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• Ambient sensing and cameras to power Apple Home Hub personalization

  24-08-2026 23:55 via appleinsider.com
  
  According to strings accidentally left in a macOS Tahoe update, Apple's Home Hub will offer user profiles, with identity verification provided by ambient sensing and built-in cameras.
  Apple's Home Hub will seemingly support user accounts.
  With the macOS 26.7 release candidate build, Apple inadvertently revealed details about several of its upcoming products, including a camera-equipped model of AirPods. Also present was code related to the company's upcoming Home Hub, an AI-focused device with a
  
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• OneRepublic headlines Tim Cook's going away party as he prepares to step down as CEO

  24-08-2026 23:29 via appleinsider.com
  
  Tim Cook has been CEO for 15 years and is about to step down on September 1, so Apple threw a little party in his honor on August 23 with 200 people in attendance.
  Apple CEO Tim Cook gets one last little celebration before stepping down September 1
  Apple likes to throw a party on occasion, and the latest is a kind of going away/anniversary present for outgoing CEO Tim Cook. He's not really going anywhere though, as he's sticking around as Executive Chairman and acting as a kind of government lia
  
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• Hide My Email no longer changing domains, will keep iCloud.com

  24-08-2026 22:29 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple says while Sign in with Apple addresses will still move to a new domain, Hide My Email will stay on iCloud.com after community pushback.
  Hide My Email will be sticking with the original iCloud domain
  Changing email domains can create chaos for website and email client administrators. After concerns were raised over Hide My Email changing to private.icloud.com, Apple has shifted course.According to a new developer document published Monday, Apple says it will no longer be moving Hide My Ema
  
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• This is the first look at the inside of Apple's AI servers

  24-08-2026 21:00 via appleinsider.com
  
  Photographs showing the inside of an Apple Silicon AI server have surfaced online, giving a glimpse of how Apple designed its Private Cloud Compute hardware.
  Inside an Apple server - Image Credit: @hsuchingpo/X
  Apple's efforts to catch up in the field of AI have already led to the creation of Private Cloud Compute, namely Apple's own brand of secure AI cloud computing.While it has started to ship its own servers from its facility in Houston, Texas, there hasn't been much coverage about the serve
  
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• Update: New domain for Sign in with Apple

  24-08-2026 20:00 via developer.apple.com
  Starting later this year, new Sign in with Apple addresses, previously issued on privaterelay.appleid.com, will be issued on private.icloud.com. Existing addresses on privaterelay.appleid.com will continue to work and forward mail to users without interruption.After further consideration and reviewing community feedback, iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com. What you need to do Developers with apps or websites that use Sign in with Apple should
  
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• Apple gearing up to start filming 'Ted Lasso' season 5 in January

  24-08-2026 19:51 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple is wasting little time following the recent record-breaking "Ted Lasso" season premiere, with production on a fifth season to begin in early 2027.Image credit: Apple TV
  "Ted Lasso" recently had its fourth season premiere, which drew nearly 300 million U.S. viewing minutes across its first two days. It has officially become the biggest launch for Apple TV to date.Now, it seems like Apple's ready to get the ball rolling on season five. According to Apple TV leaker Sigmund Judge, production i
  
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• Seventh developer betas of iOS 27, macOS 27 land as releases loom

  24-08-2026 19:39 via appleinsider.com
  
  As the eventual release of the 27-generation gets ever nearer, Apple has introduced its seventh developer betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27,and macOS 27.An earlier iOS 27 beta screen
  The Apple Developer Beta program has reached the seventh round for the upcoming iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 releases, expected this September.The seventh arrives after the sixth, which Apple brought out on August 17. The fifth round took p
  
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• Apple smart home display rumors & Sonos Gambit soundbar leak on Smart Home Insider

  24-08-2026 18:45 via appleinsider.com
  
  On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we round up the latest rumors surrounding Apple's smart home display, as well as cover the news.
  Smart Home Insider Podcast
  Leading off the news portion of the episode were a pair of stories on Sonos. We saw a new product hit the FCC, as well as a new feature launch.Codenamed "Gambit," the new Sonos soundbar appears to be a successor to the Beam (Gen 2). No other information is known about the mid-range speaker, but it is presumed to debu
  
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• Trump may use Apple Chinese RAM buy request as diplomatic tool

  24-08-2026 18:31 via appleinsider.com
  
  A report from a questionable leaker out of China makes the logical claim that the Trump Administration wants to use Apple's request to buy CXMT memory as a bargaining chip with the Chinese President in September. We're not sure there's anything real behind the rumor.
  CMXT is rapidly becoming a major player in memory - image credit: CXMT
  Apple, like other tech companies around the world, has a memory cost problem that it's trying to solve. So far, that has resulted in Apple making the politically
  
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• AI assistant is rolling out to the Apple Store app on iOS

  24-08-2026 15:39 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple's expected Virtual Shopping Assistant has begun to appear for some iPhone users, offering to answer questions about products or check on orders, although it won't do much about the rising prices.
  How the new Virtual Shopping Assistant looks in the Apple Store app - image credit: ShrimpApplePro.
  Apple has begun to get a reputation for leaking information in code references, but in July 2026 it did so in a public policy document. An unknown feature called the Virtual Shopping Assistant was d
  
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• iPhone 20 will look like a rounder and thinner iPhone Air

  24-08-2026 15:37 via appleinsider.com
  
  The iPhone 20 will be a glass-heavy device reminiscent of the iPhone Air but with a more rounded appearance, a Weibo leaker has reiterated.
  The iPhone Air is thin, but expect more glass for the iPhone 20.While we are all waiting for the iPhone 18 to come out of Apple in the very near future, the rumor mill is still infatuated about devices that are still far from launch. With the 20th-anniversary iPhone anticipated in 2027, speculation is rife for what that model will bring.In a Sunday post to W
  
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• Amazon slashes AirTag 4-pack to $79.99, lowest price ever

  24-08-2026 14:21 via appleinsider.com
  
  Amazon has slashed 19% off the 4-pack of second-generation AirTags, bringing the price down to a record-low $79.99.
  Grab the lowest price ever on 4 second-gen AirTags today.
  If you're planning on traveling for the Labor Day weekend or want the added peace of mind of Precision Finding during everyday activities, Amazon's AirTag deals are worth checking out.Pick up the single AirTag for $24 or the 4-pack for $79.99, the latter being a record-low price for the second-generation model that was relea
  
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• Handy disk image tool is getting removed from macOS

  24-08-2026 14:10 via appleinsider.com
  
  In future releases of macOS, Mac users will no longer be able to format or eject disk images using the very long-standing Terminal command, hdiutil. It won't affect many users directly, but it could well break disk repair utility apps.
  The new deprecation notice in Terminal for the command hdiutil.
  You may never have even heard of it, but since the earliest days of Mac OS X, the Terminal has included the command now called hdiutil. It's a tool for handling disk images, and AppleInsider forum use
  
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• Handy disk image tool is to be removed from macOS

  24-08-2026 13:45 via appleinsider.com
  
  In future releases of macOS, Mac users will no longer be able to format or eject disk images using the very long-standing Terminal command, "hdiutil." It won't affect many users directly, but it will break disk repair utility apps.
  The new deprecation notice in Terminal for the command hdiutil.
  You may never have even heard of it, but since the earliest days of Mac OS X, the Terminal has included the command now called "hdiutil." It's a tool for handling disk images, and AppleInsider forum users
  
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• The road to Steve Jobs' resignation, and the rise of Tim Cook as his first successor

  24-08-2026 13:16 via appleinsider.com
  
  On August 24, 2011, just six weeks before his death, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs announced his resignation as CEO.On the eve of his own leaving,Tim Cook now seems to have been his obvious successor, but back then, he was an unexpected and even controversial choice.
  Steve Jobs' resignation followed a previous leave of absence from the company starting in January 2011, during which Cook had served as acting CEO. Jobs's formal stepping down was an unmistakable end of an era for the company, and a ve
  
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