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 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 ...
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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.
Effectively immediately, the Apple Support Community forums are in a read-only state, with new posts no longer being accepted. The final...

'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.
Effectively 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.
Average ...

Apple Store Subscription Sign-Up Controversy Exposed
In a series of YouTube videos shared over the past two weeks, electronics technician and consumer rights advocate Louis Rossmann has exposed a controversy in which some Apple Store employees have allegedly signed up customers for auto-renewing subscription trials for Apple One and other services without their informed consent.
Here is how the process works at Apple Stores in the United...
Siri AI Rumored to Become 'More Like an Agent' as Early as Next Year
Siri AI is much more intelligent and personalized compared to classic Siri, but it is still not nearly as advanced as proactive, always-on agents like OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse. That may change, though, according to a new rumor.
In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he was told that Apple could make Siri function "more like an agent" as early as next year....

Apple Taking New Approach to Developing iOS 28 and macOS 28
Apple has made a change to its development process for iOS 28, macOS 28, and corresponding software updates, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In his Power On newsletter today, he said Apple separates development of each year's new operating systems into three major stages. Typically, he said each stage consists of four weeks of coding followed by a four-week "convergence" period where...

'Backglow' Lets You Customize New MacBook Pro's Glowing Apple Logo
A new "Backglow" app created by designer Juan Buis lets you customize the illuminated Apple logo on the lid of the new MacBook Pro models.
The free version of the app allows you to manually adjust the brightness level of the Apple logo, independent of the MacBook Pro's display brightness level. You can also turn it off entirely with a single click, rather than having to use Terminal....

Apple Store With All-New Design Opening Soon in Southern California
Apple today announced that its retail store at The Forum in Carlsbad, California will be reopening in its original location on Friday, November 20 at 10 a.m. local time, following more than a year of renovations. Additions will likely include a Genius Bar with accessible seating and a dedicated Apple Pickup area for online orders.
Apple's temporary store in Carlsbad
Apple's temporary store at ...

RIP, MacBook Ultra
Apple's new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled PROLED XDR displays began arriving to customers today. In the months leading up to the laptops being announced, it was rumored that Apple might use the name MacBook Ultra, but ultimately it stuck with MacBook Pro branding.
Other new features include a Dynamic Island, redesigned speakers with up to 50% more bass, and an...

Apple Says More Than 100,000 Apps Optimized for iPhone Duo, Here's What's Still Missing
Apple today announced that more than 100,000 apps have been optimized for the iPhone Duo, released two weeks ago. We confirmed that this figure refers to apps built with the iOS 27.1 SDK or later, meaning these apps fill the full width of the iPhone Duo's inner and outer displays and have vertical controls in the status bar.
A statement from Susan Prescott, Apple's Vice President of...

Apple Releasing Yet Another Two New Products Next Week
Apple's massive wave of product launches will finally end next week, with its all-new HomeView smart home hub and the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K set to be released on Friday, November 13 and no other major hardware releases expected for the remainder of the year. Since late August, Apple has announced more than 25 new devices and accessories in one of its busiest stretches...















