Marcus Mendes is a Brazilian tech podcaster and journalist who has been closely following Apple since the mid-2000s.
He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.
Today, Marcus co-hosts several tech-focused shows at Gigahertz FM, a Brazilian podcast network he co-founded in 2022 with 9to5Mac’s own Guilherme Rambo. Outside of Gigahertz FM, he also hosts IA Sob Controle, a podcast featuring in-depth interviews and news about artificial intelligence.
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A few days ago, Masimo sued U.S. Customs over its decision to let Apple resume selling the Apple Watch in the United States with the blood oxygen feature enabled. Now, the government agency has responded with a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Here are the details.
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For the last few months, there’s been no lack of news involving Apple and India, from retail to production and everything in between. Now, according to Bloomberg, Tim Cook’s newest bet is starting to pay off. Here are the details.
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Yesterday, news broke that Apple CEO Tim Cook was one of many tech CEOs who had been invited for a “White House event on AI hosted by first lady Melania Trump.” Now, The Wall Street Journal has a few details of how the event went.
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Once part of Nuance Communications (which powered Siri‘s speech recognition in its early years), Cerence is now a subsidiary that, according to its website, works with bringing “conversational AI to the automotive world and beyond.”
Today, Cerence filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of infringing multiple patents. Here are the details.
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If you’re a Strava user, you know this has been a long time coming. The company has completely redesigned its Apple Watch app, in an update that introduces Live Segments. Here’s how it works.
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Update, Sep 4: The feature is now live. Find the new details below.
While Threads already allows up to 500 characters per post (which is more than enough for casual users used to the microblogging format), it is now testing support for long-form posts through “text attachments”. Here’s how it works.
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Entries are now open for Interop 2026, a yearly effort where anyone, from users to web developers, can submit their best ideas to improve cross-browser interoperability. Here’s how to participate.
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Since 2023, Eugene Levy’s ‘The Reluctant Traveler’ has taken Apple TV+ subscribers through journeys across the globe. Now, for season 3, he’s bringing a few famous friends along as he crosses a few destinations and experiences off his bucket list. Watch the trailer below.
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As the App Store faces increasing regulatory pressure in Brazil, a study highlighted by Apple today shows that iOS apps generated R$63.8 million ($11.7 million) in the country last year, with most of that revenue incurring no commission. Here are the details.
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The Netflix app now lets you select the start and end points of a clip, so you can share it outside the app. Here’s how it works.
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By now, you probably know it by heart: the steep price tag and lack of apps have irreparably doomed the first Apple Vision Pro. But that doesn’t mean it’s not doing well in niche markets and uses, per a new WSJ report.
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Just a few days ago, Bank of America reiterated its cautiously optimistic outlook on Apple’s stock market performance, with a $250 price target. Following yesterday’s ruling on the Google antitrust case, it has raised its projection.
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Today, Opera announced an update to Opera One, its iOS browser, with multiple improvements to tab viewing, searching, managing, and more. Here are the details.
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Every month, JustWatch reports the most popular shows and movies among its users worldwide. Here’s a breakdown of what topped its Apple TV+ charts in August.
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In a new test, Meta is letting select users keep watching Instagram Reels as a floating window on their devices even after they close the app. Here’s what it looks like.
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Following months of testimony for the remedies phase of the Google antitrust trial, Judge Amit Mehta just issued his decision, and it is largely beneficial to Apple’s deals with Alphabet. Here are the details.
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Today, Apple announced the launch date for the Ruby Red Special-Edition JENNIE Beats Solo 4, which features a pair of attachable red bows and more custom-made features for fans of the K-pop superstar. Here are the details.
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It looks like Meta’s hiring freeze definitely does not apply to Apple engineers. As reported by Bloomberg, Jian Zhang, Apple’s Lead AI Researcher for Robotics, will be joining the Meta Robotics Studio. And he’s not the only one leaving. Here are the details.
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Contrary to expectations, Apple is rolling out a new wave of developer betas ahead of next week’s “Awe Dropping” event. Here’s what to expect.
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An Apple AirTag helped a West Hollywood man recover his stolen suitcase after landing at Los Angeles International Airport last week. Here’s what happened.
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Over the weekend, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber linked to a fantastic collection of early Macintosh programming books (via Michael Tsai). It is a carefully assembled catalog of more than 150 books from as early as 1983, covering everything from AppleSoft BASIC, to gaming programming for the Mac.
Even if you weren’t around for any of that, believe me: this will be worth your time.
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While most U.S. users have never used—or even heard of—WhatsApp Status Updates, Meta recently revealed that the tab is now used by 1.5 billion people per day worldwide. And soon, WhatsApp will take a page from Instagram by adding a Close Friends feature.
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A few months ago, Apple released FastVLM, a Visual Language Model (VLM) that offered near-instant high-resolution image processing. Now, you can take it for a spin, provided you have an Apple Silicon-powered Mac. Here’s how.
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As Apple moves to diversify its manufacturing operations, it appears to be leaning on suppliers to shoulder the costs of automating their assembly lines. Here are the details.
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