Apple is expected to brief the press on some sort of an Apple Vision Pro announcement on Friday. The most likely outcome now seems to be selling Apple Vision Pro through third-party retailers.

That’s based on code detective Aaron P’s discovery of an Apple Vision Pro Demo Fit app.

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Today’s best Apple deals are headlined by a notable on the most affordable with 16GB of RAM down at via Amazon. From there we move over to a big-time discount on the M4 iPad Pro – this the going rate right now – alongside , , and some official Apple Watch bands deals. Head below for a closer look.

In the early days of the iPhone, users upgraded their device especially often. But as the product matured, and carrier deals changed, the ‘upgrade cycle’ started getting longer. Now, it seems, that trend is starting to reverse.

highlights a change in iPhone upgrade patterns seen during the most recent quarter, ending in December 2024.

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There were more iPhone buyers retiring “younger” phones compared to earlier quarters. Specifically, 36% of iPhone buyers in the December 2024

A new update to the Waze app on Apple CarPlay is making it much easier to navigate home or to work with just the press of a single button.

Rolling out with the latest Waze updates for iOS, the navigation app’s CarPlay experience is adding a new shortcut button to the main UI which allows drivers to quickly launch navigation to their home or work addresses. This shortcut lives above a new Search shortcut button, both of which are found alongside the incident reporting option and the speedometer.

These new shortcuts make it

Apple’s Beats brand just debuted a major new product: . These long-awaited headphones have a lot in common with —and even some unique advantages. Here are five ways Powerbeats Pro 2 beat out Apple’s AirPods Pro 2, plus a couple ways they come up short.

Last week, an Apple-made robot lamp video circulated , giving us a sneak peek into how fascinating a future robot product could be. Today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo with the latest status of Apple’s internal robotics projects.

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The timeline from POC [proof-of-concept] to formal kick-off varies. Given current progress and typical development cycles, Apple’s robot mass production likely won’t start until 2028 or later. Interestingly, Apple has been unusually open about

Adobe is today expanding access to its AI video generator, Firefly. Anyone can now create 5-second video clips in 1080p HD free of charge …

You can either use a text description for your video, or upload an image which will be used as the starter. For additional fun, you could even use Text to Image to generate an AI image which is then used as the starter for an AI video.

Adobe made the on its blog.

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President Trump has nominated an executive from Apple to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Jonathan Morrison ( ) previously served as chief counsel for the NHTSA during the first Trump administration. He has worked at Apple since 2021.

Per the Senate:

Jonathan Morrison, of California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, vice Steven Scott Cliff, resigned.

The nomination was received yesterday and will go through the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

While Morrison’s LinkedIn profile doesn