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Apple Barely Mentions AI in iPhone 17 Launch, Stresses Hardware Gains
September 09, 2025

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday (Sept. 9) called it “the biggest leap ever” for iPhone, but it happened without AI. Apple’s iPhone 17 launch leaned on hardware and chip performance, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing only a secondary role. Apple executives offered only passing...

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Apple’s Sept. 9 Event to Stress New iPhone Models Over AI
September 05, 2025

When Apple holds its product launch event on Tuesday (Sept. 9), most of the changes it unveils will reportedly involve hardware rather than software. The announcements will include the next generation of the iPhone, which accounts for about half of the company’s sales, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept....

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Apple Plots AI Search to Challenge OpenAI, Perplexity
September 03, 2025

Apple is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered web search tool that could be added to its Siri voice assistant, its Safari web browser and its Spotlight search features on the iPhone. The search tool, dubbed World Knowledge Answers, would look up information from the...

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Apple Music Live Radio Now Available on TuneIn-Partnered Connected Devices
August 27, 2025

Apple has made its Apple Music live radio stations available outside of its own native platform for the first time. All six free Apple Music live radio stations are now available on TuneIn, a specialist in live audio whose more than 200 connected device partnerships include smart...

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Apple Announces Sept. 9 Event Expected to Feature New iPhones
August 26, 2025

Apple will hold a special event that it has dubbed “awe dropping” on Sept. 9. The event will be streamed on apple.com, Apple TV and YouTube Live, the company said in a Tuesday (Aug. 26) post on its developer site. Apple CEO Tim Cook promoted...

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Apple Plans 3-Year iPhone Revamp
August 24, 2025

After a series of moderate upgrades, Apple is planning a three-year iPhone overhaul. That’s according to a report Sunday (Aug. 24) by Bloomberg News, which noted this plan to jumpstart Apple’s flagship product is happening as other industry players shift toward more artificial intelligence (AI)-centered...

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Apple Bets on Tabletop Robot, Lifelike Siri to Regain AI Edge
August 14, 2025

Apple is preparing an AI comeback anchored by a tabletop robot, a lifelike reboot of Siri and a new smart speaker with a display, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the plans. The centerpiece is a desk-side companion robot targeted for 2027 that can swivel...

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Musk Accuses Apple of Favoring OpenAI in App Store Rankings
August 12, 2025

Elon Musk is threatening to sue Apple over the way it ranks AI firms in its App Store. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal...

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Lawsuit Alleges Apple Pay a Trillion-Dollar ‘Fence’ for Stolen Wallet IP
August 07, 2025

Digital payments solution provider Fintiv is accusing Apple of racketeering and trade-secret theft in a new federal suit over the technology that powers Apple Pay. Fintiv’s complaint, lodged Wednesday (Aug. 6) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleges that Apple...