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- 04:43 pm'Sniper Elite 4' creeps onto Mac, iPhone, and iPad
Rebellion's award-winning tactical shooter, "Sniper Elite 4" is now available on select iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.Sniper Elite 4 | Image Credit: RebellionThe World War II sniper experience takes the player to 1943 Italy. Playing as Karl Fairburne, they must use an array of authentic weaponry to defeat a new Nazi threat.The game is best known for its "X-ray Kill Camera," which shows an internal view of enemies as they are hit by bullets. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:42 pmApple TV+ hits 'Slow Horses' and 'Shrinking' nominated for acting awards
The Screen Actors Guild has announced its award nominations for 2025, with Apple TV+ getting all of its nods for the thriller "Slow Horses," and the comedy "Shrinking."Gary Oldman in "Slow Horses" — image credit: Apple TV+In 2024, Apple TV+ scored 11 SAG-AFTRA nominations, led chiefly by "Ted Lasso." For the new 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, it's received four nominations, all for just two shows.Gary Oldman is nominated as Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role in "Slow Horses." He's competing against Eddie Redmayne for Sky/Universal's "The Day of the Jackal," Jeff Bridges for FX's "The Old Man," and both Tadanobu Asano and Hiroyuki Sanada for "Shogun." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:29 pmPrice war: Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air 512GB falls to lowest price in 30 days
Pick up the M3 15-inch MacBook Air with a bump up to 512GB of storage for just $1,299 in the latest price war.Apple retailers are engaged in a MacBook Air price war.The $200 price drop on the upgraded laptop can be found at both Amazon and B&H Photo as the Apple Authorized Resellers engage in a price war.Get the M3 15-inch MacBook Air with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD for $1,299 at B&H and Amazon Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:25 pmWhat Apple product are you most looking forward to in 2025? [Poll]04:23 pmApple TV+ debuts trailer for ‘Mythic Quest’ Season 4
Apple TV+ on Wednesday dropped the new trailer for the fourth season of “Mythic Quest,” the hit workplace comedy from creators… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.04:11 pmThe Apple Watch Series 10 just got its first significant discount in 2025
Macworld The start of the year and all those health resolutions you’ve made are the best excuse to get yourself a new Apple Watch Series 10. Especially since it’s now available for $329, a savings of $70 off its MSRP, a fantastic price point for the best smartwatch you an buy. This gorgeous smartwatch has a large, fairly bright display that makes it easy to read any information available on it, from app notifications to texts and map directions. There are tons of health features built into this tiny wearable device, from taking ECGs to sending out alerts for high or low heart rates, tracking sleep habits, and so on. We reviewed the Apple Watch Series 10 and gave it a near-perfect score, as well as our Editor’s Choice award. We really appreciated the easier-to-read display, how fast it charges, and just how great it looks. While we don’t love the limited battery life, it’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a daily recharge. The double-tap gesture where you control things on your Apple Watch is perhaps one of the coolest features because you don’t even have to physically touch the screen to answer or end calls, control music, and so on. Don’t miss out on the year’s first Apple Watch 10 deal and get one for $329 at Amazon. Buy now at Amazon04:10 pm9to5Mac Daily: January 8, 2025 – MacBook Pro rumors and more
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by HabitView: Change your habits, change your life! Download on the App Store today. more…04:10 pmReport: Apple’s US chip manufacturing grows by adding Apple Watch S9 SiP
A new US administration is about to enter office, one that will incentivize companies to build in America rather than overseas. And Apple seems well prepared for that change, as the company has reportedly just expanded its US-based chip production. more…04:04 pmAT&T will now pay you if there’s a network outage
AT&T is kicking off 2025 with a new “AT&T Guarantee” program that the company says will “set a new bar” for customer and network service. The headlining part of the announcement? AT&T will now credit you if you experience a network outage … more…04:00 pmToday in Apple history: HP’s iPod comes out of the blue
On January 8, 2004, the iPod+HP, a Hewlett-Packard-branded iPod, showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show looking ... blue! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)03:58 pmFoxconn wants a bigger cut of India's production incentive subsidies
Apple's iPhone assembly partner Foxconn has asked the Indian government for larger payments from a manufacturing fund, because other companies failed to meet standards.Production in a Foxconn facility - Image Credit: FoxconnApple's increased production of iPhones in India was aided by the introduction of production-linked incentive schemes (PLI), promising funds to companies manufacturing in the country. Foxconn now wants a bigger cut of the subsidy pie.Foxconn and Dixon Technologies India are requesting for the Indian government to bump up their subsidies under PLI schemes. The companies have already received approval for payments for reaching production targets, but they want more, reports Bloomberg. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:33 pmNew Mythic Quest season 4 trailer just arrived from Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has two big returning series coming this month: Severance and Mythic Quest. The two shows are polar opposites, but both promise to be a treat for viewers. Today, Apple has released the first trailer for Mythic Quest season 4—and it looks very good. more…03:10 pmDell ‘borrows’ Apple’s Pro and Pro Max product names
Get ready for the Dell Pro Max. The company rebranded all its PCs with names that should sound very familiar to Apple users. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)03:08 pmTwo new smart rings offer AFib detection for $380, or gold for $1,900
Oura remains the king of the smart ring business – at least until Apple enters the arena – but two competitors are trying very different approaches in launching their own models. French branch Circular hasn’t made much progress to date, thanks to a plastic construction and an absence of wireless charging, but it has fixed both issues in its latest model … more…03:01 pmApple fires employees over charity donation matching fraud
Apple has reportedly terminated approximately 50 employees at its Cupertino headquarters following an internal investigation that… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.02:38 pmThis new Apple product could be the sleeper hit of 2025
Apple’s AirTag item tracker has been a huge hit since it was first released in April 2021. Look around, and you’ll see the circular accessory attached to keys, backpacks, and suitcases everywhere. This year, Apple will release AirTag 2 – its first-ever hardware upgrade to the product. I think it has the potential to be an under-the-radar success. more…02:37 pmTSMC's Arizona plant starts making a second Apple chip
TSMC's chip foundry in Arizona is not just making one Apple chip, as a second Apple design is reportedly now in production at the facility.TSMC office sign - Image Credit: TSMCIn September, TSMC finally started to produce chips at its Arizona foundry, which had been under construction since 2020. Four months later, the facility is seemingly expanding its capabilities.According to sources of Tim Culpan, TSMC Arizona is producing its second Apple product. It's reportedly manufacturing SiPs (Systems in package) for the Apple Watch. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:30 pmGet a smartphone the size of a credit card for just $95
This little phone is about the size of a credit card, but it's still packed with everything you may expect from a smartphone. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:29 pmWashington State suing T-Mobile over data breach impacting 79 million people
Washington State is suing T-Mobile over a 2021 security breach which exposed the personal data of some 79 million people, including 2M Washington residents. Data exposed included social security numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver’s license information. The carrier is accused of failing to follow industry-standard cybersecurity processes, which allowed the breach to go unnoticed for four months … more…02:15 pmApple spring event 2025: Expected date, time and new product rumors
Macworld Expectations are high that Apple is planning a number of new product releases in the spring 2025 time frame, but will the company hold a spring event, and if it does, when will Apple’s spring event take place. Apple doesn’t always hold a spring event, but when it does, it usually takes place in March or April. However, in 2024, when we had almost given up hope of a spring event, Apple surprised us by issuing invites to an event on May 7. In this article, we explain what you need to know about Apple’s spring event, including when it might be held, how to watch it, and what products you can expect to be unveiled. Will Apple hold a spring event in 2025? In the past ten years Apple has held seven spring events, with the exception of 2023, 2020 and 2017 (and there would undoubtedly have been one in 2020 if it wasn’t for the pandemic). Apple’s spring event is one of the three or four big events in Apple’s yearly cycle of announcements. There’s the big iPhone/Mac software announcements at WWDC in the summer, the iPhone launch in September, sometimes we see Apple make Mac and iPad announcements in October or November, and (most years) we get some hardware reveals at a spring event in March or April. At these events Apple executives hit the stage–whether real or virtual–and boast about some recent successes, before revealing what new products are about to launch. For more detail on Apple’s calendar of events, read When is the next Apple event? But will there be an event in spring 2025? There was no second fall event in 2024, with Apple choosing instead to issue press releases regarding M4 series of MacBooks, iMac, and Mac mini. These announcements could certainly have been made at an event if Apple had wished: the new M4 Pro and M4 Max were worthy of attention, as was the new design of the Mac mini. But Apple settled on press releases spread over a few days. Could this be the start of a trend to avoid the immediacy of an event, where smaller news gets dwarfed by the big stories, in favor of a more controlled, staggered release. Probably not, although such a release may be better suited to Macs, which don’t attract the same interest as iPhones do. It’s because there is possibly going to be an iPhone related release in the spring that we think that Apple may hold an event. The new iPhone SE is expected to launch in that time frame and Apple is likely to want to attract as much attention as possible for that iPhone and its support for Apple Intelligence. (Here’s how to get Apple Intelligence on your iPhone if you have a compatible model.) When is the Spring Apple event 2024? We don’t yet know when (or if) there will be an Apple event this spring. But we can make some educated guesses based on when the event has been held in the past, and other events happening around that time. It’s typical for Apple to hold events (other than WWDC) on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. If Apple holds the event on March 11, 18 or 25 it could be selling the new products before its second quarter ends on March 30. Alternatively, If Apple waits until April we wouldn’t expect the event to fall too close to the easter time frame, so April 8 or April 29 would be the most likely dates. Apple held a Spring event on the following dates: 2024: Tuesday May 7: (“Let Loose”): 11 & 14-inch iPad Pro M4, 11 & 14-inch iPad Air M2, Apple Pencil Pro 2023: no event 2022, Tuesday March 8: (“Peek Performance,” virtual): New iPhone SE, new iPad Air, Mac Studio and Studio Display, and new iPhone color options 2021, Tuesday April 20: (“Spring Loaded,” virtual): New iPad Pro and iMac, Apple TV 4K, AirTags, new iPhone color options and iOS 14.7 2020: no event 2019, Monday March 25: (“It’s show time”): Apple Card, and the News+, TV+, and Arcade subscription services 2018, Tuesday March 27: (“Let’s take a field trip”): New iPad and education announcements 2017: no event 2016, Monday March 21: (“Let us loop you in”): iPad Pro, iPhone SE, and software updates 2015, Monday March 9: (“Spring Forward”): Apple Watch, a new MacBook, and iOS 8.2 2014: no event 2013: no event 2012, Wednesday March 7: (“We have something you really have to see. And touch”): 3rd-gen Apple TV and 3rd-gen iPad What time will Apple’s spring event start? You can still watch the spring 2025 event on YouTube. Apple’s events generally start at 10 a.m. in local (California) time, but in May 2024 the event started at 7am PT. Here’s what that time translated to in various locations around the world: U.K.: 3 pm (BST) Central Europe: 4 pm (CEST) U.S.: 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 9 am (CT), 10 am (ET) Canada: 7 am (PT), 8 am (MT), 9 am (CT), 10 am (ET) India: 7.30 pm (IST) Singapore and China: 11 pm Japan: next day at 2 am (JST) Australia: 11 pm (AWST), 11.30 pm (ACST), midnight (AEST) New Zealand: next day at 2 am (NZST) If Apple holds the event at the usual time of 10am PT the timing will be as follows (allow for daylight saving time changes, which happen at different times around the world). U.S.: at 10 am (PST/PDT), 11 am (MST/MDT), noon (CST/CDT), 1 pm (EST/EDT) Canada: as above, and 2 pm (AST/ADT) U.K.: at 6 pm (GMT/BST) Europe: at 7pm (CET/CEST), 8 pm (EET/EEST) India: at 10.30 pm (IST) Australia: Next day at 1 am (AWST/AWDT), 2.30 am (ACST/ACDT), 3 am (AEST/AEDT) New Zealand: Next day at 5 am (NZST/NZDT) Apple events generally last between one and two hours. What is the spring event tagline and what does it mean? When Apple announces the tagline for the spring 2025 event there will be a lot of speculation as to what it might indicate about the product announcements. For the May 2024 event the tagline was Let Loose, a phrase that suggested freedom and the idea that creativity will be let loose. The image accompanying the invite was of an Apple Pencil drawing. So when a new range of iPads and a new Apple Pencil were launched it was no real surprise. Since an iPhone announcement is expected, a tagline relating to the iPhone and AI seems likely. What will Apple announce at the spring event? We’ve mentioned the iPhone SE a couole of times, but there are other Apple products due an update: M4 MacBook Air The MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini already have M4 chips so it’s time that the MacBook Air got upgraded to the M4. More here: MacBook Air M4 rumors. 11th-gen iPad The 10th-gen iPad launched back in October 2022 and is the only model that doesn’t support Apple Intelligence, so an update to the same A17 Pro chip as the iPad mini seems likely. See: 11th-gen iPad rumors. iPhone SE It’s expected that the new iPhone SE will support Apple Intelligence, which means we will see a processor jump that takes it beyond the iPhone 14 and 15 models still on sale. Rumor has it that this will be known as the iPhone 16 SE. Read: iPhone SE rumors. Other new products We could also see some updates to the Home products. There have been rumors of a faster version of the Apple TV, a HomePod with screen, or a product that combines the two products. We’ll probably be waiting until WWDC in June for the Mac Pro and Mac Studio updates. How to watch Apple’s spring event live The best way to watch would be to get an invite to attend in person, but most of us won’t be so lucky. Fortunately, Apple will also live stream the presentation so everyone can watch along. The first place to try is right at the top of this article where we have embedded Apple’s YouTube stream. You can also watch on Apple’s events page, which will have the live stream on the night. Indeed, the main Apple.com home page should have plenty of coverage while the presentation is happening. If you’ve got an iPhone, an iPad, an Apple TV, or a Mac–assuming the device has sufficiently up-to-date software–you can watch the stream on the TV app. PC owners can also watch but will need to visit Apple’s site as mentioned above. After the event is finished, it will also be available to rewatch in the Podcasts and TV apps, and on Apple’s website. The company has occasionally experimented with streaming announcements on its Twitter page, although we don’t expect it to repeat the strategy this time. Finally, Apple has for certain events in the past held broadcast events in Apple Stores, so it may be worth contacting your nearest outlet to see if they have anything planned. More information about watching the event here: How to watch Apple’s event. Apple What has Apple launched in past spring events? Here’s what Apple has announced at previous spring events: 2024: Tuesday May 7 2023: no event 2022, Tuesday March 8: (“Peek Performance,” virtual): New iPhone SE, new iPad Air, Mac Studio and Studio Display, and new iPhone color options 2021, Tuesday April 20: (“Spring Loaded,” virtual): New iPad Pro and iMac, Apple TV 4K, AirTags, new iPhone color options and iOS 14.7 2020: no event 2019, Monday March 25: (“It’s show time”): Apple Card, and the News+, TV+, and Arcade subscription services 2018, Tuesday March 27: (“Let’s take a field trip”): New iPad and education announcements 2017: no event 2016, Monday March 21: (“Let us loop you in”): iPad Pro, iPhone SE, and software updates 2015, Monday March 9: (“Spring Forward”): Apple Watch, a new MacBook, and iOS 8.2 2014: no event 2013: no event 2012, Wednesday March 7: (“We have something you really have to see. And touch”): 3rd-gen Apple TV and 3rd-gen iPad What happens at an Apple event? Like most tech-company launch events, it will feature both fluff and substance. Expect some tedious bragging at the beginning; this may cover such topics as operating system adoption rates, hardware customer reviews, and eco-friendly manufacturing policies. But Apple wouldn’t hold an event if there wasn’t something worth hearing, and we should get into proper announcements within 10 minutes or so. Generally, you can expect multiple separate announcements at an Apple event.