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It’s all about Apple’s event, HomeView, Siri AI and EU. Elsewhere, Tim Cook meets China’s Vice President & Taiwan carrier revenues spike on iPhone 18 Pro demand, so are slow sales claims overblown? More, all the news, at our fantastic daily Substack newsletter here, please subscribe. All about the HomeView, Homepod mini, Apple Home Collection and more. Wired’s excellent report gives you a good glimpse at what the new $299 product is and what it does. Independent’s hands on here. My first take is here.

Weekend sees more leaks on what to expect from Apple on October 13, the company’s big push for iPhone Duo, Tim Cook is in China hooking up new business links, and more in the complete edition, which you can read and subscribe to here. New console ships mid-November. New Apple TV and HomePod mini for October 30. All with Apple chips. ADT has been recruiting a team thought to be focused on delivering on the new partnership, MacRumors claims.

This is the much shortened version of the full news summary we encourage you toread— and subscribe to—here. “First of all, John (Ternus) and I have an incredible level of trust in each other. The relationship must be based on trust, and the communication must be frequent and significant. But other than that, what I’m focused on right now is worldwide policy.

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with the fortunate and exceptionally well-mannered David Phelan this week to celebrate the launch of the company’s new Creative program with the King’s Trust. He shared lots of insights in the interview, but I figured people may want to look back at it sometime, so here’s a precis of some of the high points – you should read the original for the lot. “We’re a toolmaker,” Cook said.

Apple has announced a launch event on October 13, to do so it has eschewed the traditional ways to invite people to such things, no printed invitations, press campaign, and a few emails. Mostly it’s said it with a Tweet featuring a video with a rainbow Apple logo being sewn onto material and a cheesy soundtrack. Welcome home. October 13.

Apple and The King’s Trust are building an immersive new education program to help young people build careers in the creative industries. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the King’s Trust, the Apple x King’s Trust Creative Labs will offer young people meaningful engagement with Apple experts across industries. The idea is to provide access to the technology, resources, skills, confidence, and expertise they need to realize their potential.

Not one but two big Apple events include quadrophonic Apple TV and new Macs, Apple scolds OpenAI again, James Corden and Ruth Jones team with Apple TV, iPhone Air is Apple’s value deal and more… Welcome to the much shorter edition of the full Apple News summary we put together six days a week. Take a look at the whole thing, and subscribe, right here. Apple will follow up its smarthome-focused Oct. 13 launch with another batch of products, new Macs and an OLED iPad mini, at the end of the month.

Welcome to the top four stories chosen from the more extensive daily Apple News roundup we provide six days a week. Subscribe to never miss a story! A recently identified connectivity problem in which some, but not all, iPhone 18 Pro Max units sold in the U.S. could not place calls, send texts, or access data was confirmed last week with AT&T and Apple promising a patch. While patches have now been released it now looks as if impacted iPhones must be replaced.

Welcome to the very short edition of the much more complete daily Apple-related news summary which you can explore in full — and subscribe to — right here. AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss costs $199 per year in the U.S., the per incident costs are: Battery service: $0Cover layer: $19. Front display damage: $29. Back glass damage: $29. Inner display damage: $99. Other accidental damage: $99. Theft or loss: $149.

Welcome to the vastly cut-down version of our daily Apple News newsletter, available for free subscription at Substack (though you can pay for it if you want, and frankly I very much need you to do so, but I don’t want to seem vulgar). Anyway, lots to get into today. Here’s a short list from the longer list, which you can get here. Newly-announced price hikes mean Samsung’s are now $70-$200 pricier than their iPhone equivalents.