This morning, Apple announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is rolling out to more markets, with five new countries across Europe.

Tap to Pay on the iPhone is the feature where businesses can use an iPhone as a contactless terminal to accept payments. The customer simply holds their contactless card, or iPhone or Watch, near the merchant’s iPhone to complete the payment using NFC chip inside the iPhone.

Tap to Pay on iPhone is supported by any iPhone model, iPhone XS or later. Like normal Apple Pay,

We already know Apple is revealing the start of its M4 Mac line this week. The M4 iMac was the first M4 Mac announced, and M4 versions of the MacBook Pro are also expected this week alongside a redesigned Mac mini. However, we won’t have to wait for an official announcement to get our first look at the new Mac mini. We also now know top specs for the yet-to-be-announced M4 Pro chip.

As part of the , Amazon has preemptively

Apple on Monday introduced a new generation of the iMac , which is now powered by the M4 chip. Although it looks almost identical to the previous model, the new M4 iMac comes with a few new tricks – and one of them is support for 8K output at 120Hz for compatible displays.

As noted by from , the of the new M4 iMac announced today confirm that it can output video to up to two external displays in 6K resolution at 60Hz or a single 8

Today’s M4 iMac announcement shows just how serious Apple is about the all-in-one desktop line.

The M1 iMac made a huge splash. It brought the return of colors, featured a giant iPad-like design, and sported a larger display with more resolution than the 4K 21.5-inch Intel iMac it replaced. Then Apple introduced the M2 chip, put it inside a bunch of Macs, and left the M1 iMac untouched.

That created an appetite for the

Apple released a ton of software updates today, including iOS 18.1 , macOS Sequoia 15.1 , and more. But there was another key software release you may be unaware of. If you’re not yet running iOS 18, Apple’s new iOS 17.7.1 update includes important security fixes for your iPhone.

iOS 17.7.1 is available only for iPhones that haven’t yet upgraded to iOS 18 or 18.1.

If for

iOS 18.1 is a big release for iPhone users, primarily because of Apple Intelligence . But what if you don’t have an AI-compatible iPhone , are in the EU or China , or just don’t care much about AI? Here are five reasons to upgrade to iOS 18.1 anyways.

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iOS 18.1 with the first Apple Intelligence features launched to everyone today, with features like Writing Tools, Clean Up, and more.

Last week, Apple started beta testing the next round of Apple Intelligence capabilities with iOS 18.2. Apple has since confirmed that these Apple Intelligence features and iOS 18.2 will launch to everyone in December.

iOS 18.2 continues the rollout of Apple Intelligence with the addition of multiple new features, including:

• Image Playground: Create custom images based on

There are a lot of memes on the internet about Apple’s Magic Mouse as users have to turn it upside down to plug it into the charger. But if you thought Apple would change that with the new Magic Mouse launched today, we have some bad news. Although it now has USB-C, the charging port is still on the bottom of the mouse.

Along with the new M4 iMac , Apple announced on Monday new versions of its “Magic” accessories for the Mac , including a new Magic