Apple has reduced prices of the iPhone 17 Pro series in China by 1,000 yuan (about $138) ahead of the annual 618 shopping festival, one of the country’s largest mid-year online retail events. The discounts went live on Friday on JD.com and Tmall, with Apple’s official store on the latter platform applying a direct 1,000 yuan discount on the iPhone 17 Pro series. On JD.com, taking into account the platform’s trade-in offers and promotions, some iPhone 17 Pro models can be purchased for as low as 6,999 yuan (approximately $968). This is the lowest price since the device’s launch, according…
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Mactracker has long been a great Mac app for tracking just about every Apple hardware and software release. How long exactly? 25 years, in fact. To help celebrate this big anniversary, Mactracker for iPhone and iPad is releasing a major new release this week that includes some useful new features. The new Mactracker 5 update is the latest version of the benchmark app for iPhone and iPad. “Mactracker 5 introduces Compare to highlight differences between devices, My Models to track details of your Apple collection, as well as UI and performance improvements,” developer Ian Page announced this week. The new…
There were no signs of Apple’s improved intelligence in the launch of iOS 26.5 this week, which must have come as a relief to Google as it talked up its seemingly new but seemingly very familiar AI features in Android.We’ve long suspected that Apple will save its Apple Intelligence and particularly Siri features to iOS 27, since this is expected to be announced soon at WWDC 2026. But the lack of any improvements with iOS 26.5 means that Apple has now left Siri down for over a year.That said, it’s now been almost a year since iOS 26 was released,…
Today, SwitchBot announced the new SwitchBot Lock Vision and Lock Vision Pro. For Apple Home users, these new locks support Matter over Wi-Fi out of the box, so you don’t need to buy one of these SwitchBot hubs to connect them, but you only need an Apple TV or HomePod. Let’s take a closer look at what these new smart locks do and don’t do Weekly HomeKit is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything related to Apple’s smart home framework. Biometrics and facial recognition Aside from native Apple Home support, the main feature…
Photography KI/Shutterstock There are several reasons why reading e-books on Kindle is better than reading on your phone, including the fact that Kindles are better for your eyes than phones or tablets. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that Kindle e-readers have a long lifespan, with some people managing to keep them running successfully for almost a decade. However, the Kindle reading apps that many use on their smartphones, tablets and desktop computers have a series of benefits and features that you don’t get on the e-reader. The benefits may be useful…
Responsive backlighting is one of the best ways to improve your Apple TV setup. It can also be a costly endeavor. Lepro offers a more affordable solution: the Lepro STV1. The new product is launched today. Lepro STV1 uses an ultra-wide camera to provide responsive backlighting to your TV The main selling point is that Lepro STV1 doesn’t need an HDMI sync box that costs several hundred dollars. Rather, it’s a “new camera-based TV backlight designed to make home entertainment more immersive by extending on-screen color into the room around the TV.” Lepro explains how the ultra-wide camera monitors the…
TSMC’s Arizona campus covers approximately 2,000 acres. Image credit: Christopher Payne As Apple seeks to relocate more chip production, TSMC is investing an additional $20 billion in its Arizona factories, even as Intel reportedly ramps up its test production.US manufacturing of Apple processors was already on the rise, with Intel reportedly testing chipsets for iPhones and Macs, but TSMC has now approved an additional $20 billion for its Arizona Fab 21 factory. This is all due to both global political pressures and global shortages that require more processing plants.According to TechPowerthe decision to increase the investment in Arizona included the…
Supersmario/Getty Images The smart home market has been booming for several years. One of the easiest ways to participate in this revolution is through smart plugs. Among the cool things that smart plugs can do, they are very versatile for simple electronic devices, lamps and fans. They’re often much cheaper than purchasing a dedicated smart device, such as a smart thermostat, and they allow you to sync with a smart assistant like Google Nest or Alexa for voice control. However, like all electronic devices, smart plugs have an expiration date.…
A to-do list seems like one of those things that almost everyone on the planet has, whether it’s an old-school list written by hand in a paper notebook or some sort of app. Personally, however, I don’t have any sort of conventional to-do list. Instead, for decades now, I’ve had a habit of using a calendar as my to-do list, and here are reasons why you might want to try that too… When it comes to task management and to-do lists, there are literally dozens of different systems. Getting Things Done, Bullet Journal, PARA, Eisenhower Matrix, Ivy Lee, Eat the…
Tao Wang/Getty Images In China, the most popular apps aren’t the giants you’d expect from Google and Meta, and, in fact, there’s a nice change you’ve probably never heard of. The FBI warns Android and iPhone users to avoid certain apps that could allow the Chinese government to access user data, but using the “Great Firewall of China” it also engages in censorship of the Internet, including smartphone apps. This resulted in the replacement of ubiquitous Western apps such as Instagram, DoorDash, and YouTube with Chinese apps Rednote, Bilibili, and…