Apple today filed a lawsuit in Northern California against Chen Shi, a former employee who left Apple and took a job at Chinese smartphone maker Oppo. According to Apple, Shi stole trade secrets relating to Apple Watch development and provided the information to Oppo. Shi was a « highly compensated Sensor System Architect » at Apple from […]

Apple’s FineWoven cases have been a disaster in terms of reliability and so the company had to stop making them, but hasn’t given up entirely – in fact, it’s going to try again for the iPhone 17 family with the now rebranded TechWoven cases. The idea is the same – have a premium case lineup […]

Once a peer-to-peer file-sharing platform, Napster trumpets itself as a fully-fledged music streaming service. While its market share is significantly smaller than industry leaders like Spotify, it boasts features that even the giants forego. For example, a change of hands worth $207 million in March 2025 to the digital-media-focused firm, Infinite Reality, brings lossless audio […]

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Apple is in talks with Google about using Google’s Gemini AI as the backbone for the upcoming smarter version of Siri, reports Bloomberg. The discussions are in the early stages, but Apple reportedly approached Google to ask the company to create a custom AI model that would be used for ‌Siri‌. Google has started training […]

Most gaming companies have a hard time creating a product that’s, well, good for gaming. The reason is that focusing on gaming is too nebulous. It’s like saying you would like to make a vehicle with wheels. Does that mean a car, a bicycle, a chariot? Sony created the INZONE E9 to target FPS gaming. […]

Huawei’s latest update to its Google Maps alternative called Petal Maps is now out, and it brings with it a very useful new feature. Namely, you can use navigation directions without being connected to the internet. This is live as of version 5.3.0.302. Obviously, to use this you first need to download the maps for […]

On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through what to expect from the Apple Watch SE 3, Series 11, and Ultra 3, and whether it’s worth holding off on an upgrade until next year. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos The third-generation ‌Apple Watch SE‌ is rumored to […]

Apple has released « F1: The Movie » for digital purchase and rental through the TV app, marking the start of the film’s premium video-on-demand window while it continues to perform strongly in theaters. The film premiered worldwide on June 27 and has now surpassed $600 million at the global box office. This makes F1 Apple’s most […]

Following their announcement earlier this month, Motorola’s Brilliant Collection Razr 60 and Buds Loop wireless earbuds are now set to launch in India on September 1. Both feature Swarovski crystals and come in the limited Pantone Ice Melt color. The Brilliant Collection Razr 60 features 35 hand-placed Swarovski crystals scattered around its quilt-design back. The […]

A first-generation iPod in a sealed, never-opened box fetched a staggering $40,264 during an auction run by RR Auction this month. This appears to be a record-breaking sale price for an original iPod at auction, with the previous known record being $29,000 in 2023. The latest price fetched does include a 25% buyer’s premium charged […]

Recently, a rumor suggested that Apple might drop the Camera Control with the iPhone 18 series. However, the latest leak indicates that won’t be the case. Tipster Instant Digital, known for a better track record with iPhone leaks, has dismissed the recent rumor on Weibo, stating that Apple will retain the Camera Control feature in […]