During the Artemis II spacecraft’s final approach for its historic lunar flyby, Commander Reid Wiseman showed off a fantastic photo of the lunar surface he took on his iPhone 17 Pro Max. Here are the details.

Over the past few days, the Artemis II crew has been sharing photos taken on their iPhones , marking the first time NASA has allowed astronauts to ” fly with the latest smartphones ,” per NASA administrator Jared Isaacman’s description.

In addition to the four iPhone 17 Pro Max units onboard,

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Lawsuit says Apple used a dataset comprising millions of YouTube videos to train an AI model, as described in a study published in late 2024. Here are the details.

As spotted by , a proposed class action lawsuit filed by Ted Entertainment, Matt Fisher, and Golfholics alleges that Apple circumvented YouTube’s anti-scraping protections to download millions of videos.

According to the document, a team of Apple researchers published a study called , in which they say they used a dataset called Panda-70M

Apple has removed Bitchat from the Chinese App Store, following a request from the country’s Cyberspace Administration. Here are the details.

Last year, we covered the launch of Bitchat (then called bitchat mesh), a new messaging app developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who’s currently the CEO of Block.

Since its release, Bitchat has become popular in countries facing internet shutdowns and social media blocks, including , and Nepal, where downloads during protests and government restrictions on major platforms. 

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As expected, Apple has filed a motion signaling that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to review its latest setback in the Epic Games case. Here are the details.

A bit of context

A few days ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously denied Apple’s request to revisit a decision that favored Epic Games in its longstanding battle with the Fortnite developer.

The decision in question, Apple argued, created confusion around what it would actually be allowed to charge for purchases made outside

iOS 26.4 recently launched, and it’s a big update for new iPhone features. Here are my four favorite new iOS 26.4 features.

Thanks to the new possibilities afforded by AI coding tools, the App Store is seeing a resurgence in new app submissions, even as Apple continues to take issue with some of the ways these apps are built and behave. Here are the details.

that while new app submissions to the App Store fell 46% between 2016 and 2024, “the number of new apps that showed up in the App Store globally suddenly exploded” last year, “growing 30% to nearly 60

If you like to read on the go, but prefer an E Ink display rather than using your iPhone, then a company called Xteink might have the solution you’ve been wanting: a slim, MagSafe-compatible e-reader .

I love to read, but have never owned a standalone e-reader because I don’t want to carry an extra device with me all the time. So most of the time I just read on my iPhone.

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