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• Save $500 on Apple's M5 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro during early Labor Day Sale

  31-08-2026 17:49 via appleinsider.com
  
  Amazon's early Labor Day sales are heating up on MacBook Pros, with a variety of configurations, including M5 Max models, up to $500 off.
  Save $500 on Apple's M5 Max MacBook Pro - Image credit: Apple
  Amazon's MacBook Pro sale includes discounts on a number of configurations from Apple's current lineup, but we're following this $500 markdown on the M5 Max 16-inch spec. Pick up the laptop in your choice of Space Black or Silver for $3,899 after the markdown, with delivery as soon as tomorrow for P
  
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• Apple CEO John Ternus won't be making as much as Cook did in the role for fiscal 2027

  01-09-2026 23:38 via appleinsider.com
  
  Tim Cook was paid approximately $74.3 million through 2025 with his salary and stock grants, while new CEO John Ternus will make about $58 million across fiscal 2027.
  John Ternus isn't making quite as much as Tim Cook in the new CEO role
  The Apple CEO transition has finally occurred with Tim Cook stepping into the Executive Chairman position and John Ternus taking over. While their respective pays have very little to do with the day-to-day business, they are still interesting to note.According t
  
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• Apple Maps bring up Lake Ontario if you search for 'Lake America'

  01-09-2026 21:58 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has started to make changes to the Lake Ontario listing in Apple Maps, with searches for "Lake America" coming up with the Great Lake.
  Lake America searches come up with Lake Ontario in Apple Maps in the US
  The ongoing political tiff between the United States and Canada over the identity of a body of water is starting to affect Apple Maps. While Lake Ontario hasn't yet been updated to have the name of "Lake America," as mandated by U.S. President Donald Trump, there are signs of it startin
  
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• Surgeons keep finding reasons to use the Apple Vision Pro

  01-09-2026 21:34 via appleinsider.com
  
  The first surgery using Stryker's SportSuite Vision app on Apple Vision Pro has been completed at Duke Health, demonstrating its potential in the operating room.
  What surgeons see while using the Apple Vision Pro with SportSuite Vision | Image credit: Stryker
  On Tuesday, medical technology company Stryker announced that a hip arthroscopy had been performed at Duke Health using its SportSuite Vision app on Apple Vision Pro. SportSuite Vision allows surgeons to view the operating room while placin
  
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• New Beam Ultra & Ace Ultra arrive with AI-powered Sonos 27

  01-09-2026 19:55 via appleinsider.com
  
  Sonos has introduced the Beam Ultra soundbar and Ace Ultra headphones alongside Sonos 27, a rebranding of its audio platform that adds AI assistants and ChatGPT music control.New Sonos Ace Ultra headphones
  The $699 Beam Ultra and $449 Ace Ultra launch alongside the rebranded Sonos 27 audio platform. Optional AI controls include Sonos 27voice and support for outside assistants such as ChatGPT through Sonos 27mcp.Updated app navigation and Sonos 27mcp Early Access begin rolling out September 8. Ac
  
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• John Ternus addresses staff as he takes over as Apple CEO

  01-09-2026 19:43 via appleinsider.com
  
  New Apple CEO John Ternus has emailed all staff with a memo thanking them for making the company what it is today, and giving a first hint at his plans for the future.
  John Ternus has been addressing Apple staff as he starts his tenure as CEO - image credit: Apple.
  Following Tim Cook's farewell email to staff, his successor John Ternus has begun his tenure as CEO by emailing all Apple staff worldwide. Unsurprisingly, he thanks Tim Cook and welcomes how his predecessor is remaining with the compa
  
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• Luca Maestri isn't running Apple's Corporate Services anymore

  01-09-2026 19:18 via appleinsider.com
  
  More executive changes are happening at Apple as Ternus takes over, with former CFO Luca Maestri moving on from managing the company's Corporate Services.
  Luca Maestri - Image Credit: Apple
  Luca Maestri was the chief financial officer at Apple under Tim Cook, but switched roles at the end of 2024 to become Vice President of Corporate Services. With Cook out, Maestri has also taken the opportunity to change his portfolio of work.According to sources of Bloomberg, Maestri left his Corporate Servic
  
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• It might be trivial to make custom-fit AirPods in the future

  01-09-2026 19:06 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has been continuing to research AirPod design in the hunt for the best fit for most users, but now it may have a way to personalize the earbuds for every individual wearer. The question is how to get precise ear measurements for millions of users.
  Detail from the patent showing that fabric AirPods would still retain the basic shape of the current models - image credit: Apple.
  As AirPods and AirPods Pro have continued to improve their sound quality, Apple has also attempted to make them fit
  
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• John Ternus says 'hello' in his X account's first post

  01-09-2026 18:34 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple CEO John Ternus has joined X, with his first tweet of "hello" inevitably becoming a very popular post as he makes a rare social move.
  @JohnTernus on X.The CEOs of Apple tend to be social people, and in modern times that means having social media accounts. As such, that means new CEO John Ternus has to get one too.The X account for @johnternus is now live and visible, coinciding with his first official day in the Apple driving seat.
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• Perplexity claims to protect privacy by splitting AI tasks between local and cloud models.

  01-09-2026 18:21 via appleinsider.com
  
  Perplexity has launched what it calls hybrid compute for its Mac app, meaning that it should automatically detect sensitive information and processes it locally while the rest of a user's task benefits from cloud computing.
  When Perplexity detects personal information such as names and phone numbers in a file it's processing, it should stop to tell the user - image credit: Perplexity.
  Following the company's March 2026 announcement that its app can control other Mac apps, Perplexity has launched
  
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• Apple still hasn't started building its North Carolina campus

  01-09-2026 17:39 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple promised a billion dollars of investment and ultimately 3,000 new jobs for North Carolina in 2021. But the company does not appear to have hired one person, nor even broken ground for its proposed campus.
  Raleigh, North Carolina, where Apple's campus is still due to be built.
  Apple officially announced that it would be building a campus in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park back in 2021, but it was planned even earlier than that. As early as 2018, Apple was believed to be negotiating
  
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• Five years on, Apple still hasn't started its North Carolina campus

  01-09-2026 17:28 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple promised a billion dollars of investment and ultimately 3,000 new jobs for North Carolina in 2021. But the company does not appear to have hired one person, nor even broken ground for its proposed campus.
  Raleigh, North Carolina, where Apple's campus is still due to be built.
  Apple officially announced that it would be building a campus in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park back in 2021, but it was planned even earlier than that. As early as 2018, Apple was believed to be negotiating
  
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• Lightest color at risk of removal from iPhone 18 Pro's roster

  01-09-2026 17:25 via appleinsider.com
  
  The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may ship in only three colors once again, as a questionable leaker believes one of four colors may not make it to launch.
  If a leaker is right, the lightest color of iPhone will disappear for the iPhone 18 Pro generation.Apple's announcement of the "Surprise and Shine" event on September 9 means the launch of new models is not far away. Even as time counts down to that event, the rumor mill is still coming up with ways to spoil the launch ahead of time.In the newest
  
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• Amazon's M5 Pro Mac mini preorder discount extends into September

  01-09-2026 17:04 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple's M5 Pro Mac mini is eligible for a $30 preorder discount at Amazon leading up to its official Sept. 22 release.
  Grab a preorder discount on Apple's new M5 Pro Mac mini.
  Apple's 2026 Mac mini is the number one new release in Amazon's Mini Computer category, and the Apple reseller's preorder discount makes it even more enticing.Secure your spot in line by picking up the M5 Pro model for $1,669.99, a $30 discount off MSRP.
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• Upcoming changes to Rosetta support for Intel-based macOS apps

  01-09-2026 17:00 via developer.apple.com
  In 2020, we introduced Apple silicon for Mac computers, providing Rosetta as a translation layer during the transition period. As announced at WWDC last year, we’re now concluding this transition.What this means for developers who have macOS apps:
  macOS 26.4 or later: Users may receive a system notification when launching apps that rely on Rosetta, alerting them to update to an Apple silicon native version.macOS 27: Final release to support Rosetta — Intel-only ap
  
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• “The impact was the biggest surprise“: Swiggy’s transition to native pays off

  01-09-2026 15:00 via developer.apple.com
  
  Swiggy began as a humble food delivery service. Today, it’s India’s leading on-demand convenience platform, one that offers everything from groceries via Instamart to restaurant bookings via Dineout. And since 2024, it’s been powered by native tools that create seamless mobile experiences for an audience that numbers in the millions. We caught up with Swiggy’s iOS development team to discuss performance metrics, proactive technology adoption, and the surprising ways trans
  
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• It's not our fault if you can't keep trade secrets, OpenAI tells Apple

  01-09-2026 14:39 via appleinsider.com
  
  We talked to an attorney about OpenAI's claims that Apple didn't protect trade secrets sufficiently, so they were fair game. That probably won't work out that well for OpenAI.
  The lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI continues with another rebuttal filing from the ChatGPT maker.
  OpenAI has responded to Apple's latest filing about the theft of confidential information, by filing its own rebuttal which again accuses the company of trying to stop employees leaving. According to Reuters, OpenAI is now a
  
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• Apple updates its leadership page as John Ternus becomes CEO

  01-09-2026 14:05 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple's website listing its executives has had its biggest change in years, as John Ternus and Tim Cook both get new roles, but their biographies have been expanded and certain chiefs get new responsibilities.
  Apple's leadership page has been updated with the company's new CEO - image credit: Apple.
  The most obviously required change to the leadership page is the move of John Ternus up to the top spot, now that he is Apple's CEO.Unsurprisingly, Tim Cook's job title has also changed, with him app
  
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• Apple pulls PCIe 6.0 claims from new Mac Studio's spec sheets

  01-09-2026 13:56 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has quietly tried to correct the specifications of its new Mac Studio, removing references to PCIe 6.0 from its promotional material.
  Mac Studio
  During the launch of its new products, Apple typically includes references to bleeding-edge technologies and the device's bleeding-edge specifications. For the new Mac Studio, it's correcting a mistaken spec.Spotted by MacGeneration, references to PCIe Gen 6 have been removed from press releases relating to the new M5 Ultra Mac Studio. While it pr
  
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• Intel to Apple Silicon, Cook to Ternus - Apple is pulling off another major transition

  01-09-2026 09:01 via appleinsider.com
  
  While Tim Cook's legacy and John Ternus's effectiveness will be studied for years, right now Apple is making a change of CEO seem effortless. But never doubt that this will be a sea change for the company, eventually.
  Tim Cook (right) and his successor John Ternus - images credit: Apple.
  No question, John Ternus really became Apple's CEO long before his official start date of September 1, 2026. It's not as if Tim Cook went on gardening leave but this is not a job with a simple cutoff date.Instea
  
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• uGreen NASync DXP4800 Pro review: Sweet spot of price & performance

  01-09-2026 01:53 via appleinsider.com
  
  At $679.99, the four-bay uGreen NASync DXP4800 Pro NAS is a capable mid-range NAS for creators and small teams in the Apple ecosystem, with an excellent value proposition.
  uGreen NASync DXP4800 Pro
  uGreen has built out its NAS range quickly since entering the category. AppleInsider has covered uGreen NAS hardware before, including the DXP4800 GT.The DXP4800 Pro sits above the GT and Plus in the four-bay lineup. It pairs a six-core Intel chip with generous memory headroom.
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• Apple ends hardware support for three Intel MacBook models

  31-08-2026 22:30 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has ended official hardware support for three Intel MacBook models from 2017 and 2018, leaving owners to turn to third-party repair options.
  Apple's MacBook lineup continues to evolve, and some are aging out as Apple Silicon takes over
  The first is the 13-inch 2017 MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt 3 ports. The most recent compatible OS is macOS Ventura, which was released in 2022.Second is Apple's 2018 Retina MacBook Air. It can only be updated to macOS Sonoma, putting it two macOS release
  
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• New evidence shows OpenAI's trade secret theft & destruction of evidence, says Apple

  31-08-2026 22:24 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has been urging the court to require expedited discovery, and information discovered on Chang Liu's work MacBook suggests OpenAI is actively destroying evidence.
  Apple has sued OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
  OpenAI poached over 400 employees from Apple to work on AI projects, and two were called out in a trade secret theft lawsuit in July. Apple has suggested the case needs urgent attention, and that every delay causes more harm.According to a new filing from Apple on Monday, the M
  
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• AI needs more Macs, but not for the reason you might assume

  31-08-2026 20:39 via appleinsider.com
  
  The Mac isn't selling as fast as Apple can make them because of artificial intelligence needs as some would have you believe, but AI is giving businesses plenty of reasons to buy more of them.
  Why AI is increasing, not driving, demand for Mac mini and Mac Studio
  You may have noticed that the lead times on both the Mac mini and the Mac Studio have been a bit much over the last year or so. In fact, right now, if you wanted to buy a fully maxed-out Mac Studio, there's a 10- to 12-week wait.There's
  
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• Eighth iOS 27, macOS 27 developer betas arrive for testing

  31-08-2026 19:20 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has moved on to its eighth round of developer betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27,and macOS 27, as the September special event gets ever closer.An earlier iOS 27 beta screen
  The eighth round of the Apple Developer Beta program has arrived for the upcoming iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 releases, expected to ship in September.The eighth builds come after the seventh, which arrived on August 24. The sixth was Apple brou
  
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• Apple Fellow Phil Schiller no longer working on App Store or events

  31-08-2026 18:46 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple Fellow Phil Schiller is reducing his workload at Apple, with the long-time executive no longer in charge of the App Store and managing product events.
  Apple Fellow Phil Schiller
  Phil Schiller became an "Apple Fellow" in 2020 but still led Apple's App Store and Apple Events in the specially-created role. Six years later, things are changing.The 66-year-old executive, who was formerly Apple's SVP of marketing, made the decision in the last few days of the Tim Cook premiership. Bloomberg repo
  
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• Tim Cook signs off as CEO with thanks to staff and a tribute to John Ternus

  31-08-2026 17:49 via appleinsider.com
  
  On his last day as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook has sent a memo to every employee thanking them for what the company has achieved. Here's what he said.
  Tim Cook - image credit: Apple.
  Tim Cook had his going away party back on August 24, 2026, and in truth he's been steadily stepping back from his CEO role since at least April when his successor was announced. But now in his last hours leading the company, Cook has sent a heartfelt and optimistic memo to all staff.Team,Today is my last day as CEO of Ap
  
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• White House really wants Apple to change 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' now

  31-08-2026 17:41 via appleinsider.com
  
  The Trump administration has reached out to Apple directly to get Apple Maps changed now from Lake Ontario to "Lake America." It's going to happen, just on Apple's schedule.
  Apple Maps showing Lake Ontario, before the name changed.
  The battle for Lake Ontario has taken another step in President Trump's favor. In an international spat over trade with Canada, U.S. President Trump declared that the name of Lake Ontario should instead be Lake America.So far, this has resulted in overt gestures such
  
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• M5 Max vs. M1 Max Mac Studio: Apple's workhorse is better than ever

  31-08-2026 16:56 via appleinsider.com
  Apple's M5 Max chip has finally made its way to the Mac Studio. Here's how the updated model compares to the original M1 Max variant.
  M5 Max Mac Studio vs. M1 Max Mac Studio: A lot has changed in four years.
  Back in 2022, the Mac Studio debuted as a versatile desktop, geared toward creative professionals. Apple took the M1 Max chip from the MacBook Pro, put it in an oversized Mac mini enclosure, and we got the Mac Studio.Four years later, little has changed, at least design-wise. The M5 Max Mac
  
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• Both Tim Cook & John Ternus are the right guys in the right place, at the right time

  31-08-2026 15:29 via appleinsider.com
  
  For one more day, Tim Cook is still the CEO of Apple. Despite foibles, he was the right man in the right place to make Apple the financial and cultural juggernaut it is today. John Ternus is too.
  Tim Cook, and Apple Park. He's not leaving, but he won't be CEO anymore
  Since my first Apple II in 1979, there have been many Apple CEOs, many philosophies behind Apple. Jobs' was apparent in the 80s, and then again in his iCEO/CEO days.And then he got sick. He made his last, best decision for Apple bef
  
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