By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) The annual tax holiday prior to the start of the school year begins soon, and Apple has detailed exactly what products are eligible for tax exemption and other rules for six states.Tax holidayTax holiday perks and limitations vary from state to state. So, each year Apple provides a list of eligible products and specific rules to help customers shop.The Apple tax holiday sale page in now available for the annual back-to-school sale. It lists qualifying products and dates for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s developer beta testing of current-gen operating systems rolls on, with new builds of iOS 17.6, iPadOS 17.6, tvOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, macOS Sonoma, and visionOS 1.3 available to download.iOS 17Developers who take part in Apple’s beta program can download the new builds to an Apple Developer Centeror by updating their iPhone or iPad already running the betas via the Settings app. Public beta versions typically arrive shortly after the developer versions.The betas are for the current-generation versions of Apple’s operating systems, including iOS 17.6, iPadOS 17.6, tvOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, and macOS Sonoma 14.6. The Apple Vision Pro also gets a beta for visionOS 1.3. They are not to be confused with the fall build testing for iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Prime Day deals aren’t limited to Amazon, as family-owned B&H Photo has issued a fantastic MacBook Pro deal on the 14-inch laptop that’s valid while supplies last.Snap up the lowest price on this blowout MacBook Pro.Save $500 on Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 Pro chip when you shop through this exclusive pricing link from a laptop or desktop computer. With the special Prime Day deal, you can grab the robust laptop at the blowout price of $1,499.Buy for $1,499 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Brace yourself for wildly over-the-top clickbait adverts in Apple News and the Apple Stocks app, as Apple hands over placing ads to the chumbox firm, Taboola.Apple News may feature more ads under a new deal with TaboolaInternet services need advertising to survive, and that’s true even for Apple, which famously makes most of its income from iPhones and Macs. Consequently, Apple has an ad sales business, and in fact that has benefitted from how its privacy rules hinder rivals.As part of its apparent moves to grow that business, though, Axios says that Apple has agreed a deal with Taboola. This firm is best known for what are called chumbox ads, where a trio of images and clickbait headlines often sit at the end of an article. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has launched a new ad campaign promoting Safari, touting its security and privacy features that thwart online trackers better than other web browsers.Apple’s new Safari privacy adApple has regularly promoted Safari as the privacy and security-focused browser. In a new media campaign launched on Tuesday, it’s making a big song and dance about it, months ahead of the inbound iPhone 16 and Apple Intelligence.The campaign is centered around a short film called “Flock.” Set to tense music, smartphone users are shown being stalked by security cameras, which morph into bird-like machines that swoop as close to the user as possible. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Fans of “Minecraft” will soon be able to wear Beats Solo 4 featuring the game’s Creeper mob, in a cross-branded release of the headphones.Beats Solo 4’s Minecraft-branded headphonesApple subsidiary Beats often offers versions of its products in limited editions, and frequently collaborates with other brands for the effort. For the Beats Solo 4, which is only a few months old, that has resulted in a Beats x Minecraft Solo 4 release.In this instances, the headphones are black and green in color, complete with a green Beats logo and polygonal graphics on the earcups and side. This includes the face of a “Creeper,” an enemy mob that can stalk and explode next to the player. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Sponsored Content) Stop worrying about power outages and a lack of reliable power by investing in a Bluetti AC300 or AC500 portable power station this Prime Day sale event.Bluetti: Prime Day saleThe Amazon Prime Day sale is from July 16 to 17 in 2024 and there are plenty of tempting discounts available. Bluetti even has some surprises, including lead-up deals that are available from now until Prime Day.The Bluetti AC300 & AC500 are two-piece energy backup & power outage solutions made up of an AC pure sine wave inverter and a battery with a 3,072Wh capacity. Either option provides an excellent home backup solution. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has made a big deal out of paying for the data used to train its Apple Intelligence, but one firm it used is accused of allegedly ripping off YouTube videos.Apple Intelligence may have been trained less legally and ethically than Apple believed All generative AI works by amassing enormous datasets called Large Language Models (LLMs), and very often, the source of that data is controversial. So much so that Apple has repeatedly claimed that its sources are ethical, and it’s known to have paid millions to publishers, and licensed images from photo library firms.According to Wired, however, one firm whose data Apple has used, appears to have been less scrupulous about its sources. EleutherAI reportedly created a dataset it calls the Pile, which Apple has reported using for its LLM training. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Amazon Prime Day is a great opportunity to upgrade the display you use with your Mac. Here’s your chance to nab a deal on a bigger or second screen.Amazon Prime Day monitor dealsAmazon’s Prime Day 2024 sale is live, with many deals available across practically every product category you can imagine. As an opportune time to see some seriously huge deals on high-priced items, it’s worth considering the purchase of a new monitor.A new screen can be beneficial in a few ways, such as replacing an existing older monitor to one that’s bigger and with a higher resolution. There’s also the opportunity to use multiple monitors, with your old one becoming a second screen, expanding your Mac’s workspace. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple’s stock has risen sharply to take it ahead of Microsoft again, following investment analysts predictions of an iPhone upgrade super cycle because of Apple Intelligence.Apple Intelligence is coming this fallEven in pre-market trading, Apple was up 56 cents to $234.96, and when the market opened, it was on $235.20 per share. That puts Apple’s market cap at $3.6 trillion, where Microsoft opened down at $3.4 trillion, cementing Apple’s lead, which it took when the market closed Monday.Apple’s rising share price follows the latest reports from analysts including Morgan Stanley. The firm has generally been bullish on Apple while other analysts have shied away from it, but in its most recent reports, it named the company as its top pick for investors. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
