The iPhone Fold saga continues, with the rumor mill suggesting that the device is now entering mass production in 2026, with pre-production beginning in late 2025. Per a Wednesday X post by Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities, Foxconn will be kicking off a project to produce Apple’s first foldable smartphone in late Q3 or early […]

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Whether you’re a content creator, a professional videographer, or someone looking to enhance their social media snippets, having access to powerful video enhancement tools makes all the difference. One such program that has gained attention is HitPaw VikPea. This AI video enhancer brings life to your videos by improving video quality, removing blurriness and noise, and enhancing details with minimal effort.

In this article, you’ll learn about its key features, pricing plans, overall effectiveness, and how it can enhance video quality.

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HitPaw VikPea is a specialized and advanced software with a beginner-friendly interface that uses cutting-edge technology to analyze and enhance video quality in one click. It can automatically upscale low-resolution...

iPhone sales jumped 15% year-over-year in April and May 2025, "signaling Apple's strongest two-month performance for the period since the pandemic," reports MacRumors, citing preliminary data from Counterpoint Research. From the report: The growth was driven mainly by the United States and China, Apple's two largest markets. Both regions returned to positive year-over-year growth after three years of declines during what is typically a less seasonal period. China sales were particularly notable, with Apple capturing the top spot in May. It's quite the turnaround, after Apple only recently sustained market share losses to Huawei and other local mobile vendors. [...]

The report showed Japan also indicated strong iPhone demand, with the more affordable iPhone 16e proving especially popular among consumers who favor smaller devices. The device's entry-level pricing apparently appealed to Japanese tastes, while Apple also maintained strong sales for the iPhone 16 base model and...

B&H's massive Apple sale in celebration of its Bild Expo event continues with the lowest M4 MacBook Air prices across numerous configurations.


Grab epic MacBook Air deals at B&H.
The $829 price applies to the 2025 13-inch MacBook Air in Sky Blue. Equipped with Apple's M4 chip, the budget-friendly configuration also comes with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

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The Apple One subscription provides access to Apple's premium online services for a single monthly fee. Almost five years after launch, is it still something that is worth paying for?


Apple One
Launched in late 2020, Apple One became an essential collection of services if you're highly enmeshed in the Apple ecosystem. With the fifth anniversary a short few months away, it is a collection that still offers a compelling bundle, to the right customer.

However, as an all-in-one service covering multiple areas, it's not necessarily going to cover everyone's needs. In some cases, a person may find more worth in getting separate subscriptions instead of a package.


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Safari's update for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe brings many UI tweaks as well as changes to Web Apps and HDR photos, alongside many other smaller changes. Here's what they all look like, and how they work.


New Safari 26
The focus of WWDC is on the operating systems, but the changes that are introduced by Apple often affect the apps that run on them. This includes Safari, which has been updated to beta 26 to match the numbering system of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 Tahoe.

All three browsers get a few obvious changes, but there are many...

Apple component supplier Texas Instruments is making the largest investment in foundational U.S. chip production to date, expanding with a $60 billion build across Texas and Utah.


Texas Instruments is expanding its US investments
Texas Instruments is putting more than $60 billion into new chip factories across Texas and Utah, a move the company says will support over 60,000 jobs and help secure the supply of key components for everything from the iPhone to cars.

The investment covers seven fabrication plants that use 300mm wafers, a mature process ideal for TI's analog and embedded chips. For Apple, these are chips that are used for power management and in touchscreen controllers.


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B&H's flash MacBook Pro Deal Zone ends today, and that includes a steep $400 price drop on Apple's latest MacBook Pro with 48GB of memory and 1TB of storage.


Save $400 on a 14-inch MacBook Pro today only.
The $400 Deal Zone discount brings the price of Apple's M4 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro down to $2,399, with the offer ending today at 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Grab $2,399 flash deal


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The reed pen in iPadOS 26 is not just a stylistic choice, but a tool for the Apple Pencil that opens it up to write Arabic scripts. And, it works great.


The new reed pen tool in iPadOS 26
The use of the Apple Pencil on iPad is already extremely extensive. In Apple apps that allow users to write or draw in them, there are multiple ways to get the virtual ink onto digital paper.

Felt pens, fine liners, highlighters, erasers, crayons, and even rulers are all available under the Markup tool palette, giving users the opportunity to annotate items however they want.


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Sega is about to drop support for a series of nine Sega games for the iPhone, with classics including "Crazy Taxi" and "Sonic the Hedgehog 4," but for now they remain free to download and play.


The warning that Sega has now added to nine titles in the App Store
Back in 2017, Sega began issuing free but ad-supported versions of some classic games for iOS under the banner of "Sega Forever." Forever now seems to be about to end, though, as a series of titles have been made completely free — and have a...

Newly released to developers, Apple Intelligence's transcription tools are fast, accurate, and typically double the speed of OpenAI's longstanding equivalent.


Apple Intelligence transcription tools being demonstrated by Apple — image credit: Apple
This could be another example of Apple entering a market late but doing it best. Since OpenAI released its Whisper transcription technology in September 2022, it has become the standard model in dozens of apps — but now may not stay that way.

For during WWDC 2025, Apple announced that it was opening up its Apple Intelligence tools to third-party developers. While Apple barely gave any details, and certainly did not promote its transcription tools, developers are now discovering what facilities it brings.


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Big Tech companies including Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft — but not Apple — are lobbying to block US states for forming any AI regulation for the next decade.


US Capitol building in Washington, DC — image credit: US government
The lobbying is being done by trade body Incompas, on behalf of its members, which include major technology firms as well as energy and law firms. Apple is not a member, but it has previously lobbied against similar AI regulation plans in Europe.

According to the Financial Times, none of the four Big Tech firms would comment on the lobbying. But Incompas CEO and former congressman Chip Pickering argues that preventing differing and conflicting AI regulation across the US is essential.


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Apple has again managed to avoid paying a massive fee in its long-running Optis iPhone wireless patents lawsuit, with the U.S. Court of Appeals throwing out a $300 million verdict.


4G LTE is still an expensive headache for Apple
Apple has been embroiled in a lawsuit with Optis Wireless Technology since 2019 over a handful of 4G LTE patents since 2019, and it has seen defeat twice. However, thanks to another favorable appeals court decision, it has managed to dodge the fine for a second time.

In a decision from the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals on June 16, the 2022 ruling that resulted in a demand for Apple to pay $300 million in compensation to Optis is to effectively be bounced back to the court in Texas. Reuters...

If you're looking for a sleek, high-performance storage solution designed for anyone on the go, Satechi's new Ultra-Slim USB4 NVMe SSD Enclosure might just fit the bill.


Satechi's new Ultra-Slim USB4 NVMe SSD
Satechi's new enclosure supports SSD sizes 2230, 2242, 2260, and 2280 with expandable storage from 1TB, up to 8TB. That makes it ideal for anyone who wants a lot of storage in a small footprint.

Thanks to USB4, the USB4 Slim NVMe SSD Enclosure can transfer files up to 40Gbps, which is roughly eight times faster than USB 3.0. This means you could move ten 4K movies in under 40 seconds or 4,000 high-res images in roughly 30 seconds.


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Prime Day 2025 is coming soon, with a surprise being an extension of the sale. But if you're in the market for a new Apple device now, there are plenty of discounts in effect offering up to $400 off.


Prime Day 2025 deals start July 8 - Image credit: Amazon
It's official — Amazon Prime Day 2025 will kick off on July 8. But a change has been added to the mix, with the mega shopping event running for four days instead of two.

Get early Prime Day deals


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The annual Apple Back to School deals are live, but while free AirPods or Magic Keyboards are nice to get with purchase, you really should consider shopping around for better offers.


Apple's Back to School promo is live - Image credit: Apple
Apple's Back to School promotion for people in higher education has launched in the United States. Building on top of the usual special pricing for education users, the promotion offers a little bit extra for education users gearing up for the academic year ahead.

However, while the 2024 Back to School offers were gift cards, Apple is instead offering a selection of accessories to go with a selection of its products. Something that may...

The Apple Original Film "F1 The Movie" used the iPhone in an unusual way, by using components typically used in the smartphone to create a custom camera.


A shot from the custom iPhone-based camera in 'F1' - Image Credit: Apple
The videography that goes into major films is often filled with custom tech, all to achieve the perfect shot the director wants. While the industry is very familiar with many different types of hardware, from modular cameras to action cams, one of the cameras used in "F1" relied a lot more on Apple's technology than normal.

Hinted at by CEO Tim Cook during a June 11 interview promoting the "F1" film for...

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With WWDC in Apple’s rearview mirror, we can now all turn our attention to the next round of hardware releases coming in September. We already know the iPhone 17 is on the way, but a new report claims one product we were expecting this year might not arrive.

Jeff Pu of GF Securities has issued his latest Apple Product Timeline, and it includes some expected products, including the Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3. The new watches will almost certainly launch alongside new iPhones in September, as Apple has done every year since the Apple Watch arrived in 2015.  

This year, however, we were also expecting new AirPods Pro to arrive, as it’s been three years since Apple last updated its high-end earbuds. But Pu says the new earbuds aren’t...

A Today at Apple session with the makers of Apple TV+ hit "Severance" was capped by a surprise visit from Tim Cook and Brad Pitt, as Apple's "F1" promotion tour continues to ramp up.


Brad Pitt (left) and Tim Cook promoting "F1" at Apple Fifth Avenue — image credit: Apple
Despite spending a billion on films every year, Apple has been criticized for letting movies flop through a lack of marketing. There's no possibility of that criticism being repeated now, as the new Apple Original movie "F1" is practically being pushed as hard as a new iPhone.

The latest promotion was a special edition of the company's Today at Apple in-store workshops, this time at the New...

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We’re of the opinion that a new year means a new you, and the new you shouldn’t be paying subscription fees for cloud storage. Instead of giving Dropbox a chunk of change every month, why not own 10TB of cloud storage after just one payment?

Yup, lifetime access to Internxt cloud storage is now only $279.99 (reg. $2,900) with coupon code STORAGE20. It’s a big figure upfront, but consider this—a similar Dropbox plan takes $15 away from you monthly. If you do the math, this Internxt offer pays for itself after 18 months.

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Chinese commerce giant Alibaba has unveiled a new version of its flagship Qwen3 AI model, now compatible with Apple's MLX architecture, signaling that the debut of Apple Intelligence in China is on the horizon.


Apple Intelligence could soon make its way to users in China.
While Apple Intelligence gained support for the simplified version of Chinese with iOS 18.4, Apple's generative AI features still have yet to debut in China itself. The country's unique...

After releasing iOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, and its other operating system updates, as well as starting developer betas for iOS 26 and others, Apple has also introduced developer betas for iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, tvOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, and visionOS 2.6.


Examples of Apple Intelligence at work.
On May 12, Apple released its updates for iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, tvOS 18.5, and visionOS 2.5. Now, Apple is trialling the follow-up operating system updates.

The first iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6 developer betas share build number 22G5054d, with macOS Sequoia 15.6 on build number 24G5054d The first tvOS 18.6 build is 22M5054b, the first watchOS 11.6 build is 22U5054b,...

Amazon's Eero routers offer mesh networking at a reasonable price, giving modern iPhone owners Wi-Fi 7 speed — and there are two higher-end options. Here's how the prosumer-grade Eero Pro 7 and Eero Max 7 compare on paper.


Eero Pro 7 versus Eero Max 7 [right]
As the march of technology advancement continues at pace, it's fair to say that most people's home networks aren't great. With the increased use of mesh networks and newer Wi-Fi standards, the networks are getting faster with better coverage.

However, while people may be used to periodically replacing their iPhone or iPad with newer models, making changes to the home wireless network is a much rarer occasion. Many people seem happy to use whatever their internet provider installs, and barely has a need to replace their hardware otherwise....

No one wants to discover their Mac won’t turn on one day. If you have an M2 Mac mini from mid-to-late 2024, Apple has a new repair program you should be aware of, even if your Mac is working fine today.

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Amid the chaos and excitement of an Apple event, one or two interesting announcements will generally fall through the cracks and go unreported. Sure enough, one WWDC25 news item affecting the AirPods has only just been noticed, and it could make a big difference to the user experience.

As spotted by MacRumors, Apple’s press release for new features coming to the AirPods this fall contains a quiet surprise at the bottom of the page: “All of these features are available for testing starting today through the Apple Developer Program… and a public beta will be available through the Apple Beta...

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It wouldn’t be WWDC if Apple didn’t do a little stealing. In fact, Apple has such a longtime habit of introducing new software features that overlap and eventually overtake third-party Mac apps there’s even a term for it. Sherlocking comes from Apple’s Sherlock app, one of the first to usurp a popular third-party alternative called Watson back in the 1990s.

This practice was on display again at WWDC 2025, where Apple introduced several new features in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe that looked eerily similar to...

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Much as I enjoy writing serious articles for Macworld, it’s fun from time to time to be silly. Earlier this month, for example, I wrote a fake script for the WWDC25 keynote featuring, along with some relatively plausible launch predictions, an unplanned laser murder and Mike Rockwell being reborn as a cyborg. It’s nice to let loose once in a while.

So sure, I like a joke as much as the next man. Unless, that is, the next man happens to be Craig Federighi, who presumably now has the job title Vice President, Banter And Shenanigans. I won’t pretend to know the man in his day-to-day work routine; perhaps he sits in silence brooding on the sorrows of the world. All I know is that when showtime arrives, he turns into a force of dad-joke nature.

Which can be, well, a lot. Every June I...

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If you’re looking to make your PC feel like new without breaking the bank, this bundle featuring Microsoft Office 2021 and Windows 11 Pro is a deal you won’t want to miss. Priced at just $54.97 (reg. $418.99), it might just be the most affordable way to update your device without purchasing a brand-new one.

Microsoft Office Professional 2021 includes essential applications like ...

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel join me to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2025.

3D video with spatial audio: Coming soon, exclusively in Sandwich Vision’s Theater on Vision Pro, available on the App Store. This year’s on-demand version of the show in Theater isn’t ready yet, but it looks really good. Better than last year’s by a long shot, and also significantly better than the bandwidth-constrained livestream Tuesday night. The livestream Tuesday night looked good; the on-demand version coming in a few days looks pretty amazing.

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If you have a Mac but still need to run Windows apps, Parallels Pro makes it surprisingly easy. Instead of switching computers or rebooting into a different system, Parallels lets you run Windows, Linux, or other operating systems right alongside macOS. Whether you are moving from PC to Mac or just need access to certain programs that do not have Mac versions, this tool creates a virtual machine that works like a second computer within your Mac. It’s usually $119.99 for a 1-year Parallels Desktop Subscription for Macs, but right now it’s only $74.99.

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Parallels Pro lets you run Windows...

Join Adam Engst for a free online presentation about practical uses of AI at the Naples MacFriends User Group meeting on 18 June 2025. Everyone is invited!

Improves handling of multi-desktop environments for the text expansion utility. ($29.99 new, free update, 9.2 MB, macOS 11+)

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As is tradition, Apple released beta versions of its new operating systems to developers on the first day of WWDC on June 9. Beta 1 is for developers only–the public beta will begin in July, probably after two or three developer-only betas.

The first beta release of iOS 26 has everything Apple demonstrated in its WWDC keynote: Liquid Glass, the new Phone app and features, the new Camera and Photos experience, and more.

Apple updated beta 1 for developers today, though the version number has only changed the last letter (from 23A5260n to 23A5260u). This is still “beta 1” and there are likely no new features, just a...

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Cybersecurity researchers SafetyDetectives reported on Friday about a data breach involving VirtualMacOSX.com, an online provider of cloud services targeted at Mac users. The breach involves data that “belongs to 10,000 of its customers.”

SafetyDetectives states that it found a post publicizing a VirtualMacOSX.com database in a forum known for data leaks, cracks, and more. Access to the data was given to those who replied to or liked the post. The data included sensitive information, including full names, financial data, contact info, and passwords. Analysis by SafetyDetectives led them to believe the data is genuine, but the researchers “refrained from testing the exposed credentials” to verify the data due to ethical concerns.

VirtualMacOSX.com describes itself as an “affordable, Mac-based home on the web. We offer Mac OS X server plans...

Apple’s annual WWDC was this week and there is a lot to unpack. We look at reactions from the keynote and dive into some of the announcements, like the new Liquid Glass interface, and of course, all of the new OS releases. There are some other featues that were announced as well, like AirPods translation that we’ll talk about, as well.

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• MGSeigler on WWDC

• Apple supercharges its tools

• AirPods are more versatile than ever with studio-quality audio recording and camera remote

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There were some big new features for Mac owners to get excited about when Apple announced macOS Tahoe at the start of this week. But the little details of the company’s OS updates are sometimes even more impactful, and there’s one change that will be visible almost all the time you’re using your Mac: Apple has redesigned the cursors.

As beta testers on social media have spotted, the cutesy white gloved hand, complete with a visible cuff and vents on the back, has been replaced by a more generic white hand which could be gloved or bare; the arrow pointer has been replaced by a slightly more rounded arrow that’s otherwise the same; and the window width adjuster icon, which was previously a double...

If you want to do an absolute techie/developer deep dive and see what Apple has en route for you this fall, you’re going to like this. Apple has posted its Platforms State of the Union presentation to YouTube, complete with explanations as to new features, APIs, Apple Intelligence, App Intents Toolbox, semantic index, and on-device […]

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Michael Tsai, “Apple’s Spin on AI and iPadOS Multitasking”:

I do want to call out that, in multiple interviews, they are kind
of setting up strawmen to knock down. They keep saying that people
say Apple is behind in AI because it doesn’t have its own
chatbot. To me, Apple has been clear that it has a different
strategy, and I think that strategy mostly makes sense. I have
never heard someone wish for an Apple chatbot. The issue is that
everyone can see that Apple seems behind in executing said
strategy, both that features didn’t ship on time and that the ones
that did ship don’t measure up to similar features from other
companies.

Secondly, they seem to be trying to debunk...

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Apple has released a new developer tool on GitHub called Container, offering a fresh approach to running Linux containers directly on macOS. Unlike Docker or Podman, this tool is designed to feel at home in the Apple ecosystem and hooks into frameworks already built into the operating system. Container runs standard OCI images, but it doesn't use a single shared Linux VM. Instead, it creates a small Linux virtual machine for every container you spin up. That sounds heavy at first, but the VMs are lightweight and boot quickly. Each one is isolated, which Apple claims improves both security and privacy. Developers can run containerized workloads locally with native macOS support and without needing to install third-party container platforms.

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Apple has once again overwhelmed us with a torrent of announcements during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Adam Engst highlights those he believes will have the most significant impact on our Apple experience when they launch later this year.

Updates the ARK audio handling plugin to reduce CPU usage. ($39 new, free update, 44 MB, macOS 14.5+)

Updates the Swiss Army knife of graphics programs with a bevy of added features, improvements, and bug fixes. ($39.95 new, free update, 268.6 MB, macOS 10.13+)