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Apple confirms some iPhone Duo inner screens are failing. Owners should go to AppleCare for a replacement, even if they bought from a carrier.
On October 26 Apple told 9to5Mac it is aware of an issue with the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units and that affected owners should contact AppleCare for a replacement. AppleCare+ is not required. Apple gave no cause and no count.
Apple's M6 14-inch MacBook Pro keeps the $1,999 price and adds two CPU cores. The base 16GB model doesn't get the faster memory.
Apple announced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 on October 27: 12-core CPU and GPU, Wi-Fi 7, up to 24 hours of battery, $1,999 with 16GB and 1TB. Pre-orders open October 28 and it ships November 6. Only the 24GB and 32GB models get 170GB/s memory bandwidth.
The M6 iMac starts at $1,499 with two ports. The $1,699 model is the one to buy for a home office.
Apple announced the 24-inch iMac with M6 on October 27. $1,499 gets a 10-core CPU, 16GB, 256GB and two Thunderbolt ports; $1,699 gets 12 cores and four ports. Wi-Fi 7, optional 2.5Gb Ethernet, pre-orders October 28, in stores November 6.
The touchscreen MacBook Pro is expected Wednesday and could cost up to $500 more. An OLED MacBook Air is not close.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple shows 14- and 16-inch OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros on October 28, with a touch-aware macOS. OLED MacBook Air and iMac models are still in testing, and the next Air, due early 2027, keeps an LCD.
Apple raises Mac and iPad trade-in values by up to $365, two days before its Pro event.
On October 26 Apple raised its top US trade-in estimates for most Macs and every iPad. MacBook Pro goes from $1,315 to $1,435, MacBook Air from $705 to $795, Mac Pro from $2,195 to $2,560. iPhone and Apple Watch values did not change.
The OLED iPad mini is $699, $100 more than last year's. You need the $999 model to get the full chip.
Apple announced the iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, the A20 Pro chip and IP67 water resistance on October 26. Pre-orders open October 28 and it ships November 6. Only the 512GB model gets the sixth CPU core and the doubled Neural Engine.
macOS 27.2 is out: Siri AI speaks five more languages, and Macs pick up touch gestures two days before Apple's event.
Apple released macOS Golden Gate 27.2 on October 26. Siri AI adds French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, keeps context between requests, and Messages gets Suggestions. Sequoia 15.8.2 and Tahoe 26.7.2 shipped the same day for older Macs. iOS 27.2 has not shipped yet.
Connect Gmail to Google's AI search, and Google can now use what it learns there to pick your ads
Google's October 16 privacy policy lets Search use data from Gmail, Calendar and Photos to personalize ads, if you connected those apps through Personal Intelligence. Google is also testing ads in AI Mode for those users. Who is affected and how to turn it off.
Some iPhone Duo inner screens are cracking at the fold in the first days. iFixit's teardown points at the hinge.
About ten iPhone Duo owners report the inner screen cracking along the hinge within days of launch, some during setup. iFixit's teardown suggests a hinge support bar may press on the display. Apple hasn't commented. Buy from Apple, not a carrier, and keep the receipt.
Lula wins Brazil's runoff for a fourth term. Here's what it means for US tech
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil's October 25 runoff, 51.75% to 48.25% with 99.8% counted. For US companies, his win keeps a 25% US tariff fight, tougher platform rules, an AI bill and Pix on the table. Here is what changed, what didn't, and the dates to watch.
PC shipments fell 21% last quarter as memory costs pushed prices up. Counterpoint expects a 27% drop this quarter.
Counterpoint counted 57 million PCs shipped worldwide in Q3 2026, down 21% from a year earlier, as memory and component costs raised laptop prices. It forecasts a 27% drop in Q4. Apple and Asus lost the least ground.
1Password now signs AI agents into your accounts without showing them the password
1Password launched 1Password for Agents on October 22. An agent asks for a login, you approve it, and 1Password fills it in so the agent never sees the password. It's free for Individual and Family accounts on 1Password.com. Canadian 1Password.ca accounts aren't supported yet.
Anthropic's Claude Duet is an AI agent that messages you first. The preview is waitlist-only for US Pro and Max users.
Anthropic opened a research preview of Claude Duet on October 21. It sends a morning brief, checks your connected apps every few hours and asks before it sends, pays, signs or deletes anything. Waitlist only, for US Pro and Max plans.
Perplexity Computer now runs entirely on your Mac. Perplexity recommends 36GB of memory.
Perplexity launched a fully local mode for its Computer agent on October 20. The model, the agent and your files stay on an Apple silicon Mac. It's for Pro, Max and Enterprise subscribers, and Perplexity recommends 36GB of unified memory or more.
Ray-Ban Meta's maker put a number on smart glasses for the first time: €486 million, up 20%. The quarter before, that line grew close to 100%.
EssilorLuxottica reported third-quarter revenue of €7,486 million on October 20, with wearables — AI glasses and Nuance Audio — at €486 million and growing 20%. Three months earlier the same line was near 100%. What a growth rate does and does not tell someone deciding whether to wear a pair to work.
Insta360's new $249 Mic is $80 under the Mic Pro because the storage is gone. The 32-bit float it is sold on needs a microSD card you buy yourself.
Insta360 launched the Mic globally on October 22: $249 for two transmitters and a receiver, $139 for one, $79.99 for a spare. It undercuts the Mic Pro by dropping the 32GB of onboard storage. What a clip-on mic fixes on a work call that a desk mic can't, and what $249 does not buy you.
iPadOS 27 puts the app you tapped last on the projector. If that app is your notes, the room sees your notes.
In iPadOS 27 an AirPlay display follows whichever app you touch most recently, instead of staying on the presentation. Reported on October 20. Apple has not said whether it is a bug or the new design, and there is no fix yet.
iOS 27.2 is out. Siri AI now works in six languages, with four more coming this year.
Siri AI in iOS 27.2 works in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Chinese (Traditional), Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese come by year-end.
Apple sets an October 28 "Pro and tell" launch in Los Angeles. Touchscreen MacBook Pros are the expected headline.
Apple has invited press to a hands-on launch in Los Angeles on October 28, with no livestream. Reports point to touchscreen OLED MacBook Pros, an M6 iMac and an OLED iPad mini. If a MacBook is on your list, wait eight days.
