By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Save $25 on a 4-pack of Apple AirTags at Amazon, as Prime Day deals on Apple ramp up leading to next week’s event.Save on AirTags for Amazon Prime Day.With summer travel in full swing, having a pack of Apple AirTags on hand can help you stay organized all season long. Drop an AirTag in your laptop bag or add one to a keychain (on sale now) to know the whereabouts of your valuables.The steepest discount can be found on the 4-pack, which is $25 off at Amazon. But if you don’t want to fork over that much cash, you can pick up a single AirTag on sale for $24 (reg. $29). Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s chip partner is about to start trial production of chips using a 2-nanometer fabrication process, ahead of making the A19 chip destined for the iPhone 17.TSMC continues to be Apple’s chip partner. Since 2022, TSMC has been planning to mass produce chips using a 2-nanometer process by 2025. The schedule would effectively make the A19 chip inside the iPhone 17 Pro the first of its kind to use the process.Apple’s famously long production schedules for its extremely complex supply chain means that companies making components need to work early to get their processes in line. In a Tuesday report, it seems TSMC is doing just that. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) A bug that is cranking Philips Hue smart bulbs to 100% randomly appears to be related to Matter. A fix is coming, but there’s a temporary work-around for the problem.Philips Hue smart lightbulbsSignify, the company that owns Philips Hue, originally announced early support for the Matter standard, and then delayed adding it. Now an unknown number of users are saying that they are seeing this random increase in brightness.”After extensive analysis, we have identified an interoperability issue with the Matter smart home standard,” Signify spokesperson Kate Helander told The Verge, “in which random temporary radio traffic disruptions are incorrectly recognized as legacy switch power toggles, turning low brightness lights to full brightness.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Investment firm Piper Sandler says the market is right to be excited by Apple Intelligence, and also that it sees a return to iPhone growth in the key market of China.Renders of a possible designs for the iPhone 16 rangeBased on both AI and China, Wedbush has said it expects a “monumental” and “massive upgrade super cycle” for the forthcoming iPhone 16 range. Piper Sandler’s Matt Farrell, taking over from Harsh Kumar, predicts much the same, and says that excitement is warranted, yet it’s also being more cautious.That’s because it says since Apple’s stock is up over 30% since April 2024, “we feel like a lot of good news is already priced into the stock.” Therefore it’s keeping its Apple rating Neutral, although it’s also raising the price target from $190 to $225. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Chip Loder) App developers can minimize fraud by using App Attest and DeviceCheck, two tools provided by Apple. Here’s how to use them to prevent unauthorized modifications to your app, and to prevent users from illegitimately acquiring premium content.App Attest and DeviceCheck are important to retain revenue. As an app developer, there are a few ways that you can make money from your creations. However, not everyone may be willing to pay, but still want to access some paid premium features.Developers seek to avoid this sort of behavior. This is where Apple’s App Attest and DeviceCheck step in. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Apple has released iOS 18 beta 3 with a change that forces dark mode icons onto every app that has a simple color palette, for better or worse.Third-party app icons get the dark mode treatment in iOS 18 beta 3If you’ve been running the iOS 18 beta, you may have noticed that only Apple’s first-party icons got a dark mode treatment when using the new customization feature. In iOS 18 beta 3, that changes with a seemingly algorithmic attempt to apply dark mode to every icon — as long as it is simple enough.Fans of dark mode have spent years customizing their iPhone Home Screen with custom launchers and alternate app icons to achieve a more uniform look. The introduction of a toggle to switch to dark mode icons in iOS 18 makes this process much easier, but it wasn’t clear what third-party apps would need to do to participate. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s HomePod saved a family home from a potentially fatal fire, caused by a very curious dog.A dog caused a fire in Colorado Springs. A HomePod helped alert homeowners to it. [CSFD]On June 26th at 4:43 a.m, the Colorado Springs Fire Department was called out to attend a housefire. However, on arrival, they discovered a fire in the kitchen had already been extinguished by the homeowners.In a video posted to Facebook, the CSFD shows security footage from inside the room, showing that the fire was caused by the owner’s dog. The curious dog got on his hind legs to investigate the boxes on a stove top. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) After a couple of weeks of testing, Apple is now on the third round of developer betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2.Developers can start to try out Apple’s new betas. The third round of fall system update builds follow after the second, which were issued on June 24. The first landed after the WWDC keynote on June 10.The betas are for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, as well as visionOS 2. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) With Walmart Plus, which is 50% off for a limited time, you can pick up Apple’s M1 MacBook Air at the all-time best price of $649 as the retailer takes on Amazon ahead of Prime Day.Grab the lowest price on record for the M1 MacBook Air.It’s worth joining Walmart Plus right now to save 50% on the annual membership, while also securing a rock-bottom early Prime Day deal on the closeout M1 MacBook Air.Buy for $649 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple is reportedly investigating expanding iPad manufacturing to India, as well as AirPod charging cases, following its rapidly growing iPhone production in the country.Mumbai, IndiaAs part of its move to reduce its dependence on China as a single source of manufacturing, Apple has increasingly been turning to India for production of the iPhone. Now local publication Benzinga says that the company plans to expand Indian manufacturing into other devices.Reportedly, Apple wants to build the iPad in India, in part to benefit from the government’s initiatives to attract more manufacturing to the country. Apple is also said to be looking to find a local manufacturing partner to make the wireless charging cases for AirPods. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
