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• Apple acquires startup specializing in AI-powered light and optics design tools

  24-02-2026 23:59 via 9to5mac.com
  According to a new filing with the European Union, Apple has acquired the assets of invrs.io and hired its founder, who is the only employee. Here are the details.more…
  
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• Apple set to introduce touch-screen Mac laptops this year

  24-02-2026 23:13 via macdailynews.com
  Apple is set to introduce touch-screen Mac laptops, a move that will bring significant updates to macOS, including the integration of the iPhone’s Dynamic Island feature, Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg News, citing people with knowledge of the plans.
  The first touch-enabled Macs, expected to launch this fall, will feature the Dynamic Island centered at the top of the display, the people said, requesting anonymity because the information is not yet public.
  Apple is updating its 14-inch
  
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• Touchscreen MacBook Pro to feature Dynamic Island and big macOS changes

  24-02-2026 23:01 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  In his latest scoop, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman dishes out a few details about the touchscreen-enabled Mac laptops we’ve heard about for some time.The new laptops—14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros, specifically—are currently on track to be released near the end of 2026. It sounds like the typical “October to December” timeframe isn’t changing.According to Gurman, the new MacBook Pros will include OLED displays that include both touch capabilities and the
  
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• Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro might get its own Dynamic Island

  24-02-2026 23:01 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  In his latest scoop, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman dishes out a few details about the touchscreen-enabled Mac laptops we’ve heard about for some time.The new laptops—14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros, specifically—are currently on track to be released near the end of 2026. It sounds like the typical “October to December” timeframe isn’t changing.According to Gurman, the new MacBook Pros will include OLED displays that include both touch capabilities and the
  
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• iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Expected to Feature Smaller Dynamic Island

  24-02-2026 22:49 via macrumors.com
  The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will have a smaller Dynamic Island, according to Bloomberg. Over the past year, there have been mixed rumors about whether the ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro models will continue to feature a ‌Dynamic Island‌ or have a hole punch camera with under screen Face ID and no ‌Dynamic Island‌, but the latest information suggests we're not getting rid of the ‌Dynamic Island‌ just yet.
  Along with Bloomberg, several prominent leakers on Weibo and othe
  
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• New M6 MacBook Pro details revealed, including Dynamic Island, touch, more

  24-02-2026 22:38 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple has its first touchscreen-equipped Mac coming later this year: the M6 MacBook Pro. And a new report offers fresh details on what to expect.more…
  
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• Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro Coming in 2026 With Dynamic Island and Redesigned macOS Controls

  24-02-2026 22:23 via macrumors.com
  The rumored touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro that Apple has in development will adopt the iPhone's Dynamic Island and a hole-punch camera, reports Bloomberg.
  The ‌Dynamic Island‌ will replace the notch, leaving more available screen space for content. As with the ‌iPhone‌'s ‌Dynamic Island‌, the Mac ‌Dynamic Island‌ will be interactive and it will contextually expand based on the app or Mac feature in use.Apple is updating macOS to make it more touch friendly.
  
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• Security Bite Podcast: It’s all about infostealers (Part 2)

  24-02-2026 22:11 via 9to5mac.com
  9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally
  
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• Apple Now Blocks 18+ App Downloads in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore Without Age Assurance

  24-02-2026 21:46 via macrumors.com
  Apple today provided an update on its age assurance tools for developers in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Utah, and Louisiana. Developers in these areas will face new age assurance and parental consent obligations, and Apple's APIs will help them meet these upcoming requirements.
  As of February 24, Apple is blocking users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore from downloading apps rated 18+ unless they have been confirmed to be adults through an App Store age confirmation process that uses "reason
  
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• Ted Lasso season 4 just got a big release timing update

  24-02-2026 21:45 via 9to5mac.com
  Last month, Apple TV announced that Ted Lasso season 4 would premiere this summer. But now, star Hannah Waddingham has let slip exactly when it’s coming.more…
  
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• Apple TV reveals For All Mankind’s time-jump return in new trailer

  24-02-2026 21:18 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple TV’s long-running For All Mankind sci-fi series returns soon for season 5, and the new trailer reveals what to expect from the latest season and its time jump.more…
  
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• 1Password Getting More Expensive Starting in March

  24-02-2026 21:17 via macrumors.com
  Popular password management app 1Password is set to get more expensive, with prices increasing on March 27, 2026. In an email sent out to customers today, 1Password said subscription prices will be going up $12 per year.
  The individual plan will be $47.88, up from $35.88, while the family plan will be $71.88, up from $59.88. Pricing per month for the individual plan works out to $3.99 (up from $2.99), while the family plan will be $5.99 per month (up from $4.99).1Password said that it needs to u
  
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• Apple shareholders reject proposal for China manufacturing risk report

  24-02-2026 21:01 via macdailynews.com
  Quality assurance, iMac production, China (Image via Apple)
  Apple shareholders rejected a proposal on Tuesday that called for the company to issue a report detailing its heavy reliance on China for manufacturing the majority of its products.
  This decision follows Apple’s ongoing, nearly decade-long efforts to diversify its supply chain away from China, including by shifting production to countries such as Vietnam and India.
  Reuters:‎During a question-and-answer session, Apple Chief Exe
  
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• Apple expands age assurance tools as new App Store requirements roll out in several regions

  24-02-2026 20:55 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers in regions including Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and parts of the US, as new App Store restrictions for 18+ apps take effect in select markets. Here are the details.more…
  
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• Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now

  24-02-2026 20:50 via 9to5mac.com
  Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with a new plan and more user-friendly options coming later in the year.more…
  
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• Apple Releases Second macOS Tahoe 26.4 Public Beta

  24-02-2026 20:20 via macrumors.com
  Apple today provided public beta testers with the second releases of upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and watchOS 26.4 updates for testing purposes. The public betas comes a day after Apple provided the beta to developers, and a week after Apple seeded the first betas.After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section in the settings app for each update.
  ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 includes several new feat
  
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• Apple releases macOS 26.4 public beta 2

  24-02-2026 20:15 via 9to5mac.com
  Following yesterday’s release of the developer version of macOS 26.4 beta 2, the public beta is rolling out now. Here’s what to expect.more…
  
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• Apple should sell a plug-and-play AI agent based on its Mac mini

  24-02-2026 20:08 via macdailynews.com
  Apple’s Mac mini
  By SteveJack
  In January 2026, something unexpected happened at Apple Stores and online: the base M4 Mac mini started flying off shelves. Not because creators suddenly needed more compact desktops for Final Cut Pro. Not because developers wanted a cheap server. People were buying them specifically to host personal AI agents — autonomous software butlers built on open-source projects like OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot).
  The Mac mini AI Agent Rush Is Real —
  
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• Apple Vision Pro team talks process behind designing newest visionOS 26 Environment

  24-02-2026 19:57 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple Vision Pro has the power to transport users from their physical surroundings into a variety of immersive Environments, whether it’s the shores of Mount Hood or the surface of the Moon looking back at Earth.With visionOS 26, Apple expanded its library with another planetary view that takes the immersive experience even further. Now, two of the people behind the work are revealing new details about the intricate design process required to bring these virtual spaces to life.more…
  
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• Apple TV debuts trailer for sci-fi series ‘For All Mankind’ season five, premiering March 27th

  24-02-2026 19:36 via macdailynews.com
  Season five of “For All Mankind” premieres Friday, March 27 on Apple TV.
  Apple TV on Tuesday debuted the pulse-pounding trailer for season five of “For All Mankind,” the hit, critically acclaimed space drama series from creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi. The 10-episode fifth season will make its global debut on Apple TV with one episode on Friday, March 27, followed by one new episode every Friday through May 29.
  Season five of “For All Mankind&
  
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• Chase explains why it won’t lose billions on Apple Card

  24-02-2026 19:29 via 9to5mac.com
  Earlier this year, Apple officially confirmed that JP Morgan Chase will take over Apple Card from Goldman Sachs.The transition is expected to occur in January 2028. In new comments this week, Chase revealed why it thinks it will fare better at managing Apple Card than Goldman Sachs.more…
  
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• 1Password announces big price increases coming next month

  24-02-2026 19:24 via 9to5mac.com
  1Password, the popular password management app, has started notifying users about big price increases coming next month. Here are the details.more…
  
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• Ditch that clunky MacBook Air charger for this tiny 3-port Anker one (35% off)

  24-02-2026 18:28 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Instead of carrying around that large MacBook charger with a single port, you could get this three-port Anker Nano model for $26, a 35 percent discount, and the best price we’ve seen since it was $24 on Black Friday.This GaN charger is more compact and much better at temperature control. With three ports, this Anker model is a lot more versatile since you can also use it to charge smartphones, tablets, and other gadgets. There are two USB-C and one USB-A, with either of the C-port
  
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• Tim Cook Reflects on Joining Apple and Steve Jobs

  24-02-2026 18:13 via macrumors.com
  In an August 2024 letter published by The Steve Jobs Archive today, Tim Cook reflected on joining Apple and what he learned from working with Steve Jobs.
  Jobs convinced Cook to join Apple in 1998, to help turn around the company:I'll never forget that first conversation with Steve. At the time, Apple had been struggling and Steve was working to right a ship that had drifted in his absence. Many people doubted the company could survive, and I was warned that accepting a job there would come with
  
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• Hands-on: These are my favorite portable power banks for MacBook and iPad

  24-02-2026 18:11 via 9to5mac.com
  Power banks have come a long way in just a few short years. What used to be a way to get a quick top off on your phone has evolved into devices capable of charging multiple laptops at full speed. Thanks to USB-C and fast charging, many modern power banks can now deliver up to 140W, rivaling wall chargers in both power and efficiency while still being portable enough to carry in a bag. There are a few brands that are well respected and known for their high-quality power banks, so I wanted to see
  
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• iOS 27’s most fascinating change might stay secret until September

  24-02-2026 17:59 via 9to5mac.com
  iOS 27 will be unveiled in just a few months at WWDC, but there’s one rumored change that’s likely to stay a secret until close to the September launch: iPhone Fold multitasking.more…
  
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• Thanks to our Substack subscribers, ads on MacDailyNews now greatly reduced

  24-02-2026 17:47 via macdailynews.com
  Just a quick note: Thanks to our MacDailyNews on Substack subscribers, we’ve significantly reduced ad placements and ad formats across MacDailyNews as of this morning.
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  Eventually (maybe sooner than later; date TBD), MacDailyNews.com will serve as our complete archive, while all fresh articles will go straigh
  
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• Deals: Most affordable iPhone 16 Pro $300 off, 1TB M5 MacBook Pro $200 off, stainless steel Apple Watch $450 off, more

  24-02-2026 17:44 via 9to5mac.com
  Alongside the ongoing $100 price drops on the 46mm Jet Black Apple Watch Series 11, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is starting off with some Amazon iPhone 16 Pro deals. Alongside up to $630 off iPhone 16 Pro Max, we also spotted the most affordable unlocked iPhone 16 Pro you can buy at $300 off via Amazon today (Renewed Premium). Those deals also join the M5 MacBook Pro with 1TB of storage sitting at the best price of the year ($200 off) and, if you don’t care about the latest and grea
  
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• Apple shareholders vote down China audit proposal at annual meeting, more

  24-02-2026 17:41 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple is holding its annual shareholders meeting today, giving shareholders the opportunity to vote on various proposals. This year, shareholders rejected an outside proposal asking for an audit on Apple’s relationship with China and approved all other proposals.more…
  
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• iOS 26.4 release date: Here’s when to expect new iPhone features

  24-02-2026 16:43 via 9to5mac.com
  iOS 26.4 is a big update with plenty of new features for Apple Music, Podcasts, CarPlay, and more. The software is currently available in beta, here’s when to expect its public launch.more…
  
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• CIA warned Apple CEO Tim Cook that communist China could move on Taiwan by 2027

  24-02-2026 16:36 via macdailynews.com
  Apple CEO Tim Cook
  In a bombshell revelation from a new investigative report by The New York Times, Apple CEO Tim Cook was among a select group of Silicon Valley leaders — including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, AMD’s Lisa Su, and Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon — who received a classified briefing from CIA Director William Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines in 2023. The U.S. intelligence officials warned that China’s aggressive military buildup and e
  
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• Sonos Planning Another App Overhaul With Live Activities Support

  24-02-2026 16:34 via macrumors.com
  Sonos is preparing a major update to its app that aims to simplify navigation and introduce iPhone Lock Screen controls using Live Activities, part of a broader effort to rebuild confidence after the company's troubled 2024 software overhaul, Bloomberg reports.
  Sonos plans to roll out a series of optional changes to its ‌iPhone‌ and Android app in the coming months, with the company focusing on usability improvements, navigation, and more accessible playback controls. The update is exp
  
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• Anker and Jackery Kick Off Power Station Sales With Up to 56% Off

  24-02-2026 16:29 via macrumors.com
  Anker and Jackery have introduced big discounts across their most popular portable power stations this week, including up to 56 percent off select models from each company. We're tracking Anker's best deals over at Amazon, while Jackery's discounts can be found on the retailer's own website.Anker SOLIX
  Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Jackery and Anker. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.The majority of Anke
  
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• Steve Jobs Archive releases ‘Letters to a Young Creator’ featuring Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and more

  24-02-2026 16:22 via 9to5mac.com
  The Steve Jobs Archive has published a project online called Letters to a Young Creator. Timed with what would be the late Apple co-founder’s 71st birthday, the collection of notes includes submissions by Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and more.more…
  
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• MacRumors Turns 26: Here's What Our Readers Thought About the iPod, iPhone, and More

  24-02-2026 15:59 via macrumors.com
  MacRumors turns 26 today, and we want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has read and supported our website over the years.
  MacRumors was founded by Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was a medical student, and it has since become one of the world's most popular Apple news websites. Kim was profiled in The New York Times in 2008. Coincidentally, we share our birthday with Steve Jobs, who would have turned 71 years old today.Our website has been around for many major Apple produ
  
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• Apple TV’s next big sci-fi premiere is coming this week, first reviews here

  24-02-2026 15:59 via 9to5mac.com
  Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the sci-fi series with Godzilla and Kong, returns to Apple TV this Friday for season 2. Reviews for the new season just dropped, here’s what they say.more…
  
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• What Apple product colors would you like to see offered in future? [Poll]

  24-02-2026 15:49 via 9to5mac.com
  After mostly very muted iPhone Pro colors in the past, Apple struck out in a bold new direction with Cosmic Orange for the current model. That decision was credited with helping the company hit record iPhone sales last year.We’re expecting to see the upcoming low-cost MacBook offered in several bright colors, and there’s also talk of a deep red option for the iPhone 18 Pro, so this seems a good time to talk about colors …
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• Sonos plans to fix its biggest iOS hurdle with a new Live Activities feature

  24-02-2026 15:37 via 9to5mac.com
  Sonos has a plan to bring a highly requested audio control feature to iOS, but don’t expect the company to rush it before it’s ready.more…
  
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• Today is the 71st anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth

  24-02-2026 15:20 via macdailynews.com
  Steve Jobs
  Today marks the 71st anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth. The legendary co-founder of Apple Inc. was born on February 24, 1955. Had he not passed away from complications related to pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011, today would have been his 71st birthday.
  The world lost an extraordinary combination of talents that day: a visionary genius, a masterful showman, an unrelenting perfectionist, and a charismatic force for disruption — all in one person.Steve was an incredible l
  
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• Apple brings Mac mini production to America from Asia

  24-02-2026 15:12 via macdailynews.com
  Apple’s Mac mini
  Apple on Tuesday announced a significant expansion of factory operations in Houston, bringing the future production of Mac mini to America for the first time. The company will also expand advanced AI server manufacturing at the factory and provide hands-on training at its new Advanced Manufacturing Center beginning later this year. Altogether, Apple’s Houston operations will create thousands of jobs.
  Currently, the strong-selling Mac mini is assembled in Asia, primar
  
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• iPhone 18 Pro ‘leak’ claims everything is going well

  24-02-2026 14:25 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  We’re in the dying days of February, and Apple’s flagship phone launches are still more than six months away. But according to a new report, the company is making solid progress towards the iPhone 18 Pro’s launch, with the device having just entered test production.The leaker Fixed Focus Digital, who has a mixed record but a few solid predictions under their belt, claims in a Weibo post this week (spotted by MacRumors) that the 18-series handsets are “already in
  
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• Reddit and Discord are both in trouble over controversial age verification service

  24-02-2026 14:19 via 9to5mac.com
  Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over the use of a controversial third-party age verification service.Reddit has been fined £14.5 ($19.5M) million for the unlawful use of children’s personal information, while Discord has experienced a user backlash …more…
  
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• Reddit and Discord are both in trouble over age verification

  24-02-2026 14:19 via 9to5mac.com
  Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over age verification – Reddit for failing to properly check ages, and Discord for using a controversial third-party service.Reddit has been fined £14.5 ($19.5M) million for the unlawful use of children’s personal information, while Discord has experienced a user backlash …more…
  
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• Xiaomi's Rumored 'iOS Bridge' to Bring Better Apple Device Connectivity

  24-02-2026 14:11 via macrumors.com
  Xiaomi will introduce a new software update at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will reportedly improve connectivity between its own devices and Apple products.
  Alongside the debut of the Xiaomi 17 series, its HyperOS 3.1 update is said to include a new "iOS Bridge" for smoother connectivity between the two platforms. According to GizChina, the features tipped include the following: iPhone call alerts: Incoming calls on an iPhone that appear on connected Xiaomi tablets and PCs, allow
  
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• Steve Jobs Would Have Celebrated His 71st Birthday Today

  24-02-2026 13:54 via macrumors.com
  Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, so today would have marked his 71st birthday if he hadn't passed away in 2011 at the age of 56.
  In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer Company to market Wozniak's Apple I, a pioneering personal computer. Their collaboration led to the introduction of the Apple II in 1977, which significantly influenced the personal computing industry.
  In 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh, notable for its graphical
  
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• Tim Cook ‘slept with one eye open’ after classified CIA briefing on Taiwan

  24-02-2026 13:47 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly told officials that he slept “with one eye open” after he attended a classified CIA briefing on Taiwan, home to the company’s chipmaker TSMC.US intelligence agencies have been worried for years that China may plan to invade the island, and the briefing warned that this could happen as early as next year …more…
  
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• Drab Fold, bright Pro predicted for fall iPhone event

  24-02-2026 13:15 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  For reasons known only to itself, Apple has historically followed a strategy of releasing inexpensive smartphones in bright and vibrant colors, while limiting its premium handsets to a more muted palette. But this changed last year with the launch of the Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max, and Apple was promptly rewarded with huge commercial success driven especially by the popularity of that color in China.With this in mind, all eyes will be on Apple’s color selections th
  
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• Tim Cook Warned by CIA That China Could Move on Taiwan by 2027

  24-02-2026 13:03 via macrumors.com
  Apple CEO Tim Cook was among a handful of top tech executives who attended a classified CIA briefing warning that China could attack Taiwan by 2027, according to a sweeping investigative report by The New York Times ($).
  The previously unreported briefing was apparently held in a secure room in Silicon Valley in July 2023. The meeting is said to have been arranged at the request of the then-commerce secretary Gina Raimondo, who had grown frustrated with the tech industry's reluctance to move chi
  
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• Apple shares more details, photos, and video of US Mac mini plant

  24-02-2026 12:57 via 9to5mac.com
  Apple yesterday announced plans to start manufacturing the Mac mini in the US and has now shared more details of the initiative, alongside photos and video footage.Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is also accelerating production of AI servers made in the Houston plant where the Mac mini models will be assembled …
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• Apple’s AI products are all doomed. Wanna guess why?

  24-02-2026 12:30 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  It is time for another edition of Old Man Macalope Explains How Things Used to Be Better.No, don’t get up.Back in the early 2000s, there were three big Apple rumors: the tablet, the set-top box, and the phone. We speculated about them endlessly. Mostly because, since we didn’t have smartphones to look at, we had so little to do. But the point is, we were excited about them.These days, getting excited about Apple rumors is not as much of a given, and the reason is two simple
  
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