By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) We’re creeping up on the five-year anniversary of Tim Cook’s Apple Silicon announcement, and over a decade of rumors. Here’s how the whole saga started, how it launched, and what to expect in the future.Apple Silicon is on its fourth generation in five years. After years of dealing with Intel’s chip limitations, Apple introduced the move to Apple Silicon during WWDC 2020. The effort of ditching a well-used architecture would see Apple shifting to its new line of designed in-house chips for its Mac and MacBook catalog, starting later that same year.That two-year transition from Intel to Apple Silicon started a major change for the company, as well as the industry at large. Beyond claims of high efficiency designs paired with high levels of performance, which you would expect from a chip launch. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) In its first major update, MX Creative Console, Logitech’s Stream Deck-like Mac accessory, has added support for Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and more.Logitech’s MX Creative Console is an LED keypad and a separate dialFirst launched in September 2024, the Logitech MX Creative Console is a two-part device where one side resembles an Elgato Stream Deck. Alongside its nine LED buttons, though, there is a separate rotary DialPad, and together they control scrolling and particular apps on the Mac.Now the pair have their first significant update, with the addition of controls for five apps: Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) The iPhone 16e is off to a faster start than the 2022 iPhone SE 3 managed, giving Apple a boost in the competitive mid-range phone market.iPhone 16eApple’s latest budget-friendly model is making an immediate impact, according to new sales data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). The iPhone 16e accounted for seven percent of total U.S. iPhone sales in the first quarter, outperforming the iPhone SE’s performance in 2024.Combined, the five iPhone 16 models made up 74 percent of iPhone sales in the U.S., up from 68 percent for the iPhone 15 lineup during the same quarter in 2024. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Easter Sunday pedestrians managed to have a peaceful experience browsing a Dutch Apple Store, as the front door was left unlocked when the store was meant to be closed.The Apple Store in Amsterdam – Image Credit: AppleA group of weekend shoppers in Amsterdam were surprised on a visit to the Apple Store in Leidseplein on Sunday with an extremely tranquil shopping experience. Entering the store to acquire an Apple Watch, the group discovered they were the only ones there, with no staff present at all.It turned out that the store was actually closed. Along with no employees, the store also had other signs that it wasn’t in use that day, such as powered-down products and marketing screens turned off. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) While the European Union has now fined Apple for what it claims is non-compliance with its Digital Markets Act, the sum involved has been kept low to avoid increasing EU/US trade tensions.An EU flag with the App Store logoAfter denying reports saying that the EU was delaying fines while its member states negotiate with Trump over his “reciprocal” tariffs, the EU has now issued fines for both Apple and Meta. Apple has been fined while Meta was fined $227 million, both for claimed non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).”Today’s decisions send a strong and clear message,” Teresa Ribera, the EU’s new antitrust chief said in the full ruling. “The Digital Markets Act is a crucial instrument to unlock potential, choice and growth by ensuring digital players can operate in contestable and fair markets.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Even though the saga started after the fiscal quarter ended, Apple’s Q2 financial results are going to be profoundly different thanks to the Trump tariffs. Here’s what to expect from the results on May 1.Apple CEO Tim CookAs regular as clockwork, Apple will be reporting its Q2 2025 earnings on May 1, with the results released ahead of the standard analyst and investor conference call at 5p.m. Eastern.Apple’s CEO Tim Cook will be on the call, along with newly-installed CFO Kevan Parekh, to discuss the results and to take on questions from analysts. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A developer has managed to get a version of Windows 11 running locally on an iPad Air, but don’t expect an official release anytime soon.An example of what Windows 11 could look like on an iPadThe nature of Apple’s mobile devices means you can’t install any other operating systems on them other than iOS or iPadOS. However, as one developer has worked out, it’s possible to get Windows to run on an iPad.In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, a developer under the pseudonym “NTDev” shared how he got Windows 11 going on an iPad Air, equipped with the M2 chip. Normally not possible under typical conditions, the video shows that the PC operating system can be set to run as a virtual machine. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Mike Rockwell, the new head of Siri, is reportedly turning over much of the development work to his previous team for Apple Vision Pro.Efforts to update Siri with Apple Intelligence are now falling to Apple Vision Pro teamsFirst Apple “fixer” Kim Vorrath moved to the Siri team, then previous head John Giannandrea was abruptly replaced by Apple Vision Pro chief Rockwell. Now, according to Bloomberg, Rockwell has restructured the Siri team specifically to bring in people from his Vision Pro work.The restructuring has begun with Ranjit Desai, being placed in charge of the underlying Siri system group. Rockwell reportedly told staff that Desai would help Siri reach a “new level” because of his knowledge of “high-performance, low-latency systems.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple is continuing its push to bring more games to its platforms, with the latest involving an offer to add visionOS support to the Godot game engine.Apple has pledged visionOS support for GodotApple has been gradually making more of an effort to encourage developers to make their games available on macOS and its ecosystem as a whole. Now, it seems that it’s trying to get more gaming content for the Apple Vision Pro.A pull request on the Github page for Godot, a free and open-source game engine, has Apple making an offer to help the engine work on Apple Vision Pro. The request, by Ricardo Sanchez-Saez of the visionOS engineering team, states that Apple wants to contribute Vision Pro support to the Godot engine. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Apple’s 2025 M4 MacBook Air has a reduced starting price compared to the M3 line, but Apple resellers are discounting the latest laptops even further. Score exclusive deals from $929.Grab deals on every 2025 MacBook Air M4.The 2025 MacBook Air sports Apple’s M4 chip with a 10-core CPU, which offers two additional CPU cores over the last-gen M3 line. Upgraded models can also be equipped with up to 32GB of unified memory, making the ultraportable laptop a solid contender for working on the go. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
