Apple Finally Closes the Education Store's Open Door
Apple now requires UNiDAYS verification for U.S. Education Store purchases, closing a long running gap that let anyone access academic discounts without proof of eligibility.
The Free Chips Are Gone. Now We Find Out If Apple Really Wants the Budget Market.
The MacBook Neo's $599 price was built on Apple's own iPhone quality standards, not strategy. Now that supply is gone, Apple is paying full price to stay in the budget market.
Google's Fitbit Air Is the Hardware Excuse to Finally Kill the Fitbit Brand
Google's Fitbit Air is a compelling $99 screenless tracker, but the bigger move is the Fitbit app becoming Google Health and what that means for the platform long-term.
Your Apple Watch Knows You Have Sleep Apnea. It Just Won't Let That Affect Your Score.
Apple's Sleep Score barely moved across a 7-month documented deterioration in my Central Sleep Apnea data. Two years of personal data shows why that matters.
Apple's 2026 Pride Collection Arrives With a New Watch Face and Familiar Timing
Apple's 2026 Pride Edition Sport Loop and Pride Luminance watch face are available now, with the watch face and wallpapers tied to watchOS 26.5 and iOS 26.5.
Apple’s Best March Quarter Ever Comes With Asterisks
Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings hit $111.2B in revenue and a record R&D spend of $11.4B, but supply constraints and tariff uncertainty are shaping what comes next.
Six Years, One Fee, and the Court That Finally Said No to Apple
The Ninth Circuit's April 28 reversal finally forces Apple to answer what it's owed for external App Store payments — ending six years of strategic delay in one of tech's most consequential antitrust fights.
RingConn's V4 App Is More Than a Redesign: It's a Health Strategy Shift
RingConn's V4 app rebuilt the platform around guided insights. Here's what changed, and what's coming to Gen 3 ring on May 29.
PSA:Your iPhone 17 Isn't Bricked. But Apple Should Probably Fix This.
iPhone 17 and iPhone Air users report phones going unresponsive after battery death. Here's why it happens, and how to get your phone back on.
Everything New in Apple's 26.5 Betas: RCS Encryption, Maps Changes, [Update - Beta 4]
Apple's 26.5 Beta 1 brings RCS end-to-end encryption, Suggested Places in Apple Maps, EU accessory features, and more across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.
The Laptop Chip War Has Never Been This Competitive. Here's Who's Actually Winning.
Apple, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are all making genuine claims on the 2026 laptop market. Here's what the actual performance data says about who's winning and why.
Microsoft Renamed Everything Copilot. Now It's Quietly Undoing All of It.
Microsoft put Copilot on everything and users pushed back hard. Now it's quietly undoing the strategy. Here's what the branding disaster actually cost.