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• Apple's M5 iPad Pro drops to $899, plus save $600 on blowout M4 spec

  25-01-2026 19:35 via appleinsider.com
  Month-end iPad deals are in effect now, with Apple's latest M5 iPad Pro models falling to as low as $899 — and a blowout M4 tablet $600 off.
  Save up to $600 on iPad Pros with month-end savings.
  Matching the lowest price seen on the M5 iPad Pro line, the 11-inch Wi-Fi model with 256GB of storage is marked down to $899 at Amazon, a $100 discount off retail.Buy M5 iPad Pro for $899
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• Setapp denied Launchpad replacement for not using AI. This is not good.

  25-01-2026 17:55 via appleinsider.com
  Artificial Intelligence is big business, and companies are looking for the next big app to use it. However, Mac app subscription service Setapp has demonstrated that the pursuit of AI comes at the cost of ignoring non-AI apps.
  Setapp isn't adding Launchpad replacement AppHub to its roster anytime soon
  The artificial intelligence gold rush has led to a situation where developers are incentivized to add AI to their apps. Sometimes, it's just for the sake of saying there's AI in it at all.This isn'
  
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• Apple's unusual OS 27 code name shift could reflect AI strategy changes, or nothing at all

  25-01-2026 15:11 via appleinsider.com
  While WWDC 2026 is months away, more information is leaking about iOS 27 and the other releases. A strange internal change has occurred — OS 26 codenames have shifted mid-development.
  Apple Intelligence will run Apple Foundation Models trained with Gemini
  It is no secret that technology firms love their internal codenames, which almost never hold any real connection to the final product they represent. That's especially been true of Apple, but they tend to stay the same for each OS during
  
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• New MacBook Pros are expected soon, but maybe not just days away

  25-01-2026 14:37 via appleinsider.com
  There's been a lot of speculation that MacBook Pros will be released in the next few days, but noted leaker Mark Gurman hasn't confirmed that, and says that that new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Studio models are just expected in early 2026.
  M5 MacBook Pro
  So far, the M5 generation hasn't spread throughout the Mac ecosystem, as it exists only in the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro. Apple is anticipated to bring out new Macs as part of its early 2026 launch lineup, which should fill out the
  
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• New Siri expected to finally debut in iOS 26.4 beta shortly

  25-01-2026 14:31 via appleinsider.com
  A new report claims that the long-awaited revamp of Siri implementing Google Gemini tech to boost Apple Intelligence will be launched in iOS 26.4, which will enter beta shortly.
  A new Siri, revamped with Apple Intelligence, is due soon.
  It's been expected in early 2026, and recent reports claim to have found code references to it in iOS 26.4. Now according to Bloomberg, iOS 26.4 is confirmed and that is specifically because of Apple having signed a deal to use Google Gemini.While iOS 26.4 is not
  
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• New Siri expected to finally debut in iOS 26.4 beta

  25-01-2026 14:31 via appleinsider.com
  A new report claims that the long-awaited revamp of Siri implementing Google Gemini tech to boost Apple Intelligence will be launched in iOS 26.4, which will enter beta shortly.
  A new Siri, revamped with Apple Intelligence, is due soon.
  It's been expected in early 2026, and recent reports claim to have found code references to it in iOS 26.4. Now according to Bloomberg, iOS 26.4 is confirmed and that is specifically because of Apple having signed a deal to use Google Gemini.While iOS 26.4 is not
  
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• Crime blotter: iPad used in $3 million crypto heist

  25-01-2026 13:11 via appleinsider.com
  Former UPS workers are charged in an Apple product heist, two caught stealing from a New Jersey Apple Store, and iPhone and MacBooks were taken by the FBI from a journalist, all in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.
  The Apple Store in Willowbrook Mall in New JerseyThe latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
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