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  For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone 17 and an anti-reflective Fresh Coat screen protector from Astropad to go along with it. Fresh Coat Screen Protector Enhances iPhone Display and Reduces Glare Fresh Coat is a screen protector that Astropad created with read more

  Apple is working with German confectionary brand Ritter Sport to offer a unique Apple Music promotion. The collaboration, branded as “Limited Edition Ritter Sport x ‌Apple Music‌,” involves promoting iconic albums on Ritter Sport’s iconic 100g square chocolate bars (via Macerkopf). There will be a QR code on the back of each bar that read more

iPad Mini OLED Rumors Could Challenge Kindle and Kobo With a similar screen size and easy, one-handed grip, the iPad mini has always been the Apple device that overlaps most with dedicated e-readers. Now, amid rumors pointing to an OLED display for the next generation, could the ‌iPad mini‌ finally replace devices such as the read more

  Global memory scarcity will cause a 13 percent drop in smartphone sales in 2026, according to IDC (via Bloomberg). DRAM is in short supply because AI companies are buying huge quantities of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for servers in data centers, and manufacturers are prioritizing HBM instead of the memory used in consumer devices. IDC read more

  One of the new products that we could see next week is a refreshed version of the low-cost iPad. As with the iPad Air, we’re not expecting major changes, but it is expected to get some meaningful internal upgrades. Design The 12th-generation ‌iPad‌ isn’t going to get a design update this year, and we’re read more

Apple today released visionOS 26.3.1, a minor update to the visionOS 26 operating system. visionOS 26.3.1 comes two weeks after the launch of visionOS 26.3. ‌visionOS 26‌.3 can be downloaded on all Vision Pro headsets by navigating to the Settings app, selecting the General section, and choosing the Software Update option. To install an update, read more

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which includes Apple, today released the Aliro 1.0 specification. Aliro is a new standard aimed at improving the way that smart door locks work with smartphones and wearables. Aliro supports interoperability between mobile devices, wearables, and access control readers, so smart locks can work with any smartphone or wearable device without read more

Razer today introduced a new 16-inch laptop sleeve that has an integrated wireless charging feature for smartphones and other small devices like earbuds. Priced at $130, the sleeve includes two MagSafe-compatible wireless charging zones, so it can charge an iPhone and AirPods at the same time. The wireless charger is integrated into the top of read more