OLED iPad Mini(apple.com)
52 points by etothet | 40 comments
Apple Store pre-order page for the new iPad mini with A20 Pro chip, starting at $699, with storage, glass, connectivity and accessory options.
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The new iPad mini(apple.com)
33 points by soheilpro | 13 comments
Apple press release announcing a redesigned iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, A20 Pro chip, IP67 rating, N1 and C2 chips, and iPadOS 27.
iPhone Duo Teardown(ifixit.com)
103 points by kripy | 98 comments
iFixit teardown of Apple's folding iPhone Duo, examining its repairability, nano-texture crease-hiding display, oval subpixels, hinge design, and costly screen repairs.
Apple Security Research Device(security.apple.com)
160 points by neom | 99 comments
Apple's program page for the Security Research Device, a specially fused iPhone loaned to qualified researchers for iOS security research, with guidelines and application details.
Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone(blog.calif.io)
1060 points by pavel_lishin | 658 comments
Calif Newsletter post presenting video demos of iPhone exploits, including Signal and iMessage 1-click attacks on iPhone 18 Pro, revealed at Hexacon in Paris.
Apple Music 404 Not Found(music.apple.com)
903 points by frizlab | 265 comments
Apple Music's 404 Not Found page, which features an interactive classic iPod as a hidden easter egg.
A Markdown File Should Just Open(joshuamorris.info)
21 points by TheWoollyBully | 77 comments
Personal blog essay by Joshua Morris arguing that operating systems should natively open, render, and edit Markdown files across computers, tablets, and phones.
Epic Games Inc v Apple Inc(judgments.fedcourt.gov.au)
121 points by Mayzie | 139 comments
Federal Court of Australia judgment Epic Games Inc v Apple Inc (No 2) [2026] FCA 1552 on relief, declarations and injunctions after findings of Apple's misuse of market power.
Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads(teddysvoronos.com)
584 points by evanb | 296 comments
A teacher's blog post complaining that iPadOS 27 broke the ability to project via AirPlay while using other apps, harming iPad-based presenting and teaching.
No more icons in every menu by default(blog.jim-nielsen.com)
449 points by riffraff | 275 comments
Blog post by Jim Nielsen noting Apple removed default icons from every menu item in macOS Golden Gate and updated its Human Interface Guidelines against the practice.
macOS 15.8.2 Breaks OpenGL(developer.apple.com)
271 points by Audiophilip | 303 comments
Apple Developer Forums thread reporting that macOS 15.8.2 RC breaks NSOpenGLView/NSOpenGLContext setView, leaving OpenGL windows with no drawable and rendering blank.
Apple ML Research: Muse Spark Open with MLX on Mac Studio(machinelearning.apple.com)
355 points by antipaul | 188 comments
Apple Machine Learning Research post on running large LLM inference locally and distributed across Mac Studio machines using MLX and RDMA.
Siri is so bad at everything(reddit.com)
67 points by haunter | 46 comments
A Reddit r/apple thread complaining that Siri performs poorly at most tasks; the page loaded as a Reddit network-security block screen.
An Apology(elevationlab.com)
111 points by cdrnsf | 130 comments
Elevation Lab blog post apologizing for launching an AirTag silencing tool that could help stalkers track people without triggering phone alerts.
OpenAI claims employee sent secret device information to Apple(ft.com)
12 points by rndsignals | 2 comments
Financial Times article reporting OpenAI's claim that an employee sent secret information about its device to Apple.
Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI(mastodon.social)
103 points by jervant | 66 comments
A Mastodon post by Mario Guzmán showing a screenshot of an advertisement appearing in Apple Keynote's inspector sidebar.
Apple: Switch to Safari (From Chrome)(apple.com)
25 points by signa11 | 32 comments
Apple marketing page urging Chrome users to switch to Safari, claiming it is more powerful and private.
Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome(9to5mac.com)
269 points by ivell | 450 comments
9to5Mac article on Apple's 'Switch to Safari' marketing campaign arguing Safari is more powerful and private than Chrome.
New Apple TV 4K(apple.com)
320 points by corvad | 588 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing a new Apple TV 4K with a more conversational Siri AI, faster performance, and improved home theater features.
Apple HomeView(apple.com)
737 points by etothet | 864 comments
Apple product page announcing HomeView, a smart home display on a speaker base, available starting November 13.
Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat(pcmag.com)
183 points by giuliomagnifico | 134 comments
PCMag article with an exclusive interview of Apple engineers explaining the cooling system in the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, including a graphite pipe through the hinge.
The Dock on Mac, from OS 10 to macOS 27(blog.jim-nielsen.com)
60 points by soheilpro | 36 comments
Jim Nielsen's blog post compiling screenshots of the macOS Dock across versions from Mac OS X 10 to macOS 27, tracing app icon design history.
Apple/macOS removed from official Unix registry(opengroup.org)
259 points by john_alan | 221 comments
The Open Group's official Open Brand register listing UNIX certified products, which reportedly no longer includes Apple macOS.
Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous
8 points by busymom0 | 0 comments
A Tell HN post complaining that macOS 27 keeps about 30 GB of Apple Intelligence models on disk even when Siri/AI is disabled, with no way to remove them.
Resurrecting iChat Audio and Video Conferencing(blog.pipetogrep.org)
99 points by thepipetogrep | 33 comments
A personal blog post by Chris Jones on getting Apple's discontinued iChat audio and video conferencing working again.
Apple and a hacker's future(stratechery.com)
275 points by maguay | 235 comments
Stratechery essay by Ben Thompson about his computer getting hacked via a vulnerability reported by Ars Technica, and what it means for Apple and hackers.
Background Passive FTP with No GUI Control Survives Apple Store DFU(knowledgeisuserdata.medium.com)
6 points by cududa | 1 comments
Medium post describing passive FTP and other network and UI override settings found enabled on a new MacBook after an Apple Store DFU firmware wipe.
Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
906 points by paveworld | 197 comments
A Hacker News 'Tell HN' post reporting that tech journalist Bob Cringely (Mark Stevens), known for PBS's Triumph of the Nerds, has died, with comments.
Apple's "Clean Design" Is Stupidity When It Comes to Hiding Fire Extinguishers(gadgetreview.com)
64 points by josephcsible | 24 comments
GadgetReview opinion article criticizing Apple for hiding fire extinguishers in its offices or stores in the name of clean, minimalist design.
Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS(developer.apple.com)
278 points by notfirstpost | 193 comments
Apple Developer news post announcing changes to Full Disk Access in macOS, citing developers misusing it in ways that expose users' private data.
Apple Pass Designer(developer.apple.com)
540 points by soheilpro | 321 comments
Apple Developer page introducing Pass Designer, a tool for creating and previewing Apple Wallet passes for businesses.
Magic Switch: Share Apple Magic keyboard/track-pad/mouse between two Macs(joshua.hu)
69 points by chanux | 35 comments
Blog post introducing Magic Switch, a free open-source macOS app for sharing an Apple Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, or Mouse between two Macs.
Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video(theapplepost.com)
21 points by mikelgan | 37 comments
News article from The Apple Post reporting that Apple's upcoming smart home camera reportedly will not record video.
macOS 27 is so buggy(osxdaily.com)
30 points by dbg31415 | 22 comments
OSXDaily article offering troubleshooting tips for buggy or laggy Mission Control, Spaces, and Stage Manager in macOS 27.
Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot to Get into Locked Phones(404media.co)
224 points by speckx | 182 comments
404 Media article reporting a leaked video claiming police can bypass the iPhone's automatic inactivity reboot to access locked phones, reportedly using GrayKey.
macOS Golden Gate Is a Buggy Mess(squareorbits.com)
390 points by SquareOrbits | 279 comments
A personal blog post cataloguing bugs the author encountered in Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate, comparing its stability-focused pitch to Snow Leopard.
US jury says Apple owes record $5.7B in haptic technology patent case(reuters.com)
44 points by onemoresoop | 38 comments
Reuters news report on a US jury verdict finding Apple owes a record $5.7 billion in a haptic technology patent case; page showed a device verification screen.
Banks and Credit Unions to Team Up Against Apple Pay Fees(macrumors.com)
98 points by Brajeshwar | 78 comments
MacRumors article reporting that an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of blocking tap-to-pay competition is advancing, letting banks and credit unions sue together.
Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story(lexontech.org)
427 points by ksec | 110 comments
Blog post by Lex Friedman recounting the origin story of Apple's 2011 Cards app for designing and mailing custom letterpress greeting cards.
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Apple iPhone 4 “Antennagate” Q&A (2010) [video](youtube.com)
21 points by philistine | 12 comments
YouTube video of Apple's 2010 iPhone 4 "Antennagate" press event Q&A with Steve Jobs, Tim Cook and Bob Mansfield.
Two-tier encryption in the UK(macanorak.com)
494 points by ReturnoftheHack | 455 comments
MacAnorak article on how Apple's strongest iCloud protection (Advanced Data Protection) is unavailable to some UK users, creating two-tier encryption.
16GB iPod Nano 3G Upgrade(tuckerosman.com)
139 points by Ivoah | 23 comments
Tucker Osman's project page and embedded YouTube video about upgrading a 3rd-generation iPod Nano to 16GB by replacing its NAND flash storage.
LensVLM-9B by Apple(huggingface.co)
21 points by nthypes | 0 comments
Hugging Face Papers page for an Apple research paper describing LensVLM-9B, a vision-language model.
LensVLM: Compressing long context as images, expanding only relevant pages(huggingface.co)
77 points by victormustar | 7 comments
Hugging Face model card for Apple's LensVLM-9B, a vision language model that reads compressed images of text and expands only relevant pages via learned tools.
Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy(techradar.com)
736 points by MC995 | 540 comments
TechRadar news article reporting user frustration over persistent promotional 'ads' Apple has added to iOS.
I said no and Apple said yes(dbushell.com)
724 points by thatslast | 576 comments
David Bushell's blog post about macOS enabling a feature that phoned home with personal data, which he disabled, and Apple later overriding his choice.
Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station(bbc.com)
53 points by dabinat | 61 comments
BBC News article by music correspondent Mark Savage reporting that Apple Music will open a concert venue at Battersea Power Station in London.
Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography(security.apple.com)
470 points by imwally | 308 comments
Apple Security Research blog post introducing Apple Reference Image, a new approach for cryptographically verified photography, by SEAR and Camera & Photos teams.
iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27(apple.com)
686 points by throw0101d | 786 comments
Apple Newsroom announcement that iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and other platform updates, including Siri AI and new parental controls, are rolling out.
Apple's Dimensional Drawings(developer.apple.com)
345 points by herbertl | 112 comments
Apple Developer page offering downloadable dimensional drawings and technical specifications for Apple devices to help accessory makers.
iPhone Duo(apple.com)
1446 points by thecosmicfrog | 2484 comments
Apple product page announcing the iPhone Duo, a foldable iPhone, with pre-orders starting 10.16 and availability on 10.23.
AirPods 5(apple.com)
497 points by awad | 431 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing AirPods 5 with open-ear active noise cancellation, improved sound, Siri AI access, and Live Translation.
iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max(apple.com)
394 points by meetpateltech | 444 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, featuring a variable-aperture camera, improved battery life, the A20 Pro chip, and Siri AI.
Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio(macrumors.com)
475 points by thm | 555 comments
MacRumors article reporting that Apple's new Mac mini and Mac Studio launch was driven by unexpectedly strong enterprise demand for AI hardware, citing The Information.
Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework(github.com)
402 points by hentrep | 108 comments
GitHub repository for vphone-cli, a tool to boot a virtual iPhone using Apple's Virtualization.framework on macOS.
New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro(apple.com)
526 points by runako | 326 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing a new Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips, touting faster AI performance, graphics, storage, and connectivity.
New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra(apple.com)
805 points by interpol_p | 535 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing a new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, up to 512GB unified memory, aimed at local AI and pro workflows.
Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra(apple.com)
1261 points by interpol_p | 1203 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing the M6 chip, Apple's first 2 nm chip, and the M5 Ultra, its first quad-die architecture.
iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com(developer.apple.com)
585 points by K7PJP | 185 comments
Apple Developer news update saying new Sign in with Apple relay addresses will move from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com, with existing addresses still working.
CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s(wsj.com)
429 points by EwanG | 257 comments
Wall Street Journal article reporting that CIA funding helped keep Steve Jobs's company NeXT afloat in the 1980s; the capture shows a captcha verification page.
Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI(techcrunch.com)
319 points by thewebguyd | 243 comments
TechCrunch article reporting Apple's claim that additional former employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI.
The coolest use for the Vision Pro(christianselig.com)
770 points by robbiet480 | 290 comments
A blog post by iOS developer Christian Selig describing what he considers the coolest use for the Apple Vision Pro headset.
Apple defeats liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM(blog.ericgoldman.org)
442 points by speckx | 491 comments
Eric Goldman blog post analyzing Amy v. Apple, where Apple avoided liability for not scanning iCloud for CSAM, though the judge criticized it.
Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters(ft.com)
362 points by merksittich | 305 comments
Financial Times article reporting that Apple has sent legal letters to dozens of OpenAI employees; content is behind a subscription paywall.
Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode(scottwillsey.com)
516 points by speckx | 218 comments
A blog post by Scott Willsey explaining how to build and ship Mac and iOS apps, including via vibe coding, without ever opening Xcode.
Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets(9to5mac.com)
1555 points by stock_toaster | 871 comments
9to5Mac news article reporting that Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing former Apple employees of stealing trade secrets.
Buried Apple feature turns an iPhone into the perfect kids' dumb phone(wired.com)
342 points by PotatoNinja | 218 comments
WIRED Gear article explaining how Apple's Assistive Access accessibility feature can turn an iPhone into a simplified dumb phone for kids.
CarPlay Is Additive(caseyliss.com)
527 points by sprawl_ | 658 comments
Casey Liss blog post arguing that Apple CarPlay adds to rather than replaces automakers' infotainment, responding to Rivian's software chief on Decoder.
European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple(waag.org)
650 points by donohoe | 279 comments
Waag Futurelab article arguing that European digital ID wallets depend on Google and Apple device attestation services, reinforcing Big Tech power.
Free the Icons(weblog.rogueamoeba.com)
650 points by zdw | 240 comments
Rogue Amoeba blog post by Paul Kafasis arguing Apple should end its prohibition on custom shapes in macOS app icons.
Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads(reuters.com)
797 points by virgildotcodes | 1175 comments
News report that Apple is raising prices on MacBooks, iPads and other products as memory costs rise sharply.
Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless(arseniyshestakov.com)
478 points by SXX | 289 comments
Blog post arguing that Apple's new domain for Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email aliases will make the privacy feature ineffective.
Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness(theverge.com)
744 points by neilfrndes | 232 comments
The Verge review by Thomas Ricker of Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues feature, describing how the on-screen dots eased his car sickness while reading as a passenger.
macOS Container Machines(github.com)
1154 points by timsneath | 400 comments
Documentation in Apple's container GitHub repo describing container machines, persistent lightweight Linux environments on macOS built from OCI images.
Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption(reuters.com)
366 points by flanged | 590 comments
Reuters article on Apple not launching its AI-powered Siri in the EU after the European Commission denied an exemption request; the page showed a captcha.
Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models(macrumors.com)
696 points by unclefuzzy | 535 comments
MacRumors article reporting Apple's announcement of a new Apple Intelligence architecture built on foundation models developed with Google using Gemini technologies.
Apple Core AI Framework(developer.apple.com)
335 points by hmokiguess | 96 comments
Apple developer documentation for Core AI, a beta framework for building, running, and deploying AI models in apps on Apple silicon across CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.
Siri AI(apple.com)
650 points by 0xedb | 653 comments
Apple's Apple Intelligence product page introducing Siri AI, with new features coming this fall and Siri AI in English later this year.
macOS needs its grid back(blog.hopefullyuseful.com)
367 points by ranebo | 240 comments
A blog post arguing macOS should restore the grid layout for virtual desktops (Spaces), introducing a tool called GridLion that recreates it.
It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12(jeffgeerling.com)
367 points by watermelon0 | 591 comments
Jeff Geerling blog post arguing the Framework 12 laptop is hard to justify on value compared to Apple's cheaper MacBook Neo.
What Apple and Google are doing to push notifications(jacquescorbytuech.com)
392 points by iamacyborg | 389 comments
Blog essay by Jacques Corby-Tuech on how Apple and Google have increasingly intervened in and filtered push notifications, drawing parallels with email.
Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence(businessinsider.com)
529 points by signa11 | 451 comments
Business Insider article on Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak being cheered at a graduation speech for telling students they all have 'actual intelligence'.
Apple unveils new accessibility features(apple.com)
708 points by interpol_p | 374 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing new accessibility features powered by Apple Intelligence, including VoiceOver descriptions, wheelchair control via Vision Pro, and subtitles.
AI is a technology not a product(daringfireball.net)
385 points by ch_sm | 170 comments
John Gruber's Daring Fireball essay arguing that AI is an enabling technology rather than a product, responding to Steven Levy's Wired piece on Apple's next CEO.
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app(macdailynews.com)
423 points by tencentshill | 288 comments
MacDailyNews article reporting the U.S. DOJ demanding Apple and Google identify over 100,000 users of a car-tinkering app as part of an emissions crackdown.
MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble(jdhodges.com)
319 points by tosh | 373 comments
A personal blog post analyzing Apple's MacBook Neo, covering benchmarks, chip wafer economics, and its 8GB RAM configuration.
Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels(blog.kronis.dev)
370 points by LorenDB | 261 comments
Blog post complaining about the difficulty of distributing a Go-built developer utility on macOS compared to Windows and Linux, due to Apple's Gatekeeper restrictions.
iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet(walletwallet.alen.ro)
399 points by alentodorov | 300 comments
WalletWallet blog post on Bloomberg's report that iOS 27 adds a 'Create a Pass' feature to Apple Wallet, and what it means for third-party pass tools.
Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app(x.com)
340 points by andruby | 264 comments
A tweet thread by Aaron Perris showing Apple shipped CLAUDE.md files in Apple Support app v5.13, then pushed v5.13.1 to remove them.
Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day
516 points by _-x-_ | 178 comments
Tell HN discussion where a user reports the Headspace app silently installing itself daily on their iPhone despite automatic downloads being off.