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• macOS 26.4 release notes: Apple details six new features for Mac
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• Apple executive overseeing home devices joins Oura
• iFixit teardown shows iPhone 17e back panel can add MagSafe to iPhone 16e

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• iPhone Fold expected to include new app features, including side-by-side multitasking
• iOS 26.4 adds new emoji to your iPhone, here’s what’s coming
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• Kuo shares MacBook Neo shipment and touchscreen updates, OLED MacBook Air timing
• Studio Display XDR adding new feature with future software update
• Asus co-CEO praises MacBook Neo value, questions firepower

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• Apple adds Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson to its leadership page

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• Apple’s new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR have two different chips
• Your Mac might not support the Studio Display XDR's best feature

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• iPhone Fold called ‘game-changer’ for next year, big impact predicted
• Here are iPhone’s most downloaded apps and games of 2025
• Apple announces winners of the 2025 App Store Awards

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• iPhone 16 tops Q3 sales as Apple claims 5 best-selling spots
• Apple and Google team up to make iPhone and Android switching easier
• Apple Silicon chief Johny Srouji reportedly commits to staying at Apple for now
• Apple announces biggest Fitness+ expansion ever with help from AI

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• Report: Johny Srouji contemplating leaving Apple, considering career elsewhere
• Apple Rocked by Executive Departures, With Johny Srouji at Risk of Leaving Next - Bloomberg
• Future iPhone chips might be produced by Intel, per report
• iPhone 18 leak says Face ID moving under-display next year

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• Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure
• iPhone 17 Pro lost key Camera app feature that iPhone 16 Pro had

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• iPhone drove phone sales growth during China’s Singles’ Day event
• Apple design boss Alan Dye departing for Meta

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• Leak reveals Apple Health app might soon connect to ChatGPT
• After Apple refusal, India makes U-turn on mandatory iPhone app

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• India orders Apple to pre-instal a state security app on iPhones
• John Giannandrea leaving Apple following AI strategy miss
• Apple Music Replay 2025 personal listening recap is ready to explore and share
• Apple Music’s top 5 most played songs of the year revealed, plus more

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• Three new MacBooks will launch early next year, here’s what’s coming
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