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Apple now sells iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max refurbished with discounts

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 4:36am on 9to5Mac

Apple has updated its online refurbished products store with some big additions: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max are now available refurbished with discounts. Here are the details.

Apple has rare updates coming soon for these three products

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 4:03am on 9to5Mac

Apple launched its first product of the year last week: AirTag 2, which arrived five years after the original model. Here are three more new Apple products coming soon that have years-old prior models.

CarPlay could make a splash in an unexpected vehicle

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 3:59am on 9to5Mac

While Tesla may be the last automaker anyone expected to consider CarPlay, there’s an even more unlikely vehicle maker that could adopt Apple’s infotainment feature in the future.

Hands-on: this tiny SSD is the most iPhone-friendly external drive yet

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 3:49am on 9to5Mac

Storage on Apple devices has always been a sensitive subject. Whether it’s for an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you always pay the highest premium when upgrading the internal storage. An iPhone 17 Pro Max can go from $1199 for its 256GB entry-level model to $2000 for the 2TB model. That’s an additional $800 just for storage on your iPhone. So, for anyone shooting photos, working with large files, or recording Apple ProRes video on iPhone, those storage limits show up fast. I always recommend people get external storage rather than internal storage, since you can get 16TB for $800 these days! But external storage, specifically with iPhones, poses other challenges, like cables, mounts, and setups that can make things feel clunky. So when I saw the new Planck SSD and how tiny, compact, and purpose-built it was for iPhone, I had to check it out.

Ford has a new plan to compete with Chinese EVs: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 3:26am on Electrek

For months, Ford and Geely have been discussing a potential partnership that would allow the Chinese automaker to use underutilized plant capacity in Europe. The two appear to be closing in on a deal that would involve more than just sharing manufacturing space.

Spotify upgrades lyrics support with three new features

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 2:57am on 9to5Mac

Spotify has announced three big updates rolling out to its lyrics feature. The company says that lyric translations are now available worldwide. It’s also rolling out support for offline lyrics, plus an updated design for previewing lyrics right on the Now Playing view in the Spotify app.

Tesla UK sales plunge 57% in January as BYD races ahead

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 2:41am on Electrek

Tesla’s struggles in Europe have reached the UK, with January 2026 registrations plunging more than 57% year-over-year to just 647 vehicles, according to new data.

The decline was the steepest among major automakers and far exceeded the 6.4% drop in overall UK battery-electric vehicle sales for the month.

Alexa+ launches for all US users, here’s how to upgrade (or skip it for now)

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 2:32am on 9to5Mac

Alexa+ is Amazon’s new AI-infused version of its popular assistant. Following a slow initial rollout, Amazon has just made Alexa+ available to all users in the US. Here’s how to upgrade to Alexa+, or skip it for now.

iPhone 17 Pro Max has the best battery life of 35 smartphones tested

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 2:07am on 9to5Mac

Battery life tests carried out by CNET reveal that the iPhone 17 Pro Max has the best battery life of any of the smartphones tested, and that Apple heads the brand rankings across its models.

Apple’s flagship model took first place, ahead of several models with substantially higher battery capacity, with the base model iPhone 17 in equal second place …

Anthropic pokes fun at ads in ChatGPT with Superbowl ad [Video]

Published: Feb 4nd 2026 1:41am on 9to5Mac

OpenAI recently revealed that we will soon see ads in ChatGPT conversations, and Anthropic is having some fun with this. It will reportedly run an ad during Sunday’s Super Bowl (below) in which ChatGPT isn’t named but is very clearly the target …