Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of August 3-7.
° Fitness+ and fitness tracking could come to a future version of Apple’s smart glasses.
° We’ll get new AirPods Pros this year, but they may (or may not) have built-in cameras.
° There’s purportedly a shortage of MacBook Airs due to the ongoing memory crisis.
° Apple faces class-action litigation for allegedly collecting users’ biometric data.
° India has proposed extending tax exemptions until 2041 for foreign companies such as Apple.
° Apple has agreed to acquire certain assets and hire employees from PlasmaSolve, a company with tech for optimizing scratch-resistant device coatings.
° In yet another example of a government overstepping its duties, the UK government is again trying to get unwarranted (and what should be illegal) access to private user data. And Apple is, again, fighting back.
° Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus is bringing back Laura Legros, a former vice president of hardware engineering who retired from Apple in 2022.
° A public civil action in Brazil calls on Apple to protect children from casino games on the iPhone.
° Apple exceeded $10 billion in annual sales in India for the first time in its last fiscal year.
° Apple is holding an Event Support Experience Program lottery for U.S. retail employees who want to travel to its Apple Park campus to staff its next in-person media gathering.
° Global foldable smartphone sales are expected to rise 20% thanks in part to the “iPhone Fold.”
° Apple’s premium segment share declined to 65% in the first half of 2026 from 74% in the first half of 2022.
° Apple TV has the highest average IMDb score for its streaming library.
° Apple’s plans to buy memory from Chinese companies backfires.
° Apple’s iPad remains the best selling tablet worldwide, though sales dipped 8% year-on-year as of the second quarter.
° Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” and “Pluribus” win, respectively, three and two, Critics Choice Super Awards.
° Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.6.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.9, and macOS Sequoia 15.7.9.
