Apple reportedly scales back plans for AI-powered health coach

that Apple has recently scaled back its plans for the Project Mulberry initiative following a leadership shakeup at the company’s health organization. Here are the details.

Last year, that Apple was looking into Project Mulberry, an initiative that would bring an AI-powered health coach to a revamped Health app.

According to the original report, this AI agent was being trained on data from Apple-hired physicians, and would rely on sleep experts, nutritionists, physical therapists, mental health experts, and cardiologists to create educational video


Apple rolls out watchOS 11.6.2 with cellular network bug fixes

Apple is rolling out a system update for Apple Watches that haven’t upgraded to watchOS 26, but may be experiencing a very specific connectivity issue. Here are the details.

According to Apple, watchOS 11.6.2 fixes a problem affecting multiple Apple Watch models, including Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, Series 9, Series 10, SE 2, Ultra, and Ultra 2, when attempting to establish a connection to emergency services in Australia.

Today’s update comes almost six


How to use macOS ‘High Performance screen sharing’ for lower latency and better color [Video]

With the release of macOS Sonoma back in 2023, Apple introduced a new High Performance screen sharing feature for the Mac’s native Screen Sharing application. This mode dramatically increases the usefulness of screen sharing. Responsiveness is improved, stereo sound output from the native Mac is enabled, and HDR is available, among other features.

Users working with professional apps like Final Cut Pro or Logic Pro will find that High Performance screen sharing significantly enhances the experience using those apps via a Screen Sharing connection with few downsides.

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Rumor Replay: New iPhone Fold specs, Mac launches, and more

This is Rumor Replay , a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: new iPhone Fold specs, rumored Mac launches, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

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Apple TV acquires global rights to ‘The Last First: Winter K2’

Fresh off its Apple TV press day announcements , the company just confirmed the acquisition of the global rights to “The Last First: Winter K2,“ a Sundance Film Festival selection documentary. Here’s what to expect.

‘A complex, harrowing and moving story’

According to Apple, “The Last First: Winter K2” just had a very successful premiere at Sundance, where it “was hailed as a ‘gripping,’ ‘engrossing,’ ‘absolutely stunning’ and ‘perfect, surprisingly complicated


Tim Cook teases new product categories and services enabled by AI

Tim Cook held an all-hands meeting with Apple staff earlier today, and by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the CEO hinted at “new categories of products and services” coming that would be enabled by AI. Here’s what he said.

Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed employees at an all-hands meeting today in which he promised to lobby hard in Washington on the topic of immigration.

Cook also reportedly shared his thoughts on succession and leadership departures within Apple.

But the CEO also used the opportunity to hype


Tim Cook talks succession, executive departures during all-hands meeting

Apple CEO Tim Cook held an all-hands meeting today, during which he fielded questions from Apple employees and touched on key topics including immigration in the United States.

As reported by Mark Gurman at Bloomberg , succession is another topic that came up during the meeting.

“I spend a lot of time thinking about who’s in the room five years from now, 10 years from now. I am obsessed with this — who’s in the room 15 years from now,” Cook reportedly said during


iFixIt tears down new AirTag, finds 50% louder speaker still 100% easy to disable

As is tradition with any new Apple product, iFixit has published a teardown of the new AirTag, released last week . Here’s what they found.

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A ‘deeply distraught’ Tim Cook pledges to lobby Washington on immigration: report

that Tim Cook held an all-hands meeting with Apple employees today to address fears about immigration and deportation. Here are the details.

According to the , Cook acknowledged that some Apple employees “don’t feel comfortable” leaving their homes, and stated that “no one should feel this way”.

Cook also reportedly told employees that he will continue to address this issue with lawmakers, as Apple’s current workforce includes “team members across the US on some form of Visa.”

Bloomberg ’s report says


iPhone 17 leads Apple earnings record, new MacBooks near, and a mysterious $2B acquisition

Benjamin and Chance speculate on Apple’s mysterious acquisition of , the company’s second biggest acquisition ever. The iPhone 17 is a veritable smash hit, leading to an all-time quarterly earnings record. And Apple redesigns the order flow for buying a new Mac, with new MacBooks just around the corner.

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