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• Early Prime Day Apple deals start at just $14.99, save up to $300

  11-06-2026 21:07 via appleinsider.com
  
  With Prime Day 2026 fast approaching, Apple deals are heating up, and some of the lowest prices on record are available on new releases.
  Save up to $300 on electronics with early Prime Day Apple deals - Image credit: Apple
  Prime Day officially starts on June 23, but retailers are slashing prices on popular Mac configurations, iPads, Apple Watches, AirPods, and more. Plus, the in-demand Mac mini is back at Amazon (and marked down). Here are the top deals this Thursday.
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• If you rely on Mac RAID enclosure software, it's time to check with your supplier

  11-06-2026 19:14 via appleinsider.com
  
  It's early days yet, but if you rely on vendors' software for your RAID enclosure, you probably need to find out what their macOS 27 plans are.
  LaCie 12Big in its natural environment in 2017
  We've had macOS 27 for all of four days at this point, and there may already be a show-stopping problem for folks that hang on to RAID enclosures. We've found several that just don't work under macOS 27.For example, I've got a Thunderbolt 3 LaCie 12Big enclosure that I've had for a while. It runs fine in Tah
  
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• If your iPhone or Mac has Apple Intelligence, you're getting Siri AI

  11-06-2026 19:06 via appleinsider.com
  
  Because Apple tossed out a slide that has no context outside the keynote, the internet has convinced itself that Siri AI is only coming to hardware released since 2024. That's untrue.
  The new Siri AI on iPhone - image credit: Apple
  Apple announced Siri AI as part of the WWDC 2026 opening keynote on June 8. It'll ship this fall as part of the iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 software updates.Siri AI is built on Apple Intelligence and will see the assistant gain new abilities, includin
  
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• US legislation outlawing big tech from favoriting their own services resurrected

  11-06-2026 19:02 via appleinsider.com
  
  Four years after it died, the US Congress is reviving one of the most significant antitrust bills Apple has faced in years. The fight over big tech, App Stores, and platform control is alive again.App Store
  Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) on June 10. It revives a bipartisan effort to limit how dominant technology companies favor their own products and services.The bill targets the largest online platform
  
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• Surprising nobody, leaker claims a touchscreen MacBook is '100% confirmed'

  11-06-2026 17:15 via appleinsider.com
  
  A new leak says Apple's first-ever Mac with a touchscreen display is now "100% confirmed," days after a report that it was already in production testing and months from an expected release date.
  A MacBook Pro with a touchscreen OLED display is in the cards.Rumors of Apple's intention to bring touch to the Mac lineup have been rife for years. But they've coalesced in recent months, with a release window of late-2026 to early 2027 generally accepted to be most likely.Now, in a surprise to nobody,
  
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• Deprecation of the ImageCreator class

  11-06-2026 17:00 via developer.apple.com
  
  As we continue to refine our approach to image generation, the ImageCreator class is being discontinued and will no longer work in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27 or later. When we introduced the Image Playground framework, we included the ImageCreator class as a way for apps to generate images programmatically using the on-device image generation model.If your app uses the ImageCreator class, here's what to expect:
  Beta OS releases: Your code will continue to co
  
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• WWDC26 survey

  11-06-2026 16:00 via developer.apple.com
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• If you rely on RAID array software on Mac, it's time to check with your supplier

  11-06-2026 15:56 via appleinsider.com
  
  It's early days yet, but if you rely on vendors' software for your RAID enclosure, you probably need to find out what their macOS 27 plans are.
  LaCie 12Big in its natural environment in 2017
  We've had macOS 27 for all of four days at this point, and there may already be a show-stopping problem for folks that hang on to RAID enclosures. We've found several that just don't work under macOS 27.For example, I've got a Thunderbolt 3 LaCie 12Big enclosure that I've had for a while. It runs fine in Tah
  
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• Apple Vision Pro's biggest problem isn't addressed in visionOS 27, but progress is progress

  11-06-2026 14:52 via appleinsider.com
  
  In spite of the AI-heavy WWDC, Apple Vision Pro still got plenty of attention with visionOS 27. Here's what Apple got right and where it still needs work.
  Apple Vision Pro gets another great update with visionOS 27
  I've been asked to provide my first impressions of visionOS 27, and honestly, I think it's a good release. The quality-of-life work continues in this release alongside some really interesting new features.There was some talk about Apple basically abandoning Apple Vision Pro. However,
  
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• Snag an iPhone 16 or 16E for Less (or Free) With These CNET-Picked Deals

  11-06-2026 14:35 via cnet.com
  
  Save up to $1,100 on an iPhone 16 or 16E with trade-ins, offers or by changing plans.
  
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• Apple’s iPhone 17 Lineup Might Be Its Best Yet. Here’s How to Get One Without Overpaying

  11-06-2026 14:09 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's shopping team has scoured the web so you don't have to. Here are the best iPhone 17 deals available now.
  
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• iPhone Stolen Device Protection is thwarting prolific London thieves

  11-06-2026 14:03 via appleinsider.com
  
  The number of iPhones stolen in London that have been reactivated by thieves has plummeted in recent weeks, preventing them from being sold and, hopefully, making iPhones less likely to be stolen in the future.
  Apple's Stolen Device Protection is getting the job done
  The theft of iPhones has become a real problem for London in recent years. So much so that some thieves have been known to hand back a stolen phone if it turns out not to be an iPhone.Thieves typically use mopeds to ride up to a vic
  
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• Photographers get a dramatic RAW update with iOS 27

  11-06-2026 13:56 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has told developers that iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate feature revised RAW image processing, which they can exploit to bring better sharpness and color in camera and image editing apps.
  Apple has upgraded its RAW processing for photographers.
  In principle, RAW photos are ones where there hasn't been any of the kind of processing that JPEG or PNG ones do. But in practice, Apple takes the RAW sensor data and does some processing to make it viewable.Now in one of WWDC's developer s
  
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• Don’t Buy an iPhone 17 or Galaxy S26 Until You See Our Favorite Phone Deals

  11-06-2026 11:27 via cnet.com
  
  The best trade-ins, discounts and bundles are available online today.
  
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• Prominent leaker may see default ruling reversed in Apple lawsuit

  11-06-2026 00:57 via appleinsider.com
  
  Jon Prosser's failure to respond to Apple's initial lawsuit led to a default ruling against him, but Apple lawyers are willing to give him another shot if the judge approves.
  Jon Prosser continues to make videos about Apple leaks amid a lawsuit
  Apple filed a lawsuit against Jon Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti alleging that they conspired to steal information about a pre-release version of iOS. An Apple employee, Ethan Lipnik, was fired after the event where the alleged conspirators accessed his
  
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• Fewer iPhone users are updating to iOS 26 than they did with iOS 18

  11-06-2026 00:52 via appleinsider.com
  
  The iOS 26 update has the second-worst adoption rate of all iOS releases since 2015, falling behind both iOS 18 and iOS 8.
  iOS 18 (left) adoption rates were better than those of iOS 26 (right).
  Though all eyes might be on iOS 27 and its AI-infused Siri, which debuted at WWDC, the software has only entered beta testing.Most iPhones, or 79% of all devices to be more precise, are currently running iOS 26. This is according to Apple's App Store data for June 2026, which also revealed that 86% of all
  
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