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Tim Cook says heavy Siri AI users may buy more compute on iCloud+. The plan isn't finished
On his final earnings call, Tim Cook said Apple will offer Siri AI upgrades through iCloud+ for heavy users. No price and no tier have been announced.
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Apple considered camera-free smart glasses ahead of a planned WWDC 2027 debut
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is aiming for a WWDC 2027 reveal of its first smart glasses, with privacy features and even a camera-free build under discussion.
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Apple's new Klarna-backed lease covers almost every device. The cheapest ones are excluded
Apple will reportedly launch 'Apple Upgrade' on July 28, a Klarna-backed lease-to-own plan for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch. The catch: entry-level models are excluded.
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World Leaks stole 630GB from Tata Electronics and leaked Apple's iPhone 18 Pro files
World Leaks stole roughly 630GB from Apple assembly partner Tata Electronics and dumped iPhone 18 Pro supply-chain files online. India opened a criminal probe.
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Apple's foldable iPhone was stalling on its hinge. New leaked cases say it's back on for September.
Leaked case renders and design mockups put the foldable iPhone Ultra back on a September track, with a near-creaseless screen, dual rear cameras, and a possible white-only finish.
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$38 billion in fines was on the table. Apple just agreed to show India its revenue.
Apple agreed to hand the Competition Commission of India its local financials by June 25, removing its last shield against a fine reported at up to $38 billion.
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iOS 27's first leaked renders: a rebuilt Siri chatbot, days before WWDC
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman published the first iOS 27 renders 11 days before WWDC, showing a rebuilt Siri, a pro Camera mode, and new Photos AI. Apple hasn't confirmed any of it.
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Apple is testing an anti-snatch feature that locks the iPhone the second it's grabbed
Code seen by 9to5Mac points to an iPhone feature that auto-locks when the accelerometer detects a snatch, then clamps down like Stolen Device Protection.
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Apple is opening AirPlay's slot in iOS 27. Google Cast can become the default on EU iPhones.
Mark Gurman's Sunday Power On says iOS 27 will let users pick Google Cast or another protocol over AirPlay for system-level streaming, to satisfy the EU DMA.
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Apple shipped formal proofs for its post-quantum crypto. 2.5 billion devices now run verified code.
Apple's SEAR team published formal verification proofs for corecrypto's ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations. 50,000 proof steps cover 2.5 billion active devices.
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Apple solved the iPhone Fold crease. The hinge is what's stalling production.
Trial production of Apple's foldable iPhone hit a wall on hinge durability. The crease problem is over; the rattle isn't.
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iOS 26.5 brings encrypted texting between iPhone and Android. Group chats and metadata still leak.
Apple and Google began rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS on May 11. The MLS-based encryption rides on GSMA Universal Profile 3.0, but EFF says the rollout leaves real gaps.
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Apple and Google are bringing hardware attestation to the web. GrapheneOS says it's a monopoly play.
Google's reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification will require a certified iOS or Android device to pass some captchas, even on desktop. GrapheneOS calls the pattern anti-competitive.
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Apple lost its bid to narrow a £3B UK iCloud class action. The tribunal kept the free-tier users in.
Which? is suing on behalf of 40 million UK consumers since 2018. The tribunal denied Apple 2-1 on excluding non-paying users, opening a 'forgone consumer surplus' theory.
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Apple delayed its camera AirPods because Siri wasn't ready. Gurman says they're back in late testing.
Bloomberg reports Apple's infrared-camera AirPods have reached advanced testing. The earbuds feed visual context to Siri but can't take photos or video.
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Apple is turning iOS 27 into an AI model marketplace. ChatGPT loses its exclusive slot.
Bloomberg reports Apple will let users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground via a new Extensions framework this fall.
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Apple will pay $250M for the Siri features it promised at WWDC 2024 and never shipped
Apple agreed to a $250M class-action settlement over the personalized Siri features it advertised with the iPhone 16. iPhone 15 Pro and 16 owners get $25–$95 per device.
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Intel jumped 13% on a Bloomberg report that Apple is talking to its old chip supplier again
Bloomberg says Apple is in early-stage talks with Intel and Samsung Foundry to build base M-series chips in the US starting 2027. Intel closed at a record $543B market cap.