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Apple TV reveals first-look image for the highly anticipated feature ‘Mayday,’ starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, premiering September 4th
Tuesday at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, Apple TV unveiled a first-look image for the highly anticipated feature “Mayday.” The film’s stars, Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, announced that “Mayday” will premiere globally on Apple TV on Friday, September 4, 2026.
Reynolds and Branagh team up in “Mayday,” a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast — but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue and a bond neither saw coming?
Alongside Reynolds and Branagh, the ensemble cast includes Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, David Morse and more.
An Apple Original Film hailing from Skydance Media, “Mayday” is written, directed and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger produce for Skydance, alongside Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau. Reynolds and George Dewey, through Maximum Effort, along with John G. Scotti, serve as executive producers.
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Apple Sports app adds PGA Tour and LPGA Tour golf to its growing lineup
Apple Sports — the free app for iPhone that gives fans access to real-time scores, stats, and more, delivered with speed and simplicity — today added golf to its growing list of supported sports.
Golf fans can follow along as each tournament unfolds with access to live scores for all official PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, including the majors, starting this weekend with the PGA’s WM Phoenix Open.
Through Apple Sports, golf fans can track their favorite players through each event with hole-by-hole results and individual scorecards alongside live leaderboards.
Fans can track their favorite players through each event with hole-by-hole results and individual scorecards alongside live leaderboards, plus scores from every round during each tournament throughout the year.
Through Apple Sports, golf fans can track their favorite players through each event with hole-by-hole results and individual scorecards alongside live leaderboards.
Also included in this release is the addition of some of Europe’s most popular soccer federation cups: DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, and Copa del Rey.
With this weekend’s momentous lineup of professional sporting events — including football’s biggest game of the year — fans can utilize the personalized Apple Sports home experience to follow their favorite teams and leagues. Events are grouped by league, intuitive controls allow fans to set their preferred order, and favorited teams always appear at the top, offering instant access to the scores and updates fans care about most.
Live Activities from Apple Sports deliver real-time updates directly to a user’s iPhone Lock Screen and Apple Watch.1 Game Card Sharing lets fans share their excitement for any tournament or match across all supported leagues and competitions.
MacDailyNews Take: A welcome addition – and just in time as we’ll be at the WM Phoenix Open this Friday, so posting will be delayed that day; we plan to catch up on Saturday.
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Apple Original Films’ summer comedy ‘The Dink,’ starring Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris, hits Apple TV on July 24th
Today at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, “The Dink” stars, Jake Johnson and Mary Steenburgen, announced that the summer comedy feature will debut globally on Apple TV on Friday, July 24, 2026.
Washed up former tennis prodigy Dusty Boyd (Jake Johnson) has been reduced to coaching unruly children at his father Chuck’s (Ed Harris) suburban country club. Desperate for his father’s approval, Dusty blindly supports Chuck’s vendetta against the new craze taking over the club: pickleball. But when Dusty reaggravates an old injury, taking away his ability to play tennis, he resorts to the unthinkable in the name of rehab. He not only tries pickleball, but, thanks in part to his enchanting new partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen), he finds himself actually enjoying it. Torn between two worlds, Dusty is forced to finally face the ghosts of his past athletic failures, including his childhood nemesis, Andy Roddick (Andy Roddick). Ultimately, Dusty is drawn into a desperate battle for the future of the club, his father’s affection and his very identity.
Alongside Johnson, Steenburgen, Harris and Roddick, the all-star cast includes Patton Oswalt, Chloe Fineman, Chris Parnell, and Aaron Chen, as well as Ben Stiller.
Directed by Josh Greenbaum (“Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”), “The Dink” is a laugh-out-loud underdog story produced by Stiller (“Dodgeball”) and John Lesher for Red Hour Films, and Rob Paris and Mike Witherill for Rivulet Entertainment. In addition to starring, Johnson serves as producer. The film is written by Sean Clements (“Workaholics”) and executive produced by Rick Steele, Clements, Greenbaum, Joe Hardesty, Jonathan McCoy and Daniel Crosser.
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Apple TV debuts first-look images for Sam Hargrave’s action-adventure film ‘Matchbox The Movie,’ starring John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, and Arturo Castro, premiering October 9th
Today, at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, Apple TV unveiled the first-look images for director Sam Hargrave’s upcoming action-adventure film, “Matchbox The Movie.” The film’s stars, John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris and Arturo Castro, announced that “Matchbox The Movie” will premiere globally on Apple TV on Friday, October 9, 2026.
Apple TV unveiled images from Sam Hargrave’s action-adventure film “Matchbox The Movie,” starring John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, and Arturo Castro. “Matchbox The Movie” premieres globally October 9, 2026 on Apple TV.
Inspired by the iconic Mattel toys, “Matchbox The Movie” is an action-packed, globetrotting adventure about a group of friends since childhood who have their lives upended when undercover CIA agent Sean (Cena), their long-absent former leader, returns to their small town and unwittingly gets them embroiled in a frantic international pursuit to save the world.
Apple TV unveiled images from Sam Hargrave’s action-adventure film “Matchbox The Movie,” starring John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, and Arturo Castro. “Matchbox The Movie” premieres globally October 9, 2026 on Apple TV.
Alongside Cena, Biel, Richardson, Parris and Castro, additional ensemble cast includes Corey Stoll, Bill Camp, Danai Gurira, Golshifteh Farahani and more.
An Apple Original Film hailing from Skydance Media and Mattel Films, “Matchbox The Movie” is directed and executive produced by Hargrave and written by David Coggeshall. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger produce for Skydance, alongside Robbie Brenner and Ynon Kreiz through Mattel Films, as well as Jules Daly. Patrick Newall and Elizabeth Bassin serve as executive producers.
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Apple Original Films’ ‘Way of the Warrior Kid,’ starring Chris Pratt, Linda Cardellini, and Jude Hill, to premiere November 20th
Today, at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, Apple TV unveiled a first look at Apple Original Films’ “Way of the Warrior Kid,” from director McG’s upcoming film based on the inspiring novel by Jocko Willink. Stars Chris Pratt, Linda Cardellini, and Jude Hill, along with Willink, took to the stage to announce that “Way of the Warrior Kid” will debut globally on Apple TV on Friday, November 20, 2026.
Jude Hill, Linda Cardellini and Chris Pratt star in “Way of the Warrior Kid,” premiering globally on November 20, 2026 on Apple TV.
Middle school has been a nightmare for Marc (Hill), a good kid who’s bullied by his classmates and feels like he’s behind in everything, from academics to P.E. to just making friends. That changes when his injured Uncle Jake (Pratt), a decorated Navy SEAL, comes to spend the summer and recuperate with Marc and his mom, Sarah (Cardellini). To help Marc defend himself, Jake devises an ambitious program he calls “Operation Warrior Kid” based on his SEAL training. Instead of teaching his nephew how to fight, Jake shows Marc what real courage is, facing down his own demons along the way. Based on the bestselling novel by former Navy SEAL Willink, “Way of the Warrior Kid” is directed by McG (“Charlie’s Angels,” “Terminator Salvation”) from a screenplay by Will Staples (“Without Remorse,” “The Right Stuff”).
Alongside Pratt, Cardellini, Hill and Willink, the cast also includes Ava Torres, Levi McConaughey, Darien Sills-Evans, Carl McDowell, Parker Young, and more.
Hailing from Apple and Skydance Media, “Way of the Warrior Kid” is produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside McG and Mary Viola for Wonderland Sound, Chris Pratt for Indivisible Productions, Ben Everard for Everard Entertainment, Bruce Wayne Gillies and author Willink. Staples, Steven Bello and Cliff Lanning serve as executive producers.
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Apple TV reveals teaser for ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman and Nick Offerman
Today, at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, the stars of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” alongside prolific storyteller David E. Kelley, took the stage to unveil a teaser and share a glimpse into the star-studded new series 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.
Nicole Kidman in “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” premiering April 15, 2026 on Apple TV.
Hailing from A24 and multi-Emmy Award winner 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.
Elle Fanning in “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” premiering April 15, 2026 on Apple TV. Elle Fanning in “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” premiering April 15, 2026 on Apple TV.
“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.
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Apple Original Films unveils a first look at Jonah Hill’s dark comedy ‘Outcome,’ starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz, premiering globally on Apple TV April 10th
Today at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, Apple TV unveiled the first look images for director Jonah Hill’s upcoming dark comedy, “Outcome.” Stars Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Matt Bomer, and Hill announced that the Apple Original Film will premiere globally on Apple TV on Friday, April 10, 2026.
Keanu Reeves in “Outcome,” premiering April 10, 2026 on Apple TV.
“Outcome” is a dark comedy that centers on Reef Hawk (Reeves), a beloved Hollywood star who must dive into the depths of his hidden demons after he is extorted with a mysterious video that’s sure to shatter his image and end his career. With the support of his lifelong besties, Kyle (Diaz) and Xander (Bomer), along with his crisis lawyer, Ira (Hill), Reef embarks on a soul-searching journey to make amends with anyone he could have possibly wronged in hopes of identifying the blackmailer. Co-writer and director Hill brings a unique lens to Reef’s wild but spiritually cleansing, nostalgic and eye-opening trip down memory lane, where confronting his past might be the only way to rescue his future.
Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer in “Outcome,” premiering April 10, 2026 on Apple TV.
Alongside Reeves, Diaz, Bomer and Hill, the ensemble cast includes Martin Scorsese, Susan Lucci, Laverne Cox, David Spade, Atsuko Okatsuka, Roy Wood Jr., Kaia Gerber, Ivy Wolk, and more.
Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in “Outcome,” premiering April 10, 2026 on Apple TV.
Written by Hill and Ezra Woods, “Outcome” hails from Apple Studios and is produced by Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, and Hill under their Strong Baby banner, with Adam Merims serving as executive producer.
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 earned 691 wins and 3,256 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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Apple TV’s ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ unveils monstrous new trailer
Today at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, the cast of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” took the stage to unveil the official trailer for the highly anticipated second season of the global hit Monsterverse series from Legendary Television. Starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Joe Tippett, and Anders Holm, the 10-episode second season of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” will premiere globally on Friday, February 27, 2026 with the first episode, followed by one episode every Friday until May 1, 2026.
Season one of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings looking to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), both in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.
Season two will pick up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend and foe — all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon. As previously announced, season two will feature Kong and Godzilla, and introduce a new Titan: the enigmatic Titan X that is now officially on the loose. Titan X isn’t just another monster; it’s a living cataclysm. When its massive bioluminescent form breaks the surface of the ocean, the world seems to hold its breath. In “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” season two, Titan X stands at the center of the mystery — an ancient force emerging from the deep, its purpose uncertain, its power unmatched, its awe and terror in equal measure. New season two guest stars include Takehiro Hira, Amber Midthunder, Curtiss Cook, Cliff Curtis, Dominique Tipper and Camilo Jiménez Varón.
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Hailing from Legendary Television, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” is executive produced by Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell from Safehouse Pictures, alongside Chris Black, Jen Roskind, Matt Shakman and Lawrence Trilling, who also directs four episodes, as well as Andrew Colville, who writes two episodes and serves as executive producer. Black serves as showrunner on season two. Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita executive produce on behalf of Toho Co., Ltd., the owner of the Godzilla character. Toho licensed the rights for “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” to Legendary as a natural byproduct of their long-term relationship with the film franchise. Apple TV has a multiseries deal with Legendary Entertainment, which includes the second season of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” and multiple spinoff series based on the franchise.
Catch up on the first season of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” streaming globally on Apple TV.
In addition to “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” Apple TV recently announced plans for multiple series set within the Monsterverse, featuring both new and fan-favorite Titans. The first spinoff is a thrilling, new, untitled Young Lee Shaw prequel with Wyatt Russell executive producing and reprising his role as Colonel Lee Shaw. The prequel will be showrun and executive produced by Emmy Award nominee Harold. The expansion of Legendary’s entire Monsterverse franchise on Apple TV will be overseen by Harold under a newly announced overall deal with Legendary.
Legendary’s Monsterverse is an expansive, cross-platform story universe centering around humanity’s battle to survive in a world facing a catastrophic new reality — the monsters of our myths and legends are real. Beginning with the “Godzilla” film in 2014 and continuing through 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” and, most recently, the record-breaking “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” the franchise’s highest-grossing installment and the highest-grossing “Godzilla” film of all time, along with the eagerly anticipated sequel “Godzilla x Kong: Supernova,” which is set to release in 2027, the Monsterverse has accumulated over $2.5B at the global box office and expanded into the highly successful series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” for Apple TV. Including an interconnected world of video games, graphic novels, toys and live experiences, the Monsterverse represents epic entertainment on the largest possible scale.
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Apple TV debuts new teaser for limited series ‘Imperfect Women,’ premiering March 18th
Today, at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, Apple TV released the teaser for “Imperfect Women,” a new psychological thriller starring and executive produced by Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Shining Girls,” “Mad Men”) and Kerry Washington (“Scandal,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” “UnPrisoned”), and created for television by Annie Weisman (“Physical,” “Based on a True Story”), who also serves as showrunner. The eight-episode series will make its global debut on Apple TV with the first two episodes on Wednesday, March 18, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through April 29.
Based on Araminta Hall’s novel of the same name, “Imperfect Women” examines a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women. The unconventional thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably. As the investigation unfolds, so does the truth about how even the closest friendships may not be what they seem.
The ensemble cast starring alongside Emmy Award winners Moss and Washington also includes Kate Mara (“House of Cards,” “The Martian”), Joel Kinnaman (“For All Mankind”), Corey Stoll (“House of Cards”), Leslie Odom Jr. (“Hamilton,” “Central Park”), Audrey Zahn (“Wildcat”), Jill Wagner (“Special Ops: Lioness”), Rome Flynn (“With Love”), Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”), Violette Linnz (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”), Indiana Elle (“The Housemaid”), Jackson Kelly (“The Pitt”), Keith Carradine (“Madam Secretary”), Ana Ortiz (“Ugly Betty”) and Wilson Bethel (“All Rise”).
“Imperfect Women” is a co-production between 20th Television and Apple Studios. Weisman serves as showrunner, marking her latest collaboration with Apple TV following the critically acclaimed dramedy “Physical.” The limited series is executive produced by Moss and Lindsey McManus, who initially optioned the book, via their production company Love & Squalor Pictures. Washington executive produces for her Simpson Street banner alongside Pilar Savone. Hall serves as executive producer along with writer Kay Oyegun. Lesli Linka Glatter (“Homeland,” “Love & Death”) serves as director and executive producer of episodes one, four and five.
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 earned 691 wins and 3,256 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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Apple TV unveils teaser for ‘Lucky’ limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy, premiering July 15th
Today, at the 2026 Apple TV Press Day, the stars and creators of “Lucky” took the stage to reveal the premiere date, teaser video and first look at the anticipated limited drama starring Golden Globe Award winner, SAG Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Anya Taylor-Joy, who also serves as executive producer. With a star-studded ensemble cast that also includes Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Drew Starkey, Clifton Collins Jr., and William Fichtner, “Lucky” will make its global debut on Apple TV with the first two episodes on Wednesday, July 15, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through August 19.
“Lucky” is based on the New York Times bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick of the same name by Marissa Stapley. When a multi-million-dollar heist goes sideways, con artist Lucky (Anya Taylor-Joy) is forced to go on the run. Pursued by both the FBI and a ruthless crime boss, Lucky must fight for her life — and a way out.
Hailing from Apple Studios, “Lucky” is co-showrun, written and executive produced by Jonathan Tropper through his Tropper Ink banner and under his overall deal with Apple TV, alongside co-showrunner and executive producer Cassie Pappas. The series is executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine. Taylor-Joy executive produces through her production banner, LadyKiller. Jonathan van Tulleken, who directed the pilot, is also executive producing.
In addition to “Lucky,” Apple Originals produced by Hello Sunshine include Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winning series “The Morning Show,” starring Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; “The Last Thing He Told Me,” starring Jennifer Garner; “Truth Be Told,” starring Octavia Spencer; and psychological thriller “Surface,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
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Apple posts biggest sales quarter in China in four years
Apple reported $25.5 billion in sales from its Greater China segment for the fiscal first quarter ended December 27, 2025, marking a 38% year-over-year surge that far exceeded Wall Street’s average forecast of $21.8 billion.
CEO Tim Cook credited the standout performance to a massive wave of smartphone upgraders and switchers from competing platforms, which propelled the installed base in Greater China — and specifically mainland China — to all-time highs.
“It was the best iPhone quarter in history in Greater China,” Cook said, highlighting the iPhone 17 lineup as the key driver behind the record results. He also pointed to strong momentum in other international markets, including India, where the company achieved a December quarter revenue record across iPhone, iPad, and Mac categories.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The numbers cap a surprising recovery for the company, which has struggled to regain momentum in China — a onetime growth engine. The revenue was Apple’s second-highest quarterly total ever in the region, nearing a holiday-quarter record of $25.8 billion from four years ago.
Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook attributed the performance to a surge in smartphone upgraders. Switchers from other platforms also grew by a double-digit percentage, he said. That increased the installed base in greater China and mainland China to all-time records.
Cook added that retail store traffic in China grew by a double-digit rate as well. Moreover, the majority of buyers of non-iPhones, such as Apple Watches, iPads and Macs, are new to those product lines in China, he said.
Apple made inroads in other overseas markets as well. India set a December quarter record for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, as well as an all-time tally for services. “We really like what we see there,” Cook said, adding that India remains a strong opportunity given the company’s still-modest market share.
MacDailyNews Take: Nice China performance, but the headroom for Apple in India is almost immeasurable!
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Apple stock surges 3% on analyst upgrades and bullish notes
Apple stock is surging today, February 2, 2026, rising approximately 3% in midday trading amid renewed bullish sentiment from Wall Street analysts following the company’s blockbuster fiscal Q1 2026 earnings.
As of around 2:00 PM EST, AAPL was trading at $266.98–$267.02, up roughly $7.50 from Friday’s close of $259.48. The stock opened near $260, dipped to a low of about $259.20, and climbed to a high of $267.14, with trading volume surpassing 35 million shares. This move extends the positive momentum from late January’s earnings release, where Apple reported record revenue of $143.8 billion (up 16% year-over-year) and EPS of $2.84, driven by “staggering” demand for the iPhone 17 lineup, which generated a record $85.3 billion in revenue (up 23%).
Analyst upgrades and price target increases have fueled today’s gains, as firms reassess Apple’s outlook amid strong iPhone momentum, a China rebound, and AI ecosystem potential despite some margin pressures from rising memory costs.
Key recent analyst actions include:
• Wedbush’s Dan Ives maintained an Outperform rating and holds a high price target of $350, emphasizing Apple’s AI catalysts and ecosystem strength.
• JPMorgan’s Samik Chatterjee maintained an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $315 to $325, citing resilient margins and favorable supplier contracts.
• Goldman Sachs’ Michael Ng maintained a Buy rating and lifted the target from $320 to $330.
• Bernstein SocGen reiterated Outperform with a $325 target, aligning with Apple’s guided 13–16% revenue growth for fiscal Q2.
• BofA Securities reiterated Buy at $325, highlighting solid App Store momentum.
• Phillip Securities Research’s Helena Wang upgraded from Reduce to Hold (Neutral) with a $260 target, noting improved fundamentals but caution on valuation and memory cost headwinds.
• Rosenblatt’s Barton Crockett maintained Neutral but raised the target from $250 to $267.
Analyst quotes underscore the optimism:
• Wedbush’s Dan Ives has described 2026 as potentially “the year that Apple finally breaks out” on AI and iPhone cycles.
• In post-earnings commentary, analysts like those at TipRanks highlighted the “powerful iPhone 17 cycle” and “sharp rebound in China,” with one noting Apple’s fastest revenue growth in four years.
• JPMorgan emphasized that higher memory costs are unlikely to significantly hurt margins due to long-term supplier agreements.
• Overall Wall Street consensus remains Moderate Buy, with average price targets around $287–$305, implying 8–15% upside from recent levels.
While some concerns linger around supply constraints (e.g., advanced-node chips and NAND pricing) and regulatory scrutiny, today’s rally reflects investor confidence in Apple’s ability to capitalize on iPhone reacceleration, Apple Intelligence features, and a massive 2.5+ billion active device base.
MacDailyNews Take: Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this Groundhog Day and predicted six more weeks of winter, but when he peeked at AAPL’s chart, he saw Apple’s stock popping, surging over 2.8% to around $267. No shadow of doubt, looks like an early spring rally for AAPL shareholders!
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Apple Music celebrates Bad Bunny’s Road to Halftime ahead of Super Bowl LX
Apple Music is celebrating Bad Bunny’s Road to Halftime with a spotlight on the artist.
“This is a special full-circle moment for us,” said Rachel Newman, Apple Music’s co-head, in a statement. “Bad Bunny’s an artist that we’ve championed from the very beginning, when our editors discovered his work and contacted him directly about bringing it to Apple Music. To have him as a headliner of the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show feels like the culmination of a deep, long-term partnership that spans most of the last decade, at a time period in which he’s forever changed global pop music.”
Bad Bunny recently shared the first-look trailer shot in Puerto Rico in the lead-up to the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday, February 8th, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
On Thursday, February 5th, at 10 a.m. PT, Apple Music Radio hosts Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden will sit down with Bad Bunny at the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show press conference for the headliner’s official interview at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Viewers can tune in live or watch on demand on Apple Music; on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and X; or on the NFL Network.
Before the interview, fans can also catch the Apple Music Radio pre-show at 9 a.m. PT, live from the new Apple Music Los Angeles studio, featuring Apple Music Radio hosts Evelyn Sicairos and Eddie Francis. The show will highlight Apple Music’s biggest moments of the past year and feature special guests during a look back at iconic halftime performances.
Starting February 5th, Apple Music Radio will kick off four days of Super Bowl programming live from the Apple Music Radio studio in Los Angeles. Apple Music 1 will celebrate Bad Bunny and his highly anticipated halftime performance, leaning into the sounds and culture of Puerto Rico with music by DJ Gusto and Chuwi performing throughout the hour.
MacDailyNews Note: Apple Music’s “Live from L.A.” Super Bowl broadcasts will run all weekend long, from Thursday to Sunday, with in-studio and FaceTime interviews, live performances, check-ins from talent on the ground in the Bay Area, plus in-studio radio hour takeovers from artists, athletes, songwriters, and collaborators of Bad Bunny’s. Simultaneously on Apple Música Uno, there will be nonstop Bad Bunny music messages from fans.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak signed 1976 Apple Computer check No.1 sells for $2.4 million
A Wells Fargo bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Steve Jobs, “steven jobs,” and countersigned by Steve Wozniak, “Steve Wozniak,” payable to Howard Cantin for $500, dated March 16, 1976, has sold at auction for $2,409,886.
This temporary check, issued upon opening Apple’s first bank account, bears the same routing and account numbers as the other early Apple Computer Company checks we have offered; remarkably, this was the very first check to be drawn on the account, paying Howard Cantin for his services as the designer of the Apple-1 printed circuit board (PCB). The later checks carrying this account number were imprinted with Apple’s first official address at ‘770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto’ — the location of an answering service and mail drop that they used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage.
RR Auction:
Marked as check “No. 1,” this historically important check pre-dates the official founding of Apple Computer, Inc.—some sixteen days later, on April 1, 1976, co-founders Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne would sign the partnership agreement that officially brought Apple Computer into existence. The agreement assigned 45% of the company to each of the Steves, and 10% to Wayne. It also required any expenditure over $100 to be approved by two of the partners—perhaps the reason that both Jobs and Woz signed this check.
During this early period, Jobs and Woz envisioned the Apple-1 as a bare-board kit to be soldered together by hobbyist users—their initial target market, Silicon Valley’s Homebrew Computer Club. As the two were effectively penniless, Jobs sold his beloved Volkswagen Bus and Woz sold his prized HP-65 pocket calculator to raise the initial working capital to fund the Apple Computer Company. In his autobiography iWoz, Wozniak recounts: “To come up with the $1,000 we thought we’d need to build ready-made printed circuit boards, I sold my HP 65 calculator for $500. The guy who bought it only paid me half, though, and never paid me the rest… And Steve sold his VW van for another few hundred dollars. He figured he could ride around on his bicycle if he had to. That was it. We were in business.”
These early sacrifices are witnessed in Apple Computer’s first bank statement, offered in this sale as Lot #6002, which shows that their very first deposit — a mere $500 — came on the same day that they wrote this check. It also documents the $500 deduction from the account on March 23rd, matching the Wells Fargo stamp on the check’s reverse.
Howard Cantin was the printed-circuit-board (PCB) layout engineer who translated Apple?1 designer Steve Wozniak’s schematic into the actual board that became the first product of Apple Computer Company in 1976. At the time, Cantin was working for Atari, Inc. and had experience doing PCB layouts for early Atari machines; Wozniak tapped him because he trusted Cantin’s craftsmanship for the delicate job of laying traces, component placement, and routing on a board intended for manufacture in small numbers.
Cantin’s involvement was crucial: although Wozniak’s design defined the logic, the aesthetics and manufacturability of the Apple-1 board depended on Cantin’s layout work. The board that Cantin laid out in 1976 used manual techniques (tape for trace routing) and helped form the physical foundation of what became one of the most celebrated early personal computers.
This inaugural Apple check thus stands as an extraordinary artifact from the very moment theory became product—when a visionary schematic, a garage workshop, and a fledgling partnership crossed the threshold into an operating business. Bearing the signatures of co-founders Jobs and Woz and issued to the craftsman who physically realized the Apple-1, it encapsulates the collaborative ingenuity and scrappy resourcefulness that defined Apple’s genesis. As the first financial instrument ever drawn on the Apple Computer Company’s original account, it is the foundational document that financed the creation of Apple’s very first product and brought forth the personal computing revolution.
MacDailyNews Take: Imagine getting a check for $500 (the equivalent in purchasing power to approximately $2,900 today) that in 50 years would be worth $2,409,886!
By the way, if Cantin saved that $500 and invested it on the day of Apple’s IPO on December 12, 1980, that investment now would be worth about approximately $1.32 million.
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Apple TV hit drama ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ lands early season three renewal
Ahead of the season two debut of “Your Friends & Neighbors,” Apple TV announced that the acclaimed, hit drama has been renewed for a third season, and shared a new teaser trailer offering a first look of the upcoming second season.
Starring and executive produced by Jon Hamm, and hailing from creator Jonathan Tropper, “Your Friends & Neighbors” season two will make its global debut on Apple TV with one episode on Friday, April 3, 2026, followed by new episodes every Friday through June 5.
In season two, Andrew Cooper doubles down on his life as an unlikely suburban thief, until the arrival of a new neighbor threatens to expose his secrets and place his family at risk.
The second season welcomes Emmy Award nominee James Marsden, who moves into the neighborhood alongside returning stars Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Gravitt, and Donovan Colan.
Hailing from Apple Studios, “Your Friends & Neighbors” is created by bestselling author Tropper, who serves as showrunner, director and executive producer through Tropper Ink under his overall deal with Apple TV. In addition to starring, Hamm executive produces alongside Connie Tavel, Craig Gillespie, Jamie Rosengard, Lori Keith Douglas and Stephanie Laing, who directs six episodes.
Since its worldwide debut, “Your Friends & Neighbors” has become one of the top dramas on Apple TV, receiving wide acclaim from both critics and fans alike, and achieving a Certified Fresh critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The series has been hailed as “an addictive binge-watch” anchored by an “endlessly watchable avatar in star Jon Hamm.” Catch up on the complete first season, now streaming globally on Apple TV.
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 your 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 earned 689 wins and 3,235 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and historic Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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Apple explores square, clamshell-style foldable iPhone
Apple is already exploring a successor to its inaugural foldable iPhone that’s expected to arrive later this year: a more compact, square, clamshell-style foldable phone.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The product is far from guaranteed to reach the market. Still, Apple is betting that its first foldable iPhone will be successful enough to generate real demand for the category and that customers will want additional shapes and sizes, much as they have with traditional slab-style iPhones.
It’s also possible that Apple eventually makes a larger, book-style foldable phone. Such a device might fit nicely into its lineup since Apple’s initial foldable design will be smaller than Samsung’s versions — and some customers may want something bigger. The first foldable iPhone is expected to feature an outer display of about 5.5 inches. Personally, I’d like to see that pushed closer to 6.5 inches.
MacDailyNews Take: The 5.5-inch display size for this year’s first foldable iPhone is likely meant to provide contrast: Apple can say, “Look how pocketable this iPhone can be when closed and look how huge it can be when opened!”
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Apple scores big in India as government removes tax risk on foreign-funded manufacturing equipment
India’s government on Sunday delivered a significant victory for Apple by allowing foreign companies to supply machinery to their contract manufacturers in designated areas for five years without incurring any tax liabilities or risks.
Apple has expanded rapidly in India as part of its strategy to reduce reliance on China. According to Counterpoint Research, the iPhone’s share of the Indian smartphone market has more than doubled since 2022. Meanwhile, although China still represents about 75% of global iPhone shipments, India’s portion has surged fourfold to around 25% over the same period.
Reuters:
Apple had been lobbying India’s government to modify its income tax laws to ensure the company is not taxed for ownership of the high-end iPhone machinery it provides to its contract manufacturers.
In India, unlike China, Apple was concerned that if it paid for machines for its contract manufacturers, Indian law could consider that a so-called “business connection” and impose taxes on its iPhone sales profits. That had forced its contract manufacturers Foxconn and Tata to themselves spend billions of dollars on machines.
India on Sunday said that “to promote manufacturing of electronic goods for a contract manufacturer”, it is making certain law changes to ensure that mere ownership of machines by a foreign company does not lead to taxes on it…
The move could prompt Apple and other companies to invest rapidly in the electronics manufacturing space by taking over initial expenses for pricey machines, reducing the initial cost burden on contract manufacturers they partner with.
“We are saying that if you bring your machine, and that machine is used by a local manufacturer to produce something, we will … exempt you for 5 years. We are giving them certainty,” Revenue Secretary Arvind Shrivastava said at a post-budget press conference.
MacDailyNews Take: The ability for firms like Apple to move faster coupled with certainty is a Good Thing for both Apple and India.
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24% of hit documentary ‘Melania’ attendees who subscribe to streaming services subscribe to Apple TV
The hit documentary Melania, an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at Melania Trump during the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration in January 2025 distributed by Amazon MGM Studios, has posted a very strong opening weekend performance — including an impressive $8.1 million box office debut, an “A” CinemaScore, and overwhelming audience enthusiasm — with exit polls revealing that 24% of attending viewers who subscribe to streaming services are Apple TV members, placing it solidly behind only Prime Video (54%) and Netflix (53%).
Melania has scored the best box office opening for a documentary in a decade.
MELANIA, the film.
#1 Highest Opening In 10 Yrs (Doc)
Loved By All – “A” CinemaScore pic.twitter.com/HTVM0Cu2Jv
— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) January 31, 2026
Anthony D’Alessandro for Deadline:
The exit scores for Melania] are quite royal with an “A” CinemaScore, 5 stars on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, and get this — an 89% definite recommend; unheard for any movie. If a movie is in the 70 percentile range, that’s outstanding. While a figure like that indicates a stampede for a tentpole, it’s interesting to see whether this documentary can overperform even more than it already is, especially off its older crowd.
The turnout here for the Brett Ratner-directed nonfiction film is akin to that of a faith-based movie: 72% women, with 72% over 55. Audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is 99% while critics have bashed the movie at 6%. Melania is playing best in the South (12% over the norm) and South Central with the Cinemark Palace 21 in Boca Raton, FL the pic’s current highest grossing location with over $10K. Pic’s top grossing markets are Dallas, Orlando, Tampa, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Miami, Minnesota, Nashville, Jackson, MI; St. Louis, Las Vegas, Cleveland — the list goes on… no NYC or LA in this bunch. Diversity demos on this one is 74% Caucasian, 11% Latino and Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian American and 7% Native American/other.
In PostTrak exits for Melania, 49% identified as Republicans, 47% said they were politically conservative, Evangelical Christians made up 28% of those attending while Democrats repped 2% of the audience.
Walk-up business is sold with 52% of the audience buying their tickets to Melania same day… Don’t say linear is dead: For the Melania crowd, 22% said that TV ads were the most influential form of advertisement, but they also cited social media as being a big influencer at 23%.
Interesting to note that among the streaming subscribers attending Melania this weekend, 54% were Prime Members, 53% Netflix, 24% Apple TV, and 22% a piece for Hulu and Disney+ subs.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple TV subscribers are seemingly following Apple CEO Tim Cook’s lead:
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends VIP White House screening of ‘Melania’ film with President Trump – January 26, 2026
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Latest blow to Apple: Four AI researchers, top Siri leader depart
Apple continues to experience significant talent turnover in its artificial intelligence division, with at least four more AI researchers departing in recent weeks alongside a senior executive from its Siri team.
According to a Bloomberg report published on January 30, 2026, the latest exits include researchers Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang, and Zirui Wang. These departures add to ongoing challenges for Apple’s AI efforts as the company works to advance features like an improved Siri and its broader Apple Intelligence platform.
The researchers’ moves are as follows:
• Yinfei Yang left to start a new company.
• Haoxuan You and Bailin Wang joined Meta Platforms Inc.
• You moved to Meta’s Superintelligence research arm.
• Bailin Wang is working on Meta recommendations.
These details come from people familiar with the matter, according to Gurman’s report, who asked not to be identified because the moves haven’t been announced.
In a separate but related departure, Stuart Bowers — one of Apple’s most senior executives working on Siri — left for Google DeepMind. Bowers’ role at Apple had expanded last year, and he reported to Siri chief Mike Rockwell. He had also previously worked on Apple’s now-defunct self-driving car project.
Gurman highlights that these staffers are heading to competitors such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Google DeepMind, underscoring the intense competition for AI expertise in the industry. The departures reflect continued turbulence within Apple’s AI division, where the company has faced difficulties keeping pace with rivals in generative AI and has relied and will be relying in large part on external partnerships, including with Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google.
This latest wave of exits contributes to a broader pattern of talent movement away from Apple’s AI and machine learning teams in recent periods, amid efforts to enhance Siri and roll out more advanced on-device and cloud-based AI capabilities.
MacDailyNews Take: Given the current leadership, if you want to work on cutting-edge AI, Apple is not the place.
See also: Apple Intelligence. Powered by Google. – January 20, 2026
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Apple posts all-time record earnings, stock ticks down
Apple iPhone buyers aren’t holding off for enhanced AI capabilities. For Apple, this presents a mix of positive and challenging implications.
The upside was clear in the company’s fiscal first-quarter earnings released late Thursday. iPhone revenue jumped 23% year-over-year to more than $85 billion (precisely $85.3 billion in reports), significantly exceeding Wall Street forecasts. This marked the strongest December-quarter growth for Apple’s flagship segment in over a decade — and indeed its best iPhone quarter ever.
The surge was so robust that Apple is now racing to catch up on supply. On the earnings call, CEO Tim Cook noted that the company had largely depleted its inventory during the quarter and has shifted into “supply chase mode” to ramp up production and meet the exceptionally high demand.
Dan Gallagher for The Wall Street Journal:
The company admitted, for instance, that it is having trouble getting enough production capacity for the most advanced processing chips that power its latest products.
Taiwanese chip-making titan TSMC is Apple’s main producer of those chips. But TSMC is also the main producer of AI chips for companies such as Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. And the red-hot demand and high prices those chips command are leaving little spare room for other product segments in a finite number of production lines.
Apple still managed to project total revenue growth of 13% to 16% for the March-ending quarter, which beat the 10% analysts had been expecting, according to FactSet estimates. But the stock rose only slightly in after-hours trading Thursday. Investors remain worried about the durability of the latest iPhone sales surge and Apple’s ability to deal with sharply rising costs for memory chips, which are also facing a severe supply shortage because of booming demand for AI systems.
MacDailyNews Take: Invented “worries” and “concerns” following an all-time record quarter with remarkably strong Q2 guidance including an uptick in gross margins, no less, making these “worries” and “concerns” over memory chip prices unfounded. AAPL still under $260 looks cheap.
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