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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Alongside the expansion of its renewable energy portfolio in Australia, Apple has announced a new Restore Fund investment in New Zealand. Here are the details.
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Starting next year, WhatsApp will finally add support for usernames, rather than relying exclusively on phone numbers. In a new update shared with businesses, Meta has detailed the rollout schedule and technical transition plan.
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Following the release of the first developer betas of iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 earlier this week, Apple is now preventing the update from being installed on devices with the C1 modem. Here are the details.
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Ole Obermann, who was appointed co-lead of Apple Music in May, has been confirmed as one of the speakers at Web Summit 2025, which kicks off next week in Lisbon. Here’s what to expect.
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Following years of exclusivity in Japan, the official Nintendo Store app is now available in multiple countries, including the US. Here’s what you can do with it.
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Last September, Apple and Amazon were cleared in an iPhone and iPad price-fixing lawsuit. Now, they’re seeking reimbursement for their attorneys’ fees. Here are the details.
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Apple is working on a native integration between the Music app and WhatsApp Status. Here’s what that means.
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Bloomberg is reporting new details on the partnership between Apple and Google to have Gemini power the revamped Siri next year. Here are the details.
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Apple has released new APIs and sandbox tools to help developers comply with the new requirements for apps available in Texas. Here are the details.
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Update, November 8, 9:46 a.m. ET: The GitHub repository and its forks have been taken down. The original story follows below.
Just hours after Apple launched a revamped web interface for the App Store, a GitHub project was released with the site’s entire front-end source code. Here’s how that happened.
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Apple is working to introduce a new Enhanced Safety Alerts setting on iOS 26.2. Here are the details.
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Apple is working on a new feature that will allow users to keep AirDrop pairing active between devices for up to 30 days. Here are the details.
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Apple rolled out iOS 26.2 beta 1 for developers today and introduced the ability to set alarms and timers directly from the Reminders app. Here’s how it’s going to work.
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OmniGroup’s powerful outlining tool is about to get even better, and you can help test it out ahead of the official release. Here’s what’s coming.
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The Browser Company has updated Dia, its AI-powered browser, with a few features that users liked about Arc. Here’s what’s new.
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Users still running the old HomeKit framework now have a few extra months to update to the new Apple Home architecture. Here’s what you need to know.
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Update: Apple has also published the full security update release notes for macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1, and watchOS 26.1.
Apple has published the full release notes for the security updates included in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. If you were looking for a reason to update, here are about 50 of them.
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Alongside the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, macOS Tahoe 26.1 is rolling out right now. Here’s what’s new.
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With the update rolling out today, Mac users will have 38 color options to customize their WhatsApp chats, like on the iPhone version. Here’s how it works.
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Apple has announced “Adrift”, an eight-part original podcast premiering on Apple Podcasts on November 10. Here’s what to expect.
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Following yesterday’s quarterly report, Apple saw a welcome bump in its stock price. But as markets opened and the day progressed, investor sentiment appeared to shift slightly. Here are the details.
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In a post on X today, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple will make a donation to help with relief efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Here’s what he said.
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Following its series of teardowns of Apple’s recent announcements, iFixit has taken apart the new M5 iPad Pro. Here’s what they found.
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On today’s post-earnings conference call, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh shared a few interesting tidbits about who drove sales across the company’s major product categories. Here are the details.
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