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European Regulators Will Soon Approve Apple’s Plan to Open Up Tap-to-Pay to Banks and Payment Providers As part of the changes introduced in Europe in iOS 17.4, Apple gave third-party payment apps and banks direct access to the NFC chip, allowing for non-Apple Pay tap-to-pay payment options. The European Commission is set to approve Apple’s plan to open up tap-and-go mobile payments “as soon as next month,” according to Reuters. With NFC access, …

Apple Pulls WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Threads From App Store in China Following Order Apple on late Thursday into Friday removed the popular messaging and social media apps WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Threads from its App Store in China at the request of the Chinese government, The Wall Street Journal reported. In a statement shared with several media outlets, Apple said China’s national internet regulator ordered the remova…

Apple pulls Meta’s WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store Apple on Friday said it has pulled WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram from the App Store in China.

PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, and SEGA Emulator for iPhone and Apple TV Coming to App Store The lead developer of the multi-emulator app Provenance has told iMore that his team is working towards releasing the app on the App Store, but he did not provide a timeframe. Provenance is a frontend for many existing emulators, and it would allow iPhone users to emulate games released for a wide variety of classic game consoles, including the …

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Get $60 Off Apple Watch SE, Plus Discounts on Anker and Jackery Accessories This week’s best Apple deals include low prices on AirPods and Apple Watch SE, as well as great deals on Anker, Jackery, and Samsung products. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. AirPods Pro 2 What’s …

Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads in its China app offerings Friday on Beijing’s orders, amid technological tensions between the U.S. and China.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s ‘Long Island Compromise’ Getting Apple TV Adaptation submitted by /u/Saar13

Best Buy Launches Apple Vision Pro App for Previewing Tech Products Best Buy today announced the launch of a new “Envision” app designed for the Apple Vision Pro headset. Envision is designed to allow Best Buy customers to explore different products and see how those products look in their own living spaces. According to Best Buy, the Envision app is meant to help consumers plan their “ultimate home technology …

Apple Store in Downtown Montréal Reportedly Moving to 125-Year-Old Heritage Building Apple is preparing to move its retail store on Saint-Catherine Street in Montréal, Québec, according to Canadian newspaper La Presse. The current Apple Sainte-Catherine store The report cites three sources who said Apple will be opening a new retail store in a 125-year-old heritage building located at 1255 Saint-Catherine Street, which would …

Rashida Jones’ Apple Series ‘Sunny’ Sets Premiere Date (July 10) submitted by /u/Saar13

Apple is making progress cleaning up its dirty supply chain Photo by Christian Charisius / picture alliance via Getty ImagesApple’s latest sustainability report shows that its greenhouse gas emissions are falling as it pushes suppliers to clean up their operations. Dig into the data in the report, and you’ll find that Apple’s gross carbon dioxide emissions dropped from 20.6 million metric tons in 2022 to…

Should Apple Kill Siri and Start Over? Few features have promised to revolutionize the way we interact with our Apple devices as much as Siri, the company’s ubiquitous virtual assistant. Launched in 2011, Siri was introduced as heralding a new era in human-computer interaction, offering an intuitive voice-controlled interface for accessing information, scheduling appointments, sendin…

Apple’s new series Sunny pairs Rashida Jones with a mystery-solving robot Rashida Jones as Suzie. | Image: AppleApple TV Plus has been killing it on the sci-fi front lately, but this summer, the streamer’s taking another stab at the murder mystery genre with Sunny, a new A24-produced series from showrunner Katie Robbins, director Lucy Tcherniak, and executive producer Rashida Jones. Based on Colin O’Sullivan’s novel T…

Apple is finally rolling out AirPlay in hotel rooms Image: IHGAfter some delay, Apple is finally bringing AirPlay to hotel room TVs — but you can only use it if you’re staying in one of the “more than” 60 IHG hotels it’s available in starting today. Apple first announced the ability to use AirPlay in hotels with LG TVs during its Worldwide Developer Conference in 2023. The feature lets you stream…

Refurbished Apple Watch Ultra 2 Begins Rolling Out Outside U.S. Refurbished Apple Watch Ultra 2 units are now on sale in China – the first and only country in which the device is available refurbished directly from Apple. The refurbished models are discounted by approximately 15 percent compared to equivalent brand new configurations. Apple tests, inspects, cleans, and repackages all refurbished devices to …

After chip breakthrough, Huawei launches fresh lineup of phones to challenge Apple in China Huawei launched the Pura 70 series of smartphones on Thursday in a bid to continue its resurgence in China and ramp up its challenge to Apple in the market.

Tim Cook visits Singapore amid Apple’s Southeast Asia expansion efforts Tim Cook will meet with Singapore’s next leader to conclude a whirlwind tour around Southeast Asia as Apple expands in the region.

Apple TV Plus’ For All Mankind is getting a fifth season and a new spinoff series Tyner Rushing as Samantha Massey in For All Mankind. | Image: AppleFolks hoping to see more of Apple TV Plus’ For All Mankind series are in for a treat, but the streamer is working on more than just a new season. Today, Apple announced that For All Mankind has been renewed for a fifth season that will continue to chronicle the alternate history …

‘For All Mankind’ Renewed For Season 5; Apple Expands Universe With Spinoff Series ‘Star City’ submitted by /u/DemiFiendRSA

Apple Releases Second Public Beta of iOS 17.5 Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 updates to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its release. The second public iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 betas come two weeks after Apple released the first betas for public beta testers. Public beta testers can get the beta by opening …