Hundreds of AI apps with hidden sexual and violent deepfake features made it into Apple’s App Store after passing app review. The same apps were also available in the Google Play Store.

An investigation discovered more than 400 apps, apparently created by a single Chinese organization. The apps allow users to upload photos and then generate sexual and violent deepfakes which could be used to humiliate or threaten victims …

Apple code sleuther pdfu has discovered evidence that HomeView will be able to serve as a HomeKit security camera.

They found multiple options for the security camera feature, with Apple taking significant steps to protect the privacy of household members …

There are devices you need in your life, others for which you can put together a convincing justification – and then there are gadgets you quite simply want.

I said last month that I was wowed by the launch video for the iPhone Duo, despite it falling very clearly into the latter category for me – and playing with one hasn’t changed that in the slightest …

Reddit has announced the introduction of a new For You feed, an algorithmic-driven one that tries to find new communities and threads to match your interests. Fortunately, you don’t have to use it …

The MacBook Neo was already a bargain by Mac standards when it launched with a starting price of $599, but for students an education price of $499 made it a steal.

Sadly, that changed back in June when both retail and education prices rose by $100. Now, however, the education price has been raised even further …

Steve Jobs famously dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac back in 2010 when he said that it “gives great demo” but turns out to be “ergonomically terrible” in real-life use.

It was inevitable that eyebrows would be raised when the company did a U-turn on this by launching the first touchscreen Mac. But while I have no interest myself, I do think the company’s counterargument some 16 years later makes sense …

There weren’t too many surprises with yesterday’s launch of the first touchscreen Mac, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display. But one of those was the option to spec the SSD to a massive 16TB.

With the M6 MacBook Pro the new entry-level model, that means that you can now spend anywhere between $1,999 and $14,549 on a new MacBook Pro …

Apple recently launched new HomePod mini speakers and its HomeView smart display, and today it’s Amazon’s turn with five new Alexa devices.

This includes a new Echo speaker with visual intelligence and an Echo Show with a larger 16-inch display and a nanomatte option …

We’re just hours away now from Apple unveiling the latest MacBook Pro with OLED and touchscreen. We’re expecting the display to replace the notch with a Dynamic Island, and a leaker has now found elements in macOS 27 that appear to confirm this.

We’re also expecting the same droplet-like design for Siri AI, expanding from the Dynamic Island just as it does on iPhone …

On the day Apple is set to unveil its first ever touchscreen Mac, a startup is trying to persuade us that we instead need a touchscreen mouse, compatible with both Mac and PC.

The mouse has a 3.1in touchscreen supporting app-specific shortcuts as well as a mini multi-touch trackpad and customizable hardware buttons …

Key Apple memory supplier SK Hynix has warned that RAM and flash memory shortages are likely to last through at least 2030, keeping product prices high.

Apple is believed to be one of 14 customers who have locked in priority orders, but the contract does not protect against price increases related to the balance of supply and demand …

Apple Creator Studio updates have today been announced, with what the company describes as “powerful new AI features” using a combination of Apple Intelligence and OpenAI models.

Final Cut Pro for Mac will also include built-in MotionVFX to provide a large collection of visual effects, transitions, and motion graphics tools …

Two senators with notable expertise in intelligence matters say that the US government is acting illegally over electronic surveillance of its own citizens.

They say the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has permitted intelligence agencies to continue warrantless interception of messages by US citizens despite failing to comply with the administration’s own privacy promise to allow public review of such rulings …

It’s kind of ironic that the most fun apps we’ve seen for a brand new iPhone turn it into a decidedly old device. We’ve already seen a 1980s Sony Walkman emulator, and now Tiny Computers turns the Duo into a whole series of vintage Macs and more.

You can choose between four vintage Macs and a range of non-Apple machines from a similar era, including the Commodore 64 …

Apple yesterday officially launched what it describes as “the biggest update ever” to the iPad mini, featuring an OLED screen and a thinner, lighter design.

However, while there are a significant number of upgrades, internet commentators were very focused on the one thing Apple didn’t upgrade: that 60Hz display …

Please accept my apologies if the headline made you feel old, but yes, Apple retired the iTunes desktop app way back in 2019. However, a new report says that the iTunes Store is currently experiencing an unlikely seeming revival.

This is thanks to a tactic being used by artists like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Summer Walker, and more …

A new video demo shows that you can use the Shortcuts app to trigger automations on opening or closing the iPhone Duo.

One potential use for this is to configure the iPhone Duo to automatically lock when you fold it …

A Redditor used Claude Code AI to build a Mac temperature monitor app and found that the machine was running much hotter than expected. Claude reported that it found a crypto miner using more than 1,000% of the CPU cycles – then added an unprompted comment denying having installed it.

Some Redditors were understandably suspicious of Claude’s spontaneous comment that it wasn’t responsible for installing the rogue app …

It’s kind of wild that there’s an entire YouTube niche in which people buy the latest expensive gadgets and then find creative ways to destroy them. JerryRigEverything is one of the bigger names, and he didn’t hold back when it came to a destruction test of the iPhone Duo.

In addition to subjecting the display to everything from a knife to chainmail armor, he removed the nanotexture layer and said that it kind of looks better …

No, I haven’t managed to get my hands on a prototype pair of Apple Glasses, but I now have experience of the rough equivalents of what we’re expecting from both a 1st- and 2nd-gen product.

In both cases, I could definitely see attractions, and I would absolutely upgrade to smart glasses if I wore conventional eyeglasses. But as someone who doesn’t, I can’t see the technology persuading me to do so …