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Apple today unveiled the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, featuring a new Fusion Architecture and up to 40 next-generation GPU cores. The chips are made using a new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, which combines two dies into a single system on a chip (SoC). Both chips feature a new 18-core CPU architecture, including six high-performance read more

Benchmarks for the new MacBook Neo surfaced today, and unsurprisingly, CPU performance is almost identical to the iPhone 16 Pro. The ‌MacBook Neo‌ uses the same 6-core A18 Pro chip that was first introduced in the iPhone 16 Pro, but it has one fewer GPU core. The ‌MacBook Neo‌ earned a single-core score of 3461 read more

The first Geekbench 6 result for a 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Max chip surfaced today, and Apple has achieved record-breaking performance. In this unconfirmed result, the M5 Max with an 18-core CPU achieved a score of 29,233 for multi-core CPU performance, which tops the 27,726 score achieved by the Mac Studio’s M3 Ultra read more

Apple today seeded revised third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three days after Apple provided the initial beta to developers. Apple has also released a new version of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 for public beta testers. Registered developers and public read more

In his newsletter over the weekend, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said Apple was likely to announce at least some but possibly not all of the following products between March 2 and March 4: the iPhone 17e, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs, updated entry-level iPad and iPad Air models, and a lower-cost MacBook with an iPhone chip. As read more

Apple quietly updated Mac Studio configuration options this week, removing the 512GB memory upgrade. As of yesterday, there is no option to purchase a ‌Mac Studio‌ with 512GB RAM, with the machine now maxing out at 256GB. The ‌Mac Studio‌ starts with 36GB RAM, but there were upgrades ranging from 48GB to 512GB, with the read more

While the MacBook Neo does not launch until next week, Apple’s colorful new wallpapers designed for the laptop are included in the macOS 26.3.1 update for it. MacBook Neo is available in Blush, Citrus, Indigo, and Silver finishes, and there is a Mac wallpaper available for each, with download links below: Apple’s Mac User Guide read more

Until a last-minute leak revealed the MacBook Neo name, it was widely assumed that Apple’s lower-cost MacBook would simply be named “MacBook.” After all, Apple offered a plain “MacBook” from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2019. In the end, Apple did go with MacBook Neo branding, and it has explained why in read more

Apple’s latest iPad Air is a minor upgrade over last year’s model, but there are still some changes worth noting beyond a new chip. The eighth-generation ‌iPad Air‌ builds on the foundation of last year’s model with a series of specific upgrades focused on performance, memory, and connectivity. While the overall design and experience remains read more

Apple and the Sydney Opera House today announced a yearlong collaboration to help inspire the next generation of creatives in Australia. The effort will expand access to initiatives that support art, design, and culture in the country. Through this collaboration, Apple and the Opera House will focus on interactive programming and experiences for young people read more

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has a new report out about a powerful iOS exploit kit called “Coruna,” which traveled from a surveillance vendor’s customer to a Russian espionage group to Chinese cybercriminals, revealing a sophisticated exploit “supply chain” in the process. Described as one of the most comprehensive iOS exploit toolkits to have been read more

Apple this week unveiled seven products, ranging from the iPhone 17e to the MacBook Neo, but new Apple TV and HomePod mini models were not among them. Given that there have been rumors about the next-generation Apple TV and HomePod mini since all the way back in late 2024, some customers are wondering why the read more

Apple today introduced an all-new Studio Display XDR monitor with a 27-inch screen, mini-LED backlighting, 5K resolution, peak brightness of 2,000 nits for HDR content, up to a 120Hz refresh rate, Thunderbolt 5, and more. The new Studio Display XDR replaces Apple’s former Pro Display XDR, which has been discontinued. Going forward, there are now read more

Apple today announced refreshed MacBook Air models featuring the M5 chip and a higher base SSD capacity. The M5 chip in the ‌MacBook Air‌ features a 10-core CPU, with what Apple calls the world’s fastest CPU cores. It offers configurations with up to 10 GPU cores with Neural Accelerators in each core, delivering up to read more

The first benchmarks for the iPhone 17e surfaced in the Geekbench 6 database today, offering a closer look at the A19 chip’s performance. For multi-core CPU performance, the highest score the iPhone 17e achieved so far is 9,241. As expected, this is nearly identical to the standard iPhone 17 model with the A19 chip, which read more

While the MacBook Neo starts at just $599, or an even lower $499 for college students, Apple has insisted that it did not make any design compromises. “It’s undeniably a MacBook, we’re certainly not making any compromises on the design and that’s really important,” said Apple’s vice president of industrial design Molly Anderson, in an read more

On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss Apple’s concentrated week of announcements that saw the introduction of 10 new products. The most significant announcement of the week was the MacBook Neo, an all-new entry-level Apple laptop that starts at $599. The ‌MacBook Neo‌ is designed to compete with lower-cost Windows laptops and read more

We now know how much faster the new MacBook Air with the M5 chip is compared to the previous model with an M4 chip, courtesy of a Geekbench 6 result shared by TechRadar‘s Lance Ulanoff. However, given the 14-inch MacBook Pro and the iPad Pro were already updated with the M5 chip last year, the read more

If you want a MacBook Neo delivered on launch day next week, you might want to act fast, as the laptop is beginning to sell out for March 11 delivery. MacBook Neo pre-orders began March 4, and the initial delivery date was March 11. But now, Apple’s online store in the U.S. shows that some read more

Apple’s long-rumored smart home hub device will launch in the fall of 2026, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as “Kosutami.” In a new post on X, Kosutami said that the device, colloquially dubbed the “HomePad,” is now set to arrive in the fall of 2026. The fall runs from September to December, read more