By Oliver Haslam Apple is running a promotion that offers a 10% discount on AirPods and other accessories when customers recycle their old devices, including very old iPhones and iPads.Apple is offering a discount on AirPods and other accessories right nowThe deal, which runs from today through May 26, is only valid at physical Apple Stores. Those who don’t have an Apple Store within traveling distance are, unfortunately, out of luck.Apple also notes that customers must recycle their old hardware and buy their new accessory at the same time. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher Apple invited paraplegic Claire Lomas to fly a plane while being filmed for an Apple Vision Pro immersive video, but she then suffered fatal injuries in an accident upon landing.Claire Lomas pictured in 2012 walking London Marathon – image credit: Lulu KyriacouIn 2024, Apple was making one of the first of its “Adventure” immersive videos for the then-new Apple Vision Pro, featuring spectacular feats such as Parkour running in Paris. According to Bloomberg, Lomas was being filmed flying a converted microlight over the Jordan desert when she crashed after landing.BBC News reported back in 2025 that Lomas had been invited to film there by an unnamed documentary maker, now revealed to be Apple and London’s Atlantic Studios. Lomas had flown this type of microlight before, but the BBC says it went off a road after landing and crashed into a rock. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher Apple has released its latest annual environmental report with new milestones achieved, including 100% recycled cobalt in batteries, 100% recycled rare earth elements in magnets, and more.Apple claims it now uses 100% recycled gold plating in all Apple-designed printed circuit board – image credit: AppleIts 2025 annual environmental report was a tale of the company being under pressure to reach its 2030 target despite the new energy requirements of AI. But for 2026, the company can now point to multiple milestones it has reached, specifically:30% recycled materials across all devices Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Oliver Haslam Apple will add at least four new iPhone Apple Intelligence features to Safari, Wallet, and more when it announces iOS 27 this June.New Apple Intelligence features are rumored for iOS 27That’s according to a new report, which cites code discovered on Apple’s backend servers. The new features are yet to be confirmed by Apple, but could bring additional functionality to a beleaguered Apple Intelligence feature set.Apple isn’t expected to announce the iOS 27 update until its June 2026 WWDC event. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher A key part for the regularly rumored variable aperture camera in the forthcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max has reportedly now entered manufacturing, on schedule for production of the whole system.iPhone 17 Pro has a new wider camera plateau, which could feasibly be used in the next model to incorporate a variable aperture mechanism.A variable aperture will be one of the most significant improvements Apple has made to the iPhone’s camera system, bringing it another feature that’s previously been confined to standalone cameras. Now according to ET News, the supply chain has revealed that it’s coming, and that it is now in production.Specifically, China’s Sunny Optical firm is reported to have started production of an actuator. This is the mechanism that moves the lens components, letting it increase or decrease the amount of light being received by the sensor. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher If you’ve ever have to wipe the drive of a very old Mac, you know you need an old macOS to get it running again. Beyond Restore, Apple only grudgingly allows downloads, but others are trying to make it easier.You can download installers for most versions of the Mac operating system back to OS X Lion – image credit: AppleApple does rather prefer you to use only the latest version of macOS, but it’s not as if it charges you to do so. Eventually you might need to buy a new Mac, so there is some financial upside for the company, but most of the time, the reason to stay up to date is security.If you’re looking for an older macOS version then you know this already, but you also know that the Mac you’re working on will not run macOS Tahoe. In which case, your job is this: Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Wesley Hilliard Users looking to create nonconsensual deepfakes of unknowing individuals can simply perform an App Store search. If App Review has a job, it clearly isn’t doing it.It is trivially easy to search for deepfake tools when they take out adsIt isn’t just the Grok app that lets users create nonconsensual deepfake nudes and pornography. Apple did remove at least 28 such apps in January, and even threatened xAI with a Grok removal, but that clearly hasn’t been enough.According to a report from The Tech Transparency Project that was first shared by 9to5Mac, “nudify” apps are appearing in search ads and suggestions in the App Store. Pornography isn’t banned from the App Store if it isn’t the app’s sole purpose, but illegal or harmful products are. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Wesley Hilliard Researchers were able to pull $10k from a locked iPhone via a trick that requires physical device access, perfect circumstances, and specialized hardware. Don’t let fearmongering convince you to turn off Transit Mode.Visa cards on Apple Pay have a very specific vulnerability that no one should worry aboutFear is one of the most prevalent emotions to utilize when looking to make some content go viral. If you watched TV in the past 40 years, a lot of late-night news broadcasts thrived on the “but it could happen to you” plot devices.YouTube is no stranger to using fear as a tactic, and one of the biggest tech YouTubers, Marques Brownlee, let hacking channel Veritasium steal $10k from his locked iPhone in a video. It utilized a man-in-the-middle technique where transaction handshakes are intercepted between an iPhone and payment terminal. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Marko Zivkovic As part of ongoing efforts to improve Siri, Apple’s engineers are set to participate in a multi-week coding bootcamp, which will help them master the use of AI in coding.Apple will allegedly organize an AI coding bootcamp for its Siri engineers.Apple’s planned contextual awareness upgrade for Siri still isn’t here, nearly two years after it was announced at WWDC 2024. Development has hit some snags, and it’s often been said that Apple has fallen behind in the AI race.However, the company remains undeterred. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Wesley Hilliard Journalists are protected when they report trade secrets, with caveats, and leaker Jon Prosser hopes that this protection will be enough to have the lawsuit that Apple filed dismissed.Jon Prosser believes his Liquid Glass leaks are protected speechThings haven’t been going well for Front Page Tech owner Jon Prosser. He leaked early prototype designs of Liquid Glass and has been sued by Apple for how he allegedly got hold of the materials.After failing to respond to Apple’s complaints and placed in a default ruling, he’s allegedly been working the case from behind the scenes. The latest filing from Prosser’s team suggests he believes it is all going to be thrown out. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
