Leaked reports suggest Apple's iPhone 20 Pro models, marking the iPhone's 20th anniversary, will feature quad-curved glass corners, a smaller Dynamic Island, and slightly larger displays (6.4 and 6.96 inches). The design would blend glass deeper into the metal frame for a look similar to the iPhone X with more glass and less metal, though pricing is expected to exceed current Pro models.
Apple has reportedly laid off a handful of employees from its Fitness+ team, particularly those working on guided workout features like Time to Walk and Time to Run. The layoffs suggest Apple is consolidating its health and fitness features into a single Health app, part of a broader strategy shift under services head Eddy Cue to improve Apple's health offerings and integrate ideas from a scrapped virtual health coach project.
Apple's M6 Mac mini and competing mini PCs from Asus, Lenovo, and Acer are racing to become the primary devices for running AI models locally, with prices ranging from $900 to $3,700. These compact computers feature specialized AI accelerators and aim to challenge Apple's dominance, though clustering multiple machines may be necessary for meaningful on-device AI performance.
Apple is launching a photo verification feature for iPhone 18 Pro that cryptographically signs sensor data to prove authenticity and prevent deepfake tampering. The system uses a secure camera mode that signs pixel data at capture, processes it through Apple's Private Cloud Compute with quantum-resistant encryption, and produces a verifiable digital certificate for the final image.