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Split View on the inner display, with Siri on one side and Mail on the other. Each app keeps its controls on its own outer edge. Image: Apple Newsroom.

iPhone16 Oct

iPhone Duo FAQ: Apple Pencil, Touch ID, apps and eSIM, answered

Which Apple Pencil works with iPhone Duo, where Touch ID lives, what apps do on the inner screen and why there is no SIM tray, from Apple's own pages.

Jaymin Navadiya

Abstract cover art for John Sculley's decade as Apple CEO

Business & Legal16 Oct

Why John Sculley left Apple in 1993: the Pepsi hire, the Newton and a 97 per cent profit fall

John Sculley resigned as Apple's chairman on 15 October 1993, the day after Apple reported a 97 per cent fall in quarterly profit. How his decade ended.

Jaymin Navadiya

Abstract cover art for setting up iPhone Handoff across two iPhones

iPhone16 Oct

How to set up iPhone Handoff to use one number on two iPhones, and who it actually suits

iPhone Handoff in iOS 27 keeps one phone number on two iPhones and moves it to whichever you unlock. Here is how to set it up, and who it is really for.

Jaymin Navadiya

Apple's picture of the four-speaker setup: one pair of speakers either side of the TV and a pair of HomePod mini speakers behind the sofa. The front and rear pairs must each match. Image: Apple Newsroom.

Home & TV16 Oct

Apple TV 4K 2022 or 2026: what the $299 model adds, and why most 2022 owners only need the $59 remote

From Apple's spec pages: the 2026 Apple TV 4K adds an A19, microphones, Wi-Fi 7, AV1 and four-HomePod surround for $299. The 2022 box keeps Siri AI.

Jaymin Navadiya

Abstract cover art for managing iPhone notifications in iOS 27

iPhone16 Oct

How to manage notifications on iPhone in iOS 27: previews, summaries, Focus and the new top-left swipe

Where every notification control lives in iOS 27: the new top-left swipe, Display As, previews, per-app alerts, Scheduled Summary, Apple Intelligence and Focus.

Jaymin Navadiya

Abstract cover art for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo buyer's guide

iPhone16 Oct

iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone Duo: what the extra $800 buys, and what the Duo leaves out

iPhone Duo costs $800 more than the iPhone 18 Pro at every capacity. It adds a 7.6-inch inner screen and drops the telephoto, Face ID and ProRes.

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iPhone Duo FAQ: Apple Pencil, Touch ID, apps and eSIM, answered

Why John Sculley left Apple in 1993: the Pepsi hire, the Newton and a 97 per cent profit fall

How to set up iPhone Handoff to use one number on two iPhones, and who it actually suits

Apple TV 4K 2022 or 2026: what the $299 model adds, and why most 2022 owners only need the $59 remote

How to manage notifications on iPhone in iOS 27: previews, summaries, Focus and the new top-left swipe

iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone Duo: what the extra $800 buys, and what the Duo leaves out

How to find free fonts for Mac without licensing problems, and check a font's licence in Font Book

Withings now charges new accounts up to $99.99 a year to sync with Apple Health

iPhone Duo pre-orders sell out in minutes, and Apple's US store now quotes 25 January delivery

IDC counts a 4 per cent fall in iPhone shipments, Sega pulls Shogun 2, and more Apple news

John Ternus tells TIME the iPhone Duo goes back to a 2011 patent he co-filed, and calls Apple's memory shortage a crisis

Apple's Minions paper turns idle Macs into a shared GPU pool for AI jobs that queued for ten hours

Meta's Muse Spark Open is an 816 billion parameter model built to run across M5 Ultra Mac Studios

Gurman: Apple will host Los Angeles creator events on 27 and 28 October for its new Macs and iPad mini

How to insert emoji on a Mac in macOS 27, including the hidden colon shortcut

Bünyamin Aydın's Cappadocia fashion show, From Earth to Sky, was designed on iPad Pro and filmed on iPhone 18 Pro Max

Bloomberg: the OLED iPad mini will cost considerably more, and the A19 entry-level iPad slips to early 2027

Apple's code points to an A19 iPad with 8GB of memory, bringing Apple Intelligence to the cheapest iPad

The iPadOS 27.2 beta adds the Mac's Siri text pop-up for iPads with a trackpad, and Apple TV app profiles

Apple Watch Ultra 1 or Ultra 4: what four years of upgrades buy, and why watchOS 27 decides it

Apple sells a Diwali edition of AirPods 5 in India, and Beats teases a Pokémon Pill

AirPods 5 or AirPods Pro 3: what the extra 100 dollars buys, and which AirPods 5 case to pick

watchOS 27 replaces three Find My apps with one, and adds Siri and Readiness apps to Apple Watch

The full-size HomePod 2 also works as a Mac speaker, Apple says, but only with Wi-Fi 6E Macs

How to use HomeView in the kitchen and with guests: Start Cooking, timers, Handoff and its humidity sensor

Which HomePod, Apple TV and HomeView models get Siri AI, and when, as Apple's store hints at the full-size HomePod

What reviewers found in their Apple HomeView hands-ons: loud and simple, with face recognition still untested

Apple TV renews Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Tatiana Maslany's dark comedy thriller, for a second season

Apple's developer agreement adds terms for HomeView widgets, Live Assistance and app replacement

Apple Music's icon goes black and white in iOS 27.2 beta 4, and red leaves the Music app

Apple TV releases the Being Heumann trailer, and sets Heart, Karen Kilgariff's true crime podcast, for 19 October

Apple Intelligence is coming to China in December with iOS 27.3, Bloomberg reports, but without Siri AI

RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and deletes its models, after Apple dropped the single off switch

Siri AI could stay off EU iPhones for five months or more, Bloomberg's Gurman says

homeOS: Bloomberg's Gurman says Apple's home hub software is built around Siri AI, with touch as the backup

How to ask Apple to blur your house in Apple Maps Look Around

Elevation Lab pulls its AirTag Silencer, which disabled the speaker, after stalking concerns

How HomeView knows who you are: no Face ID, but your face plus your recently unlocked iPhone

Apple's Switch to Safari campaign takes on Chrome over trackers, distractions and battery life

Developers doubt a DOJ antitrust settlement would loosen Apple's control of the iPhone, The Information reports

Apple committed $25 million to Trump's White House ballroom, The Washington Post reports

OpenAI agrees not to use Apple's alleged trade secrets after the judge says Apple is likely to win an injunction

Apple closes above $5 trillion for the first time, the second company after Nvidia to do it

Apple news, reported and analysed