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Mac RumorsJul 18, 2025
Best Apple Deals of the Week: Get AirPods 4 for Just $89.99, Plus Steep Discounts on Apple Watch and More
This week's best deals include all-time low prices on AirPods 4 and Apple Watch SE, plus great deals on the M4 MacBook Air and Apple Pencil Pro.


PC World Latest NewsJul 18, 2025
Your Belkin Wemo smart home devices will die soon. Here are great alternatives

But look on the bright side: the most onerous of President Trump's tariffs have yet to take effect, so there are plenty of reasonably priced alternatives to consider.

Belkin stopped selling some of these Wemo products several years ago, but the company continued to operate the servers they depended on. After January of next year, however, you won't be able to operate them at all using the Wemo app or with any third-party services.

These recommendations are based on my assumption that you'll want to replace your Wemo devices with something equally simple, so I won't get into every alternative, including some that might be more appealing to smart home power users. I will, however, help you minimize the brands you buy into, so you don't need to juggle lots of smart home apps.

There are some cases where that won't be possible, however, because I'm recommending Lutron products as my top picks in many categories, and Lutron doesn't make smart bulbs or indoor smart plugs that can handle small appliances. Lutron also doesn't currently support Matter, if that's important to you (it's not to me).

If you're using Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, or Google Home, using more than one app isn't all that onerous once you've set up a given product and perhaps set up some on/off schedules, because most of your interactions with it will involve using voice commands. You'll find you won't need to rely on those apps all that much.


Mac RumorsJul 18, 2025
The MacRumors Show: We're Finally Getting a Foldable iPhone
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we catch up on all of the latest rumors about Apple's first foldable iPhone amid a multitude of reports about the device and its launch firming up for next year.


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Mac RumorsJul 17, 2025
iOS 26 Emoji Will Include Bigfoot, Apple Core, Distorted Face, Fight Cloud and More
In celebration of World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium this week confirmed the new emoji characters that will be added to Unicode 17 in the fall.


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Apple Watch SE Available for $169 Record Low Price on Amazon (Mac Rumors)

Mac RumorsJul 17, 2025
World Emoji Day 2025: Here Are the Top 10 Emoji in the U.S.
Today is World Emoji Day, and Emojipedia's dedicated Emojitracker has a real-time list of the emoji that are most popular in the United States and other countries. Here are the top 10 most popular emoji in the U.S.:


Mac RumorsJul 16, 2025
Report: AirPods Pro 3 Needed to Turn Around Sales Flatline
The AirPods market appears to be flatlining in the United States, but the launch of AirPods Pro 3 later this year could boost sales, a new report claims.


Mac RumorsJul 14, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook Should Be Replaced, Research Firm Says
Research firm LightShed partners says Apple should consider replacing Tim Cook as CEO, but the change is unlikely to occur any time soon.

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