If a new rumor is to be believed, the iPhone 17 Pro might be available in a familiar-looking Sky Blue color option.


As a whole, the iPhone 17 Pro is expected to introduce radical visual changes, with many sources claiming the device will feature a redesigned camera bump. We've also heard a lot about the materials and features of the iPhone 17 Pro, but there have been few claims about the color options Apple plans to offer.

Now, leaker Majin Bu claims to have the details on the exclusive color that's expected to debut with Apple's 2025 flagship. In a post on their website, the leaker says that the iPhone 17 Pro will be available in "YuangFeng Blue" or Sky Blue, which would look similar to the recently introduced M4 MacBook Air and M3 iPad Air.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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Apple's latest ad spot demonstrates how Apple Intelligence can make your dating profile better, thanks to Clean Up in iOS 18 Photos.


One of the early features of Apple Intelligence, Clean Up is a Photos tool that can be used to remove unwanted objects from within a picture. Its effectiveness is aptly demonstrated in a new ad from Apple.

Posted to YouTube on Monday, the video titled "Clean Up Photos: Flex" shows a young man showing off his physique to the iPhone 16's camera. The photographs are all taken by an older woman, using an iPhone 16.


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Apple is now on its third round for its current generation of developer betas, testing new builds of iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, tvOS 18.5, watchOS 11.5, and visionOS 2.5.


The third round of testing for iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, tvOS 18.5, watchOS 11.5, and visionOS 2.5 arrived after the second, which landed on April 14. The first round for this generation was handed out on March 17.

The third iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 developer betas share build number 22F5053j, replacing 22F5053f. The third macOS Sequoia 15.5 build uses number 24F5053j, up from 24F5053f.


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Apple could be severely affected as Trump reportedly pressures countries to limit their business dealings with China, which will result in more retaliations against US companies.


China previously called Trump's trade war a joke and said it would not retaliate further than matching what was then said to be a 125% tariff imposed by the US. That tariff was then revealed to actually be 145%, and China did not escalate its own tariffs — although it did halt rare earth mineral exports.

Now, however, CNBC reports that China has responded to what appears to be Trump's next move. While not announced by Trump or any other country involved, it is believed that isolating China is a key part of the White House's tariff negotiations worldwide.


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Bargain hunters looking for the best MacBook Pro deals can save hundreds on a variety of configurations, with current M4 and closeout M3 configs up to $800 off.

The lowest price at press time is on the closeout M3 model with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, which is marked down to $1,099, a $500 discount off the original MSRP.



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On the latest episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your host breaks down the latest Matter development on long-range devices, Arlo adds more HomeKit support, and we round up the best Find My devices.


Chipolo has announced its latest Find My-enabled tracker with the colorful Chipolo Pop. It comes in six different colors, has a built-in keychain hole, and has a replaceable CR2032 battery.

Unlike its predecessor, the new model works with both Apple Find My and Google Find My Device. They start at $29 for one, or four for $89.


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Cupertino has paid Apple $12.1 million, settling a sales tax dispute that reshapes how tech giants and cities do business in California.


Since 1998, Apple has treated all of its online sales within California as if they originated in Cupertino. That arrangement allowed the city to collect 1% of Apple's 7.25% sales tax, according to Silicon Valley.

In its latest move to resolve the long-running dispute, City Council approved the payment during a Tuesday meeting with no discussion. The refund covers sales tax revenue Apple generated between January 2023 and June 2024.


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The European Union denies that it has been holding off on fining firms including Apple and Meta because of concerns of reprisals from Trump.


Reports began in January 2025 that the European Union and the European Commission were holding off on fines and rulings as they waited to see the impact of the Trump administration. Then more recently, it was specifically claimed that a decision to announce fines had been delayed at the last moment.

That delay was said to be in order to avoid announcing fines while officials from various EU member states were meeting with Trump to negotiate on tariffs. According to Politico, the EU has now publicly stated that it will enforce its Digital Markets Act (DMA) on any infringing company, whether in the US or not.


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A Minnesota man is suing Apple for failing to do enough after having his iPhone stolen, demanding access to 2 terabytes of data and at least $5 million in damages.


The loss of a smartphone can be devastating to a person, especially when it's the center of their digital existence. However, while there are ways to recover data, such as that stored on iCloud, sometimes the remedies that are available are not enough.

In a filing at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in January, surfaced by the Washington Post in April, Michael Mathews of Minnesota is suing Apple for access to his data and compensation.


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Now available to order, this "Severance" imspired keyboard ditches the Escape key because leaving was never an option.


The MDR Dasher is a compact mechanical keyboard from Atomic Keyboard — not Apple — and the makers say it is inspired by the vintage Data General Dasher terminals featured in the Macrodata Refinement department, but it's instantly recognizable as coming from the Apple TV+ hit show "Severance." It uses a 70 percent layout with a built-in trackball, deep blue housing, and rounded keycaps that match the eerie aesthetics of the series.

But its most striking feature is what it leaves out — Escape, Control, and Option keys are all missing. That design choice feels intentional.


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A UPS driver is accused of stealing $175,000 worth of iPhones in 90 days, birds meet a grisly end at an Apple Store in Australia, and a football coach is charged with hacking iCloud, all on this week's Apple crime blotter.


A man who worked for UPS in Florida was arrested and accused of stealing 171 iPhones, valued at $175,000, over the course of 90 days. According to WEAR TV, the man made the habit of stealing the product, each containing an iPhone 16, out of packages.


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Apple's latest 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an M4 Pro chip is on sale for $1,829 today at Amazon, with total discounts on the range delivering up to $493 in savings.


Pick up the standard 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 Pro chip in Space Black at the discounted price of $1,829 at Amazon this week, a savings of $170 off MSRP. This markdown on the current model delivers the lowest online price across popular Apple resellers.

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A new post from leaker Majin Bu shows off iPhone 17 Pro's camera bar yet again in possible case marketing material.


The new photos from Bu show the iPhone 17 Pro in marketing material for an unknown company's cases. The pictures show the elongated and long-rumored "camera bar" type design for the back, that places the cameras on the left side, while the flash and LiDAR sensor move to the opposite side.

The colors shown in the photos posted by Bu suggest case colors of off-white, light blue, light green, a light purple, and a charcoal gray. In one photo, the camera bar is shown in a dark gray, but most images show the camera bar as white — suggesting Apple will keep the color choices for the 17 Pro models themselves the same as the iPhone 16 Pro.


Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely


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Apple has highlighted how an Australian shoe company replaced its traditional point-of-sale machines with iPhones, making for a better customer experience.


Firms are regularly spotlighted by Apple in its now long-running "Apple at Work" series, which focuses on small-business use cases for various Apple technologies. The latest explores how Australian shoemaker and retailer R.M. Williams is now using iPhones for nearly every aspect of its retail business.

The Head of Technology for the company, Peter Ratcliffe, said that the switch to the iPhone has been "pivotal". "[iPhone is] revolutionizing our in-store experience, resulting in a significant increase in sales and a more personalized customer experience," he said.


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We could see haptic buttons on a future iPhone after all, as Apple's previously abandoned Bongo project has surfaced in a recent patent application.


In 2022, Apple came up with the idea of adding haptic volume and power buttons to more expensive iPhone models. Relative to the standard buttons used on the iPhone 14 range, the new haptic buttons would have incorporated a dedicated haptic engine for vibration feedback.

The change was also meant to facilitate a visual distinction between Apple's base model iPhones and the more expensive "Pro" lineup. In April 2023, the hardware was abruptly removed from the iPhone 15 Pro, and it was believed that all work on the Bongo design had ceased. Surprisingly, however, it turns out that Apple had filed a patent application for its haptic button design.


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If you decide to report a bug on a beta version of iOS, you now apparently have to let Apple use the uploaded content for Apple Intelligence training with no way to opt out.


On Monday, Apple announced its plans for a new opt-in Apple Intelligence training program. In essence, users can let Apple use content from their iPhone to train AI models. The training itself happens entirely on-device, and it incorporates a privacy-preserving method known as Differential Privacy.

Apple took measures to ensure that no private user data is transmitted for Image Playground and Genmoji training, as Differential privacy introduces artificial noise. This makes it so that individual data points cannot be tracked to their source.


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The Apple Watch Series 11 will probably arrive this fall alongside the iPhone 17. Here's what the next generation of Apple's smartwatch could bring to the table.


The Apple Watch is much like the iPhone and other products in Apple's ecosystem, in that it is often the subject of rumors and speculation. With Apple's famous regularity when it comes to releases, the rumor mill expects that the Apple Watch Series 11 will be arriving in the future.

Here's what analysts and leakers believe is on the way for Apple's next-gen wearable device.


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The European Union has reportedly postponed fining Apple and Meta over alleged Digital Markets Act violations, specifically so the decision would not affect trade negotiations.


In January 2025, it was reported that the EU appeared to have put its planned rulings and fines against Apple on hold. It was partly because key EU staff were being replaced, but also because the European Commission was waiting to assess what the then-new Trump administration would do.

Subsequently, it was reported that the EU was planning to drastically reduce its fines against Apple and Meta, because of fears it Trump would impose retaliatory tariffs. Now according to the Wall Street Journal, the EU has delayed fines still further.


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The steady additions to the Apple Sports app are continuing, with a new option for users to share dynamic game cards.


Following its launch in February 2024, Apple Sports was initially considered too basic, but it has been slowing adding features. Now a new addition is intended to get users sharing Apple Sports with friends.

The new feature is called Game Card Sharing, and Apple says that fans "can now generate and share dynamic game cards across all supported leagues, whether the matchup is upcoming, live, or completed." It's a free addition to the iPhone-only Apple Sports app, which is itself free to download from the App Store.


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Weekend deals are in effect on Apple products at Amazon, as the retailer looks to start Q2 2025 off strong.


Amazon's weekend Apple sale offers discounts of up to $600 off dozens of devices. Save on Macs, iPads, Apple Watches, AirTags, and more.


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Following a federal judge ruling that Google is effectively an unlawful monopoly, the search company say that it will partially appeal.


On April 17, 2025, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google's control over advertising markets amounted to an unlawful monopoly. Google has now been reframing the ruling as a partial victory, while saying it will also file an appeal.



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The Apple TV 4K set-top box is the most expensive one you can get, but it's also the best for its range of features and its ease of use — once you know how to get the most out of it.


Apple TV 4K plugs into your TV set and brings you streaming services, games, music, and apps. It can be a karaoke machine, it can be a video conferencing tool, and it comes with a fairly limited App Store.

But the thing about having an Apple TV 4K is that it just works. It's so long ago now that I can't remember what prompted me to buy one, but it was just for me, just for my interest — and it did not stay that way.


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As Google looks like it may have to split off its advertising business, Apple is expanding its own version, and there are rumors of the next Apple Vision Pro — plus a lament for last Intel Mac mini.


Just as this edition was being recorded, a US Distrcit Judge ruled that Google was effectively an unlawful monopoly — and that ruling makes it more likely that the company will have to sell off its advertising business. While that's going on, Apple has rebranded its own advertising division in what looks like a continued expansion of just where and what Apple will advertise.



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Spotlight extensions enhance third-party app searches, letting you look up more app-specific content. Here's how to enable or disable the extensions in macOS.


Spotlight is Apple's search indexing technology, which speeds up searches of data on your Mac or iOS device by storing metadata about files and their contents.

From time to time, macOS runs a process in the background to catalog the files and data on your storage devices. This data is stored in an index that Spotlight can use to look up data when you do a search in the future.


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CEO Tim Cook's working relationship with President Donald Trump has once again helped Apple escape issues in the U.S.-China tariff battle. Here's how.


On April 11, following after a week of increases to the import tariff for Chinese goods entering the United States, President Trump made an announcement. While many products would be affected by a high import tariff of 145% at the time, Trump decided he was giving a reprieve on a variety of tech products and components.

While the reprieve itself is not permanent, with a semiconductor tariff expected to arrive in the future, the exemptions were immediately helpful to Apple. Indeed, a few days later, Trump confirmed that he was in talks with Tim Cook, and that he "helped" him with the tariff exemption.


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Google is an illegal monopolist in online advertising, a federal court has determined, in a ruling that could lead to a breakup of its ad business.


On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized advertising markets. The ruling determined that Google had control over a number of advertising markets, to the level of a monopoly, which it used to its advantage.

In the ruling, Judge Brinkema determined that Google's monopoly affected the market for publisher ad servers and for ad exchanges. In effect, Google was able to influence the way advertisers bought ads, as well as how much publishers sold that ad space for.


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Apple's 2025 Mac Studio is discounted exclusively for AppleInsider readers, with the standard model with 36GB RAM falling to $1,859.07. Every spec is on sale at up to $987 off.


You can snag Apple's new Mac Studio at a significant discount without having to leave the comfort of your home, as Apple Premier Partner Expercom is issuing a 7% markdown on every model exclusively for AppleInsider readers.

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More evidence of an Apple Vision Pro headset follow-up has seemingly surfaced, thanks to images of a battery connector matching previous color rumors.


On April 16, a leaker claimed that an upcoming headset in the Apple Vision range will be lighter than the existing Apple Vision Pro, through the strategic use of titanium. As part of the leaker's claim, they added that the model would also be using graphite dark blue components, and could be named the Air instead of the Pro.

Within hours of that X post, leaker Kosutami has published pictures of a component that seemingly proves their point. The images, also shared on X, show what appears to be the connecting cable that goes between the external battery housing and the headset.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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All Meta apps for the iPhone have been updated to take out the option to use the Writing Tools in Apple Intelligence.


It's unlikely that Meta will ever reveal the reasons behind its decision — even if it's happy to spill other firms' confidential details — but it is now blocking the use of Writing Tools. It's not clear when the change was made, but at time of writing, Writing Tools are unavailable across Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Or at least they are on the iPhone and the iPad, although Instagram does not yet have a native iPadOS app. It's still, of course, possible to use Apple Intelligence Writing Tools in a browser. Whether on the Mac, iPhone, or iPad, accessing Meta services online can't prevent Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools from being provided.


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A new report claims that the manufacturing cost of the 2nm processor expected in the iPhone 18 range may mean Apple having to raise prices.


It's bad enough that tariffs may still force Apple to raise prices, and it's bad enough that the expected iPhone Fold will cost over $2,000. Now a further report backs up previous claims that the whole iPhone 18 range may be costlier than its predecessors.

Backing up a report from September 2024, leaker "Digital Chat Station" has now claimed on Weibo that there could be significant price increases for the 2026 iPhone models.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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The Camera Control button is a new physical control on the side of the entire iPhone 16 lineup. Here's everything you need to know, and how to get the most out of it.


Apple's Camera Control buttin is both physical and touch sensitive. With a firm press it will click like a real button, but a light-press gives you Taptic feedback like with Apple's Mac trackpads.



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After Meta failed to properly redact court documents containing competitive assessments, Apple, Google, and Snap lawyers express frustration at the lack of care around the sensitive data.


Meta's antitrust case with the FTC continues, and it got off to a bad start Tuesday morning. Slides used in the hearing were made public, but Meta didn't redact them properly.

According to The Verge's Lauren Feiner, who attended the hearing in person, lawyers from Apple, Google, and Snap complained about the poor handling of their sensitive data. Apple's lawyer echoed Snap's claims of "egregious" disclosures, citing that Apple can't trust Meta will protect internal information going forward.


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The Moment SuperCage is the pro filming rig the iPhone needs, with endless customization and premium build quality.


USB-C on the iPhone hasn't exactly changed everything, but regardless of which model you have, wired connectivity is faster. Between that and support for external SSDs, there's a whole new category of photography and filmography equipment that we've been testing.

There are a lot of great items out there, but there hasn't been much like the Moment SuperCage. After playing with it for a few weeks, we're certain there will be soon.


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Synology is pushing for consumers to buy its own brand of hard drives for its newest NAS appliances, with only certified drives getting the full suite of software support.


The cost of a network-attached storage (NAS) device could be split into two components, with the NAS itself as one part, while the drives that fill it make up the second. At higher capacities, the drives can be the more costly element to acquire, and often leads to users shopping around for deals on hard disks.

It appears that Synology is keen to earn more from users by getting them to purchase its own line of hard drives to go with the NAS.


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The iOS 18.4.1 update contains security fixes for vulnerabilities that may have been used in sophisticated attacks. Here's why you should update.


On Wednesday, more than two weeks after the launch of iOS 18.4, Apple released iOS 18.4.1. Though the update itself is relatively minor, with only a CarPlay fix and no new features, the software includes two significant security patches.



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Apple has released security updates to its operating systems, including iOS 18.4.1, iPadOS 18.4.1, tvOS 18.4.1, macOS 15.4.1, and visionOS 2.4.1.


The small updates, released on April 16, are fairly common for software vendors to release, including Apple. The smaller change of version number reflects the content of the update, which is less about introducing bigger feature changes and more about bug squashing, performance improvements, and security fixes.

The notes for the updates state that they all provide bug fixes and security updates, with Apple recommending the installation by all users.


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Whisky's developer has announced all further work on the app has ended, closing off one way to play Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs.


Issac Marovitz, developer of the popular WINE front-end app Whisky for macOS, has announced no futher development or maintenance will occur. It will not be upgrading to WINE 8+, and further fixes to specific apps and games won't be added in the future.

The Whisky maintenance notice also states that "Occasional updates may still come if macOS fundamentally breaks the main app, as it did in 15.4."


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Apple resellers are clearing out MacBook Air inventory, with M2, M3, and M4 models all on sale.


The lowest price across the MacBook Air range can be found at Best Buy, with the closeout M2/8GB RAM/512GB SSD model marked down to $799. This model has a bump up to 512GB of storage, from the line's standard 256GB.

Buy for $799


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A new leak claims that Apple's follow up to the Apple Vision Pro will switch from aluminum to titanium to reduce weight, and will come in a black or dark blue color.


Following a dubious report that Apple Vision Pro 2 will come out in April 2026, a new leak claims that the next headset may not be called Apple Vision Pro at all. It may instead be just called Apple Vision, or possibly Apple Vision Air.

Without specifying a release date, leaker Kosutami has also tweeted that the next headset will be this lighter model.


Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible


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The battle between President Donald Trump and China over import tariffs has impacted Apple, and will hit consumer wallets soon. Here's everything you need to know about it, current through April 16, 2025.


President Donald Trump's first presidency was known for many things, but one of the biggest events in it was the U.S.-China trade war. The financial event saw the U.S. apply high tariffs against Chinese imports, impacting the cost of produce entering the country.

The incident caused issues for many businesses, but Apple managed to steer clear of the effects. This was chiefly down to the positive relationship CEO Tim Cook had with Donald Trump at the time.


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