Add a splash of dark color with these Burgundy wallpapers for your iPhone 18 Pro devices.

If you cast your mind back to almost a year ago from today, Apple TV was about to launch a new series called The Savant starring Jessica Chastain … until it was pulled from the schedule at the last moment, in the wake of the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.

Apple never gave an exact reason for cancelling the release, but promised it would release the series at a later date …

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Apple just released a new Mac mini late last month, equipped with the new M6 and M5 Pro chips. If you’re looking for a perfect Thunderbolt 5 dock to pair with your new Mac mini (or your current M4/M4 Pro model) – Satechi has a great offering for you.

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iFixit has published its traditional teardown of the iPhone 18 Pro, which shows the variable aperture mechanism up close and explores a potential issue involving display repairs. Watch it below.

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The new version of Siri, Siri AI, launched to the masses this month as part of iOS 27. The new Siri is rolling out gradually to users via a waitlist, and is labelled as a ‘beta’ indicating that Apple still has some work to do in follow-up releases.

The new Siri is much better at answering questions with access to rich knowledge, can search through your messages and notes for personal context queries, and can take action based on what is on your screen with onscreen awareness. However, the new Siri is not being welcomed with open arms by everyone …

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Leading into the iPhone Duo launch, we heard from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple was considering a new Apple Pencil for iPhone Duo, though it was unlikely that the company would go forward with it. Of course, the iPhone Duo keynote came, and Apple did announce support for the USB-C Apple Pencil. Here’s how that happened.

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Well, this is odd. The handwashing timer feature is currently absent from the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 hardware.

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With the new iPhone Duo, Apple is taking a little bit of a software gamble. All apps, in order to take advantage of the larger inner display of iPhone Duo, will need to be recompiled for iOS 27.0 at a minimum. To use the Duo’s unique new tab bar and other UI components, you’ll need iOS 27.1.

Of course, this means a lot of developers will have to rebuild to support the Duo. On the flip side, it also means Apple is taking a risk of many apps on iPhone Duo being stuck in black bars.

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Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.

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In this day and age, gas prices fluctuate quite a lot. If you want to have a better idea of how things are flowing, GasPulse is a great tool – giving you trends, historical prices, and an outlook to follow on your iPhone.

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Earlier this year, I picked up a WHOOP for the very first time. As a longtime Apple Watch user I was looking forward to having a new way of tracking my health stats in a cleaner interface that the Apple Watch wasn’t offering. Now, with Apple Watch Series 12, I’m very convinced to switch back to the Apple Watch. Here’s why.

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This week on the "Cult of Mac" podcast: The iPhone 18 Pro is almost here but Apple's far from finished releasing new hardware this year.

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There was a post on X going viral a few weeks ago about password management. The password keeper book is more secure than most people want to admit. As the user said: Reminder that it is quite difficult to hack a piece of paper. Nobody is gonna zero day a book on a shelf in your house, and if they are somehow motivated enough to steal it, you have bigger things to worry about then your facebook password leaking…

With that being said, I still believe a properly implemented password management tool is one of the best security measures you can deploy in your organization. Dashlane is rolling out a new solution to help better secure credentials in the enterprise.

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Your weekend Apple deals have arrived, much like the first wave of iPhone 18 Pro orders and all of the discounts we are tracking on cases and accessories as part of Amazon’s early fall Prime Day deals. Those offers join a $50 price drop on AirPods Pro 3, and the $100 discount AirPods Max 2.

Alongside some Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 price drops, we have the return of pre-order discounts on the new M6 Mac mini and Mac Studio joined by solid $150 price drops on M5 MacBook Air models, and more. Check it out below. 

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TechInsights has published one of the first in-depth iPhone 18 Pro Max teardowns. Most notably, the teardown confirms that the iPhone 18 Pro Max sold in the United States still uses a Qualcomm modem.

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The iPhone 18 Pro Max offers a huge jump in battery life, partly because the battery itself is physically larger.

In a new support document published today, Apple says the iPhone 18 Pro Max has such a big battery that it has additional shipping requirements.

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Google’s latest update to the Gemini app for macOS readies local iMessage integration. This follows the app coming to Windows last week.

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In a new video, The Quantified Scientist’s Rob ter Horst compares the new Apple Watch Series 12’s heart rate sensor against a Polar H10 ECG chest strap. Here’s what he found.

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Apple today updated its iOS and iPadOS 27 Feature Availability page, confirming that more than 30 new languages and language variants are now supported across features such as Dictionary: Thesaurus, Activate with Siri, and Visual Look Up. Here’s what’s new.

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Although Apple did not include the iPhone Duo’s wallpapers in iOS 27, the company did include them in the iPhone simulator in Xcode 27.1 beta, released earlier today, which means now you can download them. Get them below.

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iOS 27 is here, and many of its new features are powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence. Here are 20+ new Apple Intelligence features in iOS 27.

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