A new report doubles-down on the improbability of new hardware debuts at WWDC — and pushes back the rumored arrival of an Apple TV set-top box update.


Walking back one of its own predictions, Bloomberg now says that no new hardware will be announced at 2024's Worldwide Developer's Conference, which kicks off on June 10th. It also revised its forecast for the next version of the Apple TV hardware box.

The newsletter had previously said that it expected a new version to arrive in the first half of 2024. This would include an upgraded processor from the current model's A15 Bionic.


Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely


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A bicyclist's fortuitous AirPod bounce after a terrible crash helped police track down a hit-and-run driver.


A New York Times report told the story of 15-year-old Lochlan Nicol of Jensen Beach, Florida, who rode his bike to a gas station on the evening of May 22nd, 2024 to get some ice cream. An SUV suddenly turning into the station's driveway caused the teen to crash, with Nicol's head going through the rear-passenger window.

During the accident, one of the boy's AirPods fell out and into the SUV, lodging itself under a floor mat. The driver did stop briefly, but only to move the unconscious and seriously injured Nicol out of the road before fleeing the scene.


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Apple has quietly changed the M2 iPad Air's listed GPU core count from 10 cores to nine cores, and Metal benchmark testing suggests that the nine-core spec is accurate.


The M2 iPad Air was originally announced as having a 10-core GPU in its initial press release on May 7, 2024. The press release has remained uncorrected, as has an iPad Air support page, and all listings for the product in Apple Stores outside the US as of June 1, 2024.

The correction, first spotted by 9to5 Mac, on Saturday is likely to be the true core count, with the original specs having strangely been in error. Geekbench's Metal benchmark testing of the M2 iPad Air shows a score of 41,095, compared to the M2 iPad Pro's 10-core GPU, which rates a score of 45,195.


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Best Buy's blowout deal on the M2 15-inch MacBook Air knocks $400 off a loaded configuration with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD.


The steep markdown is available this weekend only, with the loaded M2 15-inch MacBook Air dropping to $1,499 at Apple Authorized Reseller Best Buy. At press time, Midnight, Space Gray and Starlight are available at the discounted price — with Silver already sold out.

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A scam involving "returning" some 16,000 counterfeit iPhones and iPads to Apple stores has resulted in five arrests that could lead to decades behind bars.


A criminal ring operating throughout southern California has been charged with stealing some $12.3 million worth of Apple products by "returning" real-looking counterfeits that didn't work to Apple Stores. The stores would then replace the non-functional clones with genuine iPhones and iPads, which were then shipped overseas.

Five Chinese nationals living in the Los Angeles area were apprehended on May 30th, 2024. Yang Song, Junwei Jiang, Zhengxuan Hu, Yushan Lin, and Shuyi Xing will be tried on charges of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud.


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After getting fed up with overnight thefts of tools, a Northern Virginia carpenter planted AirTags on his tools, leading police to series of storage facilities full of stolen goods.


Twice, an unnamed carpenter woke in the early morning to find his van broken into, and thousands of dollars of tools stolen out of the vehicle. He decided that if there was going to be a third time, he was going to hunt down the thieves.

He bought a series of AirTags and planted them in some of the larger tools that had yet to be stolen.


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Stream the 2024 Olympics and Sunday Night Football on Peacock, with a year of access dropping to $19.99 with coupon.


From exclusive originals to a plethora of sports programming, the Peacock streaming service offers an abundance of value. And for a limited-time only, you can lock in a year of the ad-supported service for just $19.99 with promo code STREAMTHEDEAL.

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The conflict between Apple and its Reston retail store union members is on full display in a new video, highlighting negotiation struggles, discipline disparities, and more.


The video was shared to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, and is a seven-and-a-half minute long inside look into contract negotiations between Apple and IAM CORE members.

"We go in there and we'll make proposals, and we get back, 'Well, here's our counter,' after three hours of negotiating, and it's a screenshot of of the web page of, you know, what our current policy is," Eric Brown, an Apple Store employee and IAM CORE member, says in the video.


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Apple's changes to iMessage in iOS 18 could introduce new text effects, which may include stylized text that could be sent to Android users.


Users of iMessage will be familiar with the way the app handles certain words within a message. Existing options include key words like Happy Birthday triggering balloons, as well as other effects that can be sent by users.

With the inbound iOS 18, Apple stands to increase the number of ways users can creatively send messages to each other. According to a report on Friday by MacRumors, more are on the way.


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Apple isn't on top of the worldwide smartphone market in 2024 so far, though the iPhone did benefit from customers buying more premium models.


The holiday shopping season is an important one for many companies, including Apple. However, the following quarter is when launch and holiday sales start to slip, which research from Counterpoint seemingly indicates.

According to the firm's latest Mobile Market Monitor report covering the first quarter of 2024, Apple was second in terms of global smartphone shipments. Apple reportedly secured a 17% market share, beaten only by Samsung with 20%.


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Apple is slowly adding more to watch on Apple Vision Pro, it's gearing up for AI, emoji, and more at WWDC, and yet another Apple Store has opened — but it's made out of Lego.


The new Lego Apple store is a thing of joy, but it's unlikely to ever go on general sale because Apple has even patented how it uses trees in its retail stores. That's the level of detail — not to mention control — that Apple goes to.

Which is definitely also easy to see in the company's latest immersive video for the Apple Vision Pro. Yet as impressive as each individual release is, there's still not very much of it.


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Fake AirPods and AirPods Pro are continuing to be a problem, with one TikTok user only discovering they were counterfeit when seeking help in an Apple Store.


The wild popularity of Apple's AirPods line has led to many counterfeits being produced and sold to unwitting users. Expecting premium personal audio hardware, the customers often end up with poor quality and sometimes dangerous copies, with little recourse.

Sometimes, the victim doesn't know they've been duped until they are told by someone else. In one TikTok user's case, that happened inside an Apple Store.


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In iOS 18 and macOS 15, Apple's Freeform app will receive an entirely new navigation feature called Scenes, as well as new options for object alignment. Here's what to expect.


Freeform is Apple's version of a collaborative infinite canvas application, which gives users a way of creating virtual whiteboards with images, links, and text. Introduced in 2022, the app is available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS 15, as well as visionOS.

With Freeform's new "Scenes" feature, it will be possible to more easily move between individual sections of a board. These sections, or Scenes, can be edited, saved, exported as PDF files, or printed directly from the in-app user interface.


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Leaked internal announcements from Apple Retail heavily suggest that Apple Vision Pro will launch in France on July 29, 2024.


While Apple has confirmed that the Apple Vision Pro will launch in China before the end of 2024, there have been no formal announcements of when the headset will launch anywhere outside the US. Many rumors have specified dates that have since passed without a launch, but now a French source believes it has an accurate schedule.

According to WatchGeneration, staff in France have been told that what it describes (in translation) as an "all stores meeting" will take place early in the week beginning Monday, June 24, 2024. It's a meeting to discuss, at least in part, a "big novelty."


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On occasion, you may want to allow other people in your home to access your Mac, but not your personal account. We'll show you how to set up and manage temporary guest users.


If you are routinely sharing your Mac with someone else, it might be best to set up a second administrator or just a Standard user account for them. For short-term access, for visitors as an example, you can create a Guest User account.

Doing so allows limited use of your computer without a password needed, or any access to your other accounts. It is important to note that nothing is retained in the Guest User account once the guest logs out.


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If you're a digital artist looking to transition to using your iPad more, here's a collection of the best creative apps to help you get started.


As you probably already know, Apple recently released its new iPads alongside the Apple Pencil Pro. And, if you read my Wacom vs. Apple piece, you'll know that I think this is a huge development for digital artists.

Of course, I was already on team iPad before the new Apple Pencil Pro, too.


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Give Dad the gift of an upgraded home theater with these Sonos speaker deals that knock up to 25% off bookshelf speakers, soundbars, subwoofers — and even portable smart speakers for summer fun.

Logitech has expanded its Designed for Mac' collection of peripherals, adding more keyboards and mice to the Apple-inspired range.


Alongside its expansive catalog of accessories for various computing devices, Logitech also has a Mac-specific range. The Designed for Mac collection has been around for a while, consisting of accessories that give off a Mac-like appearance while retaining Logitech's features.

On Thursday, Logitech added a new lineup of Logi for Mac items to its collection.


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Apple is allowing emulators on App Store. Here's what's arrived, and what's on the way to play your favorite retro games on your iPhone, updated on May 30.


The early April changes to the App Store Review Guidelines reversed a rule that practically banned emulators from the App Store. After the rule was removed, it was expected that there would be a sudden rush of emulators being submitted to Apple for inclusion in the digital storefront.

Emulators for the iPhone have existed for a while, but outside of the App Store as a side-loadable app. With Apple's changes, some of the projects are making the transition, and potentially gaining more traction from a larger user base in the process.


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Apple has won a lawsuit accusing it of abusing its dominant power in the app marketplace, with a Chinese court rejecting claims Apple's App Store fees were too high.


In 2021, Jin Xin sued Apple China, insisting Apple stopped charging its 30% App Store commission. Xin also demanded that Chinese consumers should be allowed to use other payment systems than Apple's own, as well as an apology and approximately $15,500 in compensation.

Three years later, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court sided with Apple, according to a yet-to-be-published judgment received by the South China Morning Post.


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Released only two weeks ago, Apple's 13-inch iPad Pro with the M4 chip is already eligible for a triple-digit discount, with limited supply available at the reduced price.


Apple Authorized Reseller B&H is offering the $120 discount on Apple's brand-new M4 iPad Pro 13-inch with a 2TB capacity in Space Black. The Wi-Fi model with Standard Glass, which normally sells for $2,299, is on sale for $2,179. Amazon has a few units left in stock at $2,174, with more on the way.

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