By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro has returned to $1,299 at Amazon, reflecting a $300 discount off MSRP on the current M3 model.After jumping up to $1,399 earlier today, Amazon has reissued its $1,299 14-inch MacBook Pro deal, marking the return of the lowest price seen at the e-commerce giant in the last 30 days.Buy from $1,299The $1,299 price is positioned alongside several other MacBook Pro deals, ranging from the 512GB M3 Pro 14-inch or the 1TB M3 14-inch for $1,699, both of which can be found in our Mac Price Guide. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Marko Zivkovic) Police in Waterbury, Connecticut, were able to find a stolen Ferrari worth over half a million dollars, all thanks to a pair of Apple AirPods left behind by the vehicle’s owner.Police were able to find a stolen Ferrari thanks to the owner’s AirPods, which were left in the car. Image Credit: Waterbury Police Department.On September 16, the Waterbury Police Department (WPD) was notified about a stolen Ferrari 812 GTS, stolen from the city of Greenwich, Connecticut, and valued at approximately $575,000. The WPD’s Auto Theft Task Force located the vehicle with the help of the owner’s Apple AirPods, which were in the car when it was stolen.Apple’s $129 wireless earbuds support tracking through the Find My app, which is how police were able to locate the stolen Italian supercar. AirPods can broadcast their location to an iPhone whenever it is nearby. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Synchron has developed a non-invasive brain-computer interface capable of controlling devices like Apple Vision Pro, and it has reached the one-year milestone without serious adverse effects to patients.Synchron brain computer interfaces could control Apple Vision Pro Illustration source: SynchronBrain-computer interfaces are among the latest moonshot technologies being chased in the consumer market. Clinical trials began for Synchron’s minimally invasive brain implant in 2022, and it has evolved from potential iPhone and iPad control to Apple Vision Pro control over the years.According to a press release from Synchron, all six patients with the brain-computer interface had no device-related serious adverse events resulting in death or permanent increase in disability during the first-year post-implant period. Basically, the implanted device didn’t cause any problems, and it demonstrated consistent results in capturing brain signals for motor intent. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon is clearing out remaining Apple Watch Series 9 inventory, with clearance prices available on both aluminum and stainless steel models.Image: Apple/AppleInsiderWith the launch of the Apple Watch Series 10 and new Apple Watch Ultra 2 case color, retailers are making room for fresh inventory with blowout prices on closeout models to the tune of $150 off. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) An iPhone showing “SOS” isn’t a cry for help, but it does mean you’re having connection issues. This is what the three letters really mean.SOS Only on an iPhoneSOS is well known as a Morse Code distress signal, quickly and efficiently communicating that there is a major and potentially life-threatening problem. While SOS doesn’t actually mean “Save Our Souls” and is really just an agreed-upon communications sequence, the meaning is immediately understandable to almost anyone.Your iPhone or cellular-equipped iPad can also display SOS in the status bar. However, the meaning is less about the phone being in trouble and more about what it cannot do. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) All of us should use iPhone passcodes and any of us can forget them, but few of us are New York City mayors being indicted for corruption and claiming to have changed the code to help investigators.iPhone passcodeFollowing news of his indictment in September 2024, more details have emerged of how investigators seized the Apple devices owned by Mayor Adams in November 2023. The full court filing shows that while two of his cellphones were seized then, they did not include his personal iPhone.”When Adams produced his personal cellphone the next day in response to a subpoena,” says the filing, “it was ‘locked,’ such that the device required a password to open.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that the company intends to donate to relief efforts associated with fallout from Hurricane Helene.Tim Cook on Apple’s roofHurricane Helene made landfall on September 26 as a Category 4 hurricane, causing over 500 miles of destruction and resulting in a death toll of more than 100. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina were the hardest hit, but the impact was also felt in other areas.In response, Apple plans to donate an undisclosed sum of money to hurricane relief efforts. The announcement was made in a post to X by Cook on Monday. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Verizon customers are discovering their iPhones aren’t properly working on the network, in an outage that seems to have affected hundreds of thousands of customers.Verizon logoMobile phone networks can have the occasional downtime or outage, and they are usually limited to specific areas, a selection of customers, or a short period of time. For Verizon on Monday, it seems that the outage is quite serious.Users have taken to social media to complain that they can’t connect to the network. The comments generally ask if the network is down for anyone else, with devices seemingly deregistering from the network. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, a special guest from ADT joins to talk about the smart home as a whole, as well as cover all the news from the week.HomeKit Insider PodcastChief Technology Office for ADT, Gilles Drieu, stopped by the podcast this week to offer his insight into the industry, as well as what the security company is doing themselves that’s relevant to Apple users.Drieu has spent more than 25 years in Silicon Valley, working at Apple, Adobe, and Google before making the move to ADT. In his current role as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Engineering he’s working on next-gen devices for the smart home. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Actor and TV host Joel McHale lost his Apple Watch on a flight and after tracking its whereabouts with Find My, has a special offer for its new owner.Apple Watches have to be unpaired from an iPhone before anyone else can use them”The Bear,” “Community,” and “Crime Scene Kitchen” star Joel McHale is seemingly resigned to having left his Apple Watch behind on a flight. After discovering that he’d forgotten it, he checked Find My — and then took to Instagram. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
