Apple has updated its education pricing in several countries, primarily in Asia, to offer teachers and students discounts on the Apple Watch for the first time.Starting May 7, the Apple Store will now offer discounted prices on the Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Series 11, and Apple Watch Ultra 3 to eligible users. They include faculty and staff of higher education institutions as well as students enrolled or accepted into these institutions.However, the new Apple Watch price is not available worldwide. As of May 7 at 11 a.m. ET, it is only available in:Australia China (via Alipay) Hong Kong …
Author: Amelia Scott
The MacBook Neo is not only the Apple laptop that the majority should buy, but it’s also almost good enough to recommend to some MacBook Pro buyers.I’ve been using a $599 MacBook Neo Blush (read, pink) for a few weeks now and I’m in love with it. It’s a wonderful little laptop whose chip powering the iPhone belies its capabilities.I’m going to get straight to the point right off the bat. Any concerns about the performance of the Neo’s A18 Pro chip were allayed five minutes after unboxing the item.Pair that performance with an eminently portable design and gorgeous colors,…
Spotify is in turmoil again. A class complaint, filed last week in California federal court, accuses the streaming platform of having “ looked away » in the face of “ large-scale fraudulent wiretapping “. The rapper RBX, cousin of Snoop Dogg, is at the origin of this legal action which calls into question not an artist, but the very functioning of the service. Fake streams, real millions According to the complaint, “ billions of streams » would have been generated by bots, for the benefit of certain major artists, including Drake. The document claims that Spotify “ knows or should…
Apple today released new firmware for the AirPods Max 2. The firmware is version 8E258, up from the previous 8E251 firmware that was released just before the launch of the AirPods Max 2. It’s unclear what exactly is included in the firmware update, but Apple provides limited details in its AirPods firmware support document. Most updates focus on bug fixes and improvements. The AirPods Max 2 have an H2 chip, an upgrade over the H1. The H2 brings several new features like live translation, adaptive audio, loud sound reduction, voice isolation, and more. To get the new firmware, make sure…
Instagram is once again tackling the ephemeral photo format with a new feature called Instants. It’s available in the main Instagram app as well as a new dedicated app, also called Instants. The idea here is to take and share photos spontaneously. Kind of like Instagram used to be before it became the hub of influencers. These photos disappear once your friends – who can react and respond to the images – see them. They will stay in your archives for up to a year, and you can share them as stories later by compiling them into a summary. In…
A new Apple TV 4K is rumored to launch this fall with AI support, and Netflix’s latest feature offers a useful example of how AI could benefit the Apple TV. Apple Intelligence is rumored to come to Apple TV 4K next, and the new Netflix feature shows its potential Apple is rumored to be preparing new Apple TV 4K hardware. It was originally planned for late 2025, but was reportedly delayed until Siri AI upgrades arrive in iOS 27 this fall. An expected upgrade in the Apple TV 4K is a more powerful chip to enable support for Apple Intelligence.…
Microsoft is ditching the large Copilot push, removing buttons and relabeling Notepad tools. Windows now focuses on the core operating system: quieter updates, faster File Explorer, easier Insider sign-ups. AI remains, but only where it is useful: fewer, more organized Copilot experiences are planned. Microsoft is facing a crisis of user confidence, and it knows it. It spent most of 2025 trying to convince the Windows user base to adopt Copilot across the operating system, including adding the AI assistant to as many Windows apps as possible. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its users weren’t too keen on having Copilot in Notepad, and…
Bloomberg reports that Apple has explored preliminary discussions with Intel and evaluated Samsung Electronics facilities as it seeks to diversify production of its core chips beyond TSMC. Here are the details. Talks are in their early stages According to BloombergApple is looking to reduce its reliance on TSMC by exploring alternative manufacturing partners. This includes preliminary discussions with Intel and visits to a Samsung Electronics factory in Texas that is expected to produce advanced chips. The news follows an internal reorganization that consolidated Apple’s hardware engineering and hardware technology teams under a single organization led by Johny Srouji, who is…
With only 8 GB of RAM, it can be light. When this memory is full, macOS does not stop working: it uses the SSD as extra memory, a mechanism called “swap”. Problem: If there is not enough storage space available, the system slows down, applications become less responsive, and macOS may even display a critical space warning.To check the status of your storage, go to System Preferences > General > Storage. There you will find a detailed view of your disk usage as well as optimization recommendations offered by macOS, such as “Store in iCloud” or “Empty the Trash automatically”.
Lower prices are in effect on Apple’s 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops, with new deals starting at just $1,499.The deepest discounts can be found at authorized Apple reseller B&H Photo, with a wide range of sale prices offering up to $500 off MacBook Pro laptops. Enjoy new discounts on the M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max models (and even some brilliant M4 Pro specials too).Save up to $500 on MacBook ProsWhether you’re interested in a budget-friendly option, like a 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage on sale for $1,499, or a loaded 16-inch…