reports that Tim Cook is among the CEOs likely to be invited to an upcoming trip to China. Whether he goes could shape his remaining months as Apple’s CEO. Here are the details.

As reported by , the Trump administration plans to invite Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, among others, for a trip to China next week.

The list reportedly also includes CEOs from Exxon, Boeing, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Visa, “and is likely to grow in

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Logitech today a pair of new keyboard cases for the and : the Rugged Combo 4c and Rugged Combo 4c Touch.

In a press release, Logitech touts that these new cases offer a “fully sealed keyboard and a versatile USB-C port that enables students to charge iPad and use a wired headset at the same time.”

One thing Logitech specifically calls out is that both the Rugged Combo 4c and Rugged Combo 4c Touch feature a dedicated USB-C port for charging and wired headphones:

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Apple has published an in-depth look at four emerging filmmakers who used iPhone 17 Pro Max to shoot new short films as part of the latest MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone program. Watch them below.

A new Apple Newsroom post details how four filmmakers used the advanced capture capabilities of the iPhone 17 Pro Max to produce their entries on this year’s MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in the Shot on iPhone category.

From the challenging lighting conditions in Shreela Agarwal’s 11.11 to Ritesh Sharma

Benjamin and Chance give their opinions on the new Pride wallpaper and watch band lineup for 2026, as well as talk about a new watch face supposedly coming with watchOS 27. Also, in our seemingly-recurring segment on Mac desktop supply constraints, Apple stopped selling the $599 Mac mini altogether this week. Also, the company shares some curious tidbits about its future strategy in its first quarterly earnings call to feature incoming CEO John Ternus.

And in Happy Hour Plus , Apple loves to talk

Apple’s Shortcuts app offers tremendous power, especially with iOS 26’s additions around AI . But my own most-used shortcuts tend to be extremely simple, including one for opening an app’s settings.

In iOS 18, Apple redesigned the iPhone’s Settings app entirely. And unfortunately, this revamp made it harder to get to an app’s settings menu.

But last fall, Quinn Nelson shared a shortcut that makes opening an app’s Settings screen so much faster and easier than

Apple Notes has long been one of my most-used apps, and iOS 27 is rumored to add a powerful new capability that I know will quickly become a go-to feature for me.

Apple just reached a major milestone in its development of AirPods with cameras, a new report says.

reports today that Apple’s work on AirPods with built-in cameras has “entered a phase where prototypes feature a near-final design and capabilities.”

There will be a camera in both the right and left earbuds, according to the report. The cameras, however, won’t be used for photo or video capture. Instead, they’ll serve as the “the eyes” for Siri and will

Perplexity has released a brand new version of its macOS app that is replacing the company’s previous Mac software.

The new app touts an “all-new native Mac experience” that powers Perplexity’s Personal Computer agentic feature.

It launches with a slick intro video that explains how Personal Computer works on the Mac.

The app includes a universal keyboard shortcut, pressing both Command keys, to invoke the new Command Bar.

Perplexity started rolling out Personal Computer in April. As of today, the company says all Pro