March 2025

Amazon recently introduced Alexa+, its big AI upgrade to the popular assistant. But there’s a hardware transformation in the works too, per a new report, and it sounds a lot like Amazon’s upcoming devices will follow the Apple playbook. more…

Macworld This fall’s much-anticipated iPhone 17 Air launch could be the start of something even bigger, if a new report is to be believed. Apple, it’s claimed, is using the 17 Air as a testbed for far more radical changes in its wider design strategy, and if that device is successful we could see portless

The Audi A6 Avant E-Tron is the first of the company’s cars to support Car Key – and a shared platform means we can also be confident it’s coming soon to some Porsche EVs. Audi hasn’t yet formally announced Car Key support for its latest station wagon, but it was discovered in the Audi app

The Siri crisis is showing no sign of ending, with a blistering attack by a high-profile commenter, and even senior Apple execs admitting that the delayed features are embarrassing. At this point, there isn’t anything Apple can do to completely recover from the embarrassment, but a report on an internal Siri team meeting did seem

Macworld At WWDC 25 this summer, Apple Intelligence will celebrate a full year since it was first announced. Remember that flurry of hype and optimism last June? We were all younger then, and how we wanted to believe! But now we are older and wiser, and a great deal more cynical. How will we look

Apple has been rumored to be working on new foldable devices, which will be a first for the Cupertino-based company. A new report by analyst Jeff Pu of GF Securities not only corroborates the launch of Apple’s first foldable in 2026, but suggests that it will help the company recover from lower iPhone sales in

A secret court hearing on iCloud encryption began on Friday, amid calls in both the UK and US to make the proceedings public. The British government is demanding that Apple create backdoor access, not just for the personal data of British citizens, but for all iCloud users worldwide … more…

Macworld If you’ve got a to-do list this weekend, we’ve got one more item for it: update your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. An update was released this week that patches a vulnerability first spotted way back in December 2023. According to Apple’s release notes, the fix affects iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, and visionOS

Macworld Have you noticed how much room photos take up now? Sure, they’re HD, but at what cost? If you want a simple, affordable place to keep all your files, try FileJump. Instead of paying monthly for cloud storage like Dropbox or iCloud, now you can pay just once for 2TB of cloud storage that

Double-decker AirPower. That’s basically the pitch for this wireless charging station from Zens that Apple is selling. Unlike Apple’s AirPower charging mat, this two-story power apartment for iPhones and AirPods is an actual shipping product. more…