Happy 24th Birthday to MacRumors<\/em>! \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n MacRumors<\/em> has been around for many major Apple product announcements, including the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more:<\/p>\n (We’ve had such a long run that some of the images are broken in these!)<\/p>\n Thank you to all of our readers, volunteers, and everyone else in our community. We look forward to continuing to share the latest Apple news and rumors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n Apple’s iPhone development roadmap runs several years into the future and the company is continually working with suppliers on several successive iPhone models concurrently, which is why we sometimes get rumored feature leaks so far ahead of launch. The iPhone 17 series is no different, and already we have some idea of what to expect from Apple’s 2025 smartphone lineup. If you plan to skip…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Apple today announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage called PQ3. Apple says this “groundbreaking” and “state-of-the-art” protocol provides “extensive defenses against even highly sophisticated quantum attacks.” Apple believes the PQ3 protocol’s protections “surpass those in all other widely deployed messaging apps,” according to its blog post:Today we are announcing…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n With the iPhone 14 Pro models in 2022, Apple introduced the Dynamic Island, which can morph and expand to display system alerts, sports scores, and a variety of other information. The feature makes the space surrounding the front camera and Face ID sensors useful compared to the notch on older iPhone models. Apple explored a variety of ideas for the iPhone’s notch area over the years before…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Apple recently updated its website to confirm that the first vehicle models with next-generation CarPlay support will debut “in 2024.” This wording is shown on Apple’s regional websites for the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries. The iOS 17.4 beta includes code-level references to eight new CarPlay apps:Auto Settings: This app will let you manage paired iPhones…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A small number of Apple Vision Pro owners have claimed that their headsets developed a hairline crack down the middle of the front cover glass, despite having never been dropped or mishandled. Photo of hairline crack in Vision Pro front glass (credit: Reddit user Inphenite) The first report was posted in the subreddit \/r\/VisionPro about 18 days ago, and several more have appeared in the last…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Apple last month confirmed that iOS 17.4 will be released in March, and the update includes several new features and changes for the iPhone. Key new features in iOS 17.4 include major App Store changes in the EU and Apple Podcasts transcripts. The update also adds new emoji and includes preparations for the launch of next-generation CarPlay later this year. More details about the new…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"MacRumors](\"https:\/\/wp.amobil.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/macrumors-turns-24-today-reflecting-on-apples-major-announcements.jpg\")
MacRumors<\/em> was founded by doctor-turned-blogger<\/a> Arnold Kim on February 24, 2000, while he was earning his medical degree, and it has since become the world’s most popular Apple-focused news website. Fittingly, we share our birthday<\/a> with Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs, who would have turned 69 years old today.<\/p>\n\n
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Handful of Apple Vision Pro Units Develop Identical Crack in Cover Glass<\/a><\/h3>\n
iOS 17.4 Will Add These New Features to Your iPhone<\/a><\/h3>\n