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Amazon is selling the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro chip, 24GB RAM and 2TB storage for $2,399, down from its $2,999 list price. The retailer is also offering discounts on AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max 2, the M6 Mac mini, iPhone 18 Pro cases and the USB-C Apple Pencil.
CNET's lab tests of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max found the Pro Max delivers the longest battery life of any iPhone Apple has made, while the smaller 18 Pro charges fastest. The gains stem from larger batteries confirmed by an iFixIt teardown, plus the new A20 Pro chip and iOS 27 power-efficiency improvements, and both phones earned CNET Editors' Choice Awards.
Chinese outlet Securities Times reports Apple has raised its supply chain orders for iPhone Duo by about 30%, pushing total 2026 production close to 10 million units from an earlier estimate of 6-7 million. The increase comes just before iPhone Duo pre-orders open on October 16. Supply chain sources also indicate a shift within the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, with Pro Max orders up 10-15% and standard Pro orders down a similar amount, though total Pro-line supply is unchanged.
Apple's new foldable iPhone, the Duo, has distinct dimensions—164.6 by 117.8 by 5.2 mm unfolded and 84.1 by 117.8 by 11.3 mm folded—that make most existing cases, screen protectors, car mounts and lens attachments incompatible. USB-C peripherals and most wireless chargers still work with the device, and Apple has released dimensional drawings to manufacturers so new accessories can be built to fit.
Apple launched a promotional 'Indie Games Week' on the App Store, highlighting seven independent games that have recently launched or are set to launch soon. The company included a statement from Carson Oliver, Apple's head of App Store Worldwide, praising indie developers for creative risk-taking and unique gameplay.
Apple is highlighting several indie titles on the App Store for Indie Games Week, with No Man's Sky as the headline addition. Hello Games' space survival title will be available for pre-order now and launches on iOS and iPadOS on October 28, free to try, running on devices as old as iPhone 11 and 3rd-gen iPad Air while using under 5GB of storage. The mobile version initially lacks multiplayer and settlements, mirroring early restrictions on the Switch port, though studio co-founder Sean Murray said those features could be added later based on feedback.
Modder 0xProbability used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 to write and test code that inserts Minecraft elements, including Steve, mobs and the Ender Dragon, into a version of GTA V ported to run natively on iPhone. The underlying iOS port was created separately by a Swiss student known as C22, who adapted a browser version of GTA V into a native app running at 50-60 FPS with roughly 1.1GB of RAM on an iPhone 17.
Apple's iOS 27 update expands keyboard support to additional Native American languages such as Blackfoot, Comanche, and Northern East Cree, building on last year's iOS 26 additions like Haitian Creole and Nez Perce. Apple's iOS keyboard now supports more than 200 languages and variants, and Cherokee has been part of the system since 2010 through an ongoing partnership with the Cherokee Nation.
Hello Games announced No Man's Sky will launch on iOS for iPhone 11 and newer and 3rd-gen iPad Air and later, starting October 28th. The mobile port includes nearly all content and updates from the PC/console versions, excluding multiplayer and planetary settlements, and features new touch controls plus support for controllers and keyboard/mouse on iPad.
Apple has integrated Siri AI into its Shortcuts app in iOS 27, allowing users to generate automations by describing what they want rather than manually assembling steps. One user reports using the feature to build a custom tool that functions similarly to the song-identification app Shazam.
Smartphone users can significantly reduce spam calls and scam texts using existing settings on iPhone and Android devices, rather than paying for third-party apps. The techniques target common scammer tactics like neighborhood spoofing, where callers fake local area codes, and bulk automated text messaging.
A quirk in Apple's Clock app has resurfaced online: rapidly scrolling the hour and minute wheels when setting an alarm hits a hard stop at 4:39 (16:39 in 24-hour format), rather than scrolling infinitely. The behavior doesn't restrict users from actually setting an alarm for any time; it only affects how far the scroll wheel spins before snapping to an end.