Apple Music and TikTok team up on new ‘Listening Party’ feature, more

Apple Music and TikTok are teaming up two new features for the short-form video app. First, the companies are beta testing the ability to play a full song in the TikTok app using . The two are also working on a Listening Party feature, allowing fans to listen to their favorite music together.

The new “Play Full Song” feature is based on Apple’s MusicKit framework, which allows developers to integrate Apple Music into their own applications.

The idea behind this new feature is that it will make it


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Seven new Macs will launch this year, here’s everything coming

Apple has a packed lineup of 20+ new products launching this year, including a larger-than-usual batch of new Mac laptops and desktops. Here’s every new Mac rumored to be coming.

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After Ring privacy backlash, company abandons plans for police partnership

Amazon’s plan to turn into a neighborhood-wide surveillance system was roundly denounced as dystopian even when it was just searching for lost dogs.

The company does at least seem to have learned from the privacy backlash, announcing that it has now abandoned plans for a partnership with police …

Amazon had originally announced a partnership with Flock Safety, a company specializing in automated license plate recognition and other forms of video surveillance. The deal would have allowed police to send requests for doorbell video footage to Ring owners.

The company that


Security Bite: Russia completes block of Western social media and VPNs to push state-backed ‘Max’ super-app

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Apple announces special event for March 4 in NYC

Apple has announced a special event for next month, inviting members of the press on March 4, 2026 at 9 a.m. ET. Apple is branding this as a “special Apple Experience” rather than your typical Apple event.

I was invited to the event on behalf of 9to5Mac in New York City. Apple is also holding separate gatherings for press in Shanghai and London, according to on social media.

Apple has an array of new products in the pipeline, including new Macs


Could the low-cost MacBook be the new iBook?

The long-awaited low-cost MacBook powered by an A18 Pro chip is now expected to launch on March 4 . It will reportedly be priced somewhere around $700, making it significantly cheaper than an entry-level MacBook Air .

Given that the upcoming machine is likely to meet the needs of a great many of those who currently opt for the MacBook Air, it could cannibalize a lot of sales. One possible solution to this is to use the strategy Apple once adopted with the iBook and Powerbook


Future MacBooks may borrow a Samsung feature to solve an ironic privacy problem

Samsung has introduced a new privacy feature to its Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone, and a new report suggests that future MacBooks may adopt the same technology.

If so, it will be rather ironic as MacBooks were among the earliest laptops to benefit from a feature which can now sometimes be considered a bug …

Early laptop displays had a significant drawback if you are wanting to show something to a colleague or friend: they supported only rather narrow viewing angles.

In other words, you had to be sat almost directly in front


Which is more appealing to you – an iPhone Fold or an iPhone Flip? [Poll]

When the first rumors of a folding iPhone emerged, we didn’t know which of the two possible formats Apple was planning: an iPhone F old or an iPhone Flip .

It later became clear that what we’re expecting to be launched first is a book-style iPhone Fold. However, there are signs that we may get both …

There are two possible form factors for a folding smartphone, colloquially known as a Fold and a Flip.

The Fold is a device which is roughly the same size as existing

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Apple launching 5+ new products over the next several weeks, per report

After a relatively quiet start to the year, things are about to pick up in the world of Apple. According to the latest reporting from , Apple has a range of new products set to debut in the coming weeks. Here’s what to expect.

Apple will unveil multiple new Macs and Mac-related hardware “over the course of the next several weeks,” according to :

  • New low-cost MacBook powered by the A18 Pro chip
  • New M5 MacBook Air
  • New M5 Pro and M5

It’s time for Apple to let go of 60Hz displays

It’s been nearly a decade since the introduction of the first 120Hz ProMotion display, if you can believe that. It was one of the flagship features of the 2017 iPad Pro. However, all this time later – Apple still treats it as some form of luxury feature, and I feel like it’s holding them back.

I’ll give credit where credit is due. Apple finally added 120Hz to the base iPhone 17, four years after it was

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