Apple Music has today officially . For a limited time, new subscribers can get six months of Apple Music for just $2.99. That’s a big saving compared to the regular price of $10.99 per month.
Apple says the offer is available to new and eligible subscribers only. It’s unclear if it is exclusive to the United States, or also available in other regions.
The promo was announced as part of a , which described the deal as the service’s
Apple is benefiting from a new tax break in India , which will make it cheaper to assemble iPhones in the country. The change was announced by the government on Saturday.
We first learned about the plans last month, which are expected to be worth at least $2.7B in benefits to companies like Apple and Samsung …
After China, India is Apple’s second-largest center for iPhone assembly. We’ve been hearing ambitious reports for some time now – that half of all iPhones could be made
A zero-click WhatsApp spyware attack was made against 90 journalists and other “civil society members,” said Meta, which managed to detect the incident.
A zero-click attack means that victims don’t need to tap on a link or take any action in order for their devices to be compromised – simply receiving the message is enough …
The most notorious company behind zero-click attacks is Israel’s NSO , whose Pegasus spyware operates through Apple’s Messages app.
Such attacks are especially dangerous because
The new Replay playlist is now . Users are noticing today that the Replay 2025 playlist is now showing up in their libraries.
Apple Music Replay continuously aggregates your top songs, albums, and artists. The playlist updates throughout the year, culminating in a full-year-in-review feature in December.
This means Replay offers value to Apple Music subscribers, so they can always check in on their listening trends for the year so far. So, right now the Replay ’25 playlist reflects listening
If you’re using the Microsoft Defender VPN on Mac or iPhone as part of your Microsoft 365 subscription, there’s bad news. The company has revealed in a support document that the privacy feature will cease to work at the end of this month …
While the company doesn’t offer an explicit explanation, it seems to that not enough people were using it.
The privacy protection (VPN) feature within Defender is going away February 28, 2025 […]
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If you own an iPhone 11 or later, it includes some tech which does very little right now but is set to quickly become an extremely useful feature: Ultra Wideband (UWB).
Smart door locks incorporating UWB tech are now starting to hit the market, and these will offer the most convenient and secure unlocking experiences of all …
Currently, if you have a smart door lock, you typically have to tap a button on your iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock it, or physically tap your device against the lock
Tests by security researchers revealed that DeepSeek failed literally every single safeguard requirement for a generative AI system, being fooled by even the most basic of jailbreak techniques.
This means that it can trivially be tricked into answering queries that should be blocked, from bomb recipes to guidance on hacking government databases …
Generative AI systems have a set of safeguards intended to prevent them from doing things generally considered harmful. This ranges from ensuring they don’t output hate speech to blocking requests for help with things like making bombs.
There are various
Over the weekend, Apple announced that it is making Swift Build open source. This is the build engine used by both Xcode and for the company’s internal projects.
Apple has also made a tiny name change to Swift Playgrounds , the app that helps people learn to code in Swift on iPad and Mac …
Apple made the on Saturday.
As Swift expands, there’s value in investing in matching cross-platform build tools that provide a powerful, consistent, and flexible experience across the ecosystem.
As a foundational
Apple Vision Pro can transport you from a small, distracting room to an expansive outdoor landscape with the flick of a dial. These immersive environments are great for escaping — especially Mount Hood and the Moon.
But here’s the thing. Bora Bora is perfect for relaxation — but the beach makes me want to unplug, not type away at a keyboard. Next, I would love to see Apple tackle more populated spaces like libraries and cafés.
Imagine turning your dull, distracting surroundings into the Rose Main Reading
We’ve been off to a light start in 2025 in terms of Apple products, with the main announcement this year being the new Black Unity Sport Loop. However, we’re approaching the spring time, and Apple has five relatively major products in the pipeline.
Perhaps the biggest announcement for the spring will be Apple’s most affordable new iPhone: the iPhone SE. This is expected to be the biggest upgrade to the iPhone SE since it debuted in 2016, bringing it up