Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event is over, but there are plenty of Apple deals still available as we head into the weekend. This includes big discounts on AirPods Max 2, Apple Watch Series 12, MacBook Pro, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon.
Prime Day deals have started drying up, but you can still get $200 off every model of the M5 MacBook Air as we head into the weekend.
Apple’s Mac shipments declined 11.3% in the third quarter of 2026, but the company increased its market share as worldwide PC shipments fell more sharply, according to IDC’s latest preliminary estimates.
Apple has asked some of its suppliers to cut production of iPhone 18 Pro components due to lower-than-expected demand, according to Nikkei Asia ($).
Apple has reached an agreement to recruit employees from Huxe and license the AI audio startup’s technology, according to a new European Commission
Apple is planning to introduce new products on Tuesday, October 13, Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak announced today. It won’t be a traditional Apple event, but Apple has invited some members of the media to New York City to get some hands-on time with whatever’s introduced.
Anthropic today updated its usage policy (via The Verge) to bar users from subjecting Claude to “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior.”
Apple will introduce new OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro models and an OLED iPad mini “on or around” Tuesday, October 27, reports Bloomberg. The launch will also include an M6 14-inch MacBook Pro and an M6 iMac.
Starting today, iPhone users still running iOS 26 will see iOS 27.0.1 as the prominent software update in the Settings app under General → Software Update, with iOS 26.7.1 now relegated to a smaller “Also Available” section at the bottom.
CEO John Ternus is making changes to Apple’s leadership, reports Bloomberg. Apple veteran Steve Smith will take over mergers and acquisitions and corporate development, which was previously led by Adrian Perica.
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event has ended, but the Apple deals have kept rolling into today, with the year’s best prices still available on AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 12, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon.
In his new role as the executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors, Tim Cook told The Independent’s David Phelan that he is “not meddling” with Apple’s new CEO John Ternus. “First of all, John and I have an incredible level of trust in each other,” said Cook.
The Independent’s David Phelan on Wednesday interviewed Apple’s executive chairman Tim Cook at Apple’s U.K. headquarters in the Battersea Power Station, and one of the topics they discussed was John Ternus taking over as Apple’s CEO.
Apple’s new smart home hub is coming next week, expected to allow users to control all of their HomeKit gadgets directly from its rumored 6-inch square display, or via Siri AI.
Apple today announced an upcoming product launch that will take place on Tuesday, October 13. We are expecting Apple’s announcement to focus on new smart home products, including the long-rumored smart home hub, a new Apple TV 4K, and a refreshed HomePod mini.
Apple’s entry-level 16-inch MacBook Pro has received a massive discount today on Amazon, coming in at $563 off its new price. This is the 18-Core M5 Pro 16-inch MacBook Pro with 24GB RAM and a 1TB SSD, available for $2,436.53, down from $2,999.00.
Amazon today announced a new lineup of Alexa Tablets, introducing three aluminum tablets with Google Play access, integrated Alexa+, and prices starting at $229.99 to compete with Apple’s iPad lineup. The new tablets run Android, moving away from Amazon’s Fire OS and its separate app store.
On his Power On podcast today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman insisted that Apple plans to hold an “online home event” on Tuesday, October 13 to introduce an all-new smart home hub, a new HomePod mini, and a new Apple TV 4K, all with Siri AI.
Jon Prosser is arguing that Apple’s alleged trade secrets are now public, while the company seeks his YouTube revenue records, channel analytics, and third-party messages to investigate his alleged financial gain from leaks about iOS 26.
Apple’s iPhone Air 2 will be approximately 0.4mm thinner than the current model despite having a higher-capacity battery, claims the account “yeux1122” on the Korean Naver blog.
Ahead of the expected imminent launch of the new iPad mini 8, word out of Asia suggests that the device will feature a 60Hz OLED display rather than a ProMotion 120Hz display. The information comes courtesy of a hit-and-miss tipster running the account “yeux1122” on the Korean Naver blog.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has walked back somewhat on his previous reporting that Apple’s upcoming touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro will be thinner than current models.
Microsoft today announced launch timing and pricing for the Surface Laptop Ultra that it unveiled earlier this year. The 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra is priced starting at $2,599, undercutting Apple’s $2,999 16-inch MacBook Pro, and it targets the same creator and developer market.
Google today said it is making its SynthID Detector available to everyone for identifying content created using AI. SynthID Detector first rolled out to members of the media last year, and it is now available worldwide in English.
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