By Christine McKee The lowest price on record is in effect on Apple’s 2026 15-inch MacBook Air at Amazon, with the loaded M5 spec featuring an upgrade to 24GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD now on sale for $1,549.Grab the lowest price ever on Apple’s brand-new M5 MacBook Air 15-inch – Image credit: AppleDeals on both the 2026 13-inch and 15-inch models are going on now during Amazon’s April MacBook Air sale, with retail configurations now $150 off.A top pick from the sale is the M5/24GB RAM/1TB spec that offers extra storage space and additional memory over the standard model. Discounted to $1,549 after a $150 discount, the deal is available in all four colorways. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Amber Neely Bypass your iPhone’s front camera entirely by using Insta360’s Snap Selfie Screen, allowing you to shoot better selfies with the good cameras, and record in 4K.Image Credit: Insta360Insta360 has released its own take on the popular rear-camera selfie screen. Dubbed ‘Snap,’ it allows you to use your iPhone’s higher quality rear cameras the same way you’d use the front cam.If you haven’t seen them before, a rear selfie screen is essentially a plug-and-play touchscreen monitor that shows you what your rear cameras see. This makes it significantly easier to line up the perfect shot, whether for video or a still image. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Andrew Orr “Dark Matter” is no longer a contained sci-fi thriller, as Apple pushes the series into a larger, more complex multiverse story for its second season.Jennifer Connelly and Joel Edgerton. Image credit: AppleApple unveiled the next chapter on April 7, offering a sneak peek and new story details that expand on the multiverse concept from season one. Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly reprise their roles as Jason and Daniela Dessen.In season one on Apple TV, we followed Jason Dessen, a physicist who found himself in alternate versions of his life. Each decision he made created a different reality, making his journey both fascinating and chaotic. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen Despite advances in user repair and the improvements in the MacBook Neo, Apple just can’t get away from being rated poorly for repairability.Repairing a MacBook – Image Credit: AppleRepairability is a long-time problem for Apple, after being repeatedly shamed for having hard-to-repair products. In recent years, it has tried to make its products easier to fix, which should eventually improve its image.That initiative was put to good use with the MacBook Neo, with the traditional teardown resulting in the notebook being called the most repairable MacBook since 2012. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Andrew Orr ClickFix attacks targeting Mac users now use Script Editor instead of Terminal, a shift that sidesteps Apple’s latest protections and streamlines the attack.ClickFix tricks the userApple introduced command scanning for pasted input in macOS 26.4, which added friction to earlier versions of the attack. Attackers now avoid that step by replacing copy-and-paste instructions with a guided workflow that launches Script Editor directly.Jamf says the campaign delivers a payload identified as a variant of Atomic Stealer through a fake system cleanup process. ClickFix attacks have traditionally relied on persuading users to copy and paste malicious commands into Terminal. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher A new report claims that Apple has had to agree to a three-year Samsung Display contract because no other firm can make the screens needed for the iPhone Fold.Render of a possible iPhone Fold design – image credit: AppleInsiderApple likes having multiple suppliers, both to avoid over-reliance on any one source, and to play them off against each other in order to lower prices. Now a year ago rumor about Samsung Display producing iPhone Fold screens is reportedly confirmed, and the deal favors the supplier.According to The Elec, Samsung Display proposed a three-year exclusive deal to supply the foldable OLED panels for the iPhone Fold. Reportedly, at present BOE’s foldable panels as used by Huawei are considered inadequate, and Apple’s other main supplier, LG Display, doesn’t yet make folding screens for smartphones. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Marko Zivkovic Apple’s researchers continue to focus on LLMs, with studies detailing the use of AI in UI prototype creation and a new dataset for image safety rating.Apple’s latest AI research explores how vibe-coding UI designs can be made easier.With Xcode 26.3, Apple introduced support for agentic coding tools to help developers plan, execute, and iterate on projects with the help of AI. In other words, Xcode offers built-in compatibility with popular LLM chatbots, such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex.And that looks to be only the start of Apple’s vibe coding-related endeavors, as its latest research offers a new twist on generating UI designs with the help of AI. Apple is also exploring the use of AI in evaluating the safety content of images, among other things. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen Apple, Google, and almost all of the rest of US big tech have signed up to Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, that will use AI to improve the cybersecurity of critical software.Anthropic’s Project Glasswing will help shore up iOS from AI cybersecurity threats – Image Credit: AnthropicWhile AI has enabled vibe coding to become more prevalent, it has also made it easier for malicious actors to create malware or to find new vulnerabilities to exploit. To fight this AI advantage, a group of major companies is also going to use AI.Under the not-at-all ominous name Project Glasswing, Claude maker Anthropic is bringing together a number of big names in tech to try and fight the potential cybersecurity threat of AI. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen After an overnight report guessing otherwise, another leaker claims that the iPhone Fold will be launched in September. Time will tell who’s right.A render of what the iPhone Fold could look like – Image Credit: AppleInsiderAs with any new piece of technology in development, the iPhone Fold will have had a lot of teething troubles in its development. That has led to a spate of claims that various issues have led to delays for the model.In a Tuesday post, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg insists that the iPhone Fold isn’t delayed. In fact, it will be arriving alongside the rest of the iPhone roster as usual, in September. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Andrew Orr A rack of 48 Mac minis now powers Overcast’s podcast transcripts, as developer Marco Arment bypasses cloud AI in favor of local Apple Silicon.Rack-mounted Mac minis. Image credit: OvercastArment chose Apple Silicon hardware to dodge the rising costs and limitations of cloud AI services. His system launched in March with Overcast’s new transcript feature.Now, the app can generate podcast transcripts on a large scale using Apple’s speech recognition models. Instead of running on listeners’ devices, the processing happens on the Mac mini backend. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
