iPhone delivery day can be an especially exciting occasion. Sure the wait can be painful, but do you know what’s worse? Having your new iPhone stolen off the porch just seconds after delivery. That’s what was happening across thousands of US households, and now we know how.
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches on Mac today alongside its PC and console counterparts. The game is the latest sequel in the long-running Assassin’s Creed franchise from developer Ubisoft and features open world RPG gameplay set in feudal Japan.
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We have big-time deals on iPad mini 7 and the new M3 iPad Air, hundreds in savings on the new M4 MacBook Pro models and deep discounts on the 24GB M3 MacBook Air. But who cares about all of that today when you can score a wildly rare deal on Apple’s most innovative product in years – the venerable Apple Polishing Cloth is now down at just $7 Prime shipped and it could sell out any time folks. We will have to wait until Apple Polishing Cloth 2 to release before it lands with Apple Intelligence support, but we also spotted the Amazon Renewed Premium 1TB iPhone 15 Pro at $649 off the original price alongside some other notable official Apple accessory deals today – woven USB-C cables from $8.50 and the 30/140W wall chargers at 50% off, plus more.
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One of the biggest narratives currently going around about Apple is the company’s AI struggles. But while those struggles are very real, Apple has two big aces up its sleeve that should minimize the damage from ‘new Siri’ shipping late, and propel the company into a bright future. Those two things: innovations in Apple’s upcoming hardware and software.
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Apple is shaking up its executive team in light of ongoing struggles to roll out advanced Apple Intelligence features for Siri. Bloomberg reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook “has lost confidence in the ability of AI head John Giannandrea to execute on product development.”
As such, Mike Rockwell, current vice president of the Vision Products Group and creator of Apple Vision Pro, is taking the reigns of the Siri team.
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Believe it or not, Apple’s 2025 iPad lineup is actually much less confusing than in years past. Although, with four......
Benjamin and Chance react to the biggest stories of the week, including Apple’s commitment to support encrypted RCS, the rumored launch of a new live translation feature for AirPods, and the ongoing fallout of the Siri feature delays. Apple is also forced to add a variety of APIs to let third-party devices access iOS notifications and other system features, thanks to the latest EU decree.
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Ever see Jason Vorhees, hockey mask and knife in tow, out on the town on a Friday that isn’t the 13th? It turns out the masked serial killer from the movies uses Siri. Here’s how we know…
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This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: Siri shake-ups, iOS 19 goals, C2 modem, and new Apple displays. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
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Lots of attention right now is on Apple’s Siri struggles. But to shift to the company’s positives for a moment, the most recent Apple product has proven an unusually great one. Here’s why the M4 MacBook Air represents Apple at its best, and along with the recent Mac mini, hints at a positive new trend.
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