William Gallagher
Writer at Freelance
Deputy Chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Even so, all views expressed are mine and most of them continue to be quite daft anyway.
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1 week ago |
appleinsider.com | William Gallagher
All Meta apps for the iPhone have been updated to take out the option to use the Writing Tools in Apple Intelligence. It's unlikely that Meta will ever reveal the reasons behind its decision — even if it's happy to spill other firms' confidential details — but it is now blocking the use of Writing Tools. It's not clear when the change was made, but at time of writing, Writing Tools are unavailable across Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
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1 week ago |
appleinsider.com | William Gallagher
A new report claims that the manufacturing cost of the 2nm processor expected in the iPhone 18 range may mean Apple having to raise prices. It's bad enough that tariffs may still force Apple to raise prices, and it's bad enough that the expected iPhone Fold will cost over $2,000. Now a further report backs up previous claims that the whole iPhone 18 range may be costlier than its predecessors.
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1 week ago |
appleinsider.com | William Gallagher
A new leak claims that Apple's follow up to the Apple Vision Pro will switch from aluminum to titanium to reduce weight, and will come in a black or dark blue color. Following a dubious report that Apple Vision Pro 2 will come out in April 2026, a new leak claims that the next headset may not be called Apple Vision Pro at all. It may instead be just called Apple Vision, or possibly Apple Vision Air.
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1 week ago |
appleinsider.com | William Gallagher
It's the end of an era as the much-loved 2018 Intel Mac mini has been added to Apple's list of vintage products. It's yet another step heralding the end of support of Intel on Mac. With some exceptions under international law, Apple has long had a specific process for when it deems devices to be first vintage, and then obsolete. What's significant now is that every Intel-based Mac mini has entered the vintage stage, the first time since the move from Intel to Apple Silicon back in 2020.
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1 week ago |
appleinsider.com | William Gallagher
Despite scaremongering headlines, Trump did not escalate his "reciprocal" China tariff to 245% on Tuesday night. The figure is a reinstatement of previous tariffs that don't apply to Apple or big tech at all. Coming on top of previous escalations and the Apple exemption that Trump says isn't an exemption, it wouldn't have been surprising if the China tariff rose again.
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Apple has abruptly pulled its "Publish to Apple Books" feature from Pages and while it's not as big a deal as it sounded, it's actually a bit confusing. New 58keys: https://t.co/gqHKconacm
Prologues. Just say no. New 58keys Writing Workshop video: https://t.co/Xbhya7fNqS
Apple's updates for the Mac, iPhone and iPad bring some features that are smart, some that are shrugs, and under the right circumstances, they also bring food. Latest 58keys: https://t.co/bcFX1meVlU