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Joe joined MacRumors in January 2015 and is now a Senior Reporter. Based in Ontario, Canada, he has been covering Apple since 2008, when he was a 14-year-old high school student. He is grateful to have turned a teenage hobby into a full-time career.

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Apple to Pay Some iPhone Owners: Submit Your Claim Now

Tuesday September 22, 2026 9:29 am PDT by
In May, Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit over Siri AI's delayed launch, and the settlement website is now live. Apple will pay an estimated $25 per eligible iPhone to eligible customers, who can submit a claim via the settlement website between now and December 21 of this year. The exact payment may be higher or lower than $25 depending on the total...
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Apple Will Soon Announce an All-New Operating System

Tuesday September 22, 2026 9:19 am PDT by
Apple is developing an all-new operating system that is essentially a mix of tvOS, watchOS, and iOS, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman reiterated that the operating system will feature a grid of app icons, widgets, and customizable clock faces. The new software platform is intended for Apple's long-rumored smart home hub. With built-in facial...
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Apple Event This October? These 7 New Products Expected Next Month

Tuesday September 22, 2026 8:40 am PDT by
As usual, September has been a very busy month for Apple, with the company unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo, AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Beats 360, and more. Nevertheless, Apple reportedly still has many more products to release later this year, including a new iPad mini, Apple TV, HomePod mini, iMac, and more. It seems quite likely that Apple will hold an...
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Apple Released Two New Macs Today

Tuesday September 22, 2026 6:35 am PDT by
The new Mac mini and Mac Studio models that Apple unveiled in late August finally launched in Apple Stores and began arriving to customers today. The new Mac mini is available with M6 and M5 Pro chip options, while the new Mac Studio can be configured with M5 Max or M5 Ultra chips. To learn more, read our previous coverage:Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips and More Ap...
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Apple Announces 'Tap to Pay on iPhone' Availability in 8 More Countries

Tuesday September 22, 2026 6:22 am PDT by
Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in eight more countries: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Peru. Tap to Pay on iPhone allows businesses to accept contactless payments on an iPhone, with no point-of-sale hardware required. Instead, customers can simply tap their own iPhone or Apple Watch, credit card or...
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iOS 27 Introduces iPhone Handoff

Monday September 21, 2026 1:20 pm PDT by
Apple has added a new iPhone Handoff feature to iOS 27 that allows you to switch between two iPhones while using the same phone number on each device. iPhone Handoff requires support from carriers, which may charge a fee for the feature. T-Mobile in the U.S. and Deutsche Telekom in Germany will be the first carriers to offer iPhone Handoff, with T-Mobile charging $5 per month for it. ...
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GM Wants You to Know It Still Plans to Ditch Apple CarPlay in Future EVs

Monday September 21, 2026 12:32 pm PDT by
Recent reports claiming that General Motors is reversing course on its controversial plans to ditch CarPlay in its future EVs appear to be incorrect. As noted by Joanna Stern, host of the YouTube channel New Things, a GM spokesperson has confirmed that its new software interface that shows CarPlay or Android Auto alongside its own native system in 2027 models of its Chevrolet Silverado and...
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New Mac Mini Reviews: A Good But No Longer 'Insanely Great' Deal

Monday September 21, 2026 10:08 am PDT by
The first reviews of the new Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chip options have been published ahead of the computer launching this Tuesday. While the Mac mini now starts at $899 in the U.S., up from just $599 for the previous model when it first launched, WIRED's Luke Larsen said it is "still a good deal" because of the impressive performance of the M6 and M5 Pro chip options. To borrow a famous ...
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Some iPhone 18 Pro Users Experiencing Face ID Issues

Monday September 21, 2026 9:05 am PDT by
Apple's new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max began arriving to customers on Friday, and unfortunately some early adopters are experiencing Face ID issues. According to a Reddit post spotted by 9to5Mac, Face ID authentication for specific actions such as unlocking a locked app sometimes fails to work on the iPhone 18 Pro models, and the device then freezes and eventually reboots to the...
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New Mac Studio's Biggest Upgrade Isn't the M5 Ultra Chip, Review Says

Monday September 21, 2026 6:46 am PDT by
Ahead of the new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips launching this Tuesday, the first reviews of the computer have been shared by selected tech websites and YouTube channels. According to one review published by Macworld's Roman Loyola, the biggest upgrade isn't even the M5 Ultra, but rather significantly faster storage speeds. "Typically, we start our reviews by looking at overall...
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New Mac Mini and Mac Studio Launch Tomorrow

Monday September 21, 2026 6:04 am PDT by
Last month, Apple announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, and the computers are finally set to launch this Tuesday, September 22. The new Mac mini is available with M6 and M5 Pro chip options, while the new Mac Studio can be configured with M5 Max or M5 Ultra chips. There are no major design changes, with both computers receiving spec bumps only. To learn more, read our previous...
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Apple Releasing Two New Macs Tomorrow

Monday September 21, 2026 5:51 am PDT by
Last month, Apple announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, and the computers are finally set to launch this coming Tuesday, September 22. The new Mac mini is available with M6 and M5 Pro chip options, while the new Mac Studio can be configured with M5 Max or M5 Ultra chips. To learn more, read our coverage:Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips and More Apple Unveils ...
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iFixit Shares iPhone 18 Pro Teardown With Inside Look at New Features

Sunday September 20, 2026 8:44 pm PDT by
iFixit today published an iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown in both article and video formats, providing a closer look inside the new devices. The teardown confirms the battery capacities for the eSIM-only models: iPhone 18 Pro: 4,288 mAh (+0.8% vs. 4,252 mAh for iPhone 17 Pro) iPhone 18 Pro Max: 5,567 mAh (+9.4% vs. 5,088 mAh for iPhone 17 Pro Max)eSIM-only models of the...
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Apple Fitness+ Layoffs Reported Ahead of Potential 'Major' Changes

Sunday September 20, 2026 8:00 pm PDT by
Apple laid off a "handful" of Apple Fitness+ employees last week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. "This is widely seen within the Fitness+ organization as the beginning of more drastic cost-cutting measures and other major changes to the service in the months and years ahead," he...
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A Shorter Apple Pencil Was Supposed to Launch Alongside iPhone Duo

Sunday September 20, 2026 7:47 pm PDT by
A shorter Apple Pencil for the iPhone Duo was in development, but Apple scrapped it due to "technical problems ahead of mass production," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Instead, Apple said the iPhone Duo will gain support for the existing USB-C version of the Apple Pencil later this...
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Siri AI Settlement Website Now Live: Apple to Pay Some iPhone Owners

Sunday September 20, 2026 7:24 pm PDT by
In May, Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit over Siri AI's delayed launch, and the settlement website is now live. Apple will pay an estimated $25 per eligible iPhone to eligible customers, who can submit a claim via the settlement website between September 21 and December 21 of this year. The exact payment may be higher or lower than $25 depending on the...
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M6 Pro Chip Result on Geekbench is Likely Fake

Saturday September 19, 2026 10:59 am PDT by
A supposed Geekbench result for an unreleased M6 Pro chip surfaced this week, but it is likely fake. Geekbench creator John Poole informed MacRumors that he uncovered "internal inconsistencies" that lead him to believe that the M6 Pro result might not be legitimate. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple plans to skip M6 Pro and M6 Max chips...
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M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance

Friday September 18, 2026 12:55 pm PDT by
The first GPU benchmark results for Apple's new M5 Ultra and M6 chips have surfaced, ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini models launching on Tuesday. If you are interested in CPU results, we shared those earlier this week. So far, the M5 Ultra has achieved up to a 59% higher Metal score (366,744) on Geekbench 7 compared to the M3 Ultra's average score of 230,420, and the chip's OpenCL...
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iPhone 18 Pro Max in U.S. Has Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 Modem

Friday September 18, 2026 12:41 pm PDT by
TechInsights has published an iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown that confirms the U.S. version of the device is equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 modem. The device's modem firmware had already pointed towards the Snapdragon X80 modem. The smaller iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Duo use Apple's custom-designed C2 modem worldwide, and the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses the C2 modem in every other...
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Apple Releases Xcode 27.1 Beta With iPhone Duo Support

Friday September 18, 2026 11:06 am PDT by
Apple today released the first Xcode 27.1 beta. The latest version of the tool adds support for iPhone Duo app development. Available on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 26.6 or later, Xcode 27.1 includes updated SDKs for the iPhone Duo, and a simulator that supports the device's new poses and...