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Apr 02 from https://mashable.com/tech

iPhone 18 Pro will be missing a popular color, leaker says

You can thank the popularity of Cosmic Orange for that. Were you planning to get a black iPhone 17 Pro last year, only to be sideswiped with the revelation that there was no black iPhone 17 Pro? Well, if you were hoping that Apple would come to its senses and release a black iPhone 18 Pro later this year, then we have more bad news for you. According to one Apple leaker, Apple has no plans...

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Apr 02 from http://www.macrumors.com/

iPhone 18 Pro Reportedly Won't Come in Black

Apple offers the iPhone 17 Pro and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max in just three colors – Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue – but notably there's no black option. Last year was the first time Apple's high-end iPhones have not been available with a black or dark gray color option in any way, but those hoping for the return of black this year for the iPhone 18 Pro should look away now. According to...

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Apr 02 from http://www.macrumors.com/

Apple Sending WWDC 2026 Invites to Special Event Lottery Winners

Students and developers who won the lottery to attend the WWDC 2026 Special Event at Apple Park on June 8 have started receiving their invites. Apple is holding a WWDC keynote viewing at ‌Apple Park‌, but space is limited so invites were done on a lottery basis. Apple accepted submissions from those interested in attending until Monday night, and winners are now being notified. Developers...

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Apr 01 from https://mashable.com/tech

Apple celebrates 50th birthday with homepage animation

Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything. Has it been 50 years already? Has it been 50 years already? Credit: Apple Today, April 1, 2026 (no joke), is...

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Apr 01 from https://www.wired.com/

Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool

When it comes to iOS, Apple has largely maintained a take-it-or-leave-it approach to security updates. Want the software patches Apple creates to fix the vulnerabilities exploited by hackers to compromise iPhones? Then the company would tell you to update your phone to the latest version of iOS your hardware can handle—with no room for lingering on an older version just because you enjoy its...

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Apr 01 from http://www.macrumors.com/

Siri in iOS 27: Everything We Know

We're only months away from our first look at Apple's smarter, redesigned version of Siri. iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 will focus on an entirely revamped version of ‌Siri‌, and rumors about what we can expect are picking up. SiriBot There's a chatbot version of ‌Siri‌ in the works that will change the way that we use Apple's personal assistant. ‌Siri‌ will be more like Claude or ChatGPT,...

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Apr 01 from http://www.macrumors.com/

Apple Turns 50 Today: Reflecting on Each Decade's Biggest Moments

Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, meaning the company is officially 50 years old as of today. To honor the occasion, we have reflected on some of Apple's biggest moments of each decade, from the 1970s through to the 2020s. Apple has an extensive history, so this list is far from comprehensive, but it captures some of the pivotal events over the company's first 50 years. 1970s While...

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Apr 01 from https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Apple’s biggest product in its 50-year history surprised the engineers who designed it

Apple had never built anything so complex. But it was at a crossroads. “We were like, people are only going to carry one device. They’re going to have a cell phone with music, or they’re going to have an Apple product with music and communications,” said Tony Fadell, the former Apple executive who co-created the iPod and helped lead the iPhone’s early development. “And it was like, ‘Okay,...

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Mar 31 from http://www.macrumors.com/

iOS 27 Siri Update Will Let Users Make Multiple Requests at Once

The updated version of Siri that Apple plans to release in iOS 27 may be able to handle multiple commands in a single query, reports Bloomberg. With the feature, users would be able to make multi-step requests that ‌Siri‌ would carry out, such as getting directions to a location and then sending those directions to someone in a message. ‌Siri‌ has long been limited to a single command for...

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Mar 30 from http://www.macrumors.com/

New Siri Features Absent From iOS 26.5 Beta, Likely Pushed to iOS 27 in September

The iOS 26.5 beta that Apple released today includes no new Apple Intelligence Siri functionality, which suggests we're going to be waiting until iOS 27 to see any of the promised ‌Siri‌ features. Apple was initially targeting iOS 26.4 for new ‌Siri‌ capabilities, but in February, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that the company wasn't going to make that goal due to ongoing accuracy issues. He...

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Mar 30 from http://www.macrumors.com/

Apple Reportedly Planning to Launch iMac With OLED Display

Apple is preparing to launch an iMac featuring an OLED panel with higher brightness, according to ZDNet Korea. Apple has apparently requested that Samsung Display, LG Display, and other suppliers produce 24-inch OLED panel samples suitable for a future ‌iMac‌ model using their mass-production facilities. This would be the biggest ever OLED display offered on an Apple device. Specifically,...

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Mar 30 from http://www.macrumors.com/

Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. It's possible iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 will...

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