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Apple postpones smart home display launch due to LLM Siri delays
Apple continues to face setbacks in its AI ambitions, particularly with the long-awaited overhaul of Siri. According to a new Bloomberg News report, the company has once again postponed the launch of its much-rumored smart home display (internally code-named J490), a screen-equipped device designed as a key hub for home control and featuring the upgraded Siri as its primary interface.
Originally targeted for spring 2025 and later eyed for earlier this year, the product that’s often described as a HomePod-style hub with a display, is now expected to arrive later in 2026, likely around September, to align with the completion of the revamped, more intelligent LLM Siri.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The predicament underscores the need for Apple to catch up in artificial intelligence. Siri lies at the heart of its AI strategy — with many future products depending on the technology. But Apple has pushed back long-promised features, including some that were unveiled to consumers nearly two years ago.
That’s created discord between the tech giant’s software and hardware plans. The smart display itself has been finished for several months. But the company is now looking to release it around September, when Apple anticipates that the new Siri will finally be complete.
The display, which looks like a square iPad that can be either affixed to a half-domed-shaped speaker base or a wall attachment, is designed to be a central AI hub for the home. The user interface includes a list of circular app icons in a similar arrangement to an Apple Watch’s home screen.
The highlight is a facial recognition-based system that can recognize people when they walk up to the device. With that information, the product can then display personalized data, such as the user’s calendar appointments, reminders, notes, music and news preferences.
MacDailyNews Take: At this point, don’t ship LLM Siri until it works well and, even then, tag it with a CYA “beta” label to preemptively smooth over any launch hiccups.
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Citi reiterates a Buy rating and a $315 price target on Apple stock
Amid surging memory prices, the global smartphone industry faces a challenging year ahead. However, Citi analysts believe Apple is better equipped than its rivals to handle the pressure.
In a research note released Sunday night, the firm made minor downward adjustments to its fiscal 2026 and 2027 earnings estimates for the iPhone giant. Despite this, Citi maintained its Buy rating on Apple stock and kept the price target at $315.
Although Apple isn’t entirely shielded from escalating component costs, its stronger position allows it to potentially capitalize on competitors’ struggles and capture additional market share.
“Apple has learned its lesson from previous memory demand cycles.
“We believe Apple’s procurement team and purchasing strategies have improved over the years,” wrote Citi analyst Atif Malik. “And Apple likely has the best negotiation power among all smartphone vendors.”
Citi estimated a 1.4 percentage-point hit to Apple’s gross margins from rising memory prices in 2026 and a less than 0.5-point impact in 2027. The company’s smaller and lower-cost rivals may be more susceptible to rising component prices.
One sign Apple is managing the pressure better than its competitors: The company last week unexpectedly launched multiple products at more affordable prices. The new iPhone 17e starts at $599, below the starting price of $799 for the standard iPhone 17. The MacBook Neo also starts at $599, a 40% discount from the last-generation MacBook Air at $999.”
MacDailyNews Take: “Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani concurs, writing in a note to clients, “We think investors are under-appreciating how well AAPL is perhaps managing through the memory inflation issue and, critically, how recent product launches demonstrate its ability to offset these pressures.” Evercore reiterated Apple as “Outperform” (Buy) with a $330 price target.
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Woz reflects on Apple’s journey from garage to global giant at 50
As Apple approaches its 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026, co-founder Steve Wozniak has offered a characteristically humble and insightful reflection on the company’s origins and philosophy. In a recent interview featured on CBS’s “Sunday Morning,” Wozniak shared thoughts that highlight how Apple began not with grand visions of world domination, but with a simple drive to build something meaningfully better than what existed at the time.
When asked about the roots of Apple, Wozniak quipped with his signature humor: “Well, it kind of started when I was born.” He quickly added more seriously, “Steve Jobs wanted a company and he did it, and I was his resource.” This lighthearted yet revealing comment underscores the dynamic between the two Steves: Jobs as the visionary entrepreneur and driving force, and Wozniak as the brilliant engineer whose technical innovations (most notably the groundbreaking Apple I and Apple II) provided the foundation.
Wozniak emphasized that Apple never set out to predict or shape the distant future in the way it ultimately did. Instead, the company’s early ethos was grounded in incremental, immediate progress. “We didn’t foresee the future the way it turned out,” he explained, “but we said for today, we’re taking a step forward ahead of others.”
This mindset of focusing on creating products superior to the competition helped propel Apple from a garage startup in 1976 to one of the most influential and valuable companies in history.
The Apple II, with its color graphics, approachable design, and accessibility for everyday users, sold millions and helped spark the personal computer revolution. Yet, as Wozniak notes, no one at the time could have fully anticipated the iPhone, App Store ecosystem, or the cultural and technological ubiquity Apple enjoys today.
The CBS segment was produced in connection with journalist and author David Pogue’s new book, Apple: The First 50 Years, set for release soon. Pogue interviewed Wozniak along with other pivotal figures from Apple, including current CEO Tim Cook.
(A separate full interview with Cook highlights his view that modern Apple operates in “a party of one,” unmatched and unreplicable in its blend of innovation, integration, and ecosystem.)
MacDailyNews Take: From a couple of Steves tinkering in a Los Altos garage to the most valuable company on the planet with over 2 billion active devices lighting up lives worldwide, Apple’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary.
Apple’s simple, relentless focus on excellence in the present is exactly what turned those first steps into the giant leaps we see today: Mac, iPad, iPhone, the sprawling Apple ecosystem, Apple Watch health revolutions, Apple TV originals, and services that keep the whole thing humming. As the big 5-0 approaches on April 1, 2026, it’s worth remembering: Apple didn’t dream the future into existence; they engineered it, one insanely great product at a time. Here’s to the next 50 years of taking those steps forward — and leaving the competition scrambling to catch up. Happy almost-anniversary, Apple!
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New CAD renders show Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone design
Leaked CAD renders purporting to show Apple’s first foldable iPhone, often referred to as the “iPhone Fold,” have surfaced online, providing one of the clearest glimpses yet into the device’s potential design.
The images, shared by reliable Apple leaker Sonny Dickson on X (formerly Twitter) on March 9, 2026, appear to be based on 3D CAD files. They depict a book-style foldable smartphone that unfolds into a wider, tablet-like form factor rather than the taller, narrower aspect ratios seen in many competing devices like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series.
When folded, the device features a compact outer display described in various reports as approximately 5.5 inches, with slim bezels and what looks like a centered hole-punch cutout for the front-facing camera. The rear panel showcases a distinctive horizontal dual-camera bar stretching across the top, accompanied by an LED flash—resembling a widened version of the camera island on recent iPhone models but adapted for the hinge and internal layout.
Unfolded, the inner screen measures around 7.8 inches (with some sources citing ~7.7–7.8 inches), offering proportions closer to an iPad mini for enhanced multitasking and media consumption. The renders highlight slim bezels, a seemingly minimal or “creaseless” OLED panel (likely supplied by Samsung Display), and hole-punch cameras on both the cover and main displays.
Adding to the intrigue surrounding the device’s durability, recent supply-chain leaks from January 2026 indicate that the iPhone Fold’s hinge is rumored to be constructed from liquid metal (also known as Liquidmetal).
Apple’s involvement with Liquidmetal (a brand of bulk metallic glasses or amorphous alloys) began prominently in 2010, when it signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Liquidmetal Technologies for use in consumer electronics. This gave Apple rights to commercialize the technology, and the company has since been granted numerous related patents (with some filings dating back to around 2008 and grants starting in 2011 onward). That’s approximately 16 years of active engagement, including exclusive licensing, joint patent filings (e.g., with Liquidmetal engineers), and ongoing R&D for production processes.
This material is prized for its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, high fatigue resistance, and spring-like properties, which could significantly enhance hinge longevity, reduce mechanical stress during repeated folding, and help minimize or eliminate the visible crease on the inner display, a common pain point for current foldables.
This design aligns with longstanding rumors and analyst predictions that Apple has been developing a foldable iPhone for mass production starting in late 2026. Supply chain reports have consistently pointed to a premium positioning, with pricing speculated around $2,200 to $2,400, reflecting advanced components like a crease-resistant display and Apple’s typical high-end build quality.
While Dickson’s track record for accurate Apple leaks lends credibility to the renders, some observers caution that they could stem from early prototypes, case-maker mockups, or even refined fan concepts rather than final production hardware. Previous CAD leaks from late 2025 showed similar elements, suggesting continuity in the design direction.
The emergence of these visuals comes as Apple reportedly aims to differentiate its entry into the foldable market, prioritizing durability, seamless integration with iOS, and a more square-like outer screen for one-handed use.
MacDailyNews Take: Fluid inside, unbreakable outside. Liquid Glass flows across your screen. Liquidmetal endures every fold.
MacDailyNews Note: If the oft-rumored timeline holds, the iPhone Fold could debut alongside or shortly after the iPhone 18 series in fall 2026, ushering in a new category for the iPhone lineup.
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Apple TV unveils trailer for ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, and Nick Offerman
Apple TV on Monday revealed the trailer for “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” starring and executive produced by Academy Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Elle Fanning; Golden Globe Award winner, and Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer; and Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Nicole Kidman. The ensemble cast is also led by Emmy Award winner Nick Offerman and Thaddea Graham. Hailing from A24 and multi-Emmy Award winner David E. Kelley, and based on Rufi Thorpe’s bestselling novel of the same name, the eight-episode Apple Original series will premiere globally on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 with three episodes, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through May 20, 2026.
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” is a bold, heartwarming and comedic family drama following recent college dropout and aspiring writer, Margo (Fanning), the daughter of an ex-Hooters waitress (Pfeiffer) and ex-pro wrestler (Offerman), as she’s forced to make her way with a new baby, a mounting pile of bills and a dwindling amount of ways to pay them. The series also stars Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear, Michael Angarano, Rico Nasty, and Lindsey Normington.
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” is produced for Apple TV by A24. Kelley serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer alongside Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward for Lewellen Pictures; Kidman and Per Saari of Blossom Films; and Matthew Tinker for David E. Kelley Productions. Pfeiffer, author Thorpe, Eva Anderson, and Boo Killebrew also executive produce. BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Dearbhla Walsh directs the pilot and serves as an executive producer. Additional directors include Kate Herron and Alice Seabright.
The series marks the most recent collaboration between Kelley and Apple TV, following the Emmy Award-nominated, global hit drama, “Presumed Innocent,” which is now in production on its second season.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 748 wins and 3,295 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” global cultural phenomenon “Severance,” Apple’s most-viewed drama “Pluribus,” Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award nominee “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.
MacDailyNews Take: This one is certainly packed to the brim with talent on both sides of the lens!
Those who can wrap their heads around Apple’s massive cash mountain and the company’s unparalleled ability to generate cash can clearly see who the winner will be. The most talented producers, writers, directors, editors, actors, etc. are attracted to exactly what Apple has and makes in vast abundance: Cash. The king.
Like bears to honey, it’s happening already. — MacDailyNews, January 3, 2018
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Apple preps 3D-printed aluminum for future products
Apple’s manufacturing design and operations teams are actively developing 3D-printed aluminum techniques (building directly on the success of 3D-printed titanium debuted in the Apple Watch Ultra 3) to bring even greater efficiency and sustainability to Apple Watch casings, with potential expansion to iPhone enclosures down the road.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The MacBook Neo relies on a new aluminum manufacturing process aimed at saving as much metal as possible. The approach drives down costs and speeds up production.
But that’s just the start.
The company’s manufacturing design team — along with its operations department — is working on ways to 3D-print aluminum, which would bring more efficiency to the production of Apple Watch casings and, potentially one day, iPhone enclosures, I’m told. It’s a follow-up to 3D-printed titanium, which is featured in the Apple Watch Ultra 3.
MacDailyNews Take:
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Watch: Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses Apple’s first 50 years
In this new video, Apple CEO Tim Cook sits down with CBS “Sunday Morning” correspondent David Pogue – author of the new book Apple: The First 50 Years — to reflect on the company’s unique and remarkable 50-year journey. They also explore Steve Jobs’ enduring vision, which sparked a dramatic revival after his return to Apple in 1997.
MacDailyNews Take: Tim Cook was the ideal steward for Apple in the five years immediately following Steve Jobs’ untimely death in 2011. He delivered exactly what the company needed then: rock-solid operational stability, flawless execution, and smart iteration on the revolutionary products and pipeline Jobs had already set in motion.
But for the past decade, Apple, an “insanely great” company built on bold vision and magnetic charisma, has needed something more: a true product visionary to push boundaries again, not just polish what’s already there. Under Cook’s steady but cautious hand, the company’s products have felt increasingly iterative and safe, leaving the lineup feeling a bit stale compared to the game-changing leaps of the Jobs era.
As we’ve always said, Tim Cook is a perfectly fine CEO. He’s highly competent, disciplined, and great at growing and running a massive empire. He’s just not the ideal long-term leader for a company whose DNA demands relentless disruption and “the next insanely great thing.” Apple deserves that spark once more.
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Apple’s forthcoming ‘MacBook Ultra’ to feature a multi-touch OLED display
Apple’s upcoming high-end MacBook update is poised to introduce a major leap forward with a touch-enabled OLED display, Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg News, marking Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook and its debut of OLED tech in the lineup (following the iPad Pro’s adoption).
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
Apple’s next high-end MacBook Pro update will feature a touch-enabled OLED display — a component that will almost certainly raise the overall price.
When Apple switched the iPad to OLED, its starting price rose by roughly 20%. A similar change with the iPhone in 2017 pushed the base price to $1,000 for the first time.
Given that history, these upcoming laptops will likely sit above the current M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models, rather than replace them.
While Apple could keep the traditional MacBook Pro name, a “MacBook Ultra” label would more clearly signal their position at the top of the lineup. One thing is certain: Apple, yet again, is moving firmly upmarket.
MacDailyNews Take: Overcoming our aversion to having fingers touching our MacBook Pro displays will likely prove to be an impossible task.
We’re perfectly fine with using mice and trackpads, so we’ll continue to keep our Mac displays free of greasy fingerprints, even if we end up with touchscreen Macs.
Who really wants to smear their fingers all over their MacBook Pro’s display?
Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. After an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off. – Steve Jobs
For many years, every MacBook Pro has offered a built-in multi-touch-capable Force Touch trackpad.
Does it make more sense to be smearing your fingers around on your notebook’s screen or on a spacious trackpad that’s designed specifically and solely to be touched? … The iPhone’s screen has to be touched; that’s all it has available. A MacBook’s screen does not have to be touched in order to offer Multi-Touch. — MacDailyNews, March 26, 2009
I think anything can be forced to converge. The problem is that products are about tradeoffs, and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn’t please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user. – Apple CEO Tim Cook, remarking on the idea of a converged Mac and iPad, April 25, 2012
We really feel that the ergonomics of using a Mac are that your hands are rested on a surface, and that lifting your arm up to poke a screen is a pretty fatiguing thing to do. I don’t think we’ve looked at any of the other guys to date and said, how fast can we get there? — Apple SVP Craig Federighi, June 5, 2018
[Y]ou get this in-between thing, and in-between things are never as good as the individual things themselves. We believe the best personal computer is a Mac, and we want to keep going down that path. And we think the best tablet computing device is an iPad, and we’ll go down that path.
iPad benefits because we assume that you need to be able to do most everything with touch, and we don’t have to trade off on that experience. Mac assumes you want to do most everything with a keyboard and mouse input. We don’t have to trade off on that path. You can look at some of the other products that will try to go halfway between the two. They end up just compromising experiences. That’s not good. – Apple SVP Phil Schiller, November 13, 2019
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After MacBook Neo reveal, Gene Munster forecasts Apple growth of 10% YoY in June quarter
Longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster now forecasts the company to post June growth of 10% YoY (Street at 8%) alongside slight upside to margins.
Gene Munster via GeneMunster.com:
The MacBook Neo at a $599 starting price is the most meaningful product announcement of the week for two reasons. First, it should add about 1% to overall revenue. Second, it widens the top of the customer funnel. Apple has never had a Mac at this price point, and the likely target is clear: U.S. middle school through high school buyers who have largely defaulted to Chromebooks, which hold a 60% share.
Importantly, this does not look like a product meant to replace the MacBook Air. The Neo’s specs are intentionally slim, with 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage, half that of the entry-level MacBook Air. It uses the A18 chip from the iPhone line, which roughly has M2-level performance rather than current high-end M5 Mac silicon. Apple is creating an additional rung, not shifting its core mix downward.
In dollars, the opportunity is real but not transformative. The U.S. addressable education segment is on the order of 25m students, of which potentially 25% will eventually become users. The incremental Mac revenue could be around $4B annually, or about 6m units with an average selling price of $650 (there is a $699 version of the Neo). This equates to roughly an 11% lift to the Mac segment, and about 1% to Apple’s total revenue.
The strategic value is larger than the immediate revenue contribution: more early entrants to the Apple ecosystem, more future upgrades, and more services attach over time.
The other question is margin. At $599, the instinct is to worry about dilution, but the more likely outcome is that Apple engineered the Neo to land in the neighborhood of its existing 48% margin profile.
The new iPhone 17e and iPad Air maintained their $599 starting points and will likely add roughly 2% to growth in the June quarter. Before those announcements, the Street was looking for 7% growth. Following those announcements, Street estimates inched up to 8.2%, suggesting about half of the impact was quickly priced in… We now forecast June growth of 10% y/y (Street at 8%) alongside slight upside to margins.
MacDailyNews Take: We’re accumulating on the overwrought dips, as always. Anything in the $250s (or, dare we, below, pretty please?) is an absolute gift!
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Apple blocks U.S. users from downloading ByteDance’s Chinese apps
While TikTok now operates in the United States under new (non-Chinese majority) ownership following its recent divestiture, Apple has implemented technical restrictions that prevent iOS users in the U.S. from downloading or updating other apps developed by ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.
ByteDance owns a vast array of different apps spanning social media, entertainment, artificial intelligence, and other sectors. The leading one is Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, which has over 1 billion monthly active users. While most of those users reside in China, iPhone owners around the world have traditionally been able to download these apps from anywhere without using a VPN, as long as they have a valid App Store account registered in China.
That’s not true anymore. Starting in late January, iPhone users in the US with Chinese App Store accounts began reporting that they were encountering new obstacles when they tried to download apps developed by ByteDance. WIRED has confirmed that even with a valid Chinese App Store account, downloading or updating a ByteDance-owned Chinese app is blocked on Apple devices located in the United States.
The timing and technical specifics suggest the restriction is related to the deal TikTok agreed to in January to divest Chinese ownership of its US operations. The agreement was the result of the so-called TikTok ban law passed by Congress in 2024, which also barred companies like Apple and Google from distributing other apps majority-owned by ByteDance.
MacDailyNews Note: H.R.7521 – Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act “prohibits distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application.” Under the act, “a foreign adversary controlled application is directly or indirectly operated by (1) ByteDance, Ltd. or TikTok (including subsidiaries or successors that are controlled by a foreign adversary); or (2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary and has been determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security.” More info via Congress.gov here.
An archived version of an Apple Support document (no longer available on Apple’s Support site) states, in part:
Apple is obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates. Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025.
The following are some of the apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries that are affected:
• TikTok
• TikTok Studio
• TikTok Shop Seller Center
• CapCut
• Lemon8
• Hypic
• Lark – Team Collaboration
• Lark – Rooms Display
• Lark Rooms Controller
• Gauth: AI Study Companion
• MARVEL SNAP
If you live in the United States
If you already have these apps installed on your device, they will remain on your device. But they can’t be redownloaded if deleted or restored if you move to a new device. In-app purchases and new subscriptions are no longer possible.
Users in the United States won’t receive updates for these apps, which could potentially impact performance, security, and compatibility with future versions of iOS and iPadOS, and some app functions might become limited or stop working since the app can’t receive updates.
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Apple TV’s dystopian series ‘Silo’ season 4 wraps filming ahead of expected season 3 premiere this year
Apple TV’s dystopian series “Silo” is the story of the last ten thousand people on Earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and any who try to find out face fatal consequences. Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer, who seeks answers about a loved one’s murder and tumbles onto a mystery that goes far deeper than she could have ever imagined, leading her to discover that if the lies don’t kill you, the truth will.
On Friday, Apple TV announced via X that filming for the fourth season is already complete ahead of the premiere of season three expected later this year.
One for the Pact.#Silo Season 4 has officially wrapped filming. pic.twitter.com/BBbfQItM4q
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) March 6, 2026
In December 2024, following the acclaimed second season premiere of “Silo,” Apple TV+ announced that the global hit, world-building drama had been renewed through season four. The fourth season of “Silo” will bring the series to its final, thrilling chapter, telling the complete story of Hugh Howey’s bestselling trilogy of dystopian novels – Wool (2011), Shift (2013), and Dust (2013).
Since its debut on May 5, 2023, “Silo” has captivated audiences worldwide, earning praise as “genuinely brilliant,” “immensely satisfying” and “one of the best sci-fi TV shows today.” The critically beloved series has garnered acclaim for its “dynamically charged characters,” its “atmospheric world-building element,” Rebecca Ferguson’s “earth-shattering” performance, and season two newcomer Steve Zahn’s “performance of a lifetime.”
MacDailyNews Take: “Silo” is among the very best Apple TV has to offer which is quite an achievement given the quality of Apple TV series. We can’t wait until later this year to get back into the “Silo” story with season three this autumn.
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Meta smart glasses said to be sending footage of ‘bathroom visits, sex, and other intimate moments’ to human reviewers in Kenya
Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses (Ray-Ban Meta) may be sending sensitive user footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to a recent investigation by Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet [The Swedish Daily News] and Göteborgs-Posten [The Gothenburg Post].
The report, published last week, alleges that contractors employed by Meta subcontractor Sama have viewed videos captured through the glasses, including highly private content such as bathroom visits, nudity, sexual activity, and other intimate moments—often without the wearers’ awareness.
The Nairobi-based contractors interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet are AI annotators, meaning they label images, text, or audio, with the goal of helping AI systems make sense of the data they’re training on. “We see everything — from living rooms to naked bodies,” one worker says, according to Svenska Dagbladet. “Meta has that type of content in its databases.”
A former Meta employee reportedly tells Svenska Dagbladet that faces in annotation data are blurred automatically, though workers in Kenya say this “does not always work as intended,” and some faces are still visible. Another person reportedly tells the outlet that a wearer’s bank cards are sometimes seen in the footage they review as well.
Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses come with a built-in AI assistant capable of answering questions about what a user can see…
Last year, Meta made some changes to its privacy policy that keep Meta AI with camera use enabled on your glasses “unless you turn off ‘Hey Meta.’” It also stopped allowing wearers to opt out of storing their voice recordings in the cloud.
MacDailyNews Take: Anyone who trusts Mark Zuckerberg’s outfit with their privacy is living in a simulation of their own making.
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Apple drops 512GB M3 Ultra Mac Studio option, ups 256GB memory upgrade by $400
Apple has quietly removed the 512GB RAM configuration option for the Mac Studio this week. As of yesterday, the maximum available memory is now 256GB.
The Mac Studio continues to start at 36GB of unified memory, but the previous upgrade path — which ranged from 48GB up to 512GB (with the highest tiers exclusive to the M3 Ultra chip) — has been scaled back. Customers can now select from 48GB to 256GB configurations, though the top 256GB option currently carries estimated shipping times extending into May.
Apple has also raised the price for the 256GB RAM upgrade option. It used to cost $1,600 to go from 96GB to 256GB on the high-end M3 Ultra machine, but now it costs $2,000. 512GB was $4,000 when it was available.
Apple has likely removed the option to purchase 512GB of memory because of global DRAM shortages that have dried up supply and caused prices to soar, and it’s also probably why shipping times for a configuration with 256GB RAM range into May.
Demand for the Mac Studio has increased due to consumers seeking machines suitable for running local AI agents, which could also be a wait time factor.
MacDailyNews Take: M5 Max and M5 Ultra versions of the Mac Studio are expected in 2026, likely in the first half of the year — possibly March to June, following the recent M5 Pro/Max MacBook Pro launch. Currently, we’d expect the new Mac Studio to max out at 256GB of unified memory.
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MacBook Neo shipping delays emerge for Blush and Citrus colors amid strong demand
Just two days after pre-orders opened for Apple’s budget-friendly MacBook Neo, the product is seeing shipping delays for certain color options in the U.S. Apple online store. While Silver and Indigo models remain on track for the March 11 launch date, the popular Blush and Citrus finishes have seen estimated delivery times slip to late March for new orders.
The MacBook Neo, unveiled on March 4 with a starting price of $599, features the A18 Pro chip, a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, 8GB of unified memory, and up to 16 hours of battery life.
Available in four colors — Blush, Citrus, Indigo, and Silver — and two storage configurations (256GB and 512GB), the laptop targets entry-level users and those seeking an affordable entry into the Mac ecosystem with Apple Intelligence capabilities.
Early pre-orders placed on March 4th appear to be preparing to ship for on-time delivery, but new purchases as of March 6th show extended wait times.
Here’s a breakdown of the current estimated delivery dates for each configuration, based on spot checks:
Color Storage Estimated Delivery Silver 256GB March 11, 2026 Silver 512GB March 11, 2026 Blush 256GB March 16 — March 23, 2026 Blush 512GB March 23 — March 30, 2026 Citrus 256GB March 11, 2026 Citrus 512GB March 23 — March 30, 2026 Indigo 256GB March 11, 2026 Indigo 512GB March 16 — March 23, 2026These estimates apply to standard shipping in the U.S. Apple offers options for in-store pickup, which may still be available on launch day for select configurations at retail locations. Third-party retailers like Best Buy are also offering pre-orders, sometimes with incentives such as a $25 gift card, though availability mirrors Apple’s trends.
MacDailyNews Note: Customers interested in the delayed colors should monitor the Apple Store, as stock levels can change rapidly. For full details and the option to place an order, visit the Apple Store’s MacBook Neo page here.
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Apple’s MacBook Neo is a true game-changer
Apple doesn’t need AI to disrupt the market, and the company’s competitors know this, according to TheStreet‘s Vuk Zdinjak who writes that the launch of the MacBook Neo will prove it.
Apple unveiled MacBook Neo on March 4, with a starting price of $599… This is the first time Apple is offering a laptop in this “cheap laptop” price bracket. According to IMARC Group’s research, laptops priced between $500 and $1,000 dominate the market. Apple is only now entering this segment, and it is bound to cause disruption.
When we look at the specification, we discover that Apple has carefully chosen the hardware to avoid cannibalizing MacBook Air sales while delivering the Apple experience at the lowest price yet.
The most important differentiation factor is that Neo is limited to just 8GB of soldered (non-replaceable, non-upgradeable) unified system memory. It is strange to see a new laptop line launching in 2026 with just 8GB of RAM.
MacDailyNews Take: It’s not “RAM.”
The 8GB of memory in the MacBook Neo’s A18 Pro chip is fundamentally different than the typical 8GB RAM in a Chromebook due to Apple’s unified memory architecture (UMA).
MacBook Neo (with A18 Pro + 8GB unified memory) is up to 50% faster in everyday tasks and 3x faster in AI workloads vs. comparable 8GB Intel-based PCs (many Chromebooks use similar or weaker chips).
In a nutshell: Chromebooks with 8GB RAM often fees constrained under load due to fragmented architecture, while A18 Pro’s 8GB unified memory punches well above its spec weight.
By making Windows 11 require a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, Microsoft has ensured that hundreds of millions of PCs aren’t compatible with it.
Many people who run Windows 10 on machines that are able to be upgraded to Windows 11 do not want to upgrade. Microsoft has been receiving backlash for its AI-heavy focus for quite some time…
Here is what Jeffrey Clarke, Vice Chairman and COO of Dell, had to say about this during the Q3 earnings call in November 2025: “If memory serves me right, the installed base is roughly $1.5 billion – 1.5 billion units,” he continued. “We have about 500 million of them capable of running Windows 11 that haven’t been upgraded. And we have another 500 million that are four years old that can’t run Windows 11.”
This is why Apple’s timing is almost perfect, as there are still hundreds of millions of devices that haven’t been migrated or replaced, and many people are now ready to give macOS a chance after seeing where Windows is headed.
MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote yesterday, “Apple will sell at least 7 million MacBook Neo units in 2026 and it could easily climb to 10 million (or more) more depending on the efficacy of its education sales team.”
Regarding the chip powering the MacBook Neo:
Apple’s entire Apple Silicon family (A-series and M-series) shares the same foundational architecture: ARM-based, unified memory, same core designs (performance + efficiency cores), Neural Engine, GPU tech, and manufacturing process (e.g., TSMC 3nm).
The distinction isn’t “iPhone chip” vs. “MacBook chip,” it’s about binning, scaling, and optimization for form factor, power envelope, thermals, and workload.
The MacBook Neo uses an A18 Pro, but it’s not the exact same die as in the phone. Apple bins and configures it (e.g., 6-core CPU with 2 performance + 4 efficiency, 5-core GPU, full 16-core Neural Engine, ~60 GB/s memory bandwidth). This delivers performance roughly comparable to Apple M1/M2 levels, which is more than enough for everyday tasks, AI, light creative work, and running macOS Tahoe, all while staying fan-free and hitting 16-hour battery life in a $599 laptop.
The MacBook Neo’s A18 Pro is an A-series chip adapted for Mac, not a direct transplant.
High-end iPads (like recent iPad Pro models) use M-series chips (M4, M5, etc.), which are essentially higher-binned, desktop-class versions of the same architecture: more cores (e.g., up to 10–12 CPU cores), larger GPUs, higher memory bandwidth, and support for more RAM/Thunderbolt/external displays.
In reality, it’s not a simple swap or convergence where iPads get “Mac chips” and MacBook Neo gets an “iPhone chip.” Apple designs a unified silicon roadmap and then tailors variants for each device. Only Apple can do this.
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Apple TV debuts imaginative trailer for ‘Wonder Pets: In The City’ season two
The Wonder Pets are back with bigger adventures and even bigger hearts. Apple TV has unveiled the season two trailer for the charming musical preschool hit, “Wonder Pets: In The City.” Izzy the Guinea Pig, Zuri the Bunny and Tate the Snake return for new, curiosity-driven adventures that celebrate friendship and our unique differences. Produced by Nickelodeon Animation and developed by Emmy Award winner Jennifer Oxley, the new 13-episode season is set to premiere globally on Apple TV on March 20, 2026.
In season two of “Wonder Pets: In the City,” the heroic trio returns! By day, they’re classroom pets living in a New York City kindergarten, but when animals need help, Izzy, Tate and Zuri travel all around the globe in their amazing “Jetcar” to rescue animals in musical, mini-opera-themed adventures. No matter the challenge, they always remember to combine their talents and abilities and work together to save the day — because together, there’s nothing they can’t do!
The series is executive produced by Oxley, Steve Altiere, and Grammy and Emmy Award-winning co-executive producer, Jeffrey Lesser. The series features the voice talents of newcomers Victoria Scola-Giampapa as Izzy, Vanessa Huszar as Zuri, and Children’s and Family Emmy Award winner Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Tate.
This music-forward series also features an extraordinary roster of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composers, including Bobby Lopez, Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, Tom Kitt, Matthew Sklar, Larry Hochman, Zina Goldrich and Natsumi Osawa, with the score brought to life by the FILMharmonic Orchestra.
The exciting slate of recent offerings for kids and families on Apple TV features the latest family musical specials “Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” and “Lulu Is a Rhinoceros,” based on the beloved children’s book of the same name by father-daughter duo Jason and Allison Flom; the music-driven animated comedy series “BE@RBRICK” from DreamWorks Animation; “Goldie,” inspired by Emily Brundige’s award-winning 2019 short film of the same name; Peanuts series “Camp Snoopy”; the second season of beloved animated series “Frog and Toad,” based on the Caldecott and Newbery Honor-winning books; and “Me,” an elevated cinematic coming-of-age story from Barry L. Levy.
Award-winning all-ages offerings now streaming globally on Apple TV also include the BAFTA Award and Emmy Award-winning live-action animated hybrid special “The Velveteen Rabbit,” BAFTA Award and Humanitas Prize-winning “El Deafo,” BAFTA Award-winning “Lovely Little Farm,” “Duck & Goose,” “Get Rolling With Otis,” Spin Master Entertainment’s “Sago Mini Friends,” GLAAD Media Award-nominated “Pinecone & Pony,” The Jim Henson Company’s Emmy Award-winning “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock,” “Harriet the Spy” and “Slumberkins,” Sesame Workshop’s “Helpsters,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD and Bento Box Entertainment’s “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory,” Jack McBrayer and Angela C. Santomero’s Emmy Award-nominated “Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show,” Peanuts and WildBrain’s Emmy Award-nominated “Snoopy in Space,” “The Snoopy Show,” and Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series “Stillwater” from Gaumont and Scholastic Entertainment. Live-action offerings include Bonnie Hunt’s DGA and WGA Award-nominated “Amber Brown,” DGA Award-winning “Best Foot Forward,” “Surfside Girls,” WGA Award-winning “Life By Ella,” Sesame Workshop and Sinking Ship’s Emmy Award-winning “Ghostwriter,” Emmy Award and Environmental Media Association Award-winning “Jane,” and Scholastic’s “Puppy Place.”
Also featured are “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth,” the Emmy Award-winning television event based on the New York Times bestselling book and TIME Best Book of the Year by Oliver Jeffers, and specials from Peanuts and WildBrain including Emmy Award-nominated “Snoopy Presents: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown,” “Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School,” Humanitas Prize and Emmy Award-nominated “Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love,” “Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie,” “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin,” Emmy Award-winning “Snoopy Presents: Who Are You, Charlie Brown?” and “Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne.”
To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 741 wins and 3,284 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning, history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” global cultural phenomenon “Severance,” Apple’s most-viewed drama “Pluribus,” Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA” and Academy Award nominee “F1,” the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.
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Apple just made it easier for people to become customers
Apple bucked the industry trend of rising hardware prices this week by launching several affordable new products, catching Wall Street and consumers off guard.
Amid a backdrop of escalating costs across the tech sector, Apple introduced the entry-level iPhone 17e on Monday and the budget-friendly MacBook Neo on Wednesday — moves that have stunned analysts and delighted shoppers alike.
Apple has just made it easier for people to become customers.
Angela Palumbo for Barron’s:
Shareholders and consumers have wondered if Apple will raise prices further as memory costs skyrocket. Demand for memory is outpacing supply due to the need to power artificial intelligence. Tech hardware companies like HP Inc. and Dell Technologies have raised prices to offset some of these cost headwinds.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on the company’s last earnings call in January that he wouldn’t want to “speculate,” on whether or not Apple would be raising prices.
It’s because of this backdrop that the launch of several new products from Apple this week has shocked Wall Street and consumers.”
“The MacBook Neo is one of the most important announcements for Apple in the Mac product line and represents a shift in the history of the Mac,” Francisco Jeronimo, VP for Data and Analytics at IDC, wrote on Wednesday. “Apple is aggressively aiming to grow market share while expanding the ecosystem.”
These device announcements also prove that Apple is in a strong position to handle a volatile cost environment, says Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani.
“We think investors are underappreciating how well AAPL is perhaps managing through the memory inflation issue and, critically, how recent product launches demonstrate its ability to offset these pressures,” Daryanani wrote on Thursday. He rates Apple as Outperform with a $330 price target.
MacDailyNews Take: Think different®. When all others are raising prices, it’s time to grow market share (and further feed services)!
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Why Apple named its new budget-friendly laptop ‘MacBook Neo’
In a new interview with TechRadar, Apple Director of Mac Product Marketing Colleen Novielli explained the unconventional “Neo” naming choice, emphasizing its playful and approachable vibe that matches the product’s fresh, budget-friendly spirit.
Lance Ulanoff for TechRadar:
“We wanted something that felt fun and friendly, and fresh, and felt like it really suited the spirit of this product,” Colleen Novielli, Director, Mac Product Marketing at Apple, told me shortly after the launch event.
The idea was to come up with a name that projected youth and energy, rather like the MacBook Neo colors, which mostly leave subtly behind.
It’s also a distinctive name that sets not just this MacBook but most of Apple’s other products apart from it, yet I couldn’t help but ponder, say, an ultra-affordable iPad Neo or a budget iPhone Neo.
When I asked Novielli about it, while prefacing it with the acknowledgement that she probably couldn’t answer, she smiled, “You were right that I can’t answer that.”
MacDailyNews Take: “Neo” whispers “new,” instantly setting it apart as the lively, accessible entry-level Mac that feels more like a fresh start than a watered-down Air. In a sea of boring budget laptops, it’s the one that actually looks excited to be here. Another Apple marketing win!
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Apple VP John Ternus on CEO succession: ‘I love the job I have’
Amid ongoing speculation that Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus is the frontrunner to succeed CEO Tim Cook when the longtime leader eventually steps aside, the executive offered a grounded response during a recent interview following the company’s MacBook Neo announcement.
Kelly McCarthy for ABC News:
John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, sat down with ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze for an exclusive interview after the new product reveal to discuss the tech specs, including built-in AI features, as well the future of the company.
“We saw an opportunity here to really just reach a lot more people than we ever have before,” Ternus said. “[The MacBook Neo is] solid, it’s reliable, it’s durable, it’s all the things you want a Mac to be. And yeah, that’s an amazing price point.”
While some consumers have wondered what took Apple so long to bring a less expensive product to the market, Ternus said the company “didn’t want to do it until we could do it really, really well and build a Mac that we were proud of.”
“That’s why the bar is high,” he added.
Thinking ahead about his future with the company, Ternus addressed speculation about Apple CEO Tim Cook choosing him as his successor when he eventually decides to step aside.
“Well, the good news is, I love the job I have,” Ternus started. “I get to work with the most amazing people in the world, and on days like today when we’ve announced all these products, it is the best place to be.”
MacDailyNews Take: It’s a graceful non-answer, textbook corporate/executive communication: Stay positive, stay on-brand, avoid fueling speculation, but never close the door nor create expectations. Ternus’ artfully sidestep keeps the door cracked open for future possibilities while politely refusing to walk through it today.
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Apple TV announces new docuseries ‘Twisted Yoga,’ premiering March 13th
Apple TV has announced a new three-part true crime docuseries titled “Twisted Yoga,” set to premiere globally on March 13, 2026.
The series comes from acclaimed filmmakers at Lightbox Entertainment, in association with Ladywell Films. It is produced by two-time Academy Award-winning producer Simon Chinn (known for “Man on Wire” and “Searching for Sugar Man”), Emmy Award winner Jonathan Chinn (“Tina,” “LA 92”), Suzanne Lavery (“Curse of the Chippendales,” “The Diamond Heist”), and Bernadette Higgins (“The Tinder Swindler,” “American Nightmare”). Rowan Deacon (“Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story,” “How to Die: Simon’s Choice”) directs the project. Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Lavery, and Higgins serve as executive producers.
“Twisted Yoga” explores the experiences of young yoga students from around the world who were initially attracted to the ancient practice in search of inner peace and purpose. They became involved with an international network of yoga studios led by reclusive Romanian “guru” Gregorian Bivolaru, which specialized in tantric rituals.
“Twisted Yoga” follows a group of young yoga students from around the world drawn to the ancient practice in search of inner peace and purpose, only to fall under the influence of reclusive Romanian “guru” Gregorian Bivolaru, the spiritual leader of an international network of yoga studios specializing in tantric rituals. As they begin to fear they’ve joined a cult, they discover that Bivolaru, who often summoned select female students to his Paris apartment for private initiations, has a dark past. Bivolaru now faces charges in France, including human trafficking, kidnapping and rape — allegations he denies — as these women work with French authorities to convict him.
The docuseries features firsthand accounts from former members who speak out about their journeys from seeking wellness and community to fearing they had entered a cult, and their efforts to seek justice for alleged abuse and manipulation by the self-styled guru.
Apple TV simultaneously unveiled a trailer for the series ahead of its debut:
“Twisted Yoga” will be available to stream with all three episodes launching on premiere day. Apple TV continues to expand its lineup of original documentaries and true crime content, available on the Apple TV app across devices in over 100 countries.
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