By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) Belkin has continued to improve on its eco-friendly pledge to decrease the carbon footprint of its products, while also announcing several new consumer devices.Belkin’s 2025 CES announcements are hereIn 2023, Belkin made a pledge to begin a transition to using post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics in its products. Now, many of its most popular chargers have been updated to use 85-90% PCR.This includes its 45W and 65W USB-C wall chargers, its 70W and 100W GaN chargers, its 15W Qi2 charger, and various charging cables. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The 14-inch MacBook Pro with an upgraded M4 Pro chip and 1TB of storage is on sale for $2,179, delivering a $220 price cut off MSRP.Save $220 on this 1TB 14-inch MacBook Pro.The $2,179 price is valid on the M4 Pro spec featuring a 14-core CPU and 20-core GPU, which is an upgrade from the standard 12C CPU/16C GPU chip found in the M4 Pro line. The laptop also comes with 24GB of unified memory and a bump up to 1TB of storage, making it a well-equipped model that normally retails for $2,399.Save $220 at Amazon Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) “Marvel Rivals” developer NetEase will reverse 100-year bans imposed on players who used emulation software to play the game on Mac and other platforms.Mac and Linux users can soon play Marvel Rivals via emulation without risk. Image Credit: Marvel/NetEase GamesMarvel Rivals features an anti-cheat system similar to that on other popular Windows games. Such tools can get removed or disabled as part of the process of porting games to a new platform.NetEase, the developer of the game, announced that it would be reversing the bans in a future update. The announcement was made on a Discord server. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Apple has officially announced its first fiscal quarter 2025 earnings call will be held on January 30 at 5:00 p.m. ET.Apple earnings call to be held on January 30The biggest quarter of the year for Apple has historically been the holiday one as it combines the gift-giving season with the first full quarter of new iPhone sales. The results for the first fiscal quarter of 2025 will provide an idea of how the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch Series 10 have sold since their September launch.Apple shared that the earnings call will occur on January 30, at 5 p.m. Eastern via its Investor Relations portal. As always, the earnings call will discuss information from the earnings report, forward-looking statements, and include a short question-and-answer segment with analysts. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) In a bid to gain favor with the president-elect, Apple CEO Tim Cook has contributed $1 million of his personal finances to the inauguration fund.CEO Tim Cook is familiar with dealing with president-electPresident-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20, 2025, and tech giants want to ensure they are noticed. Companies and their CEOs have been making large contributions to the inauguration, and Apple is no different.However, instead of Apple itself contributing its own funds, its CEO Tim Cook is providing $1 million of his own money to the inauguration fund according to a report from Axios. Apple itself will not be providing funds. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The UK’s BBC is continuing to complain about the notification summaries created by Apple Intelligence, with iPhone users being misinformed by misinterpreted headlines.Examples of notification summaries on an iPhoneIn December, the BBC complained to Apple about the summarization features of Apple Intelligence. While meant to save time for users, the summaries sometimes get things quite wrong, as it did with news headlines from the UK broadcaster.In its new complaint on January 3, the BBC has been informed of summaries appearing on iPhones that were very inaccurate. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple is selling a special limited edition version of AirPods 4 to mark the Year of the Snake, with a specially engraved charging case available in China and select regions.Year of the Snake edition AirPods 4 Apple often marks the Chinese New Year with customized regional accessories, such as the Year of the Dragon AirPods Pro sold at the start of 2024. For 2025, Apple’s doing it again.This year’s special edition release is the AirPods 4, which are customized for the Year of the Snake. They’re functionally the same as the usual AirPods 4, except the charging case has an engraving of two snakes and fireworks. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Take a look at what Apple is going to bring us in 2025 — and while you’re doing that, take a look at everything Apple TV+ has for you right now as it launches its first-ever free weekend.An original Apple TV+ in-store promotion from 2010 — image credit: William GallagherApple TV+ has never gone completely free before. There have been so many different free trials when you bought various devices, but this is the very first time that anyone can watch anything on Apple TV+, as long as they watch from Friday to Sunday, January 3 to 5, 2025. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Snag today’s lowest iPad 10th Generation price at Amazon, with a $70 discount in effect heading into the weekend.Save $70 with this iPad 10th Gen markdownTake advantage of a fresh price drop on Apple’s iPad 10th Generation, with the standard 64GB Wi-Fi model falling to $279 at Amazon and Best Buy.Get the $279 deal Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) Going into the new year, here are our best tips to maximize your health with the help of any Apple Watch.Apple Watch is a great health companionLike its predecessors, the latest Apple Watch Series 10 is an incredible fitness tool that is packed with sensors that give you immediate health and fitness information. Whether your goal is to lose weight, live healthier, or something else — any Apple Watch can help.That’s always true, but right now at the start of the year, many users are opening new Apple Watches from the holidays. Plus many of those, and existing users, will be starting off their new year resolutions which always include getting fitter. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
