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Official Apple support account accidentally promoted a Samsung foldable phone [Video]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-30 12:09:14

An official Apple support account on China’s Weibo social network managed to accidentally post a promotional video for a Samsung folding phone. The embarrassing mistake coincided with a new analyst report on the expected price and timing for Apple’s own move into this market, with an upcoming iPhone Fold … The iPhone Fold Apple has long been working on a foldable iPhone, but has so far been waiting for the tech to be good enough to meet the company’s standards for such a device. In particula

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Apple will increase iPhone 17 prices by $50 with one exception, says analyst

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-30 12:48:17

A new analyst report suggests that Apple will increase prices for three iPhone 17 models, when compared to iPhone 16 pricing. The report suggests two reasons for the increase, and indicates that the price of the base model will remain unchanged, with a starting price of $799 … iPhone 17 prices It’s been widely speculated that Apple will increase prices for this year’s iPhones, in order to cover the costs of US tariffs imposed on products manufactured in China. The exact impact on the company

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Best iPhone 2025: I tested the top models and found the best options for you

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-12-30 09:00:14

If you've been eyeing an Apple iPhone for your next big upgrade, how do you decide which one is best for you? With so many configurations and models available today, and the various software and feature implications that come with, the journey of choosing the right model has never been longer. For years, I've tested every iPhone released, including the large-sized iPhone 16 Pro Max and the budget-oriented iPhone 16e, gathering insights on what models resonate with what type of user. With iOS 26

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Rumors of the iPhone 17 Pro Give It a Movable Lens. We're Sifting Through Leaks and Claims

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-30 10:00:00

Key takeaways: The rumored iPhone 17 Pro is expected to be released in early September. The Pro is rumored to be getting a scratch-resistant antireflective display. Colors could include black, silver, dark blue and orange. The new iPhone is likely just a couple of months away from release, and rumors about an iPhone 17 Pro have been ramping up. Although whispers about an ultrathin iPhone 17 Air have hogged a lot of the attention, the Pro models tend to include more upgraded features. In addi

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There’s bad news for all you T-Mobile Money users out there (Updated: Statement)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-30 14:35:21

Update, July 29, 2025 (03:35 AM ET): T-Mobile has provided the following statement through a spokesperson: We’re required to let our customers know at least 30 days in advance about any changes to their T-Mobile Money account, and we’ll keep sharing updates as we move everything into T-Life. Earlier this year, we completed the transition to our new banking partner. To make sure there’s no disruption during the switch to T-Life, we’re issuing new account numbers and debit cards. Original articl

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The best smartwatches for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-30 14:00:38

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Smartwatches do more than just track your steps and deliver phone alerts to your wrist. The best smartwatches go even further, giving you the ability to pay for a cup of coffee, take calls and connect to apps like Spotify all without whipping out your smartphone. Chances are, if you

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Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-30 11:20:00

The US Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March 2024, accusing the company of having a “smartphone monopoly.” Apple has voiced its opposition to the case many times over the last year. Now, it has officially filed its answer to the DOJ’s antitrust complaint, pushing back forcefully against the DOJ’s allegations. As a refresher, the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit focuses on five major aspects of the iPhone experience: super apps, cloud streaming games, third-party messaging apps, third-party

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Spain to expand antitrust investigation into App Store pricing rules

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-30 12:49:57

Just as Apple inches closer to winning EU approval for its latest App Store changes, Spain’s competition watchdog is expanding its own investigation, citing “new evidence” related to Apple’s developer pricing rules. Here are the details. Back in July 2024, the Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) launched a probe accusing Apple of “imposing unfair commercial conditions” on developers who distribute apps through the App Store. Now, as reported by EuroNews: “The CNMC sa

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The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What We Know About the Class Action Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-30 10:12:00

Tea, a women's dating safety app that recently surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too. Tea's preliminary findings from the end of last week showed the data breach exposed approximately 72,000 images: 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification

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The Tea App Data Breach: What Was Exposed and What to Know About the Class Action Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-30 14:44:05

Tea, a women's dating safety app that recently surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too. Tea's preliminary findings from the end of last week showed the data breach exposed approximately 72,000 images: 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification

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Apple slips in the 2025 Fortune Global 500 list

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-30 21:11:42

Apple has lost ground in this year’s edition of the Fortune Global 500, mirroring a similar slip in the U.S.-centric Fortune 500 list released last month. Here are the details. UnitedHealth overtakes Apple for the second time this year While Apple remains in the top 10, it was overtaken by UnitedHealth Group, which moved up from 8th to 7th this year. Interestingly, this exact shuffle also happened on the Fortune 500 U.S. list back in June, when UnitedHealth edged past Apple for third place am

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This special Mail app toggle helps protect you from sketchy emails

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-12-30 21:39:54

9to5Mac is brought to you by Incogni: Protect your personal info from prying eyes. With Incogni, you can scrub your deeply sensitive information from data brokers across the web, including people search sites. Incogni limits your phone number, address, email, SSN, and more from circulating. Fight back against unwanted data brokers with a 30-day money back guarantee. A couple years ago, Apple introduced a new feature for Apple Mail users called Mail Privacy Protection. It isn’t on by default, th

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Apple TV+: Leagues Cup returns today on MLS Season Pass, how to watch every match

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-31 02:31:52

If you’re a soccer fan, it’s gonna be a fun month. The Leagues Cup returns today, and every match of the tournament will stream live on MLS Season Pass via the Apple TV app. Here’s how to follow along. This is the tournament’s third edition that pits Major League Soccer clubs against teams from Mexico’s Liga MX. This year will feature 62 matches in total, with no ties, up to the Leagues Cup Final on August 31. Like last year, Apple’s MLS Season Pass will exclusively broadcast every Leagues Cup

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iOS 18.6 now available for iPhone, here’s what’s new

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-12-31 03:16:08

iOS 18.6 is now available for iPhone users. While the iOS 26 beta has stolen the headlines, Apple has also quietly been testing iOS 18.6 for the last six weeks. Here’s what’s new. You can update your iPhone to iOS 18.6 now by going to the Settings app, choosing General, then choosing Software Update. If you don’t see the update right away, keep checking over the next several hours as it might take a while to roll out to all iPhone users. The build number for today’s update is 22G86. As for wha

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Foxconn halts share trading ahead of ‘material information’ disclosure

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-31 06:11:00

The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) has issued a press release confirming that trading in shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (better known internationally as Foxconn) will be suspended starting July 30, 2025. Here’s why the timing is interesting. Trading to be resumed ‘after the release of material information’ In a press release today, the TWSE said the trading halt applies both to Hon Hai’s common shares and any underlying securities linked to the company. The suspension will remain

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Apple TV app launches ‘Summer Deal of the Day’ with daily discounts

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-31 06:19:15

Today the Apple TV app kicked off the first of a planned 14-day ‘Summer Deal of the Day’ promo, offering steep discounts on featured titles. Here are the details. Summer Apple TV promo features discounted film bundle While the rise of TV streaming services has made digital content purchases far less popular, Apple wants to try changing that. In the Apple TV app, the company has launched a new daily promo that will last the next two weeks. Apple’s ‘Summer Deal of the Day’ will offer a surpris

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tvOS 26 adds the Apple TV screen saver feature I’ve always wanted

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-31 06:51:16

This fall, tvOS 26 will bring a variety of new features to Apple TV 4K users, and one of the highlights for me is a screen saver feature that I’ve always wanted. tvOS 26 lets you enable or disable individual aerial screen savers If you own an Apple TV 4K, you know that screen savers are one of the device’s best features. That may sound silly, but for a product that mainly exists to stream video content, it’s the niceties like Apple’s aerial screen savers that set it apart. In tvOS 26, Apple

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JPMorgan doubles down on iPhone Fold predicted release date, pricing, more

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-31 06:58:10

As Apple prepares to unveil the iPhone 17 lineup in a few weeks, investor attention is already shifting to what could be a much more significant update in 2026, with the introduction of a foldable iPhone. That includes JPMorgan, which just released new predictions on what to expect. September 2026 launch, with a $1,999 price tag In a note to clients (via CNBC), JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee said Apple is likely to launch its first foldable iPhone in September 2026, echoing expectations se

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This handy Linux tool snitches on sneaky apps - here's why and how it's helpful

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-31 06:35:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET OpenSnitch is a Linux port of the popular MacOS app Little Snitch. This app is essentially an application firewall that tracks network requests from apps, so you can create rules to block or allow those requests. Why is that important? Also: 7 things every Linux beginner should know before downloading their first distro Say, for example, that you've installed a Linux app that shouldn't require internet access (those do still exist). You're using tha

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Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-12-31 05:50:00

The U.K. government is reportedly backing down from its earlier demand that Apple build a secret backdoor allowing its authorities access to customer data worldwide, following a harsh rebuke from the U.S. government. But one U.S. senator wants to know if other tech giants, like Google, have also received secret backdoor demands from the U.K. government. Google refused to answer the lawmaker’s questions but has since told TechCrunch that the technology giant has not received a backdoor demand, m

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We tested iOS 26 on the iPhone 16 Pro - these 5 features make the update worthwhile

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-12-31 11:37:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple introduced iOS 26 to the public at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference event in early June, and since then, has been polishing the software with developers for the eventual beta release. Now that it's finally available for everyone to test, you may be wondering if it's worth diving straight into or waiting for the official software launch -- likely sometime in September. That's what we're here to answer. Also: You can download iOS 26 public beta right now - how to

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Apple Is Opening a Manufacturing Academy in Detroit

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-31 11:10:06

Apple just announced plans to open a manufacturing academy in Detroit this August, as the company faces pressure from President Donald Trump to build iPhones in the U.S. Starting August 19, Apple will partner with Michigan State University to host free workshops for small and mid-sized businesses, aimed at helping American companies adopt artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing techniques. “Apple works with suppliers in all 50 states because we know advanced manufacturing is vital to A

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Apple releases iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and other updates as current gen winds down

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-31 11:03:19

Apple's next-generation software updates are just a couple of months away, but Apple isn't done with last year's releases just yet. Apple has released iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, and visionOS 2.6 to the public today, fixing an issue with sharing movies from the Photos app but mostly patching a long list of security vulnerabilities. For iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, the list of resolved CVEs covers everything from the Metal graphics API to WebKit to networking t

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macOS Sequoia 15.6 now available with an important bug fix

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-31 15:20:07

After a little more than a month and a few beta and RC versions, Apple has now released macOS Sequoia 15.6 for download. Here’s what’s new. macOS 15.6 brings an important Apple Configurator bug fix While macOS 15.6 doesn’t introduce big user-facing features, it does come with the usual security updates and general performance improvements, as well as an important bug fix: Fixed: Finder and Apple Configurator may be unable to successfully restore some devices from DFU mode. (153476458) This m

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How to uninstall the iOS 26 beta, with or without a backup

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-31 16:56:35

Did you regret installing the iOS 26 beta or the iPadOS 26 beta? Here’s the step-by-step to downgrade your iPhone or iPad to a previous, non-beta version. Hopefully, you backed up your device To uninstall the beta, you’ll need to wipe and restore your device, hopefully from a previous backup. The good news is that if you don’t have a recent pre-beta backup, the impact of a complete system wipe is less dramatic than it would have been a few years ago, since most apps now store data on the clou

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Home Depot has a new animatronic version of Skelly the skeleton

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-31 15:10:11

The Home Depot is well on its way to becoming a Spirit Halloween that also sells weed whackers. Here we are in July, and the retailer is already rolling out its Halloween product lineup. The centerpiece is the latest version of Skelly, the hardware store's viral skeleton. Meet the $279 animatronic Ultra Skelly. Given its name, you might think Ultra Skelly is even bigger than the standard 12-ft. model. But the new model is only 6.5 ft. tall. The "Ultra" part comes from app control and animatroni

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NordVPN Debuts Scam Call Protection for Android in an Effort to Help Protect You From Spam Calls

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-31 14:59:00

NordVPN is one of our favorite VPNs on the market, boasting blazing-fast speeds, excellent streaming service unblocking capabilities and forward-thinking privacy features. Now, NordVPN is expanding its cybersecurity offerings with scam call protection for Android users in the US. Here’s what you need to know about the service and how to enable it on your mobile device. NordVPN aims to help protect against scam calls You can easily enable NordVPN's scam call protection from within the NordVPN

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The Tea App Data Breach: What Happened, and What Was Exposed

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-31 15:20:36

Tea, a women's safety dating app that surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too. Tea's preliminary findings from the end of last week showed the data breach exposed approximately 72,000 images: 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification that peo

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CashApp’s cross-platform Pool tool means none of your friends have an excuse for not pitching in

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-31 21:34:06

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Cash App is rolling out a new feature called “Pools.” Pools is a group payment feature that allows people to chip in money toward a large payment, whether they use the app, Google Pay, or Apple Pay. Members can be invited to a Pool in-app via their $cashtag or through a shareable link for external payments. Rounding up people for a group purchase can be a hassle, especially if some of those people use different payment apps. However, Cash App is intr

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New Apple TV+ movie with Matthew McConaughey looks high-stakes and intense

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-31 21:01:05

Apple TV+ has a strong movie lineup coming this fall, and we just got the release date and full trailer for one of those highly anticipated films: The Lost Bus, which stars Matthew McConaughey. Apple’s biggest movie of the year is easily F1. But there’s another intense, vehicle-centered movie on the way that strikes a very different tone. The Lost Bus is coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, October 3, following a limited theatrical release September 19. Here’s Apple’s summary followed by the just-r

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Apple TV+: Leagues Cup returns today on MLS Season Pass, how to watch every match

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