Xiaomi has retaken the digital crown in the global wearable band market, surpassing Apple to become the top vendor in Q1 2025, according to new data from Canalys.
The research firm says Xiaomi pulled it with a more mature ecosystem strategy than the one it had back in mid-2021 (the last time it led the pack), while Apple’s wearable strategy has grown stale.
According to the , the wearable band market showed signs of strong recovery. Shipments rose 13%
I don’t usually watch trailers, but Apple TV+ makes it nearly impossible to avoid them with how aggressively it peddles its own content.
After the umpteenth time that sharp trumpet note from ’s trailer blared through my TV while I was just trying to watch something else, I gave in. My first thought? Yeah, no. Looks way too over the top. Eleven episodes later, I can confirm: it absolutely is. And it’s glorious. Give it a shot and you’ll thank
Tim Cook is personally involved in an attempt to stop a Texas child safety bill targeting the App Store from becoming law, the Wall Street Journal .
Per the report, Tim Cook personally called Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week asking him to either amend or veto the bill that, if it becomes law, will require Apple and Google to collect age data for every user who wants to download an app.
According to the bill, if that user is a minor, the App Store (alongside Google’s Play Store)
The long-term promise of Apple Intelligence and next-gen Siri is that it will be able to access all our apps, and the data stored in those apps, to become massively more helpful.
ChatGPT has effectively given us a preview of this type of capability through its integration with a handful of Mac apps, and I’ve been putting it to the test …
Back in November of last year, the ChatGPT Mac app gained the ability to access a few Apple and third-party apps. This was originally
While and sales before we even kick off the holiday weekend, there are some additional deals to add to the list today. Amazon has now dropped a sizable the , while more . That deals joins some notable offers on as well as a giant price drop on the originally $1,049 . Apple Watch Series 10 deals continue while upgraded models are up to alongside discounts on Twelve South’s TimePorter . All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break .
Just one day after Mozilla confirmed it’s shutting down Pocket, Digg co-founder and chairman Kevin Rose has stepped up with a public offer to take it over.
In a on X, Rose tagged both Mozilla and Pocket directly, saying:
Mozilla announced Thursday that Pocket will officially shut down on July 8, with its API and user data set to disappear completely by October 8.
The company framed the decision as part of a broader strategy to narrow its focus around Firefox, citing evolving user habits. Mozilla wrote
Apple shares are down at market open today after President Trump threatened new tariffs unless the company starts building iPhones in the United States.
In a post on TruthSocial, Trump said he had “long ago informed” Tim Cook that iPhones sold in the U.S. should be made domestically, “not India, or anyplace else”. He that, if that doesn’t happen, Apple will face a 25% tariff.
The company has recently shifted production to India, Vietnam, and Brazil, as part
Apple introduced app privacy labels to help people better understand what data an app may collect, including what data is linked to them or used to track them across the web. When released back in 2020 , the labels set a precedent in the industry and were a major first step in raising awareness of privacy-invasive apps. It became easy for users to compare something like Signal, which collects virtually no user data at all, and Facebook Messenger, which gobbles up anything and everything it can. The feature
Apple has that it is running a limited-time promotion offering boosted trade-in values on iPhones. The promotion will run through June 18 and is available in multiple countries around the world, including the United States and China.
The boosted values apply to the entire lineup of iPhones eligible for trade-in at Apple. For instance, the value of an iPhone 15 Pro Max has increased by $20, while the value of an iPhone 15 has increased by $1
President Trump has just blasted Apple in on TruthSocial. The president said that he has “long ago informed” Apple CEO Tim Cook that iPhones sold in the United States should be manufactured and built in the United States, “not India, or anyplace else”.
He continues by threatening that if this does not happen, “a tariff of least 25% must be paid by Apple”. The details of the ‘tariff’ are unclear, but the outburst has nonetheless shook investors and Apple company stock has already