#Apple

• Apple's $250M Siri Settlement Opens Claims, $95 Payouts Possible

  Apple's $250 million Siri false-advertising settlement is taking claims until Dec. 21. Eligible iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 buyers could get $25–$95 per device.

• iPhone Duo Launch Day: Apple Stores Warn of Limited Stock

  Apple Store employees have reportedly been warned the iPhone Duo will be in short supply on October 23, with walk-in buyers told not to expect stock as preorders slip to 2027.

• Memory Beats Compute: The Real AI Story This Week

  The week's biggest tech story wasn't GTA 6: Maia 300 and Muse Spark Open show the AI race has moved from compute to memory bandwidth.

• Apple's $250M AI iPhone Settlement Is Open: Claim $25-$95

  Apple is paying out $250 million over AI features that didn't ship on time. If you bought an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 before March 29, 2025, you have until Dec. 21 to claim…

• Verizon's iPhone Duo Deal: Phone, Plan and Free Watch for $72

  Verizon is selling Apple's first foldable as an all-in-one package: iPhone Duo, unlimited data and a free iPad or Apple Watch 12 for $72.22 a month, no trade-in needed.

• iPhone Duo Slips to 2027 Shipping Hours After Pre-Orders Open

  Five hours after iPhone Duo pre-orders opened, every storage and color option on Apple's store shows January 2027 shipping. Here's what happened and where stock might still exist.

• iPhone 20: All-Glass 2027 Redesign May Come With a Price Hike

  Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone, likely called the iPhone 20, is shaping up as an all-glass, buttonless redesign for September 2027. The catch: it could cost more.

• Meta and Apple Drop Muse Spark Open, a 42B Open Model

  Meta and Apple co-developed Muse Spark Open, a 42-billion-parameter open-weights AI model that needs two M5 Mac Studio Ultras to run locally.

• iPhone Duo Preorders Sell Out, Now Backordered to January 2027

  Apple's first foldable sold out in minutes, with preorders now shipping January 29, 2027. In-store stock arrives October 23.

• OpenAI: Ex-Worker Took 100+ Secret Hardware Files to Apple

  OpenAI says a former employee took over 100 confidential hardware files to Apple. The claim is part of a broader trade-secret lawsuit between the two companies.

• iPhone Duo Preorders Live: Save Up to $1,200 on Apple's Foldable

  Apple's first foldable is finally available to preorder. Trade-in rebates and carrier deals can knock up to $1,200 off the $1,999 price tag.

• Apple's $2,000 Foldable iPhone Duo Isn't for Most Buyers

  At roughly $2,000, Apple's first foldable iPhone Duo costs about as much as an iPhone 18 Pro plus an iPad. So who is it actually for?