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• Audi RS5 gains a few tweaks, looks better than ever - Roadshow

  10-12-2019 16:11
  
  Aside from the updated exterior looks, the RS5 runs a new MMI infotainment system with enhanced touch controls.
  
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• Apple cuts over 200 jobs in Vision Pro gaming, Immersive Video, Siri teams amid pivot to AI and new devices

  24-08-2026 16:08 via macdailynews.com
  
  Apple is eliminating more than 200 positions across teams responsible for its Siri digital assistant and Vision Pro headset, including units focused on gaming and immersive video content, as the company reallocates resources toward artificial intelligence and upcoming hardware.
  According to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman, the cuts include roughly 100 roles from the Vision Pro organization and another 100 from Siri and related software groups. Apple is largely shutting down the Vision Pro gam
  
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• Walmart finally adds Apple Pay in major contactless payment capitulation

  24-08-2026 15:09 via macdailynews.com
  
  After years of resisting Apple’s mobile payment system, Walmart is finally rolling out Apple Pay and other contactless options.
  The world’s largest retailer announced Friday that it will begin accepting Tap to Pay — including Apple Pay — at select U.S. Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations starting August 24, 2026. The company plans to expand the feature to all its U.S. stores and clubs by the end of 2026, with fuel stations following by mid-2027. The new options
  
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• Bank of America predicts a bolder Apple under new CEO John Ternus

  22-08-2026 00:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  Apple’s incoming CEO John Ternus
  As Tim Cook prepares to hand the CEO reins to longtime hardware chief John Ternus on September 1st, Bank of America analysts expect the company to keep its highly efficient, cash-generating machine intact, while showing a greater appetite for bigger bets on R&D, capital spending, acquisitions, and new product categories.
  Moz Farooque for TheStreet:‎Bank of America thinks that handoff may become more than just a management change, particularly as App
  
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• Apple Watch ECG saves triathlete’s life

  21-08-2026 22:30 via macdailynews.com
  
  A triathlete named Connor credits his Apple Watch with saving his life after its electrocardiogram (ECG) feature flagged signs of atrial fibrillation during intense training, prompting doctors to uncover a previously unknown congenital heart condition that required open-heart surgery.
  In a short testimonial video released by Apple on its official YouTube channel on August 20, 2026, titled “Apple Watch ECG: Connor’s True Apple Watch Story,” Connor describes how his fitness stea
  
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• Your iPhone’s USB-C port to do much more than charge

  21-08-2026 21:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  USB-C, now present on every current iPhone model, opens up far more possibilities than simply topping up the battery. According to Macworld’s Mahmoud Itani, many owners still treat the connector as little more than a charging outlet, missing out on a range of practical accessories and features available on iPhone 15 and later devices.Here are a dozen useful ways to put that USB-C port to work.
  1. Charge other devicesYour iPhone can supply up to 4.5 W of power through a USB-C cable, enough
  
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• Garmin’s $200 Whoop rival misses the appeal of screenless trackers

  21-08-2026 19:30 via macdailynews.com
  
  WHOOP with Navigator band
  Garmin has entered the booming category of screenless fitness trackers with the Cirqa Smart Band, a $200 device designed to challenge the popularity of Whoop. Announced last month and now available, the Cirqa aims to deliver continuous health and recovery monitoring without a distracting display on the wrist. Yet after extensive testing, the product reveals gaps that suggest the company has not fully grasped what makes these minimalist bands so compelling to users.
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• Apple Music to introduce ‘Made With AI’ labels for AI-generated music later this year

  21-08-2026 18:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  Apple Music is preparing to make AI use in songs more transparent to listeners. The streaming service announced that it will begin displaying “Made With AI” labels on tracks that content providers identify as being materially generated using AI, with the feature expected to roll out later this year.
  According to Billboard’s Kristin Robinson, Apple Music informed music industry partners via email on Thursday that any song tagged as “materially generated using AI” by
  
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• President Trump and Apple cheer Micron’s $10 billion research lab push

  21-08-2026 16:30 via macdailynews.com
  
  Micron will break ground on a flagship research campus in Boise, Idaho, in 2027.
  Micron Technology announced Thursday plans to invest $10 billion over the next decade in a new long-horizon research institution called Micron Research Labs, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The initiative aims to advance memory technologies, compute systems, packaging, and future semiconductor manufacturing to help ease supply-chain bottlenecks and support the surging demands of artificial intelligence.
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• Walmart to Begin Accepting Apple Pay in U.S. Stores

  21-08-2026 16:12 via macrumors.com
  
  After years of holding out, Walmart today announced that it will finally begin accepting tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay and Google Pay in some of its Walmart and Sam's Club stores in the U.S. starting Monday, August 24. The retailer plans to roll out tap-to-pay support to all of its U.S. stores by the end of 2026 and to its gas stations by mid-2027.
  "We want customers and members to have choice in how they pay, so they can check out in the way that works best for them," said Walmart, in a pre
  
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• Apple Paid $17 Billion in Taxes to Ireland Last Year

  21-08-2026 15:46 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple paid $17 billion in taxes to Ireland last year, which is 40% of its $43 billion worldwide total (via the Financial Times). The figures were disclosed for the first time under new EU rules requiring large companies to break down their finances by country.The payment was significantly boosted by the EU's top court ordering Apple in 2024 to pay €13 billion in back taxes, after ruling that Ireland had granted the company unlawful state aid resulting in a tax rate of less than 1%.
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• Smartphone Sales Are Falling Worldwide, But Apple Keeps Growing

  21-08-2026 15:38 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple gained ground in India, Latin America, and Europe even as all three markets contracted, according to a new series of Counterpoint Research reports.
  Between late March and the beginning of August, Indian smartphone sales ran 14% behind the equivalent stretch of 2025, and the market slipped for three straight weeks once major promotions in July had finished. Apple outperformed every rival with a 15% rise, which Counterpoint attributes to strong iPhone 17 demand holding up alongside continued
  
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• Apple faces privacy questions as OpenAI’s ChatGPT gains control of iMessage

  21-08-2026 15:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  OpenAI has introduced a new capability that lets ChatGPT take control of Apple’s iMessage service, a development that could heighten privacy concerns for the Cupertino colossus, according to Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman.
  The feature, which rolled out Thursday and is available in ChatGPT on the Mac, enables the AI system to read, write, and send text messages. It can also search message history, generate summaries, and pull other information from conversations in the Apple Messages ap
  
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• Apple Reportedly Lays Off 60 Vision Products Group Employees

  21-08-2026 13:28 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple "has just laid off an entire team dedicated to VR development," reports AppleInsider, citing its own source. Apple is said to have laid off at least 60 employees from its Apple Vision Group.
  Bloomberg's Mark Gurman previously reported that the Vision Pro team was disbanded and its members redistributed across other projects, following the October 2025 refresh of the Vision Pro and the headset's weak reception.
  Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus also reportedly signed off on canceling both a se
  
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• Camera AirPods Code Reveals Image Capture Resolution, Status Light, Person Detection, and More

  21-08-2026 11:32 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple is working on camera-equipped AirPods, as indicated by various reports and a demo video of them in action discovered earlier this week. The video was found by MacRumors in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, but it turns out there are even more details in the code.
  MacRumors forum member mactracker has discovered a hidden macOS framework called "AccessorySensorManager" that manages sensor data from the AirPods when they are connected to a Mac. That's turned up the following information
  
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• ‘The Dynasty: UConn Huskies’ now available to stream on Apple TV

  21-08-2026 03:00 via 9to5mac.com
  
  Apple TV’s three-part docuseries about the University of Connecticut women’s basketball program is now available to stream. Watch the trailer below.
  
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• Dark Cherry and More: Every iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra Color Rumor

  21-08-2026 02:33 via macrumors.com
  
  We're likely about a month away from when Apple will launch new iPhone models, and color has been a major topic of discussion. There's going to be a dramatic new color for the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, but Apple plans to play it safe with the foldable iPhone.
  iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
  With the iPhone 17 Pro line, Apple introduced a bold new Cosmic Orange color. This year, Cosmic Orange is being retired for a shade that's darker and moodier.Dark Cherry is the colo
  
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• Apple Music to Label AI-Generated Songs

  21-08-2026 01:41 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple sent emails to its music industry partners about the upcoming launch of a Made With AI label that Apple will apply to AI-generated content (via The Hollywood Reporter).
  Content tagged as being "materially generated using AI" will have a label visible to all Apple Music users.In March, Apple announced Transparency Tags, a system that lets music creators disclose when AI has been used. Transparency Tags are available for artwork, track, composition (lyrics), and music video. Apple said at th
  
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• ChatGPT Can Now Read and Send iMessages on Mac

  21-08-2026 01:12 via macrumors.com
  
  OpenAI today said there's a new Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT, allowing ChatGPT on Mac to search messages, draft messages, analyze conversations, and send replies to people.
  The Apple Messages plugin can be installed from the ChatGPT Plugins interface, and it is listed under Public. OpenAI suggests users try these prompts: Check my calendar and reply to [name] with a few times I'm free for dinner next weekSuggest follow ups from yesterday in messagesFind birthdays in @messages and add them t
  
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• Apple reportedly lays off 60 Vision employees amid shifting priorities

  21-08-2026 00:47 via 9to5mac.com
  
  AppleInsider reports that Apple “has just laid off an entire team dedicated to VR development,” with at least 60 employees reportedly affected. Here are the details.
  
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• Apple bucks downward trend as reports show global smartphone shipment and sales declines

  20-08-2026 23:45 via 9to5mac.com
  
  Four Counterpoint Research reports published this week reveal drops in smartphone sales and shipments in India, Latin America, Europe, and China. Here are the reports.
  
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• Apple releases new AirPods beta firmware

  20-08-2026 23:16 via macdailynews.com
  
  AirPods (3rd generation)
  Apple today released a new beta firmware update for several AirPods models, marking the fifth version in the current testing cycle. The firmware, build 9A5347a, is available to both developers and public beta testers.
  The update covers the AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 4, and AirPods Max 2. It primarily adds support for new features coming in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate. These include a redesigned AirPods interface, a dedicated slider for Adaptive Au
  
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• Apple among tech giants in court fight over voice data used to train AI

  20-08-2026 23:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  Apple and eight other leading tech companies, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Samsung, are battling proposed class-action lawsuits in Chicago federal court. Plaintiffs — journalists, podcasters, and audiobook narrators — allege the firms violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by using thousands of hours of recorded human voices without permission to train their AI systems.
  David Thomas for Reuters:‎Ross Kimbarovsky of Loevy & Loevy is
  
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• WhatsApp is working on even more Liquid Glass interface changes on iOS

  20-08-2026 22:55 via 9to5mac.com
  
  Following the initial rollout of Liquid Glass on iOS earlier this year, WhatsApp is now working to bring the design to more interface elements. Here are the details.
  
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• Apple Music will soon get visible labels for AI-generated content

  20-08-2026 22:08 via 9to5mac.com
  
  Apple has shared more details about the AI labeling requirements it announced for Apple Music back in March. Here are the details.
  
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• New CEO John Ternus likely to shake up Apple’s spending strategy

  20-08-2026 22:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  Apple’s incoming CEO John Ternus
  As John Ternus prepares to step in as Apple’s CEO in just two weeks, investors are eyeing a potential shift in the company’s spending priorities.
  The hardware engineering veteran is expected to steer Apple toward heavier investment in artificial-intelligence software, possibly easing the firm’s long-standing emphasis on massive share buybacks in favor of more aggressive R&D and growth initiatives in the AI era.
  Angela Palumbo for Barro
  
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• Apple TV series ‘Lucky’ preserves the novel’s central identity crisis

  20-08-2026 21:00 via macdailynews.com
  
  Anya Taylor-Joy stars in “Lucky,” which premiered July 15, 2026 on Apple TV.
  Apple TV’s “Lucky” (starring Anya Taylor-Joy) adapts Marissa Stapley’s 2021 novel about a con artist grappling with her identity and upbringing. In this Hollywood Reporter interview, Stapley discusses the series finale, key differences from the book (including the father-daughter dynamic with Timothy Olyphant’s character), the central theme of breaking free from a life of decept
  
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• AirPods Pro 3 and more just got new firmware release in beta

  20-08-2026 20:33 via 9to5mac.com
  
  Apple has released new AirPods beta firmware today for developers and public beta testers. It’s available for AirPods Pro 3 and select other models. Here are the details.
  
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• AirPods 4 vs AirPods Pro 3: Which should you buy in 2026?

  20-08-2026 20:28 via 9to5mac.com
  
  Choosing between AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 3 was already mostly a question of fit, features, and price. Apple is also developing camera-equipped AirPods with Visual Intelligence, but they are not expected to arrive until 2027 at the soonest. That could make waiting an awfully long proposition.
  
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• Apple, Where is CarPlay Ultra?

  20-08-2026 20:25 via macrumors.com
  
  In May 2025, Apple launched CarPlay Ultra, the long-awaited next-generation version of CarPlay that it first previewed in 2022. More than a year later, however, CarPlay Ultra is still limited to select Aston Martin vehicles with six-figure price tags.
  In a press release last year, Apple said "many" other vehicle brands around the world planned to offer CarPlay Ultra, including Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis. Yet, more than 15 months have passed since that announcement, and the software has still not
  
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