A Chinese user managed to install a SIM card tray on an iPhone Air by embracing a hardware trade-off. Here are the details.
A viral post is making the rounds today, showcasing what appears to be an iPhone Air modified to include a SIM card slot.
Based on multiple reports on Chinese tech websites and social media, the mod was made by a creator credited simply as Huaqiangbei, which is also the name of a subdistrict of Shenzhen famous for selling cheap electronics.
Although 9to5Mac wasn’t
is one of Apple TV’s most beloved comedies, and it’s returning next week with a new season that early reviews say is another winner. Here’s what reviews say to expect from Shrinking season 3.
Apple is once again under fire over how it operates Apple Pay, and whether that model is anticompetitive. Here are the details.
As , a new £1.5 billion (roughly $2 billion) lawsuit brought by Fairer Finance founder James Daley claims that Apple’s control over Apple Pay limited competition, creating costs within the banking system that were then passed on to “the vast majority” of UK consumers, “regardless of whether they owned an iPhone”.
From the report:
It is the first UK
The new year is upon us, and Apple has a packed lineup of new products coming. Rumors indicate at least 20 new Apple products will launch before 2026 ends. Here’s an overview of everything new on Apple’s roadmap.
For the 19th year in a row, Apple has claimed the top spot on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies list. Here are the details.
According to Fortune, its yearly World’s Most Admired Companies ranking is “based on a poll of some 3,000 executives, directors, and analysts,” who rate companies within their own industries across criteria such as management quality, products, social responsibility, and ability to attract talent.
And as the publication notes, Apple came
Nothing in my life brings more stress than worrying about water leaks. Especially during the coldest part of winter, thinking about freezing pipes bursting, etc, it somewhat keeps me up at night. I have written before about how much I rely on water leak sensors to ensure I don’t have leaks that I’m unaware of.
While “puck” style sensors are awesome for slipping under a sink, they have a fatal flaw: water has to touch that specific 1-inch spot to trigger an alert.
Major iPhone updates like iOS 26 typically come with hundreds of new features and changes, but a much smaller subset that become daily go-tos. Here are four new iOS 26 features I’ve found myself using just about every day.
Apple Cash users, there’s a change coming soon to the fee for instant transfers to a debit card, with increases both to the percentage and max fee. Here are the details.
If you ever need to send an iPhone user some money, Apple Cash has long been one of the quickest, easiest ways to do that. And recently in iOS 26 it even became available in Messages group chats for the first time.
Similar to third-party competitors like Venmo, there’s no fee for the
Apple will unveil iOS 27 at WWDC in June , and rumors are already painting a clear picture: it sounds like exactly the update iPhone needs.
Based on reporting from sources including Bloomberg and The Information , Apple has two clear focuses for iOS 27:
When Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence as part of iOS 18, it did a decent job of integrating the features throughout the update. Writing Tools, for instance,
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