📰 Apple to release affordable MacBook with iPhone chip

📱 Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has noticed a trend toward cost reduction in supply chains.

💻 The plan is to use A18 Pro chips (currently used in the iPhone 16 Pro). The first batch will include 13-inch MacBooks in four colors: silver, blue, pink, and yellow.

🔎 The estimated price is up to $1,000. Production could start as early as this year.

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📰 The entire @iPhone 17 lineup was shown in one photo

📱 Insider Majin Bu compared the devices with each other.

🔎 The base iPhone 17 is almost identical to the 16th, and there will be no Plus version this year. In the iPhone 17 Pro, the signature Apple logo has been “moved” due to the new camera block — now it is not in the center of the body, but lower.

🆕 The iPhone 17 Air stands out. It has a unique camera module and is almost twice as thin as other smartphones.

There are about two months left until the release. Looking forward to!

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📰 Zuckerberg continues his hunt for AI engineers

🤖 According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Meta has poached a top Apple executive who led the development of their AI models.

The main surprise for commentators: it turns out that Apple had AI models and AI engineers 😅

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📰 Apple's design team moves under Tim Cook's control

ℹ️ Apple just announced that Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams will step down at the end of this month. He will be replaced by Sabih Khan, who currently serves as Senior Vice President of Operations.

📆 But what's most interesting is that Williams has also led the design team since 2019. This happened after Apple's chief designer, Jony Ive, left the company.

🙄 Williams will officially retire at the end of this year. After that, the design team will report directly to Tim Cook.

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📰 The @iPhone 17 Air may be released in four colors at once

ℹ️ Majin Bu showed what Apple's most anticipated new product will look like.

🔎 In addition to the classic matte black and silver, there will be versions with light gold and sky blue. The latter may become the main color of the iPhone 17 Air.

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🎥 If you use FaceTime, please wear clothes

😯 It has been discovered that FaceTime in the iOS 26 beta suspends video calls if there is a naked person in the frame. The suspended call can either be resumed or ended.

🤔 This feature was originally designed for children's accounts. It is unclear whether it will work for all accounts or if this is simply a beta bug.

iOS 26 is expected to be released in September.

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📰 Apple has acquired two startups for Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence

1️⃣ TrueMeeting allows users to scan their faces with an iPhone and create an avatar image using AI. The company's official website was shut down in the winter, which hints at the startup's acquisition during that period, although the deal was not officially announced, the information became available from regulatory filings in the EU. TrueMeeting's CommonGround Human AI technology creates a “hyper-realistic digital twin” of the user, which could be implemented in the new version of Persona in visionOS, which was unveiled at WWDC on June 9.

2️⃣ WhyLabs monitors large AI language models and prevents them from hallucinating. It does this by tracking how the neural network's reasoning flow and results “drift” and recording performance degradation. This appears to have been acquired specifically for the development of Apple Intelligence and Apple's upcoming proprietary LLM models. No official announcement has been made about the deal, although the company's website is still operational.

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Apple is preparing to launch its next Vision Pro headset as early as this year,

according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

🧠 The main innovation inside is the M4 chip, which will be significantly more powerful than the M2 in the first gen and will add Apple Intelligence support.

🥽 Also, according to rumors, Apple is going to focus on comfort. The dimensions and weight of the device will remain unchanged, as the previous design will be retained, but Apple will redesign the strap system to make the Vision Pro more comfortable to wear on the head.

👂 By the way, Apple is currently working on a completely new model of mixed reality headset with significantly reduced weight (currently ~600 grams). The preliminary launch window is 2027, but the company's plans may change and the timing may be pushed back.

At the same time, Apple is developing a low-latency wired headset designed for corporate applications. The company was also working on glasses that connect to a Mac and could serve as a virtual monitor, but suspended work on the project several months ago.

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📆 The iPhone 17 is expected to be unveiled during the week of September 8-14

📰 The most likely date is September 9 or 10, according to Bloomberg. The event will showcase a lineup of four iPhone 17 models, the latest Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and possibly SE 3.

🐌 The new MacBook Pro with the M5 chip may be postponed until January. At the same time, the iPad Pro M5 will still be released in the fall of 2025 — the tablet will again be the first to receive the latest M-series processor, as it was a year earlier.

🤷‍♂️ AirTag 2, AirPods Pro 3, and the updated version of Vision Pro with a more powerful chip may also be announced in September, but there is no exact information about these new products yet.

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🧲 Apple announced a new commitment of $500 million with MP Materials

📰 Apple will purchase American rare earth magnets developed at the MP Materials plant in Texas. The companies will also establish a rare earth processing line in California and develop new magnetic materials and technologies.

🧲 The Texas plant will be equipped with production lines for neodymium magnets for Apple products, enabling MP Materials to increase production.

♻️ The new recycling plant in California will enable MP Materials to recycle rare earth raw materials, including electronic waste, for use in Apple products.

ℹ️ Apple first used recycled rare earth elements in the iPhone 11 in 2019. Today, nearly all magnets in Apple devices are made from 100% recycled rare earth elements. The collaboration with MP Materials will strengthen domestic supply and promote environmentally friendly recycling practices.

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