Apple previously accused Qualcomm of “ double-dipping ” as a result of the company’s policies over selling radio chips for use in iPhones. The Cupertino company had also objected to Qualcomm charging a percentage of the price of an iPhone rather than a fixed fee per chip.

Apple withdrew its claims back in 2024, but an independent class-action lawsuit was still being pursued on behalf of iPhone owners. This lawsuit has now been abandoned …

The dispute between Apple and Qualcomm over the radio chips used in

Yesterday, Apple announced a “special experience” for March 4 at 9 a.m. ET, inviting members of the press to New York, London, and Shanghai.

The question right now is what format this “special experience” and the associated product announcements will take.

John Gruber posited the following idea as part of a “spitball” in a post on this evening:

What strikes me is that March 4 — the “experience” day — is a Wednesday. So my spitball guess is that they announce

Update 9:21pm ET : YouTube appears to be coming back online now for most users. If you’re still having problems, let us know down in the comments.

If you’re having problems accessing YouTube this evening, you’re not alone. YouTube is experiencing a widespread outage, and there’s no estimate on when it will be fixed.

According to outage tracker , complaints about the YouTube outage began shortly after 8 p.m. PT/5 p.m. PT.

In addition to removing the iTunes Movies and TV Shows apps from Apple TV, tvOS 26.4 also includes a new setting for “Continuous Audio Connection.”

Here’s how Apple describes the setting when enabled: “Apple TV uses a Dolby MAT connection for glitch-free playback across formats. Older receivers may indicate an Atmos connection, but original mixes will not be modified.”

It appears that Apple added this new setting, in part, to address complaints from Apple TV users who use Sonos speakers paired

Apple says car keys in Wallet are set to expand significantly soon, and one major new automaker—Toyota—appears to have just launched support.

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Apple TV is ramping up its sports offerings, starting with making MLS entirely free for subscribers. With the new MLS season kicking off later this week, Apple TV just shared a new video promo.

tvOS 26.4 beta 1 arrived this week , and it confirmed what Apple recently hinted at: the Movies and TV Shows apps for iTunes have been entirely removed.

Last week, Apple began notifying users of the iTunes Store that its ‘Wish List’ feature would be discontinued soon.

iTunes Wish List lets users save media items for potential purchase later. But since iTunes has long been in decline, the move came as no surprise.

Apple’s advice to users who will miss the iTunes Wish List is to

Apple released iOS 26.4 beta 1 yesterday , and the update includes a variety of changes and new features. In addition to everything we’ve covered so far , there are two specific changes to the Health app: updates to the Vitals metric and sleep tracking.

Apple removed the Blood Oxygen feature from Apple Watch in January 2024 due to a patent dispute with health technology company Masimo. The company then launched a “redesigned” version of the feature last August, which lets users take a Blood