Joe Rossignol
Joe joined MacRumors in January 2015 and is now a Senior Reporter. Based in Ontario, Canada, he has been covering Apple since 2008, with previous stints at 9to5Mac and other tech blogs.
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Apple Continues to Move Up iPhone Duo Delivery Dates
It's a Christmas miracle: some customers who ordered the iPhone Duo through Apple and received an estimated January 25 delivery date saw their delivery windows move up to December 14 to December 21 today, according to comments posted in the MacRumors Forums and on X. A few customers have even seen their delivery date move from January 25 to December 12 to December 14.
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Apple Sports App Now Features UFC
Apple Sports was updated today with support for the UFC, allowing mixed martial arts (MMA) fans to keep track of fights in the free iPhone app.
The latest version of the Apple Sports app provides live, real-time stats for UFC fights. The app displays full cards of men's and women's fights, round-by-round updates, a heat map of strikes during fights, and more.
The app also gained support...

Trump Says Tim Cook Should Be Nvidia CEO as Jensen Huang Resigns
In a post on his Truth Social platform today, U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks that Apple's chairman Tim Cook should become Nvidia's CEO.
Nvidia today announced that Jensen Huang has resigned as the company's CEO effective immediately following reports that he had two extramarital affairs, including one that the U.S. government believes involved a spy working for the Chinese...

Apple Releases Emotional 2026 Holiday Ad Featuring MacBook Neo
Apple today shared its annual holiday season ad, in which a young man rediscovers his creativity after receiving a MacBook Neo as a gift from his parents.
The short film, titled The Dreamer, is directed by Melina Matsoukas.
"Watch the new Apple Holiday Film about a parents' gift that helps their son rediscover his creativity," said Apple, in the video's description. "Sometimes all it...

Apple Says HomeView Software Update Coming Next Month With Siri Fix
In her HomeView review shared in a free edition of her New Things newsletter today, tech journalist Joanna Stern said Siri AI once told her "I don't have a camera to see you," even though the device has a camera. Apple confirmed to Stern that it plans to release a software update in December with a fix for this issue.
Siri AI also refused to open Stern's garage door or unlock her front door, ...

Review: Is Apple's All-New HomeView Smart Home Hub Worth $299?
On our YouTube channel today, Dan Barbera shared a review of Apple's all-new HomeView smart home hub ahead of the device launching on Friday.
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Barbera spent the past week testing the HomeView and has shared his impressions, so be sure to watch our video above to hear what he thinks.
As a refresher, the HomeView features a 7-inch square display connected to...

Apple Home Collection: Select Accessories Available to Order This Friday
Apple today announced that select Apple Home Collection accessories will be available to order starting Friday, November 13, with availability beginning in December. Apple did not say exactly which accessories can be ordered tomorrow, so stay tuned.
Introduced alongside Apple's new HomeView smart home hub last month, the Apple Home Collection is a new lineup of smart home accessories that LG ...

Apple Support Community Deserved a Proper Goodbye
Apple on Tuesday abruptly placed the Apple Support Community into a read-only state and announced that the forums will be permanently closing on Friday, November 20. Those who contributed to the site — some for more than two decades — were blindsided by this decision and had no chance to post farewell messages.
Even if you felt the Apple Support Community contained too many generic or...

Apple on Fatal Vehicle Crash Near Apple Park: 'Our Hearts Are Broken'
Apple employee Eric Chen Su was arrested and charged with suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter last week following a fatal collision near the intersection of North Tantau Avenue and Pruneridge Avenue, right next to the Apple Park Visitor Center, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Shortly after noon on Friday, Su was reportedly traveling ...

Apple Invites App Updated With Two New Features
The free Apple Invites app for the iPhone was updated today with two new features: hosts can now add polls to invitations so guests can vote on details such as a party's theme and food, and hosts can now add an "emoji effect" that floats across invitations.
Released in February 2025, the Apple Invites app makes it easy to invite people to events, such as birthday parties and baby showers. The...

Google Says Gemini App Rolling Out on Apple CarPlay Starting Today
Google has announced that a dedicated Gemini app on Apple CarPlay is rolling out around the world in several languages starting today, allowing you to have conversations with the AI assistant right from your vehicle's dashboard.
Gemini conversations on your iPhone automatically sync to CarPlay, so you can continue a previous conversation or start a new one.
For example, you can ask Gemini ...

November 20 to Mark the End of an Era at Apple
Apple has announced that the long-running Apple Support Community discussion forums for user-to-user tech support will be permanently closing on Friday, November 20. The forums have existed in some form for nearly 30 years, so it is the end of an era.
Effective immediately, the Apple Support Community forums are in a read-only state, with new posts no longer being accepted. The final message ...

'Apple Support Community' Permanently Closing on November 20
Apple today announced that the long-running Apple Support Community discussion forums will be permanently closing on Friday, November 20.
Effective immediately, the Apple Support Community forums are in a read-only state, with new posts no longer being accepted. The final message posted to the site appears to have been submitted at 5:49 p.m. Pacific Time today.
There is still a sign-in...

Next iPad Air Likely to Have These 10 New Features
Earlier today, it was once again reported that the next-generation iPad Air will be equipped with an OLED display, albeit with a 60Hz refresh rate. That is not all, of course, with the new iPad mini announced last month likely providing us with a preview of some other upgrades coming to the iPad Air in the first half of 2027.
Below, we have outlined 10 new features that are likely for the...

New Apple TV Sign Language Feature Announced
Apple today announced a new accessibility feature for the Apple TV app that gives viewers the option to watch supported movies and shows with on-screen sign language interpretation. An interpreter will appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen, with the experience said to have been designed and tested by Deaf and native signers.
The feature is available in the Apple TV app on devices...

Apple Arcade Adding These Four Games in December
Apple today announced that an additional four games will be added to the Apple Arcade catalog on Thursday, December 3: LEGO DUPLO Playtime, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, solitaire(ish), and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown+.
In the U.S., Apple Arcade costs $6.99 per month on its own. Alternatively, the service is included with any Apple One bundle subscription. Every game available on Apple...
Apple Continues to Say Some AI Features Will Have Fees for Extra Usage
Apple continues to advise customers that certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on its server-side Private Cloud Compute system have daily usage limits, with expanded access to such features to be "available for a fee in the future."
Apple has repeatedly mentioned these upcoming fees in press releases over the past several months, but it has yet to provide any specific details about...

Apple Announces Türkiye Expansion Plans as Tim Cook Visits
Apple today announced that it will open five new Apple Developer Academies, one Apple Developer Center, and one Apple Manufacturing Academy in Türkiye. Apple's executive chairman Tim Cook is currently touring Türkiye, meeting with the company's retail employees, app developers, content creators, an athlete, and...

Apple Music's 2026 Artist of the Year is Olivia Dean
Apple today announced that Olivia Dean is Apple Music's Artist of the Year in recognition of "her undeniable leap to stardom in what's been the defining feel-good music story of 2026." Dean is the first music artist from the UK to receive this honor, and she will receive a physical Apple Music Award featuring a custom silicon wafer.
Apple Music has highlighted Dean's music and released a video ...

MacBook Pro With PROLED XDR Display: Details You Might Have Missed
The new MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays began arriving to customers on Friday, and various details about the laptops continue to surface.
Given these models are available with the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips that power the models with mini-LED displays, performance was expected to be virtually identical across the board, and benchmark results confirm that is the case.
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