The DOJ spent years threatening to bring antitrust charges against Apple, and now that it finally has, the US government seems incapable of participating in its own case. Apple wants the DOJ to play ball in its own court The United States Department of Justice brought antitrust claims against Apple in June 2024 . After a year of appeals , the case was pushed into going forward. In the months since, things have been at a standstill as no one seems ready to budge on discovery requests. The DOJ ..

Jony Ive left Apple to start a design company, and one of his most high- profile jobs so far is designing an EV Ferrari inside and out. Needless to say, it'll be a controversial vehicle. LoveFrom was formed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson in 2019 shortly after Ive's Apple departure. The two were fairly quickly contacted by Ferrari, with a deal being formalized in 2021 . Five years later, the results of this partnership have finally been unveiled in the form of the Ferrari Luce. Continue Reading on ..

On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we talk about security systems, and how they can integrate with other devices to protect your home and family. Smart Home Insider Podcast Joining as guest host for this security episode is Jimmy Lin, Vice President of Product Management at ADT. We dive into what's new with ADT as well as security systems and Matter in the latter half of the episode. First, we talk through the news. Bose has a new lifestyle collection of smart speakers, ..

Apple's first live soccer broadcast shot entirely on iPhone impressed viewers with close-up camera work during the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC match, but the experiment also exposed the limits of smartphone cameras during fast- moving gameplay. Apple and Major League Soccer Apple placed iPhone 17 Pro units throughout Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, for the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC Major League Soccer match on May 24 . The phones handled match coverage, tunnel ..

Today only, B&H; is clearing out M3 iPad Air inventory with a $150 discount during its Deal Zone event. B&H; is knocking $150 off Apple's M3 iPad Air with this flash deal. The 11-inch iPad Air M3 with 128GB of storage is marked down to $449 today only at B&H; as part of its Deal Zone sale. Save $150 on M3 iPad Air Continue Reading on AppleInsider Discuss on our Forums

In this week's "Sunday Reboot," Apple shoots soccer with iPhones , Epic Games misses the mark with its messaging, and Plex's astounding price rise. Sunday Reboot: An iPhone, Fortnite, and a price rise Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get the next week underway with a good first step. This week, Apple faced protests over the closure of the Apple Towson Town Center store, the first ..

Apple will be adding support for Google Cast and other alternatives to AirPlay as part of iOS 27 , in order to appease the EU's Digital Markets Act. EU flags in Brussels image credit: EU The Digital Markets Act is viewed by Apple as a problem, due to a lack of clarity about regulatory requirements and their effects. While this has so far meant the blocking of some features from reaching the continent, Apple is meeting halfway by abiding by some elements. One of those will apparently be a change ..

Generative AI is not Apple's strong suit, but Image Playground, the tool responsible for horrific AI avatar generation and Genmoji, should see significant improvements with the OS 27 cycle. Image Playground will generate images based on provided photos and other inputs, but the results leave a lot to be desired Apple announced Apple Intelligence features that had to be delayed in 2024, and one of them should have been Image Playground. While the other AI tools were of passable usefulness and ..

The WWDC updates for watchOS 27 are expected to be minimal thanks to Apple's stability focus. However, Apple is rumored to be improving the heart-rate tracking with the new fall update. Apple Watch Series 11 The WWDC 2026 keynote is a few weeks away, and the excitement is all about AI and iOS 27's changes. While you can expect some tweaks to watchOS 27, it seems like there won't be that many visible changes on the way. In Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg , the watchOS update will ..

A new Gen AI subdomain has been found for Apple's website, with the domain's appearance solidifying AI as one of the major topics at WWDC in June. Apple Intelligence is expected to get a big Siri upgrade for WWDC 2026 Apple's annual WWDC event is set to start on June 8 , with its keynote setting the tone for the rest of the year. While Apple is secretive as usual about what will be mentioned, one web-based change has practically confirmed one of the most likely topics. A new subdomain for ..

An FCC filing lists a pair of unreleased Apple over-ear headphones as on the way, but it's more likely to be a Beats product than an AirPods Max stablemate. Beats Solo4 Occasionally, unannounced Apple products surface through regulatory filings as they undergo testing and other necessary tasks before going on sale. While these filings can often provide a lot of clues about what Apple has planned, they can sometimes raise more questions than answers. A filing at the Federal Communications ..

The latest "leak" from someone impersonating a now-defunct leaker appears to be nothing more than painted lens covers, especially considering the modern iPhone design has a unibody case. iPhone 17 Pro Max has a unibody rear case. Note the design of the plateau here. Majin Bu was once a prominent Apple leaker who had some accurate leaks. After attempting to sell cases for an unreleased iPhone, the leaker disappeared, and a copycat has risen in its stead. It still isn't clear to me why anyone is ..

As OpenAI prepares an IPO, information suggests it is bleeding money. Apple, on the other hand, continues to benefit from AI without all of the spend. Jony Ive & Sam Altman Image Credit: OpenAI If you didn't predict it already, you could sense that AI was past its sell-by date when you watched the 2026 Google I/O conference . Half the hyped new technologies seemed worthless or at best old hat, and half were yet again preposterous exaggerations about saving the human race from something or ..

Purported images of Apple's clear cases for the iPhone 18 range are causing unfathomable excitement for how different the MagSafe markings are. Purported Apple clear cases for (L-R_ iPhone 18, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max - image credit: MyDrivers There's a strong chance you never noticed this, and perhaps quite a strong one that you'd now have to look at these images to spot the difference. Yet if you cared about this, you apparently cared a great deal and the latest clear-case leaks may ..

Amazon's Memorial Day sale delivers a $50 price cut on AirPods Pro 3, with the entire AirPods line eligible for discounts. AirPods Pro 3 are down to $199 for Memorial Day weekend. Apple AirPods Pro 3 are on sale for $199 at Amazon today, which matches the lowest price seen this quarter. Buy AirPods Pro 3 for $199 Continue Reading on AppleInsider Discuss on our Forums

The union representing staff at Apple Towson Town Center has announced a public rally for May 27, 2026, protesting against Apple's treatment of its workers. Apple Towson Town Center, Maryland Apple Towson is not the only store that Apple has decided to close, but it is the only unionized one . It was the first Apple Store to unionize, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Union claims that its members are being discriminated against because of this. Known ..

Apple's macOS Tahoe has been one of the most controversial and divisive Mac updates ever. After almost a year of use, not even including Apple Intelligence, some of its touted benefits haven't worked out. Apple's macOS Tahoe is good, it's just not as revolutionary as advertised Maybe this is just how it always is. For instance, when macOS Big Sur was announced, it was a gigantic change for the Mac yet now you can't even remember what was so new about it. With macOS Tahoe, you do know that the ..

Apple has shown off the new Accessibility features coming in iOS 27, which did nothing to stem the torrent of rumors about what we'll see in Apple Intelligence , but possibly did steal a little bit of thunder from Google's peculiar mishmash of an I/O conference, on the AppleInsider Podcast. Apple has revealed a new accessibility accessory, plus shown off new features coming to iOS - image credit: Apple It's surely the only time of the year where Apple actually tells us something in advance ..

NameDrop lets iPhone users exchange contact information by bringing two devices together. Here's how to use the feature, customize what it shares, and fix the most common problems. NameDrop causes a light and vibration to show between the two iPhones Apple introduced NameDrop in iOS 17 as part of a larger contact-sharing system built around Contact Posters. Instead of typing phone numbers manually, users can tap their iPhones together and choose whether to share or receive contact information. ..

The Supreme Court could now weigh in on the Apple versus Epic case where Apple was found in contempt of an injunction and forced to allow all developers to link externally without commission. Apple takes Epic's case to the Supreme Court The Apple versus Epic saga is nowhere near an end even if Epic is celebrating a victory prematurely. Even as the case returns to Circuit Courts , Apple is requesting the Supreme Court to review two specific issues it has with the proceedings so far. In the ..

A woman has credited her iPhone with saving her life after it automatically called emergency services when her car left the road and slid 330 feet down a mountainside. The iPhone's Crash Detection feature has been credited with saving another life. The woman lost control of her vehicle on a winding road in scenic Denbighshire, UK. It then rolled down the hill before bursting into flames moments after she was able to escape. Emergency services arrived at the scene 20 minutes later, including a ..

Amazon's $200 discount delivers the lowest price ever on the 2026 15-inch MacBook Air with Apple's M5 chip. Save $200 on Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air for Memorial Day weekend. Amazon's early Memorial Day deal knocks $200 off the standard M5 MacBook Air 15-inch laptop in your choice of Starlight or Sky Blue. Buy 15" MacBook Air M5 for $1,099.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider Discuss on our Forums

All of Apple TV's coverage of the LA Galaxy versus Houston Dynamo FC MLS game on May 23, 2026, will be shot live only on the iPhone 17 Pro . Apple TV will shoot its first MLS game entirely on an iPhone - image credit: Apple Apple previously ditched its MLS Season Pass and allowed all Apple TV subscribers to watch Major League Soccer for free in 2026 . Now those subscribers are going to see a game where every camera and every angle is shot on an iPhone. According to Apple, this is the first time ..

A rumor suggests that the 2027 " iPhone 19 Pro " is already undergoing evaluation testing with a new, quad-curved display set to bring the biggest design change in a decade. iPhone 19 Pro is tipped to get a new, quad-curved OLED display There have been countless reports in recent months that point to Apple celebrating 20 years of the iPhone with the 2027 model. Part of that celebration will include a display that wraps around all four sides of the iPhone for the first time. Now, a new report by ..

A new supply chain report says that Samsung Display is now able to mass produce the complex screens for the forthcoming OLED MacBook Pro , and should start shipping to Apple soon. The display of the current-gen M5 MacBook Pro The long-rumored MacBook Pro with a higher quality display based on twin-stack OLED technology (what Apple refers to as tandem OLED) has recently been said to be delayed from late 2026 to early 2027 . But that was because of the global chip shortage , and reportedly there ..

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Gen 2 is an updated version of a popular headset, adding Mac support for the first time, and it has immediately become the model that all other headsets need to beat. SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Gen 2 review: The gaming headset for Mac users SteelSeries is a mainstay of the gaming accessory market, making some of the most popular headsets. Its Nova 7 sits towards the top of its audio lineup, and while the X version adds Xbox support, it works with everything. With ..

More than 30,000 Windows PCs and Chromebooks are getting the boot as Kansas City prepares to transition its public school students exclusively to Apple devices. Kansas City Public Schools have procured more than 4,500 MacBook Neos as part of its transition to an "All-Apple District" On Wednesday, Kansas City Public Schools elaborated on its decision to become an "All-Apple District." The district says the move reflects its commitment to providing the highest quality education to its students. ..

Music Labels will do better with music that doesn't use that much AI, Apple has warned, as it tries to keep the humanity in songs. Apple Music asks distributors to label AI works Like other areas of the creative world, artificial intelligence is becoming part of the music we listen to. However, Apple has issued a warning to the industry at large that it is working to combat the influx of AI audio content. In an open letter to music labels and music industry partners seen by 9to5Mac titled "What ..

Leaked documents may be tip of the iceberg in Foxconn hack, as only Apple server schematics have been shared so far. More damaging documents may come later. Apple's server designs may be at risk of exposure, because of a May 2026 cyberattack that targeted Foxconn. On May 12, AppleInsider reported that ransomware group Nitrogen hacked into Foxconn facilities in North America. Initially, based on the available sample files, it appeared that the attackers didn't obtain any Apple documentation. ..

Apple isn't doing a good job shaking the accusations of abandoning the Apple Vision Pro platform when you observe how it handles sharing information about exclusive content like Immersive Video. Apple Vision Pro needs more attention from Apple I'm an Apple Vision Pro enthusiast that sees a lot of potential in the platform. It's still a main device in my workflow that I like to visit multiple times a week to get some focused writing done. However, it isn't surprising in the least that Apple ..

Cannes Lions is honoring Apple Services chief Eddy Cue after Apple turned its once-questioned Apple TV push into a credible prestige entertainment business with growing influence in Hollywood. Apple SVP of Services Eddy Cue. Photo credit: Re/Code Cue will receive Cannes Lions' Entertainment Person of the Year honor during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which runs June 22 through June 26 in Cannes, France. Cue is also scheduled to appear in a keynote conversation with ..

Google I/O is always like a little amateur dramatics show, but this year the company could have boasted about making Apple rely on its Gemini. It just totally failed to do so. Sundar Pichai - image credit: Google Today the word "claptrap" is used to mean that someone is talking rubbish, but originally it was a theatrical term. It meant the bit in a show where the dancer or actor pauses in just such a way that the audience knows to applaud. This year's Google I/O seemed to have quite a bit of ..

Artificial intelligence has helped Apple's human-based App Store Review process prevent over $2.2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2025. It also rejected more harmful apps than ever before. The App Store is seeing more submissions all the time. Malicious app submissions are also increasing in number. Policing the App Store for malware is a task for the App Store Review team, which is getting tougher over time thanks to AI-assisted app development . However, artificial intelligence is also ..

The Insta360 Mic Pro is not the smallest wireless mic you can get, but it might be the best for sound quality and certainly for build quality. The smiley face on this microphone is actually an e-ink screen that you can change. Your first impression of the Insta360 Mic Pro may be wrong. The two microphones in the set I reviewed come with what look like bright yellow labels, one of which is a smiley emoji, and you have to think you'd never wear this on camera. But while it's true that microphones ..

Nintendo plans on getting real weird with it, bringing a new WarioWare-style collection of microgames to mobile platforms just as summer starts. Image Credit: Nintendo If you're a fan of Nintendo's IP, chances are you're aware of their propensity for what the publisher calls "microgames." Mario Party is one famous example, as are games in the WarioWare series. Microgames are exactly what they sound like. Continue Reading on AppleInsider Discuss on our Forums

Vibe coding is great for the App Store economy, but Apple is still wary about its use without safeguards in place. It's a fine balance that's going to be hard to maintain. Vibe coding is allowed for App Store apps, but Apple doesn't want it to make apps on an iPhone without oversight. The concept of vibe coding has risen in tandem with AI chatbots in recent years. Infiltrating many areas of the development process, it has turned the process of making an app into child's play . However, while it ..

Apple TV has shared the upcoming slate of Peanuts content, including a new special "There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy" and a feature-length film "Snoopy Unleashed" alongside more classic releases. Peanuts characters Apple TV announced on May 19 that "Camp Snoopy" will return for a second season on June 26, followed by a new special, "Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy," on July 31. The service is also bringing "This Is America, Charlie Brown" and "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy ..

The Apple Sports app is turning into a much larger international platform ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 by expanding to more than 90 additional countries and regions. Apple Sports is now available in over 170 countries Apple announced on May 19 that Apple Sports is now available in more than 170 countries and regions worldwide. The update adds World Cup-focused features including tournament brackets, lineup formations, widgets, and Live Activities support for iPhone and Apple Watch . The ..

Apple's new Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is looking to optimize his hardware teams with a second reorganization. The move is expected to quell some irritation as it speeds up development. Apple's newest C-suite member Johny Srouji Srouji's new role was announced alongside the news that Tim Cook is to be replaced by John Ternus , and practically immediately, he began reshuffling teams . It was a practical reorganization since he was delegating some of his previous responsibilities, but ..

Amazon's May MacBook Pro sale delivers record-low prices on 2026 16-inch models with your choice of an M5 Pro or M5 Max chip. Grab record-low prices on Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon. Save $250 on retail configurations from Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro line, with prices starting at a record low $2,449. Released in March 2026, the M5 Pro 16-inch MacBook Pro features higher unified memory bandwidth and is equipped with Apple's N1 chip for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support. Continue ..