Categories: News

News items you should check out: May 11

Since I can’t cover everything, I like to offer a daily roundup of must-read articles from other websites: 

° From Cult of Mac: Meta is reportedly killing its Messenger app for Apple Watch at the end of this month. The company is informing users about this impending change through a notification inside its apps.

° From Reuters: Apple supplier Foxconn on Thursday posted a 56% plunge in first-quarter net profit, lagging forecasts in its biggest quarterly fall in three years, and said visibility for the full year was “limited.”

° From MacRumors: An Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs sold for $106,985 through an auction hosted by RR Auction.

° From AppleInsider: Updates announced alongside Unreal Engine 5.2 include native Apple Silicon support for the Unreal Editor and an iPad app coming soon for the virtual stage production tool ICVFX Editor.

° From 9to5Mac: Google is massively overpaying on iPhone trade-ins to lure switchers to its new Pixel Fold.

° From Deadline: The score for Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters features a collaboration between Tim Phillips and P.J. Harvey. Phillips recalled inventing a new instrument with Harvey so she could record most of her work ahead of her album and book tour.

Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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