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A Weibo leaker claims the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are now in full production, with sky blue, pure black and burgundy as the three color options. The report suggests Apple will bring back black, which was absent from the iPhone 17 Pro lineup, while skipping a silver or gray shade this year.
Apple has begun labeling Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' on Apple Maps for users in the United States, following a Trump executive order that already led Google to make a similar change. The lake retains its original name in Canada and shows both names elsewhere, with the rollout still inconsistent between Apple's desktop and mobile versions.
Apple has added a feature to the Messages app that lets users personalize the background of individual conversations. Users can choose from built-in animated wallpapers like Color, Sky, Water, and Aurora, or upload their own photos, with the app also suggesting images from their library. An AI-powered Playground option can generate backgrounds too, though that requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer.
Apple has updated Apple Maps to display Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users located in the United States, following an executive order Trump signed on August 27. Canadian users will still see 'Lake Ontario,' while people outside both countries will see both names listed. Google made the same change last week, citing its policy of following official U.S. government naming databases.
Apple's SEC filing reveals incoming CEO John Ternus will receive an annual compensation package worth $58 million, split between a $3 million base salary and $55 million in stock awards starting fiscal 2027. Tim Cook, moving into the newly created executive chairman role, will earn a $47 million package with a $2 million salary and $45 million in equity, split evenly between performance-based and time-based shares.
Apple has named John Ternus as its new chief executive, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure atop the company as Cook transitions to executive chairman. Ternus, 51, spent 25 years at Apple, rising from a product design engineer to senior vice president of hardware engineering, where he oversaw AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Apple silicon, and the MacBook Neo.
Apple has updated its Maps app to display Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users in the United States, following a renaming order from President Trump. The change mirrors a similar update Google made earlier to its own mapping service.
OwnTime is a new app that lets users assign daily time budgets to a handful of priorities, running only one countdown at a time so starting one pauses the others. When a budget runs out, the app triggers a real alarm rather than a notification, and everything resets at midnight. It works independently on iPhone or Apple Watch, syncing the two when paired.
Apple has begun updating Apple Maps to show 'Lake America' instead of 'Lake Ontario' for users in the United States, following a directive from President Trump amid trade tensions with Canada. Canadian users still see 'Lake Ontario,' while users elsewhere see both names. The rollout is gradual, and U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Trump personally contacted Apple about the change.
Ahead of Apple's September event, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman shared new details on the upcoming iPhone Ultra foldable in a Tom's Guide interview, confirming MagSafe support, a 5.5-inch cover display paired with a 7.8-inch inner screen, and Apple's latest Pro chip and modem. He also described a durable liquid metal hinge designed to minimize the crease, plus iOS 27 multitasking features including drag-and-drop between apps.
Reports indicate Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus is emerging as the leading internal candidate to eventually succeed CEO Tim Cook. The framing centers on the scale of what he would inherit: a company with enormous revenue, market value and global reach built under Cook's leadership.
John Ternus, formerly Apple's senior VP of Hardware Engineering, has officially become Apple's new CEO after Tim Cook's fifteen-year tenure ended. In his first staff memo, Ternus previewed a major product event on September 9, widely expected to unveil Apple's first foldable iPhone and a broader rollout of an upgraded Siri.