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Bloomberg reports that during a hearing today, OpenAI voluntarily agreed not to use Apple’s alleged trade secrets while the legal battle between the two companies plays out. Here are the details.

Apple is rolling out its stunning Detailed City Experience in Apple Maps for users in Austin, TX. This marks a robust overhaul of Apple Maps in Austin, similar to what we’ve seen in other markets like San Francisco, Chicago, and London.

WhatsApp users can now invite others to join group and one-on-one calls even if they don’t have an account. Here are the details.

Apple today became the second company ever to close with a market valuation north of $5 trillion, following NVIDIA’s landmark achievement in October 2025. Here are the details.

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The Apple Invites app got updated yet again today, with new features including RSVP improvements and a larger Home Screen widget. Here are the details.

Apple today shared a behind-the-scenes look at “From Earth to Sky,” a fashion show in Turkey that was designed with an iPad Pro and filmed using an iPhone 18 Pro Max. Here are the details.

iOS 27 expands the available options to customize your Home Screen with new extra-large widgets that will be especially useful on iPhone Duo. Here’s the full list of 15+ pre-installed widgets iOS 27 introduces.

Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to finally launch Apple Intelligence in China in December, although some important features could still be missing. Here are the details.

Following intense criticism over the obvious fact that its AirTag Silencer could facilitate stalking and other forms of misuse of Apple’s AirTag, ElevationLab has now pulled the accessory. Here are the details.

Apple has announced that Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, the acclaimed thriller that premiered this spring, will return for season 2.

iPhone Duo pre-orders kick off this Friday ahead of shipping next week. If you’re wondering whether to get AppleCare+ or not, here are the iPhone Duo’s out-of-warranty repair costs.

Siri AI is a tentpole addition to HomePod mini 2, but a CNET report today originally claimed Siri AI was coming to older HomePod mini models too. However, the story has since been updated with a correction and 9to5Mac received a statement confirming Siri AI will be exclusive to HomePod mini 2.

In a new filing today, OpenAI claims that a former employee who departed for Apple sent “over a hundred highly confidential files about at least one unreleased OpenAI device under development to his personal accounts.”

Apple, however, told Reuters that it hasn’t found any evidence to support these allegations.

Apple’s new HomeView (pre-order here) won’t have an App Store, but it will support third-party apps in some cases, including letting you run third-party widgets from your iPhone. Here are the details.

Apple unveiled its new HomeView product yesterday (pre-order here), but the device’s support for third-party apps was initially unclear. A newly published Apple document, however, offers good news about HomeView supporting third-party video apps like YouTube and Netflix.

While the iPhone 18 Pro is out, the entry-level model has been held back until early next year. That’s likely because the company wanted to maximize early production capacity and memory availability for the Pro model, alongside the iPhone Duo.

But even this far ahead, one leaker has suggested that supply-chain orders indicate Apple is optimistic about demand for the base model …

Apple unveiled HomePod mini 2 yesterday (pre-order here), exactly six years after the first HomePod mini debuted. Here’s everything new in HomePod mini 2 compared to the original model.

I think it’s sometimes easy for geeks to forget that we live in a tech bubble with our fellow geeks. Many of us here have been using smart home technology for more than a decade now, some even for many decades.

I’ve seen a lot of bemused comments on the Apple Home Collection, with people asking why anyone would want to pay significantly higher prices for devices which don’t seem to offer any added benefit. But I think this is absolutely a bubble effect …

Apple has just updated its list of vintage and obsolete products, adding the final model of the beloved 12-inch MacBook to the “obsolete” list alongside two other products.

The headline feature of the new HomePod mini 2 is support for Siri AI, something that won’t be available for the first-gen model. But there’s hope that existing full size HomePods may also get access to the smarter intelligent assistant.

A leaker noticed two clues on Apple’s website seemingly pointing to this, but it’s possible that it was an error on the part of the company …

The launch video Apple created to show off the long-awaited HomeView product couldn’t have been more different from its usual fare.

While just watching it gave me a feeling of anxiety, I suspect it perfectly encapsulates the one use-case for this device …

Apple is asking a federal judge to overturn a $5.7 billion verdict in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Taction Technology over the Taptic Engine used in iPhones and Apple Watches. Here are the details.