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Apple Is Mad at Amazon, 2025 MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) Now Selling for Literally Peanuts
Amazon is going all in for Back to School season, and it just dropped the price of one of 2025’s top laptops to an all-time low. The 13-inch MacBook Air with the M4 chip, 16GB RAM, and 256GB storage can now be had for $799. That’s $50 less than the previous best price of $849, and significantly lower than its …
Read More »Apple beta season is here
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 91, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, how is summer more than a month over already, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’m pondering the leaked Pixel 10 lineup, marveling at BYD’s leaping Yangwang U9 …
Read More »watchOS 26 Gives You 5 Compelling Reasons To Upgrade Your Apple Watch
José Adorno for BGR The Apple Watch has been available for a decade now. To this day, many people haven’t upgraded to a newer model since they first bought their Apple Watch. It’s understandable, given that all of the core Apple Watch features are available across the lineup: Heart rate monitoring, step …
Read More »Apple Store in Michigan Permanently Closing Next Month
Earlier this month, MacRumors was first to report that Apple was planning to permanently close its Partridge Creek store, just outside of Detroit, Michigan, and now the company has announced a closure date for the location. Apple Partridge Creek Apple Partridge Creek’s final day of business will be Saturday, August 16, with the store set to close for good at …
Read More »Apple Adds 13, 16 and 18 Plus Age Ratings to Apps and Games: What to Know
In an effort to help parents decide which apps they should download or avoid for their kids on iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, Apple Watches, Apple TVs and the Apple Vision Pro, Apple has added three new age ratings: 13 plus, 16 plus and 18 plus. To make things a little clearer, Apple removed the 12- and 17-plus ratings (but kept the 4- and 9-plus ratings). …
Read More »Apple broadens App Store’s age-rating system
Apple is expanding its age-rating system for apps. The company on Thursday said it has updated its age-rating system to add 13+, 16+, and 18+ ratings to the existing slate of 4+ and 9+ ratings, and remove the 12+ and 17+ age ranges. In addition, app developers will need to answer a new set of age-rating questions to help identify …
Read More »We found Google’s next Pixel-only calling feature and it’s borrowed from Apple
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be launching a new AI-powered “Call Message” feature that acts like an on-device voicemail with live transcriptions and summaries. The feature works offline without using data or Wi-Fi and is likely powered by Gemini Nano. Like many AI features Google debuts with new Pixel phones, Call Message could be a Pixel 10 …
Read More »Apple launches AirPods firmware public beta for iOS 26, here’s what’s new
Apple has launched its first ever public beta for AirPods firmware, bringing forthcoming iOS 26 features to AirPods users ahead of their fall launch. Here’s everything new. Apple debuts first ever public beta for AirPods firmware AirPods beta firmware has historically been difficult to install. That changed this summer, when the developer beta became easier to get than ever. And …
Read More »Apple releases public betas of its new software updates with Liquid Glass
Apple has officially released the first public betas for its next major software updates. The list of new betas includes iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26, and we have more information here about how to go about installing them on eligible devices. The biggest thing you’ll notice about the software updates is that they …
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