We have now collected all of the best Black Friday Apple deals live for this year’s festivities. While loads of deals went live early than ever this year, the best prices tend to culminate on Thanksgiving Day and we are here to make sure everything is on your radar. From the best prices ever on AirPods 4 at $69 and AirPods 4 with ANC at $100 to a new all-time low on AirPods Pro 3, don’t let anyone convince you the Black Friday Apple deals aren’t seriously great this year. We also have new lows on M4 MacBook Air and $200 price drops on M5 MacBook Pro, as well deep discounts on M4 Mac mini from $479 and the best prices to date on Apple Watch 11, just to name a few highlights. Everything, along with a massive collection of accessories and deals across every major product category, awaits below.

If you receive a notification from ChatGPT provider OpenAI that one of its partners has suffered a data breach, it’s likely that your own data is safe. Only those who have an API account may have been affected

The company says it is being transparent by notifying all subscribers, even though only a small subset of them will have been impacted …

The Plex personal media server had long allowed remote streaming for free users. The company announced back in March that this would in future require a paid Plex Pass subscription, which was set to come into effect from the end of April.

The company initially hadn’t appeared to enforce the new rule, but it appears that it is now starting to do so, with the Roku app first in the firing line …

It’s widely believed that sales of the iPhone Air have been disappointing and that Apple has either massively reduced or even suspended manufacturing altogether.

A new report says that several Chinese brands have responded by canceling their own plans for similar ultra-slim phones …

Belkin’s always been a top accessory maker when it comes to MagSafe and Qi2 products for iPhone users, and these accessories are no different. For Black Friday, Belkin is offering some pretty compelling discounts on some of its leading charging accessories. I’ll be sharing my impressions here.

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Sponsored by Roborock: Save up to 50% on Roborock’s flagship vacuums during their Black Friday event — but hurry, these deals won’t last long! 

Opera updated its AI-powered Neon browser today with a handful of welcome integrations and usability improvements. Here’s what’s new.

Apple is seeking to invalidate a new Indian antitrust penalty formula that allows fines to be based on a company’s global turnover rather than its local revenue. Here are the details.

YouTuber Becca Farsace has posted a new video documenting her experience using the M5 Apple Vision Pro to replace all her other non-smartphone screens for a month. Here’s how it went.

Apple offers two entry level MacBook models: the MacBook Air, and the base model MacBook Pro. There’s a couple hundred dollars in difference between the two, which begs the question – is the MacBook Pro worth the premium, or should you save money and stick to the MacBook Air?

For the second time in recent years, a group called International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) is suing Apple over alleged use of conflict minerals in Congo and Rwanda. Here are the details.

Companies and brands are becoming increasingly more creative in the MagSafe accessories space. They are doing everything they can to find some sort of differentiator to really separate themselves from the pack. So when I got my hands on Kuxiu’s K1 Ultra, it was nice to see a product that was unique in both form and function. Here is what you should know!

New browsers keep launching, usually with an AI focus. But a new option from the team behind the Kagi search engine takes a different approach. Orion is built on WebKit and emphasizes speed and user privacy—in other words, it’s a browser built primarily to attract Apple users. After a lengthy beta, the Orion Mac app just launched. Here are the details.

Starting with iOS 26.1, Apple has updated the Clock app icon to work a lot more like an Apple Watch.

Apple’s M5 iPad Pro launched last month, and I upgraded from an M4 iPad Pro. My first impressions of the new model were positive, but here’s how my 13-inch M5 iPad Pro has held up after a full month of use.

Idris Elba is the star of Hijack, a hit Apple TV thriller that’s returning for a new season soon. Ahead of the Hijack season 2 premiere, Apple has shared a fun new video of Elba “reviewing” season 1 reviews.

The Black Friday Week deals just keep coming folks. While in year’s past the early deals were just the early deals and they remained largely stagnant until Thanksgiving rolled around…not this year. Alongside the ongoing all-time low pricing on AirPods Pro 3 at $220, AirPods 4 at $69, and AirPods 4 with ANC $100, Apple’s AirPods Max dropped again late yesterday and you’ll now find all five colorways marked down to $399.99 shipped, or $149 off the list price – one of the best deals we have ever tracked. Those offers also join straight up $200 price drops on the new M5 MacBook Pro lineup as well as this particularly notable $230 discount on the 24GB/512GB model. All of that sits alongside even lower prices across most Apple Watch Series 11 models, and a load big-time official Apple accessory deals starting from just $5. Scope it all out below. 

iOS 26.2 is launching soon, and it’s packed with a bunch of new features. Many of those features are additions to Apple’s built-in iPhone apps. Here’s everything new across six Apple apps in iOS 26.2.

iOS 26 arrived in September with a variety of new features for AirPods, including a new setting that you may want to turn on if you ever fall asleep wearing your AirPods.

Previous reports have indicated Apple is planning an OLED iPad mini for launch as early as next year, but a reputable leaker just offered updated launch timing for the new product.

The contract that founded the Apple Computer Company (now Apple, Inc) is set to be auctioned and is expected to sell for between $2 million and $4 million. It will likely be the most expensive Apple collectible ever sold.

Auction house Christie’s hasn’t yet added the document to its website, but it is reportedly offering the contract in an auction taking place on January 23 …

A new ChatGPT voice update has made interacting with the chatbot far more flexible than it used to be, and I think is an example of one of the key things we can eventually expect from the new Siri.

While OpenAI’s change might seem like a relatively small one on the surface, I’m already finding that it completely transforms the experience of using ChatGPT …

From tracking your fitness to keeping you connected wherever you go, Apple Watch is a must-have this holiday season. For Black Friday, we’re tracking huge savings on the entire Apple Watch lineup. This includes the cheapest Apple Watch SE 3 and the flagship Apple Watch Series 11. Plus, last year’s Apple Watch Series 10 is still on the market as an excellent middle ground option.

Whether you’re a newcomer to the Apple Watch ecosystem or looking to upgrade your aging wearable, there’s a deal in here for you.

Two websites intended to help software developers format and structure their code have exposed thousands of login credentials, authentication keys, and other highly sensitive information.

Cybersecurity researchers found that this sensitive data belonged to organizations in many high-risk sectors like government, banking, and healthcare …