Tim Cook hints new iPhone roadmap shows ‘a lot of innovation’ coming

The basic design of the iPhone hasn’t changed much in the last few years. New models get better annually, but the average person probably wouldn’t use the word ‘innovation’ to describe Apple’s recent upgrades. According to Tim Cook though, the iPhone roadmap looks especially exciting and there’s ‘a lot of innovation’ ahead.

Yesterday, Apple reported its holiday quarterly earnings. It was the biggest quarter in the company’s history with over $124 billion in revenue.

Depending

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TikTok has bounced back, but creators worry about its uncertain future

TikTok has bounced back from its time offline according to traffic logs, but creators are worried about the uncertain future of the app.

Some are assuming the worst, and preparing for the platform to shut down, while others feel TikTok has a unique role and it would be difficult to replicate their success on other platforms …

The story so far

Check out an earlier piece if you need a reminder of the full saga, but the key facts are:

Logs of domain name service traffic indicates that traffic to TikTok servers has bounced


CalDigit launches new Element 5 Hub with Thunderbolt 5 support

Today CalDigit took the wraps off its first Thunderbolt 5-enabled device, the nine port, and aptly-titled Element 5 Hub. The follow up to the company’s original eight-port Element hub, features four Thunderbolt 5 ports supporting 80Gb/s, plus a whole host of additional features and tidbits to consider. Let’s take a closer look.

  • The Element 5 hub has nine ports total, while the original sported eight ports.
  • 4 x TB5 (80Gb/s)
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Meta memo threatening to fire leakers is immediately leaked; Zuck says it sucks

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently isn’t very happy about employees leaking things he says during internal company-wide meetings. The company issued a memo threatening to fire people for leaking internal comms – and that memo was of course immediately leaked …

Zuckerberg shared a number of sensitive pieces of information during the latest all-hands meeting. This included commentary on the decision to end the company’s DEI programs, on changing hate-speech rules to permit things like calling gay people mentally ill, and laying off employees the company


Check whether you qualify for share of $20M Apple Watch payout

Way back in 2018, a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple , alleging a defect in early Apple Watch models that could allegedly cause the display to crack or detach from the casing.

While Apple has acknowledged some issues related to swollen batteries, and offered free service, it refused coverage for cracked or detached screens. The company has now agreed to a financial settlement for this …

The issue first came to light in 2017, when owners of the original Apple Watch (‘Series 0’


Google updates Gmail for iPhone with Material 3 redesign

Compared to Android, only some of Google’s iOS apps use the latest version of Material Design. Gmail for iPhone and iPad was finally updated with a Material 3 redesign today.

On the homepage, the search bar is now pill-shaped instead of a rounded rectangle. The bottom bar, if you have the integrated Google Chat and/or Meet experience enabled, notes your current tab with another pill instead of just filling in or highlighting the icon.

Blue is used as the accent color throughout the app, with

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Ford says Tesla Supercharger support is coming to Apple Maps EV routing

Apple Maps is about to get a notable upgrade that will lead to more efficient EV routing suggestions for Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning drivers.

As a refresher, the Apple Maps EV routing feature can help you plan trips by automatically inserting necessary charging stops along your route. The feature tracks your car’s charge level and takes into account a number of different factors to determine when and for how long you’ll need to charade. This includes variables like the availability and speed of chargers


Apple TV+ series ‘Silo’ ranks on Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart for the first time ever

In perhaps yet another sign of the growing reach of , the sci-fi series has ranked on the Nielsen U.S. streaming originals chart for the first time ever. The show ranked 9th with 417 million minutes viewed, for the week of December 30 through January 5.

This is one in just a handful of appearances of an Apple TV+ title on this chart. Typically, Apple shows are not popular enough to make it onto the Top 10 list of streaming originals, according to


Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to DeepSeek AI arrival

When asked about Chinese AI firm DeepSeek on today’s investor call, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained how the disruptive new model is a positive development for the iPhone maker.

Analyst Ben Reitzes from Melius raised the question of how the arrival of DeepSeek is viewed by Apple. DeepSeek represents a drop in developmental cost of spinning up advanced AI models as well as the cost to run these models.

Hey, Tim. I wanted to ask you, you knew this one was coming, but there’s a perception that you


Apple’s install base reaches new high, but growth rate has slowed

Apple disclosed today that its global install base has reached a new high. However, the active device growth rate is down compared to the previous year.

There are now 2.35 billion actively used Apple devices around the world. The new milestone of 2.35 billion represents an increase from 2.2 billion disclosed in February 2024. That’s a 6.8% growth rate with 150 million devices added across the year.

In January 2023, Apple announced

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