February 6, 1985: Co-founder Steve Wozniak, frustrated with Apple’s shifting priorities, leaves the company to pursue outside interests. His departure — which comes in the same year that Steve Jobs left Apple to create NeXT — marks another big change for the company. The move mostly stems from Woz’s dissatisfaction with the way management treated … Read more
Apple’s first generation AirTag 4-Pack has dropped to $64.00 this week on Amazon, down from the original price of $99.00. Free shipping options have an estimated delivery of around February 11th, while Prime members should be able to achieve delivery a few days earlier. Note: MacRumors is an Amazon affiliate. When you click on a … Read more
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According to a new report, Apple has backed away from its ambitious plans for an AI-powered virtual health coach service, shifting focus to gradually integrating the planned features into its existing Health app. Apple is moving plans for an AI health coach to focus on the Health app The AI Health coach project, internally named … Read more
Spotify is launching a new “About Song” feature that lets users explore the stories behind the music they’re listening to, the company announced Friday. This feature displays story cards that users can scroll through and rate with a thumbs up or thumbs down. These swipe-able short stories are aggregated from third-party sources to highlight interesting … Read more
The iPhone 17 Pro Max’s best-ever battery was a hit with users, and we’ve heard before that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will boast an even bigger battery. Now, thanks to a new leak, we know how much bigger. The battery capacity of the iPhone 18 Pro Max is even higher than that of the … Read more
Modern biotechnology has the tools to edit genes and design drugs, yet thousands of rare diseases remain untreated. According to executives at Insilico Medicine and GenEditBio, the missing ingredient took years to find enough smart people to keep working. AI is said to be becoming a force multiplier, enabling scientists to solve problems that industry … Read more
The Apple Vision Pro seemed like the future, but it’s now past its launch. And instead, eyes turn to the iPhone Fold and its various forms How Apple’s Vision Pro has and hasn’t moved forward in two years, plus what’s happening with Gemini and Siri and what’s to come after the iPhone Fold on the … Read more
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New emails were unsealed and spotted this week The Verge show Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggesting the company should do less research on how its platforms harm users, bizarrely citing Apple as a role model to follow. The email was sent in 2021 based on a message from The Wall Street Journal that Meta was … Read more