Hotnews2

9to5mac

9to5mac 7h ago

9to5Mac Daily: July 15, 2026 – iOS 27 public beta is here

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
9to5mac 32h ago

How the 20th anniversary iPhone will provide a ‘single slab of glass’ look

Former Apple design chief Jony Ive always described his long-term vision for the iPhone design as “a single slab of glass.” Apple is believed to have retained that goal long after Ive left the company, with Liquid Glass representing the company’s software prep ahead of the new hardware.
9to5mac 3h ago

AppleCare+ gets a price increase for new Mac and iPad plans

As Bloomberg reports, Apple has increased its monthly and annual AppleCare+ rates for new Mac and iPad customers. Here are the details.
9to5mac 25h ago

Report: OpenAI’s first device will be a portable speaker with a camera and other sensors

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI’s anticipated entry into the hardware market is slated to begin with a portable, screenless smart speaker. Here are the details.
9to5mac 30h ago

Anthropic is giving teachers free access to premium Claude features, details here

Anthropic is providing free access to premium Claude AI features to K-12 teachers in the United States. The effort is part of a new Claude for Teachers initiative.
9to5mac 6h ago

Deals: Apple Watch Series 11 $130 off, AirPods, M5 MacBook Air, iPhone 17 Pro, HomeKit lamp, Bose, more

Alongside the ongoing $50 price drop on AirPods Pro 3 and the up to $130 off Apple Watch Series 11, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Amazon re-stocking select M5 MacBook Air models at $150 off and the Amazon Renewed Premium iPhone 17 Pro models at $220 off today (plus more up to $449 off).
9to5mac 11h ago

Apple reaches agreement with Chinese government on Apple Intelligence rollout

The new Siri and other Apple Intelligence features are currently only supported in the iOS 27 beta in English in a small number of countries, but Apple has promised that they will “quickly expand” to additional countries and languages.
9to5mac 11h ago

A sneak peek at nine new(ish) emoji on the way

Unicode’s emoji tsar Jennifer Daniel has given us a sneak peek at nine emoji set for release next year – though not all of them are entirely new.
9to5mac 9h ago

iOS 27 breaks 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad

Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order.
9to5mac 2h ago

Apple faces new questions from Brazil over betting apps accessible to minors

Nearly three months after Brazilian officials first questioned Apple over betting apps accessible to minors, the company has now been given five business days to provide additional details about its App Store safeguards. Here are the details.
9to5mac 6h ago

Report: Apple looking into buying chip startups to strengthen its AI infrastructure

The Information reports that Apple has been in talks with bankers and semiconductor startups as it explores acquisitions to strengthen its AI server capabilities. Here are the details.
9to5mac 34h ago

Waze now learns your preferences, and gets more conversational but less chatty

Navigation app Waze is rolling out an update to its iPhone and Android app to introduce three new AI-powered features.
9to5mac 26h ago

OpenAI says it has seen no evidence supporting Apple’s trade secret theft claims

OpenAI has issued a new statement in reaction to Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of trade secret theft. Here are the details.
9to5mac 30h ago

Spotify now lets Premium users talk to a chatbot about music, podcasts, and books

Spotify will now let subscribers use natural language to ask questions about their listening history, make playback requests, and more. Here are the details.
9to5mac 9h ago

OpenAI’s hardware device may partly compete with AirPods Ultra – and lose

Jony Ive and Sam Altman made a big promise when they teased the launch of a completely new concept in AI hardware more than a year ago.
9to5mac 27h ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit accusing Apple of failing to stop CSAM on iCloud

Reuters reports that Apple has defeated a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of failing to stop child sexual abuse material from being stored and shared through iCloud. Here are the details.
1 2 3 4