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Apple's Newton handheld computer was both the company's biggest failure and its greatest peek into the future. Now, 33 years after launch, AppleInsider reminisces about what Newton was, what it meant, and where it went wrong. Apple's original Newton - image credit: Apple Back in 1993, Apple's press officers did the rounds of every technology magazine there was. When they reached one in London, they had the speech down pat. In particular, they knew how to fend off criticisms by asking questions f

Since its founding, Sam Altman's OpenAI has been at the center of multiple controversies, with Apple's intellectual property theft suit being just the latest chapter. Here's the story so far about what's been alleged over the last decade. Sam Altman of OpenAI The artificial intelligence development wave has greatly affected the tech industry. As usual, this also includes accusations, threats, and lawsuits. OpenAI is no different, as it has attracted many different lawsuits in its short existence

Apple has introduced new beta firmware for AirPods , AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max, so that developers can continue testing out inbound iOS 27 features. AirPods Pro Apple will be introducing a number of new features for select AirPods models this fall, as part of the iOS 27 and other 27-gen operating system releases. Ahead of that release, it is testing out the features via beta firmware builds. The new firmware, build 9A5336b, replaces the previous build , 9A5314b, which Apple seeded on July 7.

August Apple deals are in full swing at Amazon, with savings of up to $500 off across Mac, iPad, AirTag, and Apple Watch categories. Prices start at just $27. Save up to $500 across Apple's product lines at Amazon - Image credit: Amazon, Apple Save up to $500 this week at Amazon, with discounts across Apple's Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch lines. Fresh markdowns include a $60 discount on the current M4 iPad Air and prices as low as $1,847 for MacBook Pros. Save up to $500 on Apple gear Continue Read

Apple is doubling down on its lawsuit against OpenAI over claims of intellectual property theft, and has now asked the courts for a preliminary injunction that could delay the ChatGPT firm's AI device. Apple is doubling down on its case against OpenAI. While OpenAI has turned to the court of public opinion in this case, Apple has now gone to a US judge. According to Reuters , on August 3, 2026, Apple asked for a preliminary injunction, and inspired OpenAI's post that didn't say that much. Specif

Apple is opening a lottery for U.S. retail employees to staff its next major product event, bringing store workers into preparations for the company's biggest launch of the year. An internal memo viewed by Bloomberg invited U.S. retail employees to enter a lottery to help staff the in-person event. Selected workers will greet and check in guests, organize lines, provide directions and support security teams. Applications close August 8, and Apple will notify selected employees by August 17. Work

The brief removal and restoration of Telegram from the App Store was a targeted attack by a "takedown extortionist," and it's something the company's CEO says can be weaponized against other apps, too. Telegram On Monday evening, Telegram was removed from the App Store for a number of hours, following a report that CSAM material was posted to it. The following day, the fallout of the event revealed it was a worse situation than first thought. It apparently wasn't a user, but someone weaponizing

Apple's powerhouse 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 Max chip and 40-core GPU is $500 off today, the largest discount currently available across the 16-inch lineup. Save $500 on Apple's loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon - Image credit: Apple Amazon is slashing $500 off Apple's premium 16-inch MacBook Pro with a top-of-the-line M5 Max chip. Equipped with an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU, the high-end model also has an upgrade to 48GB of RAM and a spacious 2TB SSD. Save $500 on M5 Max 16" MacBook Pr

Ahead of producing the iPhone 18 Pro and the folding iPhone , Apple's main manufacturer Foxconn has announced the greatest monthly earnings in its 52-year history, and says it's all down to AI demand. A Foxconn factory - image credit: Foxconn In late July 2026 , Foxconn began its annual recruitment drive to get enough workers to produce the forthcoming iPhone 18 Pro . But according to Reuters , the company has now reported figures for July that already saw it earn $29.6 billion. It's the highest

If you've been dying to run macOS on iPad hardware natively, a jailbreak solution has emerged for M1 and M2 iPads still running iPadOS 16, though it is extremely experimental. Get macOS on an iPad via jailbreak There has been an endless debate surrounding the iPad since Apple debuted the first iPad Pro . It runs iPadOS , a branch of iOS , which is much more locked down compared to macOS. Users that want to use macOS on an iPad can finally give it a try, but it'll be a limited experience. The Git

Apple's memory supply woes are going to continue, as suppliers have already sold their entire production capacity of memory at high prices for all of 2027. Expect iPhone upgrades to cost more this year, and next. A Samsung LPDDR5X memory chip - Image Credit: Samsung The tech industry's ongoing nightmare of memory pricing is expected to be a long-term problem. It seems that it will still be an issue until the end of 2027 at a minimum. According to industry insider sources of DigiTimes on Tuesday

Boat owners are getting a new entertainment option as they bob on the water, as Crest Marine and Balise bring CarPlay to pontoons. Savvy Navvy on CarPlay, on a boat's infotainment system - Image Credit: Savvy Navvy Apple CarPlay is intended as a way to interact with your iPhone safely through a vehicle's infotainment system. While that vehicle has been cars, vans, and trucks so far, it's about to go very off-road, and off-land too. Announced during the annual dealer meeting of Crest Marine on Tu

TikTok boasted about adding measures to protect teenagers from harmful content, but deliberately kept them from 15 million Americans until one killed himself, and then lied about being responsible. TikTok intentionally disabled new safety features for a control group of around 15 million Americans. Even before the US questioned the security of Chinese social media platform TikTok, the service's parent company was regularly under fire over child safety fears . All social media platforms were warn

Shockwaves from the global RAM and SSD crisis continue to echo through home electronics pricing, and RAM manufacturers are reaping massive profits. A fix is coming, but it is a long time away and may not make any difference at all to consumers. This is what it feels like buying RAM these days. It's been a long time since RAM pricing at retail has been something that we've needed to keep an eye on. We still don't need to track sales on DIMM sticks, given how Apple sells and packages RAM on the ch

Apple requires all browsers to use WebKit on iPhone, so a report suggests every browser is affected by three separate leaks that can hand off information around a proxy or iCloud Private Relay . WebKit browsers can leak data past proxies and iCloud Private Relay When users install proxy browsers or Tor, they expect absolute privacy while navigating the web. However, one developer has discovered that three separate data leaks can occur while using WebKit browsers on iOS or macOS . According to th

As it generally goes with social media advice, viral posts telling iPhone owners to refrigerate overheated devices should be ignored as that will cause more damage than the heat itself. Here's why, and what you should do instead. Don't put your iPhone in the refrigerator or freezer. It's been a hot summer. Record-smashing high temperatures have been responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths and made it miserable for hundreds of millions of people. But it's not just people, pets, a

Even though Apple now supports RCS to let Android users join in iMessage conversations, the risky Sunbird app is back to persuade them to route everything through its servers anyway. Don't do it to yourself. That would be Android phones it's talking about. You're on an iPhone, you're fine. Image credit: Sunbird Previously on Sunbird... it was an Android app that let users partake in Apple iMessage conversations without a green bubble , and with myriad security problems. It came and it went, and

Apple Card users have a new way to get more value out of Booking.com without spending months climbing its loyalty ranks, though the perks are notably limited. Apple Card unlocks Booking.com Genius Level 2 perks Apple is offering cardholders immediate access to Booking.com's Genius Level 2 after one qualifying stay or rental car booking. The offer is available through eligible reservations made with Apple Card. Genius Level 2 gives users 10-15% discounts on select stays and rental cars, free brea

The iPhone 20 will have larger displays than the current Pro and Pro Max models, with a leaker insisting 6.4-inch and 7-inch screens are being prototyped. The screen of the iPhone Air, from which the iPhone 20 may borrow design elements The Pro models of iPhone have long played host to the largest screens in Apple's iPhone empire. Though the crown will almost certainly be taken by the iPhone Fold on its release, it seems Apple isn't finished with making the Pro Max as Max as possible. According

A new study covering wearing an Apple Vision Pro during certain surgeries has concluded that it is superior to existing medical equipment, and is very much worth the relatively small cost. The Apple Vision Pro has proven to be a useful tool for cataract surgery. Apple Vision Pro has been used for surgery since it first came out, and surgeons have already said that it is so light it saves them pain and injury . Now a study conducted at the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Institute, has directly compared

Apple is preparing some smart home updates, with a new HomePod mini expected soon. Here's what to expect from Apple's small wireless speaker. HomePod mini 2 shouldn't change much from the first-gen's external appearance. Apple's HomePod mini is a key part of the smart home. While it is obviously a great and compact speaker and a way to communicate with Siri without using your iPhone , it's also a hub to manage all of your smart home devices using Apple Home . However, since its release in 2020,

Apple has set new annual sales in India, with its second main iPhone manufacturing base generating a record $10 billion in sales despite currency and tax challenges. Apple Borivali in Mumbai's new Sky City Mall — image credit: Apple India serves as Apple's second base of iPhone production alongside China, as part of the wider supply chain . While Apple has been building up its production capacity in India, it's also been increasing sales there, too. According to a Tuesday Bloomberg report , Appl

As the UK government presses again for unwarranted access to private user data, Apple has issued another complaint asking the country's independent judicial body to intervene. The UK wants Apple to break its iCloud security. In 2024, the UK reworked its laws to give it the authority to not only legally but also secretly demand Apple help it spy on iPhone users around the world. Following US complaints, the UK backed down , only to try again in October 2025 . Now according to the Financial Times

A malware campaign is using fake Zoom updates and business files to install ScreenConnect, giving attackers remote control through software that can resemble legitimate IT activity. And now, it's come to Mac. Fake Zoom update Securonix researchers detailed the campaign, named Smoke#Screen, in an August 4 report. They traced Windows scripts, compiled loaders, an HTML phishing page and a macOS package named "ZoomUpdateInstaller.pkg" to shared infrastructure. ScreenConnect is legitimate remote moni

Apple's employee lottery for the September iPhone launch doesn't mean it will be a return to a live-presented event. It'll probably be the same pre-recorded presentation with press in the room as usual. John Ternus will introduce Apple's event in September. It will probably be prerecorded. It's barely a month away from Apple's regular fall event, which will see the launch of products like the iPhone 18 Pro , the iPhone Fold , and other long-rumored items. It is always a major event, with most of

AI is flooding Apple's bug bounty system with flawed iOS and macOS security reports. It's so much of a problem that Apple has limited the number of bugs that can be reported to it. AI is helping hackers and researchers break Apple security. The flood is also making it harder to report issues. The rise of artificial intelligence is also considered a security problem, with AI models able to determine issues in software that humans have a very low chance of uncovering. However, it also has the bypr

In an attempt to refute Apple's intellectual property theft claims, Open AI doesn't address the theft, and instead leans on a racism claim, and a misdirected email to try to get the court of public opinion on its side. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman - image credit: Emerson Collective Apple is suing OpenAI and alleging that the ChatGPT company poached its staff with the express intention of learning trade secrets. OpenAI initially responded by trying to put the focus on emails Apple's lawyers mis-addresse

A one-line command in your macOS terminal can get you access to Meta's Muse Code, which aims to be a transparent AI coding tool that can work across large repositories. Meta's Muse Code is a new AI coding tool for macOS. Image source: Meta There are already coding agents like Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex available for macOS, but Meta wants to enter the ring with its latest AI toolset. Unlike the others, it doesn't have an app interface and runs through the Terminal. According to an announcement

No, your Uber payment method didn't expire, it's just a scam attempting to steal your payment information. Here's how to spot such scams. Spotting a scam email isn't always easy, but knowing what to look for goes a long way Email is a ubiquitous tool that everyone needs for basic web access and account creation. While some tools like Hide My Email attempt to reduce spam, they aren't foolproof . Users across social media and some staff at AppleInsider have received a bogus email claiming to be Ub

Summer Apple Watch sales at Amazon and Walmart deliver discounts of up to $172 off SE 3, Series 11, and Ultra 3 styles. Save up to $172 across the Apple Watch lineup - Image credit: Apple Prices across Apple's wearables line start at $219 this week, with standout offers being a $172 discount on the 42mm GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 11 at Walmart and a $100 markdown on the Apple Watch Ultra 3 at Amazon. Grab Apple Watch deals from $219 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Telegram was removed from the App Store briefly Monday after CSAM was posted by a user. The app was restored after the content was removed. Telegram was removed then returned to the App Store Telegram is known widely as a secure alternative to Messenger, WhatsApp, and iMessage . Its cross-platform availability and options for end-to-end encryption have made it attractive to privacy and security-conscious users. Reports began showing up across social media of Telegram disappearing from the Apple

If you've ever wanted to copy something on your iPhone and paste it on your Windows PC, the feature is coming in a fall 2027 release of iOS 28 to users in the EU. Sharing files from iPhone to Windows is coming to the EU Third-party developers can request interoperability features to be developed by Apple via a web portal . If the request is deemed possible it can take anywhere from six months to eighteen months to build the feature and submit it for release. One such request was made by Microsof

If you've got the Ted Lasso outfit, moustache, and attitude, you can win custom Beats headphones and exclusive soccer scarves at Apple's look-alike contest in New York City on Thursday. 'Ted Lasso' will reportedly return for a fourth season. "Ted Lasso" is, undoubtedly, Apple TV 's first breakout hit and an unofficial mascot for the service itself. And, just as it's proven in the past, Apple is fully on board when it comes to fun promotions for the series. This time, it's decided to hold an in-p

ChatGPT maker OpenAI wants Apple's lawsuit dismissed, calling it "rotten to the core" and a pretext for how the firm is failing in AI and at keeping its staff. ChatGPT is in the App Store now While Apple went back to court to ask that its lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft be sped up, OpenAI initially turned to the court of public opinion. But it has now responded to Apple's latest filing with one of its own, presented to a US judge with the request that the case be dismissed

Apple has been testing memory made by China's CXMT as a lower-cost supplier as its regular suppliers hike up prices, but CXMT is demanding what Samsung gets paid for RAM. A Samsung LPDDR5X memory chip - Image Credit: Samsung It was an idea that would help Apple in the short term at best, and it was one that got it repeated criticism from US senators and memory firms . But with the global chip shortage only getting worse because of demands from AI firms, Apple asked Trump to allow it to buy from

John Ternus takes over as CEO of Apple on September 1, and he's busy getting his executive team together. The latest addition is Laura Legros, retired VP of hardware engineering. Laura Legros is returning as a VP under Ternus All eyes are on John Ternus as he prepares to replace Tim Cook as CEO of Apple. Very little is known about the enigmatic character beyond his accomplishments at Apple, but analysts are already looking for challenges he may face. Every hire and leadership position is being s

Amazon has launched a steeper AirPods Pro 3 discount this August, dropping the earbuds to a 30-day low of $189.99. Grab AirPods Pro 3 at a 30-day low price of $189.99. Amazon has dropped AirPods Pro 3 down to $189.99 , reflecting a $60 discount off the premium earbuds. This is the lowest price we've seen since Prime Day 2026. Buy AirPods Pro 3 for $189.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

The high-profile television version of Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities" will reportedly no longer be made for Apple TV because of creative differences. Apple TV will not go ahead with a series dramatization of "The Bonfire of the Vanities." This would have been the third version of Wolfe's famous 1980s novel about greed and Wall Street, and it was to be made by "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" writer/producer David E. Kelley. Now according to Deadline , the deal is off and the productio

Apple's new A20 Pro processor isn't being cranked out as fast as it could be because of RAM shortages, and that is reportedly slowing assembly of the iPhone 18 Pro , and the folding iPhone. That's not great. Render of a possible iPhone 18 Pro - image credit: AppleInsider The fact that there's a RAM crisis and supply problem isn't a new revelation. What is, however, is the fact that in Apple's and TSMC's most complex processor, that uses a new manufacturing technique, RAM supply may be gumming up

Russia has escalated its long-running dispute with Apple by opening an antitrust case that could cost the iPhone maker nearly $50 million over its refusal to preload state-backed apps. Russia opens antitrust case against Apple over iPhone apps After years of threatening to do so, Russia has finally begun investigating Apple after it failed to preinstall state-backed apps onto devices in the country. The apps in question are Max, a state-backed messaging service, and RuStore, a domestic app store

Apple Health and Google Health can now sync data between them, which means your Fitbit data and other tracked metrics can finally show up in the Health app without needing third-party apps or workarounds. Google Health for iOS In May, Google Health launched as a replacement for the Fitbit app, making the fitness brand's hardware operate under the search company's Health arm. Months later, the app has been updated to work a lot better on Apple hardware. The initial versions of Google Health did w

Apple has significantly increased how much it pays you to trade in most devices, but you should compare carrier offerings, other trade-in vendors, and private sale values to get the most for your hardware. Apple has increased its trade-in values for many, but not all, iPhones - image credit: Apple There's no question but that Apple is looking down the barrel of weaker than usual sales for the forthcoming iPhone 18 Pro . No matter how good that smartphone is, it comes at a time when the global ch

Researchers have uncovered Mac malware that can steal credentials and drain all or a selected percentage of a cryptocurrency wallet, in yet another reminder not to paste random commands from the internet into Terminal. New malware via ClickFix The Go-based malware arrived through a ClickFix attack , which disguises a malicious instruction as a CAPTCHA or error message. Instead of exploiting macOS , the attackers persuaded the victim to run the command that installed their malware for them. Once

Apple's iPhone production in India is getting more of a boost, as the government considers extending a tax exemption on manufacturing machinery and component imports until 2041. Tata's iPhone component production facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India. Image Credit: Tata India is a major location in Apple's work to diversify its production outside of China. While it has already benefited from many incentives from the country, its supply chain stands to benefit even more . A draft proposal seen by