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October 14, 2025 132 mins

Could Tim Cook retire soon? California has signed a new age verification law that requires parents to enter their kids' ages when setting up a smartphone. Could a new MacBook Pro be coming soon, say this week? And Apple has increased its bug bounty award payout for big exploits to $2 million!

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook visits China: receives custom LABUBU doll and hosts first livestream sales event.
  • Tim Cook took over Apple's operations and started to change the world 20 years ago.
  • Apple renames 'Apple TV+' to 'Apple TV'.
  • Everything new in iOS 26.1 beta 3.
  • macOS 26.1 beta 3 changes polarizing Macintosh HD icon.
  • Newsom signs age verification law, siding with tech giants over Hollywood.
  • California enacts age-gate law for app stores.
  • Apple teases new MacBook Pro: 'Something powerful is coming'.
  • Apple to move Health, fitness divisions to services in reorganization.
  • Here's the latest on Apple suing Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks.
  • It's not too late for Apple to get AI right.
  • Apple beats Musk, buys Prompt AI startup.
  • Apple ups the reward for finding major exploits to $2 million.
  • Explainer: How is XProtect's data updated?
  • Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence.
  • Apple says goodbye to the Clips app.
  • Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals.
  • A 15-year mystery solved: The 20 bytes of code that fixed Antennagate.
  • The great software quality collapse: how we normalized catastrophe.

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