025Main stream

Why Vision Pro is Apple’s best reason yet to bring Touch ID back to iPhone

14 January 2025 at 13:41

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.

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Apple Watch Ultra 3 might get my upgrade for its software, not hardware

14 January 2025 at 11:41

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.

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Apple releases beta 3 for tvOS 18.3 and HomePod 18.3 [U]

14 January 2025 at 10:48

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.

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Apple has ‘Lumon employees’ working inside Severance cube at Grand Central Terminal

14 January 2025 at 10:05

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.

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New Apple Studio Display: Three reasons to expect a launch this year

14 January 2025 at 08:43

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 2 custom widgets UI revealed as Apple continues development

14 January 2025 at 06:44

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.

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Yesterday — 13 January 2025Main stream

Apple is launching 20+ new products this year, here’s what’s coming

13 January 2025 at 12:37

Apple has a huge lineup of products coming in 2025, including three new Home products, six devices getting rare updates, five new iPhones, and more. Based on the reporting of Mark Gurman and Ming-Chi Kuo especially, here’s a full lineup of what’s coming.

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Here are two signs the iPhone 17 lineup could be more expensive than ever

13 January 2025 at 11:26

Apple’s launching five new iPhones this year, and signs are starting to emerge that this is the year prices will finally increase. The budget-friendly iPhone SE 4 is widely expected to get a modest price bump, but the flagship iPhone 17 lineup could too. Here are two reasons why.

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Massive data breach exposes precise locations for users of many popular apps

13 January 2025 at 09:14

A huge data breach involving Gravy Analytics has appeared to expose precise location data for millions of users of popular smartphone apps like Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal, and more. Here’s what you should know about the unfolding breach.

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New Apple Stores coming to the US this year in these locations

13 January 2025 at 07:47

New Apple Store openings aren’t as frequent as they used to be, but Apple continues to launch its retail locations both in the US and around the globe. Here are the locations planned for opening this year in the US, and a peek into Apple’s plans abroad too.

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Apple Pay now offers ‘pay over time’ with Synchrony [U: Removed]

10 January 2025 at 11:53

Following the abrupt discontinuation of Apple Pay Later over the summer, Apple has been rolling out support for multiple third-party ‘pay over time’ alternatives. The latest Apple Pay addition: Synchrony.

Update: Aaron Perris, who first noticed Synchrony had been added by Apple, now notes that all references to the provider have been removed from Apple’s support document. As Perris notes, “Looks like someone published the support document too early.”

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TikTok ‘going dark’ in the US on January 19 looks more likely than ever

10 January 2025 at 10:34

TikTok’s US saga is almost at an end, and its last major source of hope—a Supreme Court intervention—now looks unlikely to pan out. Thus, a January 19 ban in the US is looking more realistic than ever. Here’s the latest.

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Apple Television could be the antidote for these disturbing TV trends

10 January 2025 at 08:21

Apple’s kicking off a new Home products strategy this year, and an Apple Television is reportedly being evaluated as a future product. Recent trends in the TV space reveal how much opportunity there is for Apple to disrupt the market with a new product and better direction.

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Venu Sports has been canceled by Disney, FOX, Warner Bros.

10 January 2025 at 06:25

Sports in the streaming era is a messy affair, and Venu Sports is a prime example of that. The planned new streaming bundle from Disney, FOX, and Warner Bros was going to launch last fall, but it’s now been canceled before even having the chance to arrive.

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