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Last updated: August 21, 2026, 10:43 AM ET

Payments Shift

After more than a decade of resistance despite persistent shopper pressure, Walmart will finally begin rolling out Apple Pay support at its stores next week, ending one of retail's longest holdouts against contactless payment.

Taxes & Traction

Apple paid $17 billion in taxes to Ireland last year, representing 40% of its $43 billion worldwide tax total. Meanwhile, new Counterpoint Research data shows global smartphone sales contracting, yet Apple gained ground in India, Latin America, and Europe even as all three markets shrank.

Deal Watch

Amazon has slashed LG's 27-inch UltraGear OLED monitor to $467.97, marking the lowest price ever recorded for the display while supplies last.

Leak Season

The latest Apple Insider Podcast details how Apple accidentally leaked identifying numbers for much of its upcoming product line, weighs rumors of AirPods with cameras that have ignited a fresh privacy debate, and covers Siri AI partnered articles alongside ads arriving in Apple Maps.

AI Overreach

A new plugin lets Mac users hand ChatGPT their entire Messages history so the assistant can write texts on their behalf, a move Apple Insider compares to giving OpenAI your house keys.

Pocket Studio

Echoing the old photography adage that the best camera is the one you have with you, 9to5Mac argues the iPhone remains the ideal always-present rig for video and B-roll work, one that "keeps paying dividends."