iOS 18.4 has been available in beta for less than two weeks, and following beta 2’s arrival earlier this week we’re still discovering updates and changes. The latest: there are two new App Store additions that should make downloading apps and updates just a little bit nicer of an experience than before.

When we look back on the iPhone 16e years from now, the thing we’ll all remember is that it was the first iPhone to use Apple’s own modem.

Even though the two companies have a testy relationship, Apple has historically relied on Qualcomm for modems. The C1 chip in the iPhone 16e is Apple’s first step toward breaking up with Qualcomm.

Qualcomm, however, says it’s not worried about the competition posed by Apple’s foray into modems…

Apple’s M4 MacBook Air comes with several nice upgrades, but it isn’t packed with tons of new features. Yet despite the limited revisions on paper, the new MacBook Air stands out from Apple’s lineup as a rare product I can heartily recommend to just about anyone. Here’s why.

Apple unveiled a brand new Mac Studio today with two powerful—yet perplexing—chip options. You can get it with an M4 Max or the new high-end M3 Ultra chip. One publication asked Apple about this odd pairing, and its answer hinted that we may not see an M4 Ultra chip in the future.

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Google today is announcing and beginning testing on an “AI Mode” for Search. This “early experiment” lets you ask more complex questions that will be answered by an AI-generated response that takes up the entire page.

Apple has just unveiled the M4 MacBook Air with a sweet new Sky Blue color no less, but we are now tracking some major savings opportunities on yesterday’s reveals – the M3 iPad Air and the new iPad (A16). Best Buy is now offering $50 off the new M3 Air for its members and trade-ins of an M2 can net you up to $650 off. The same goes for the iPad A16 – you can flip an iPad 10 to score the new model at 50% off. Those deals join Apple’s 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro with 48GB of RAM at over $300 off, nearly 25% off the Apple Pencil Pro, and more. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

Apple just launched its M4 MacBook Air and it ships next week. If you already own an M3 MacBook Air, should you even consider the M4 model? Here’s what you should know about the key differences.

Apple brought the MacBook Air starting price back to the magic $999 number with the introduction of the M4 MacBook Air. In recent years, Apple relied on selling an older version of the MacBook Air to stay below the $1,000 price tag.

Having newer technology for a lower price is a double win for customers. It also means customers should seek even lower prices on previous generation MacBook Air models still being sold.

Considering an now that the M4 MacBook Air has arrived? Keep these things in mind before making a buying decision.

PolarPro has announced its new LiteChaser 16 Slim case for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. PolarPro was kind enough to send over both a case and a full set of their filters to check it out. While I’m normally a no-case kind of guy, the added filter attachments might just switch me over for when I’m around town and need to scratch my photography itch.

iOS 18.4 is currently in beta testing, and with the recent beta 2 debut, it brought long-awaited RCS messaging support to not only Google Fi users, but also customers of some other big US carrier holdouts: Mint Mobile, Boost Mobile, and more. Here are the details.

The outgoing M3 MacBook Air is the last new Mac to come in a space gray aluminum finish. The M4 model replaces space gray with sky blue.

Apple seems to have discontinued the M2 and M3 MacBook Air following the introduction of the new M4 model.

As expected, Apple today announced the M4 MacBook Air. It’s a spec-bump update, with unchanged design aside from a new color, so it’s not a compelling upgrade for existing owners of any Apple Silicon model.

However, if you’ve been considering a MacBook Air purchase as either your first model or a replacement for an older Intel one, this is a really good time to press the button …

Apple has just launched two new Macs, the M4 MacBook Air and a new Mac Studio. The Mac Studio comes with two chip options: M4 Max or M3 Ultra. Here’s everything you should know about the new M3 Ultra chip.

Apple has officially announced the M4 MacBook Air. The latest model includes a new sky blue color option and a cheaper starting price

It turns out there’s something in the air today, too. Apple has unveiled a new Mac Studio, the second revamp to the desktop powerhouse that it launched in 2022. The new Mac Studio is available in two chip configurations: the M4 Max and the M3 Ultra.

Apple has released a new update to Shazam, the music tagging service that it bought in 2018. The latest version adds songs tagged from outside the app to the Shazam playlist in Apple Music and Spotify.

Digg – once known as “the homepage of the internet” – is making a come-back, after being bought by its co-founder Kevin Rose in partnership with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

It’s an interesting move given that Reddit was a competitor who pretty much inherited that “homepage of the web” accolade. Also ‘interesting’ is the pair’s belief that most moderation can be done by AI …

Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) is a privacy feature very few people have been using. Non-techies had never heard of it, and even some geeks hadn’t enabled it.

So Apple standing up to the UK government’s attack on ADP might not seem a big deal – but I’d argue that it’s way more important than it might seem, for three reasons …