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Apple's messaging app Messages has adopted a new cross-platform messaging standard called RCS. Here's how to be sure you have it enabled on your iPhone, and what new features it gives you when messaging people on other platforms.
Users who haven't got around to buying Apple's short Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter after eight years are now out of luck, as the iPhone 7 accessory appears to be discontinued.
Apple is said to be considering making a television set, over a decade after it abandoned that idea in favor of creating the Apple TV set top box.
India's Tata Electronics is reportedly buying a 60 percent stake in Taiwan-based Pegatron's only India iPhone facility, strengthening Tata's position as Apple's main supplier partner in the country.
Apple's AirTags will get its first-ever hardware update a new report claiming the tracked will gain finer location accuracy.
Apple executives believe that by designing their own Apple Silicon chips and AI, the company now has a significant advantage over traditional chipmakers that have to cater to a wide range of markets and customers.
A GoFundMe account is accepting donations to help a Wichita, Kansas woman who fell for a common online scam that began with a text message to her iPhone.
The release of iOS 18 brought a number of new features to Apple's Journal app, including the new ability to search and sort entries.
Repair parts for the iPhone 16 lineup are now available to order in the US and other countries, including for those wanting to fix their iPhone for themselves.
Apple is likely to launch a refreshed Apple Vision Pro headset before a cheaper version of the product arrives, according to a new report.
A hidden feature in iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot a locked iPhone when it is asleep but hasn't been unlocked for a while, presumably as a security measure.
If you've ever used a smartphone gimbal before, the Hohem iSteady MT2 is a more solid — and professional-grade — handheld gimbal camera mount that enables smooth motion, AI tracking, and digital control for your iPhone, DSLR, or other cameras.
Apple will update the current MacBook Pro again in 2025, but those waiting for a significant redesign may have to wait a little longer.
Apple Vision Pro may get an M5 upgrade in 2025, but the expected lower-price headset has been delayed, and may offload processing to the iPhone to cut costs.
A new report suggests that the actual launch date for iOS 18.2 will be the first week of December, featuring new graphics tools including Image Playground and Genmoji.
Apple has determined that "a very small percentage" of iPhone 14 Plus units have a rear camera issue, and has launched a repair program to fix it.
Apple has dropped the price of the 2024 Major League Soccer season pass from $14.99 to free for Apple TV+ subscribers, or $9.99 for non-subscribers.
Gaming on the iPod barely predates the iPhone's arrival in 2007, but fans have launched a project to be sure they can still play the games into the future.
The US National Labor Relations Board is again accusing Apple management of illegally deterring employee discussions of pay and bias issues, part of a general anti-union campaign by the iPhone maker.
Financial firm Berkshire Hathway has spent a year reducing its shares of AAPL stock, which once took up half of chairman Warren Buffett's entire portfolio.
A new teardown of the seventh-generation iPad mini has revealed very little in the way of changes, and no apparent physical change to reduce jelly scrolling despite evidence that the effect is minimized.
A former Apple employee has publicly thanked the company and CEO Tim Cook for their assistance in helping employees and their families in the city of Kharkiv to evacuate when Russia's invasion of the country encroached on the northeastern Ukrainian city.
A new report claims that Apple's week of announcements will start with a 24-inch M4 iMac and two versions of a redesigned Mac mini. M4-powered versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro will also be unveiled.
A YouTube video shows off a newly-developed technique to replace the soldered-on storage modules on most modern MacBook Pro and other MacBook models — but the upgrade is impractical and costly to do.
Apple says it will be allowing access to forthcoming image-creation tools like Image Wand, Genmoji, and Image Playground "over the coming weeks," making for an unusually long waitlist for testers.
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