Every Apple story

178 stories tracking Apple, ranked newest first, from TechSnif's permanent archive.

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg ·

Apple updates Apple Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, following Trump's EO

Apple Inc. renamed Lake Ontario "Lake America" on its maps service, following a similar move by Alphabet Inc.'s Google, in the wake of an order from US President Donald Trump.

Tom Warren / The Verge ·

Mozilla launches built-in ad blocking for Firefox on iOS, using Apple's WebKit Content Blocker and the EasyList filter to block third-party ads and trackers

Mozilla is using Apple's WebKit Content Blocker technology and the EasyList filter to block ads in Firefox.

Deepa Seetharaman / Reuters ·

Filing: OpenAI denies Apple's allegations of trade secret theft, saying "this dispute is a mess of Apple's own making, and it is trying to blame everyone else"

OpenAI denied Apple's allegations of trade secret theft on Monday, saying the iPhone maker failed to show …

Aaron Tilley / The Information ·

OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs

The hottest products at Apple right now are not the iPhone, the iPad or a buzzy new show on the company's streaming service.

Lauren Feiner / The Verge ·

Meta's AG settlement says its age verification framework will use "reliable age signals" shared with it by "OS and app stores operated by Apple and Google"

Under its splashy agreement with state AGs, Meta gets to flaunt the high road, while dragging its competitors.

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac ·

Apple announces a "Surprise and shine" event on September 9 at 10am PT at Apple Park, where its first foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro, and more are expected

Apple has officially announced its next product event, where it will unveil the iPhone 18 Pro lineup and its first foldable iPhone.

Counterpoint Research ·

In Q2, Apple's base iPhone 17 was the global best-selling smartphone, with a 6% share, followed by the iPhone 17 Pro Max; Apple and Samsung had all 10 top spots

- The iPhone 17 led the Top 10 bestsellers list with 6% overall market sales share for the quarter, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro take the next two spots.

Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal ·

Apple raises Mac mini and Studio prices: the M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini are $899+ and $1,699+, $100 above M4 models, and the M5 Ultra Mac Studio is $5,499+, up $200

Between the AI agent craze and the global memory-chip shortage, Apple might struggle to keep these refreshed little powerhouse Macs in stock

Aaron Tilley / The Information ·

Tim Cook is set to step down on September 1, and a source says Apple hosted an intimate farewell party; sources say Cook's assistant will work with John Ternus

Next Tuesday, Tim Cook will officially pass the baton as Apple CEO to his successor, John Ternus.

Jordyn Holman / New York Times ·

Q&A with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine on lessons from Apple's Beats acquisition, creativity, being pro-AI music creation, AI as a tool like drum machines, and more

The hit-making duo turned tech moguls also have thoughts about why corporate America isn't collaborative enough.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg ·

Apple plans to launch a new Mac mini, its first refresh in two years, potentially before its September iPhone event; Apple tested M5 and M6 versions

Apple Inc. is gearing up to launch a new version of its Mac mini desktop computer for the first time in almost two years, according to people familiar with the matter.

Juli Clover / MacRumors ·

Apple reverses its plan to move iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com after user backlash; the feature will continue using the icloud.com domain

Apple today said it is reversing its decision and will not change the email domain used for the iCloud+ Hide My Email feature.

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac ·

Gurman: as part of Vision Pro cuts, Apple is largely shutting down a team focused on gaming and reducing the size of a unit producing immersive video content

Apple is cutting jobs across multiple teams, according to a new Bloomberg report. All told, the company has cut …

Jamie John / Financial Times ·

Filings: Apple paid Ireland $17B in taxes in 2025, 40% of its $43B in global corporate income tax total, after an EU court ordered it to pay €13B in back taxes

New filings highlight iPhone maker's global tax liabilities

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac ·

OpenAI rolls out an Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT on macOS, letting ChatGPT read, search, and analyze chats, prepare and send messages, and more

Well, this seems interesting. ChatGPT's latest update adds a new Mac integration: the ability to work with conversations from Apple's Messages app.

Bloomberg ·

The EU says it "welcomes Apple's changes"; Apple will reduce its fees in the EU, charging 26% for apps with IAP, 20% for alt payments, and 15% for link-outs

Apple Inc. has agreed to a set of sweeping changes for its App Store in Europe, including dropping per-install fees …

Wired ·

Meta ran ads for a nudify app; one ad showed a porn video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician; Apple removed the app from the App Store

One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician.

Juli Clover / MacRumors ·

Apple's macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC has references to unreleased products: a Home Hub, home accessories, new Beats, AirPods Pro 4, Apple Intelligence in China, and more

The macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate that Apple seeded today has references to several unreleased products, from home devices to iPhones, iPads, AirPods, and Macs.

Reuters ·

A German regulator says Apple will make changes to ATT, after finding Apple gave its apps more favorable consent prompts than those of third-party developers

Apple will change rules governing how app developers can use personal data for targeted advertising on iPhones and iPads …

Wall Street Journal ·

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US is "not in favor" of Apple buying Chinese memory chips, and there have to be "other solutions to the memory issue"

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urges iPhone maker to find other solutions to AI-driven chip supply crunch

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac ·

Apple officially opens ad bookings for businesses on Apple Maps ahead of an upcoming full rollout across the US and Canada

Ads are coming to Apple Maps soon in the US and Canada, and today businesses can start booking their own ads. Here are the details, including a limited-time promotional offer for businesses.

Reuters ·

Apple trained a China-specific LLM with Alibaba's support, which would make Apple the first foreign company to offer a proprietary AI model in China

Apple (AAPL.O) has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people familiar with the matter said …

Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac ·

Epic v. Apple: Apple proposes commissions on US linked-out purchases of 15% for standard apps, 10% for partner programs and renewals, 5% for Small Business apps

Apple has submitted its proposal for the fees it should be allowed to charge for purchases made outside of the App Store system in the Epic Games case.